Working on it

“Why are you still awake at 2:30AM?” is a question you may ask upon seeing the time of my last post. And a valid question it is.

Well, until around 1:45AM I was writing. I got several promising pages of dialog written. I’ve not quite got much in the way of “original ideas” for it, but it does seem to be bringing them together in a way I haven’t personally seen before. And it’s all tied into a pseudo-scientific musing of mine that I doubt will ever see the light of day beyond this story, so in at least one regard it’s “original” science fiction. But moreso, it’s about people and relationships and the extremes people will go to for love and the way those extreme actions are seen by those around them who aren’t seeing their actions through the haze of love. I hope. I’ll keep working on it.

So, that’s good. And then, as I was writing I had music videos on MTV/VH1 running in front of me and thereupon I happened to see a commercial advising me for the first time that Lost in Translation was going to be available on DVD “Tuesday”. So I had to get online and see which Tuesday they meant, and make a plea for it to appear in my collection.

Which I did. And then I was going to head to bed, but .. well, my bowels insisted that they took precedence over sleep, so I looked out the window with a flashlight to see if the “snow” they’ve been predicting had begun to fall (it hadn’t), put on shoes and a coat over my pajamas, and went downstairs to the outhouse. Much better now. And as I’ve been writing this my heart rate has dropped enough that I’ll go try sleeping again.

Night.

Lost in Translation, now on DVD

In regards to my list of the best and worst movies of 2003, it looks like Lost in Translation is being released on DVD today. I want to own this movie. I’ve just added it to my Amazon Wishlist. The first person to buy me a copy of Lost in Translation (Widescreen DVD) will receive a complimentary, signed copy of the final version of my debut novel, Lost and Not Found (expected availability: March 2004, approximate value:$20 + S/H) and 50% off any one order from Modern Evil’s 2004 Spring Catalog (expected availability: Summer 2004). If you order it via my Amazon Wishlist it will be shipped directly to me, or if you can get a better deal locally, email me for my shipping address. Or heck, deliver it to me in person. Used copies are fine (assuming they play) – I buy 95% of my DVDs used myself – so feel free to watch and enjoy it before sending it my way.

If I have the money, I will buy it in a couple of weeks when I’m in Phoenix, but … I doubt I’ll have the money for it that soon.

Thanks, everyone, for your compassion and generosity.

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Late night rearranging

Last night after I posted that, and after I waited for my brother to go to bed, I re-arranged parts fo my room so that there was no longer a totally trip-able mass of cables and components growing out from the base of my entertainment center like something out of the Desert of the Real. Instead, it now looks almost entirely like a normal entertainment center. The components, the consoles, all the hardware is actually on shelves and in the unit. The wires go out the back and out of sight (and out from under foot). I have four components cleverly connected to a three-way switch, so everything works in turn, and the XBox plugged in in such a way that it … overtakes the signal when it’s on. Except for the switch (which does come through to the front for ease of use), the whole thing is much more attractive than it was before, and much more practical.

The biggest little bump is that Heath’s computer is no longer easily connected to the setup. It’s not TOO difficult to hook up, but … when it is hooked up, it’s in the walkway. Sigh.

Anyway, off to sand something.

Wheee!