Wow! It’d been way too long since I’ve updated this. My musings ended up being unfinished scribbles on paper that I never got around to revising and publishing. I’ve narrowed my focus now, putting my learning energy in to history. I’ve been listening to a lot of Hardcore History, and I’m finding that as a subject, history encompasses everything. It’s also a great inspiration for stories, looking at time periods like the apocalyptic scenarios of the black death. The rise and fall of past civilizations is a good starting point for the kind of fiction I’m interested in writing, sci-fi/speculative apocalyptic future stories.
On the writing front, I haven’t accomplshed anything. I have way too many things going on, so much so that I need to limit them.
In any case, I’m currently putting together some musings that I promise I will post in the next week. I have a few ideas, but essentially its a matter of choosing one and exploring it.
I’ve felt the desire lately to begin putting my thoughts in to words. Not just any thoughts, but my deep reflections and speculations about life, existence, people, the world, the universe. The more I think about it, I see two possible reasons for this desire.
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The car that I’m working on is a 1998 Honda Civic Si (I believe its the EX in the US) and, in anticipation of disconnecting the battery, I discovered
that I need a security code for the radio. Why? It goes a little something
like this.
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Merry Christmas! Happy New Year!
Oh, right, its February. I forgot. So, I’ve put together this cool feature on my site where I can email in my blog entry from my Blackberry (which I’m doing right now) and it automagically posts to my blog. Spiffy, huh?
A lot has happened in the last few months. Unfortunately, my interest in writing has fallen off of the face of my brain. Its still lingering around somewhere, but its definitely not as prominent. In its place is probably a strange candidate: cars.
I finally got around to getting my license, and signed up for an Auto Mechanics class in night school. Its just a short course, more for hobbyists (like myself) than people looking to become professional mechanics. This is just a hobby for me, though who knows what could happen down the road (pun intended). Computers started out as a hobby, didn’t it? And look where I am (software developer in the film industry for those who didn’t know).
So, yes, I am venturing in to the realm of the automobile. I have a number of small repairs to do on the car (Angie’s) and have already done a bit of exploring. I’m hoping that at some point the car becomes mine, so that I may pursue some interesting projects, such as a car PC. More on that later.
I haven’t been very active on my blog. Well, not active at all actually. But, with this new found interest. I think I will blog more regularly about my venture. As I discover and learn new things, I shall share it with you, my few (if any) readers, for no reason other than I feel inspired to document my progress.
Stay tuned!
Well, the 3 Day Novel didn’t turn out so well. I wrote almost 2000 words, but it was a struggle and a battle just to get that far. Whether it was the stress and intimidation of the daunting 3 day deadline, or an inability to get into the right headspace to start pumping out pages like a Ford assembly line, I’m not sure. I think I have a decent foundation for a novella or even a novel, so I’ll continue to work on it. It was a good learning exercise, and maybe I’ll do it again next year.
In other news, keep an eye out for Episode 2 of Blind Utopia in the coming weeks. There’s also a few new ideas bubbling to the surface, though its too early to comment on those.
Dave 
9, May