Kids say the darnedest things…

This is me taking the high road. This is me being the bigger person. At 5 AM this morning, these are the thoughts that are running through my head.  After spending the day catching up on much needed sleep, destressing after the events of the past days and weeks and months, finally ending up at the bar and feeling very much at home, one small email kicked my brain back into high gear.  So I crawled into bed at 2 AM, read a few chapters of the current book (Chuck Palahniuk’s Su... more

More McSweeney’s brilliance : Me know there something wrong with me, but who in Sesame Street doesn’t suffer from mental disease or psychological disorder? They don’t call the vampire with math fetish monster, and me pretty sure he undead and drinks blood. No one calls Grover monster, despite frequent delusional episodes and obsessive-compulsive tendencies. And the obnoxious red Grover—oh, what his name?—Elmo! Yes, Elmo live all day in imaginary world and no one call h... more

If there’s one thing that stands out in my head about the days I spent on the sets of Hide & Creep , it’s the cold. I remember standing in the cemetary just outside of Montevallo, in particular, filming the scenes that feature the first meeting of Chuck, Chris, Michael, and the mysterious government agent F. These scenes, along with others, spotlight Michael naked (having lost his pants in what may or may not have been an alien abduction the night prior) — and ... more

Seriously, you guys: this version of MAGIC is so freaking addictive. I think there must be a subliminal message in here somewhere. I can’t stop listening to it, over and over and over. There is a certain amount of playing to the audience when creating, whether it’s writing, painting, filmmaking, or any other medium. Rare is the artist that is capable of baring his soul with absolutely no awareness (even if it’s not conscious) of the fact that other people will ... more