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Unusual sex dreams

July 18, 2010

Most of my ideas come from dreams — at least, the seed of my stories.  Last night, I had another unusual sex dream which might show up in a story. Being a dream, it makes very little sense in reality, but the setup was this:  I was in a conference center, and there was some [...]

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An important lesson from classic film: go all the way.

July 5, 2010

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conversation Holy shit.  I just happened to watch “The Conversation” last night (1974).  I hardly ever watch broadcast TV, but it was on in the common room, and I caught the opening scene.  Instantly hooked, I watched one of the best movies I’ve ever seen. These days, a “conspiracy thriller” would consist of: Hunky or [...]

Tagged as: character development, coppola, extreme, movie, the conversation

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Life Experience Report: Contortion Class

June 18, 2010

You know that the raw material of art is life, right?  For this reason, I’ve made sure to get as much diverse life experience as possible.  In my circle of nerds, we call it gaining Life Experience Points.  So, I enrolled in contortion class.  Right, like circus contortion. The first class was last night.  I [...]

Tagged as: contortion, dreamy la-la girls, earth people

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