Logocentric (adj).Regarding words and language as a fundamental expression of an external reality (especially applied as a negative term to traditional Western thought by postmodernist critics).
Sometimes I just write whatever I feel like. Other times I respond to prompts, many taken from the following places:
My schedule doesn't leave much room for library visit, but I have gone to community meetings in them (discussing road projects and what not). With living in a good sized metro area, the main library downtown has extensive magazine archives I've actually perused to try and track down a piece from The Economist. I couldn't find the article I remembered but found some otherwise worthwhile reads during my archive expedition.
Road trips do make for some great memories. I still point out the spot on westbound Interstate 70 just past the Bunker Hill Road exit where the V-belt on our Ford Windstar departed this life. Walking a mile back to the truck stop at the exit for assistance, I was told to pop the hood and keep it below 30 mph the 30 or so miles to Russell and a repair shop that could likely get us back on the road.
I did, they did, and the memory - as you can tell - is still there.
Oh, I'm quite familiar with the Goo Goo Dolls and Colbie Caillat. Did you know Brighter Than the Sun was co-written with OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder? Yeah, just had to drop my two cents
I watched Sirens. Absolutely flawless performances.
I can imagine rewatching it after a while.
First son and I watched all the old Mission Impossible movies in the past few weeks and both thought the finale was competent. My biggest gripe with the stunts was that they each could have been shorter because a 3 hour runtime + previews is hard to survive in the theater without becoming a nuisance to the others. Pretty much everyone had to leave during some part of the movie. I still enjoyed it and will rewatch it when it comes to streaming.
We had a SAG screener for Gladiator II and couldn't make it past the beginning. The acting was... I don’t even know what to say, but this one feels like it would have been better to be named something different to be able to stand on its own.
So interesting that songs "stick" like that, for whatever reason.
Mine is "Manic Monday" We would sing it every day while driving my daughter to day care before work. She still remembers that as the "going to work song".
I miss a restaurant called Sea Salt that used to be in Salt Lake. It was one of the best Italian restaurants I've ever eaten at. The pasta was made fresh every day and the ingredients fresh and mostly locally sourced. Such good food and fantastic service. A rent dispute with the landlord led to its downfall and there really hasn't been a replacement since it closed in 2018.
I love The Martian- Watney is an awesome character. I like all of Andy Weir's books. I'll have to check out the Collapsing Empire series. Lady Kiva sounds fun to read.
Two of my favorite characters are Harry Dresden from the Dresden Files and Jason from He Who Fights With Monsters. There's a line that sticks with me from one of the books- "the building was on fire and it wasn't my fault this time" that seems to perfectly sum up Harry.
And Jason- well, I like his insouciance and use of humor to hide the darkness. For female characters, I love Beth from Yellowstone- she's a trainwreck and an absolute joy to watch and see what she's going to do next. Nanny Ogg from Discworld ranks up there as well.
For the past several years, I've been content to do my "usuals" when it comes to running activities. The official contests every month, the "NaNoWriMo Write-A-Thon" every November, and a handful of annual one-offs for "The Soundtrackers Group" scattered about throughout the year. It's been a long time since I've run what I would consider a very active group or activity, like back in the day when I ran the "Unofficial Erotica Newsletter Group" , "The Dark Society" , and "The Screenwriting Group" , and participated in half a dozen other regular contests and activities.
While I can't say that I'm fully ready to commit to another majorly active group or anything right now, I am excited to start dusting off some old activities and ideas that I've been meaning to get around to for a while now. In particular, I'm really excited to have just launched "The Bradbury" in anticipation of starting that in the new year. I'm also finally going to relaunch "Blog Harbor" with a new format and some new prompts to give people more options for their writing next year.
My goal for 2025 is to be much more productive with my writing than I have been in the last several years, so I'm hoping that with enough outlets for writing that interests me, something will catch!
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