No Brains Land

Outside News: watching World's Dumbest and saw some retard in a Darth Vader mask rob a convenience store. Yes, these people live among us, and quite probably breed...

Inside News: driving myself nuts with my thesis proposal, but a good buddy Vinnie gave me a huge hand with nailing the core of the story. Turns out I was spot on when I started eight years ago, then let so much outside feedback make me lose focus. But now my focus is back and with yet another change to what is chapter one. But this is an awesome change. Making chapter 15 chapter 1 give the immediacy, tension and focus my main character was lacking. Thanks a million, VK!

Today's Status: Elf (the impish kind). May no moron ever use another Darth Vader mask to achieve his stupidity to tarnish the cultural phenomenon known as Star Wars.

The Grand Entrance

Why thank you for happening upon tall, young me. You wanna know someone trying to become famous? Well, then stick around this blog as I humbly trudge my way to bookshelves. Don't wanna read another "me-verse" blog, then stick around yet again. News sources ranging from Yahoo!, to those comical late night shows, are full of data worth mulling over.

Outside News: What a juicy starter Abortion! Instead of inciting more rage on my own, go read Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. Yahoo's article itself follows the typical lack of logic and thinking things through. How many people have actually researched why women get abortions? What kind of life said women come from?

Here's my favorite question one of the reader-commenters posted on the article: "When did children bec[o]me a separate species???"

And for those of you who are religiously against abortion, please either a) read the Bible yourself, or b) find a better pastor who isn't trying to mold you to his or her own agenda. Believe it or not, birth control does NOT violate Christian beliefs. If you follow a different religion that opposes birth control I'd love to see a supportive direct quote from your holy tome.

Inside News: Anticipating attending Brandon Mull's latest book signing at my local B&N and hopefully chatting with his two publishers from S&S.

Today's status: troll. Still cold, and still complaining about it being cold. Still have that group of elderly people opposing abortion outside a medical building that doesn't even have an abortion clinic in it anymore.