From the outset, let me lay down some guidelines I hope will eliminate any misconceptions about my blog:
1. Frequency: Most blogs are done on a daily basis. While I envision daily updates, my life history dictates this will not be the case...In fact, I may not even make it through this posting. My life is littered with incompleteness. It is something I desperately want to change. I have started literally hundreds of screenplays, short stories, novels, novellas, limmericks, and even sentences that have gone nowhere after 3 days. In high school, I tried to keep journals of all types: personal journals, writing journals, movie idea journals. Most stemmed from inspiration after seeing a movie or reading a book, or girl frustations. However, after ripping off a few ideas from Tarantino or Dr. Thompson or printing & pasting the lyrics to November Rain, they tend to go untouched for a period of time...like forever. The same goes for jobs. Never have I left a summer job at the end of the summer. My breaking point is usually July. Like with my writing, I begin a job with a flourish and tons of energy, but after 2 weeks, I generally begin to coast. Truth be told: Writing and work definitely cut into doing nothing, and there is nothing I enjoy more than doing nothing, save for complaining about how I am doing nothing. So it is anyones guess as to the update frequency. I just want everyone to know I go into this with every intention to be diligent in my updates.
2. Punctuation: Next to the appeal of Josh Hartnett, commas remain one of the great mysteries of the world to me. At this point I have given up on figuring out where to place them. I tend to just throw them out wherever I think they may look good. And let's face it: If, commas, are, going, to, be, the, major, road, block, between, me, and, a, writing, career, then, it, was, never, meant, to, be. HOWEVER, what I have no patience for are contractions. You will not see any on this page. Even if an entry is entitled "The 50 Greatest Examples of Contractions" you will not find a single one on here.
3. Perception: I have reached the point where I am not really too concerned if something I say sounds slightly effeminine. So if I say someone "looks well built" or "I enjoy decorating for Christmas", please do not read too much into it other than
4. The Jeff Goldblum Rule: Jeff Goldblum is the greatest living actor. Period. End of discussion. In fact, he played the key role in one of the greatest moments of my life. I cannot emphasize how important it is for readers to remember this guideline.
5. Purpose: Last but not least, the reason I am doing this is to have a creative outlet. If people choose to read it, that is only a bonus. I have reached the point in my life where if I quit my job, I need to devote at least some of that energy to something useful. I figure a semi-daily blog is a good way to build up to completing things in the future.
These 5 guidelines seem like a good foundation. I promise future entries will be more entertaining and will not read like a dictator setting forth his laws to his minions.
Next Update: The Bravery live...and how my pop culture choices could reflect a low self-esteem.
1. Frequency: Most blogs are done on a daily basis. While I envision daily updates, my life history dictates this will not be the case...In fact, I may not even make it through this posting. My life is littered with incompleteness. It is something I desperately want to change. I have started literally hundreds of screenplays, short stories, novels, novellas, limmericks, and even sentences that have gone nowhere after 3 days. In high school, I tried to keep journals of all types: personal journals, writing journals, movie idea journals. Most stemmed from inspiration after seeing a movie or reading a book, or girl frustations. However, after ripping off a few ideas from Tarantino or Dr. Thompson or printing & pasting the lyrics to November Rain, they tend to go untouched for a period of time...like forever. The same goes for jobs. Never have I left a summer job at the end of the summer. My breaking point is usually July. Like with my writing, I begin a job with a flourish and tons of energy, but after 2 weeks, I generally begin to coast. Truth be told: Writing and work definitely cut into doing nothing, and there is nothing I enjoy more than doing nothing, save for complaining about how I am doing nothing. So it is anyones guess as to the update frequency. I just want everyone to know I go into this with every intention to be diligent in my updates.
2. Punctuation: Next to the appeal of Josh Hartnett, commas remain one of the great mysteries of the world to me. At this point I have given up on figuring out where to place them. I tend to just throw them out wherever I think they may look good. And let's face it: If, commas, are, going, to, be, the, major, road, block, between, me, and, a, writing, career, then, it, was, never, meant, to, be. HOWEVER, what I have no patience for are contractions. You will not see any on this page. Even if an entry is entitled "The 50 Greatest Examples of Contractions" you will not find a single one on here.
3. Perception: I have reached the point where I am not really too concerned if something I say sounds slightly effeminine. So if I say someone "looks well built" or "I enjoy decorating for Christmas", please do not read too much into it other than
4. The Jeff Goldblum Rule: Jeff Goldblum is the greatest living actor. Period. End of discussion. In fact, he played the key role in one of the greatest moments of my life. I cannot emphasize how important it is for readers to remember this guideline.
5. Purpose: Last but not least, the reason I am doing this is to have a creative outlet. If people choose to read it, that is only a bonus. I have reached the point in my life where if I quit my job, I need to devote at least some of that energy to something useful. I figure a semi-daily blog is a good way to build up to completing things in the future.
These 5 guidelines seem like a good foundation. I promise future entries will be more entertaining and will not read like a dictator setting forth his laws to his minions.
Next Update: The Bravery live...and how my pop culture choices could reflect a low self-esteem.
posted by Andrew Felper | 12:40 PM
1 Comments:
Andrew:
Please post as often as possible. I foresee this as some great reading material to help me get through a terrible work week. I value your opinions and hope to live somewhat vicariously through your thoughts and expressions.
Also, you have inspired me to perhaps blog on my own.
Are there no limits to your greatness
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