Today's Mighty Oak


Quick update as I sit here in Panera Bread. First off, they actually got my order correct! This might be the first time it has happened here at Miracle Mile. I would have liked something besides the chips, but that’s ok.

I’m here working on my script for Script Frenzy. For our book club, we decided to do a writing a la carte month, and three of us are doing Script Frenzy. I really don’t like writing scripts, but it’s all in good fun, and I promised Jim that I would do an insane writing task with him. I haven’t been able to find any kind of progress meter like there is for NaNoWriMo, but I have this cool icon:

 

 

So for April, I’ll be writing a 100-page script. I’m going to be writing the script for a web series, taking a look at the ten commandments, and what the world be like if there were 11, and everyone actually followed the eleventh.

I just got my transponder for EZ Pass, so I’m very excited to try that out, I just need to find out if it will work on Rt. 66.

Other than that, it’s been a very productive weekend so far, and it’s not even halfway done! I’ll be meeting up with friends later this week, which will be nice, and more work on my script. I’m hoping to have 25 pages done by the end of the Sunday (right now I’m on 14), so we’ll see how that goes.

The only other thing really going on is over at Metblogs, I’ve been posting a lot lately, so make sure to check it out, you can see my posts over in the widget on the left.

One more thing, I’ve been following the craziness over at Slog, and they’ve picked up the story about the crazy 9.12 project.  Well, Stephen Colbert has his own project, which I fully support, the 10.31 project!  Not much there yet, but we’ll see what comes from it. 

That’s it for now, have a great one everybody!



Alright, update for everyone.  First off, here is the trailer for Where the Wild Things Are:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NOkQ4dYVaM

Looks pretty cool, although it’s been so long since I’ve read the book that I don’t remember the plot at all.

I headed to the Pens game when they played the Kings.  We won, which was awesome, although the seat wasn’t the greatest, mostly due to the pillar in front of me.  It really wasn’t that bad though, I could see all the ice except for a little strip so I couldn’t complain.  I got to wear my Monroeville Zombies jersey, which a bunch of people recognized (I loved watching the double takes and then instant of realization).

On Friday, a bunch of us from work headed to Hofbräuhaus on the south side.  The beer was amazing (I suggust Dunkel), which they make on site.  The food was also really, really good, although I think some of it was a bit over priced.  The place was absolutly packed, which typically would turn me off, but this was just a lot of fun.  Every fifteen minutes or so, the band would lead us in a toast, and the entire place would erupt in singing, making it a half bar/half concert feel.  I do suggest checking it out, go sometime for dinner, although the wait is pretty long since it is so new.

My winning NaNoWriMo book from 2007 was just self-published (it took a while to get the free publishing worked out), and I got my copy in.  Here is the cover art that I made for it:

Speaking of NaNoWriMo, I am going to be doing their sister project, Script Frenzy.  A friend of mine is doing it and I offered to write with him during April, so I’ll be writing 100 pages during the month, this time of a Web Series.  I wanted to do something different, and I figured that this would be a good way to do it.

Yesterday, a friend of mine came in from Chicago and I headed up to Cranberry to spend the day with him.  His brother brought his PS3 and I got to play Little Big Planet, which was really, really awesome!  If you have a PS3, I highly suggest you check it out.

That’s it for now, have a great one!



Quick update, more to come soon, including some great links and some cool media.

I did my federal taxes last weekend and am just about done with my state taxes as well.  Still have to sit down and do my local ones, but it does feel nice to at least be two thirds done.  And of course, it’s always fun that the entire country gets math homework!

Starting April 1 (when we’re having an easter egg hunt and pacake breakfast at work!) I’m doing Script Frenzy.  Our book club is doing an “a la carte writing month” instead of reading a book, and I offered to do Script Frenzy with a friend.  I think I’m going to be writing a web series, to do something different, although I have a lot to flesh out this weekend to be ready for the official start.

My neighbor from college is coming back into town this weekend from Chicago, so I’m going up to see him and hang out for a while, and tonight, a group of us from work are heading to hofbrauhaus over on the South Side.  I’m very excited, hopefully it isn’t too terribly crowded.

Otherwise, things are good, very busy, but good.  More to come soon!

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