i haven’t posted anything in a long time. let’s remedy that.

i was at the bookstore tonight, and i saw these really nice pocket-sized moleskine notebooks. being a writer, i see the use for them… i’ve sometimes used the “notepad” function of my cell phone just to scratch down ideas. having real pages, something that slips right in my pocket, might not only be neater to jot ideas down when i’m away from a computer, it might actually encourage me to write more. see, i haven’t been writing much since i finished valentine a couple of months ago because i’m still in the planning stages of the next story. but if i had these neat little notebooks i might be more inclined to find an excuse to write in them, which might help me get back into the swing of things, so to speak. the notebooks reminded me of this blog, for instance, and all of the other journals i’ve tried to keep and always failed at.

i guess the truth is i’m not good at keeping these things. yet, at least. i won’t ramble on about why, about the way my mind filters everything out, and i tend to tell real human beings the interesting things i want to say before i bother typing them out here, so by the time i’m ready to write a new post, there’s nothing left that hasn’t been mentioned already. i’m not going to talk about that, no. i’m just going to try my best to update this as frequently as i can so i can convince myself that the contents of my brain are worth writing down. so i can have an excuse to buy those moleskine notebooks.

on the subject of bookstores, easily my biggest weakness as a writer right now is probably the infrequency of which i read other people’s books. i’m reading something now, but i still don’t read daily. by my age, i should probably have hundreds of books devoured, but i can’t bring myself to much of the time.

on the writing front, i’ve made some sparse edits on valentine, but mostly i’m letting it sit while a handful of friends read it, and maybe they’ll give some feedback. i’m in the planning stages of some other stories now. i haven’t written anything down yet for them other than blurbs. i don’t know which one’s going to be next… i have about 3 solid ideas kicking around now, and two of them are very dark in tone.

i’ve submitted the short “six” to a few lit magazines recently, but it has yet to find a home. i’m thinking about slamming out a new short this summer, something small. i like the name “rosaline” for a story. maybe i’ll use it.

last movie i saw was star trek. i’m really looking forward to public enemies though. i’ve been on sort of a “retro” binge, watching some older movies (or at least movies set in the 20’s-50’s, especially noir, like chinatown, miller’s crossing, there will be blood, etc.) also listening to lots of the gaslight anthem. their lyrics from the ‘59 sound all cite things from the era. it’s comforting to know i’m not the only one who feels slightly out of place, as if born in the wrong decade though.

so that’s that. i’m going to try to keep this more updated in the future, and hopefully it will get a little more interesting.

what i’m listening to: cassino / brand new / audio karate / yeah yeah yeahs / the gaslight anthem
reading: the road by cormac mccarthy