Rules: Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it’s because I want to know more about you.
Saw this from Kayt Sukel's note on facebook.
1. I am a dork and a geek ... Used to worry about this but embrace it now.
2. I love Philly sports .. especially the Eagles and Phillies .. have since I moved to NJ.
3. I was born in Madison, Wisconsin but only lived there for 2 years .. Visited once about 10 years ago looks like a great town.
4. Lived in Montgomery Township, near Princeton from 7 to in my 20s ... Have many thoughts about the place but definitely think it has grown for too much with country clubbers .. HS class was 106 in 1992 and in the 400s now .. Did love the hills there though.
5. Started college at the University of Chicago .. was there for 2 years .. .found it to be the school where 19 year olds acted like Ph.D. students .. which I don't think is healthy ... Although I have never seen a place where people were so wanting to answer questions and get in the debate.
6. Finished my schooling (undergrad) at Rutgers University. I really enjoyed my time on the banks although like at Chicago I had way too many incompletes .. my advice to future college students .. .just write the damn paper even if its total crap.
7. I really wish I took so time off between HS and college ... Montgomery was a very sheltered place and I think I could have used some time abroad.
8. I considered joining the military many times. My dad wanted me to join the NJ National Guard. I think I would have made a very good officer in the Air Force. I also thought very early on that Iraq was a new Yugoslavia. You have a strongman dictator (Tito and Hussein) who kept a country together by fear where the people hate each other.
9. I have considered getting a Ph.D. many times ... The absolutely dreadful market for professors in the Humanities and Social Science have dissuaded me about this.
10. I have an MBA. Although I enjoy the studies at Claremont/Drucker-Ito School .. I think it was generally far too easy and gave me far, far too much student loan debt. Although I really enjoyed the strategy management portion of my degree.
11. I have declared bankruptcy before the law changed. I was underemployed for a long time and got far too much credit card debt. I just wish the student loan debt was dischargeable. I also think we need too make it easier for people to declare bankruptcy. Especially how many people get into it for medical reasons.
12. I really think we need to divorce health care/insurance and employment. I think this would increase the velocity of employment (how long people are unemployed between jobs) and would allow people not to worry about getting sick.
13. I am really, really happy my parents had great insurance when my dad was diagnosed with brain cancer (GBM) this summer. He was in neuro ICU for almost 4 weeks, and his bills were close to a million dollars. I am happy they were able to remove the golf size tumor and that is was reachable in the front of the brain. My dad is doing very well now and it makes me very greatful.
14. I am really happy to be married to my silly, crazy, awesome wife Lanna. We love to laugh and love together and its just awesome.
15. I have found that I have felt more grounded, at peace and grateful then I have for a very long time. My dad is doing well after his cancer (taking chemotherapy drugs and no recurrence yet), I have a wonderful wife and I am employed.
16. I have tried a very, very long time to be more patient. I think patience is a hard thing to learn but extremely important.
17. Favorite films all time: Brazil, Ran, Intolerance, Empire Strikes Back, Apocalypse Now(which I can never spell right), Rear Window, Vertigo, Citizen Kane, GoodFellas, Dr. Strangelove, and Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
18. I root for Rutgers athletics hard. I wish more people would go to see C. Vivian Stringer coach the always intense Rutgers women's basketball team, and am really happy to see Greg Schiano turn the football program around.
19. I really enjoy campy things .. Marilyn Monroe (both music and movies), Judy Garland, Madonna (for a long time), old musicals, etc.
20. I play Magic the Gathering .. .Its a fun game but I wish it was more contained sometimes .. you can spend an unlimited amount on it.
21. I live in Southern Maine now ... I enjoy it here but it feels very anglo after living in Hyde Park (Chicago), Claremont, CA (S. Calif), Washington Heights, NYC, etc. ...
22. I really miss good Mexican food .. the local food in Pomona, CA (which is more then half mexican) was just awesome. And usually the less you paid, the better the food was .. ie little taquiras with all spanish on the menu wiht a $1 taco would be awesome .. the anglo sit down restaurants kinda sucked.
23. I feel really grateful and lucky for all the support my parents have given me over the years.
24. I would like to travel more .. although I have lived in NYC, Chicago, NJ, Maine, LA, etc. would love to live overseas.
25. I think airline security (the 3 oz bottles and removing shoes) is a total farce ... There are so many better ways.
26. I was a republican until September 11, 2001 ... When GW Bush started trampling on the 1st Amendment and the Bill of Rights I was gone.
27. I am really hopeful of the Obama presidency will be peacemakers and increase the size of diplomacy and the State Department and decrease the spending on military and fancy toys. I think the US spends more on defense then the rest of the world combined.
28. I like ellipses (...)
29. The internet saved my dating life (always shy asking women out and fearful of rejection) .. its where I met most of the women I have dated and my wonderful wife).
30. I love my DVR and the ability to pause and record TV. I also have pretty severe ADHD /clicking around when watching TV shows and have for a long time. I think I may be ADHD spectrum as well.
31. I reveal too much when I do these and never stop at 25.
Edmund
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Happy December
Happy December .. that came fast.
Been on the facebook a lot of late.
Working 11 out of 12 days too from Nov 25th to Saturday ... but a bunch are half or short days so not so bad ...
Nice to see the parents too .. and that my dad's Glioblasoma Malforma (nasty form on brain cancer) is still in remission... He can drive, alert and that makes me very thankful.
Also went to great church service on Sunday with the 'rents and was thankful that I am good at being alone and embracing the peace that can bring (service was Embracing Loneliness)
And if you get a chance to take your parents out for dinner and drinks I highly recommend it (even if makes them pay for things they really don't have to.)
edmund
p.s. Promise to do more blogs besides just SG
Been on the facebook a lot of late.
Working 11 out of 12 days too from Nov 25th to Saturday ... but a bunch are half or short days so not so bad ...
Nice to see the parents too .. and that my dad's Glioblasoma Malforma (nasty form on brain cancer) is still in remission... He can drive, alert and that makes me very thankful.
Also went to great church service on Sunday with the 'rents and was thankful that I am good at being alone and embracing the peace that can bring (service was Embracing Loneliness)
And if you get a chance to take your parents out for dinner and drinks I highly recommend it (even if makes them pay for things they really don't have to.)
edmund
p.s. Promise to do more blogs besides just SG
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
My favorite Concerts Ever!
So while I was driving back from Camp and the family reunion every July 4th in Central Maine, I listened to my wife's IPod and heard Man or AstroMan?
The wife has been getting into Tenacious D and there is only so much I can listen to of it ...
But it made me think how great Man or Astroman were at Pomona College in 2001 and think of my favorite live shows ever.
There are two artists I saw twice both were awesome live.
One is the immortal legend of Rock and Soul, Ray Charles .. once in New Brunswick, NJ at the State Theatre (around a 2,000 seater) in an amazing about 75 minute set ***** .. One of the great shows I ever saw .. I think it w as in the mid-90s? ...
Another was later in Ray Charles's life in a free show outside in Pasadena, CA in 2001 ... It was a fun show but not as amazing **** ... I think its awesome I saw one of my favorite performers of all time live twice.
Another group who was ASTOUNDING live is Living Colour (Cult of Personality is their big single) .. I saw them once at the University of Chicago in Fall 1993? at Mandel Hall, in a 1,000 seat theater usually reserved for classical shows ... Just awesome and insanely great ... Had a "seat" in the pit and had an absolute blast .. One of the best shows ever ***** ...
I also saw them before my really bizarre trip to London in the Summer, 2001 in North London .. They were brilliant there too but the crowd acted posh, and distant ... I loved it though, and thought it was awesome I saw they were in a show in the free paper ****
Other great shows were Lollapolloza 2 at the JFK Stadium Grounds, Philadelphia, Summer 1993 ****1/2 .. A wonderful, hot exhausting show, with Tool, Dinosaur Jr, Fishbone ... Was in the pit a good 5 hours before I just had to get water...
Another was U2 in the Summer of 1992, in the ZOO TV tour, at the floor of Veterans Stadium, Philly ... I had seats about 8 rows away in the acoustic set at the end of a long runway .. Great stadium show *****
Also the Little Steven Underground Rock Festival at Randalls Island, NYC in August? 2004 ... Great show, the Misfits and MANY others were great .. Do wish there was more then one stage ... Lots of fun ... Would have saw Iggy Pop if I wasn't there for 12 hours already, the Strokes didn't play WAY too loud (posers) and there wasn't a hurricane warning out ... And of course the wife wanted to go home .... ****
Awadagin Pratt (classical pianist) given ticket at Mandel Hall, Chicago, 1993 ... ****1/2
BB King blues festival, Garden State Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ .. mid-1990s? ... .Buddy Guy was unbelievable so was Koko Taylor (also saw her at the U of Chicago) .... Fun show ****
Also saw Paul Simon live twice (once at the concert in Central Park ****) and once with Bob Dylan in Holmdel ****
What are some of your favorite shows ever?
ecq
The wife has been getting into Tenacious D and there is only so much I can listen to of it ...
But it made me think how great Man or Astroman were at Pomona College in 2001 and think of my favorite live shows ever.
There are two artists I saw twice both were awesome live.
One is the immortal legend of Rock and Soul, Ray Charles .. once in New Brunswick, NJ at the State Theatre (around a 2,000 seater) in an amazing about 75 minute set ***** .. One of the great shows I ever saw .. I think it w as in the mid-90s? ...
Another was later in Ray Charles's life in a free show outside in Pasadena, CA in 2001 ... It was a fun show but not as amazing **** ... I think its awesome I saw one of my favorite performers of all time live twice.
Another group who was ASTOUNDING live is Living Colour (Cult of Personality is their big single) .. I saw them once at the University of Chicago in Fall 1993? at Mandel Hall, in a 1,000 seat theater usually reserved for classical shows ... Just awesome and insanely great ... Had a "seat" in the pit and had an absolute blast .. One of the best shows ever ***** ...
I also saw them before my really bizarre trip to London in the Summer, 2001 in North London .. They were brilliant there too but the crowd acted posh, and distant ... I loved it though, and thought it was awesome I saw they were in a show in the free paper ****
Other great shows were Lollapolloza 2 at the JFK Stadium Grounds, Philadelphia, Summer 1993 ****1/2 .. A wonderful, hot exhausting show, with Tool, Dinosaur Jr, Fishbone ... Was in the pit a good 5 hours before I just had to get water...
Another was U2 in the Summer of 1992, in the ZOO TV tour, at the floor of Veterans Stadium, Philly ... I had seats about 8 rows away in the acoustic set at the end of a long runway .. Great stadium show *****
Also the Little Steven Underground Rock Festival at Randalls Island, NYC in August? 2004 ... Great show, the Misfits and MANY others were great .. Do wish there was more then one stage ... Lots of fun ... Would have saw Iggy Pop if I wasn't there for 12 hours already, the Strokes didn't play WAY too loud (posers) and there wasn't a hurricane warning out ... And of course the wife wanted to go home .... ****
Awadagin Pratt (classical pianist) given ticket at Mandel Hall, Chicago, 1993 ... ****1/2
BB King blues festival, Garden State Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ .. mid-1990s? ... .Buddy Guy was unbelievable so was Koko Taylor (also saw her at the U of Chicago) .... Fun show ****
Also saw Paul Simon live twice (once at the concert in Central Park ****) and once with Bob Dylan in Holmdel ****
What are some of your favorite shows ever?
ecq
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Wrote some poems .. here you go!
Saw the absolutely brillina Hiryo Mirayaki film (sp.) ... Howl's Moving Castle ****1/2 .. It was lyrical, beautiful and awesome ...
I would also HIGHLY recommend that you watch his movies in Japanese (with subtitles) with the original actors .. Disney has gotten big name actors for the roles, but I much before Miyake directing them...
I liked it more then Princess Mononoke ****, but probably not quite as much as the amazing Spirited Away ***** ....
Haven't seed My Friend Totaro yet and some others .. love his films thoug ...
Also wrote some poems ....
SPOILERS! (Click to view)
May 1st poems
Time
Time goes slowly
Tick, dribble
Just waiting
Shift 5 hours to go
Nothing to sell
No one to talk to
Not allowed to read …
Beach
Beach
Glorious Beach
Filled W/ Dogs
Sun, Surf, Walking
Cairning, Stacking Rocks
Lovely Sunday,
Contemplative, Restful
Rocks
Rocks
Surf Crashing
Tell the story of ages
Worn by the sea
Low tide, high tide
Spring and Fall
For millennia they linger
What stories could they tell
As we wander towards the vast ocean
and this one is my favorite so far ...
Wasted Day
Standing around
Hoping to chat with ..someone
Job says I sell commission vacs …
All I really do is stand
Sometimes I sell, usually I waste time
Vacs and stuff
I sell things that suck
Sometimes they work,
Sometimes they don’t suck and come back
Got the vac salesman blues
And my feets are aching
The time doth go so slow
Waiting til 9, then home I go …
Edmund 5/1/2006 …
I also wrote these two last night and today ...
Treats
I'm a SUCKER for my cat
When he meows
.... I move
What does .. he .. want ..
Some food ...
No treats
.. Kitty Treats ...
Meowing at the man ...
.. Meowing at the drawer ..
Time for treats
...... GIMME MORE!!! ... (typed with Hunter on my lap)
and one at the vac store
Slowlllly
Time
... goes
SLOWWLLLLYY
2 hours to go
waiting
standing
Why am I here ...
.... Where oh where do I go ...
................
In other news sold 2 mattresses with a $400 commission right after I wrote the last one ...
Blessed be ..
Happy May day and Mid-Spring...
ecq
I would also HIGHLY recommend that you watch his movies in Japanese (with subtitles) with the original actors .. Disney has gotten big name actors for the roles, but I much before Miyake directing them...
I liked it more then Princess Mononoke ****, but probably not quite as much as the amazing Spirited Away ***** ....
Haven't seed My Friend Totaro yet and some others .. love his films thoug ...
Also wrote some poems ....
SPOILERS! (Click to view)
May 1st poems
Time
Time goes slowly
Tick, dribble
Just waiting
Shift 5 hours to go
Nothing to sell
No one to talk to
Not allowed to read …
Beach
Beach
Glorious Beach
Filled W/ Dogs
Sun, Surf, Walking
Cairning, Stacking Rocks
Lovely Sunday,
Contemplative, Restful
Rocks
Rocks
Surf Crashing
Tell the story of ages
Worn by the sea
Low tide, high tide
Spring and Fall
For millennia they linger
What stories could they tell
As we wander towards the vast ocean
and this one is my favorite so far ...
Wasted Day
Standing around
Hoping to chat with ..someone
Job says I sell commission vacs …
All I really do is stand
Sometimes I sell, usually I waste time
Vacs and stuff
I sell things that suck
Sometimes they work,
Sometimes they don’t suck and come back
Got the vac salesman blues
And my feets are aching
The time doth go so slow
Waiting til 9, then home I go …
Edmund 5/1/2006 …
I also wrote these two last night and today ...
Treats
I'm a SUCKER for my cat
When he meows
.... I move
What does .. he .. want ..
Some food ...
No treats
.. Kitty Treats ...
Meowing at the man ...
.. Meowing at the drawer ..
Time for treats
...... GIMME MORE!!! ... (typed with Hunter on my lap)
and one at the vac store
Slowlllly
Time
... goes
SLOWWLLLLYY
2 hours to go
waiting
standing
Why am I here ...
.... Where oh where do I go ...
................
In other news sold 2 mattresses with a $400 commission right after I wrote the last one ...
Blessed be ..
Happy May day and Mid-Spring...
ecq
Monday, March 06, 2006
Oscars -- Post-Mortem
Oscars -- A Rant ....
Oscars ... A Rant
I think John Stewart did a very good job, much better then I thought he would ...
It was also very very odd to see Ben Stiller's package in a green jumpsuit.
Why oh why for the love of god, are they playing music DURING the beginning of the speeches ...
It is so mean, and annoying ...
There were so many bloated tributes on this show, why cant they give the winners 2 minutes to speak ...
Good speeches especially by Clooney and the foreign film winner ...
Was also lovely to see how nervous Philip Seymour Hoffman was ...
Next year director and Conti .. let people talk ...
Ang Lee just won for Brokeback Mountain, I bet he will win for Best Picture now too ...
Even the music over Ang Lee ... Never started the speeches with music before... I cannot say how annoying this is.
I do need to see Brokeback Mountain too, have only seen Crash among the best picture nominees ...
Walk the Line still my favorite movie of the year *****
WOW Crash won for Best Picture.. Its the only one of the nominees I have seen ...
I will be interested to see what Haggis writes or directs next after Crash **** and Million Dollar Baby **** ... Two straight Best Pictures written ...
Congratulations Paul Haggis and Crash...
edmund davis-quinn
p.s. How for the love of god did the cut off the Best Picture speech .. I really hope they fire the director Horovitz and Bill Conti for that ... That was simply atrocious ...
I loved John Stewart but there was 8 montages, and very short speeches ... Why did they play music on every speech and cut off the Best Picture speech ....
I liked Crash and need to see the other best picture noms to give an opinion ... I guess a lot of people didn't like Crash ...
Oscars ... A Rant
I think John Stewart did a very good job, much better then I thought he would ...
It was also very very odd to see Ben Stiller's package in a green jumpsuit.
Why oh why for the love of god, are they playing music DURING the beginning of the speeches ...
It is so mean, and annoying ...
There were so many bloated tributes on this show, why cant they give the winners 2 minutes to speak ...
Good speeches especially by Clooney and the foreign film winner ...
Was also lovely to see how nervous Philip Seymour Hoffman was ...
Next year director and Conti .. let people talk ...
Ang Lee just won for Brokeback Mountain, I bet he will win for Best Picture now too ...
Even the music over Ang Lee ... Never started the speeches with music before... I cannot say how annoying this is.
I do need to see Brokeback Mountain too, have only seen Crash among the best picture nominees ...
Walk the Line still my favorite movie of the year *****
WOW Crash won for Best Picture.. Its the only one of the nominees I have seen ...
I will be interested to see what Haggis writes or directs next after Crash **** and Million Dollar Baby **** ... Two straight Best Pictures written ...
Congratulations Paul Haggis and Crash...
edmund davis-quinn
p.s. How for the love of god did the cut off the Best Picture speech .. I really hope they fire the director Horovitz and Bill Conti for that ... That was simply atrocious ...
I loved John Stewart but there was 8 montages, and very short speeches ... Why did they play music on every speech and cut off the Best Picture speech ....
I liked Crash and need to see the other best picture noms to give an opinion ... I guess a lot of people didn't like Crash ...
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
100 Things about me ... no make that 112
I originally posted this in my main blog .. http://edmundcquinn.blogspot.com
100 Things about me ... 1-25
I got this idea from the fantastic blog Mainely Midge ....
http://mainelymadge.typepad.com/mainely_madge/
1. I am a night owl.
2. I am a media junkie.
3. I went to Rutgers University
4. I am listening to ITunes right now .. Doors in Concert .. I used ITunes once more when I wrote my novel.
5. I wrote 56,000 words in November for No Filter but have wrote much less in the last 2 months.
6. I am a HUGE Rutgers sports fan.
7. I will listen to Rutgers football, and womens and mens basketball on the Web Radio ... http://scarletknights.com, http://nj.com/wor (mens basketball and football) and http://nj.com/wrsu ...
8. I look at http://nj.com/rutgers nearly every day to see if there are any stories about my alma mater ....
9. I really like the website Suicide Girls .. I started it to enjoy the women .. I have kept at it with the discussion groups.
10. I run the Non-Fiction, Documentaries, and Basketball groups on that site ...
11. I compulsive rate things and love to make lists.
12. I loved hearing about Nick Hornby's character make lots of lists in the book "High Fidelity"
13. I am a Philadelphis sports fan
14. I love the phillies
15. I majored in Political Science and am one credit short (a world history (the class is China's Foreign Relations) from a second major in history...
16. I have an MBA ... I have gotten much from it except debt ....
17. I loved Claremont .. Went for an MBA there and became more of an academic and less interested in money.
18. I love my wife Lanna dearly ...
19. I love seeing my cat Hunter "Socks" Thompson post in his kitty blog .. http://huntersocksthompson.com
20. My favorite movie this year by far was "Walk the Line" *****
21. My original review for "Walk the Line" was ****1/2 .. I need to think about a movie before I can give it ***** ....
22. I hated that Peter Travers of Rolling Stone went away from the 5 star reviewing system which they still use on LPs ...
23. I prefer saying LP to CD
24. I love vinyl
25. I collect things
26. I find it hard to pay full price for a book .. but if its a quarter I will grab lots of them.
27. I have difficulty throwing away newspapers ....
28. I seriously want to read every article and will even if the paper is years old ...
29. I sometimes feel more comfortable in academia then the real world...
30. I wish I traveled more ...
31. I have been to Oxford, London, Geneva, Moscow and St. Petersburg .. As well as Monterrey, Mexico ...
32. I have also been to Tijuana, Ensanada and Mexicali but hardly consider that leaving the US...
33. I honeymooned in Quebec and Montreal ...
34. The best meal I had on that trip was in a small resteraunt in a strip mall about 8 miles east of Trois Riverois ....
35. I wish you could drink in public
36. I love beer.
37. I have a beer blog .. http://mainebeerguy.blogspot.com
38. I love Maine beer but wish there was a store that had lots of non-regional beers ...
(a break)
39. The Great Lost Bear in Portland is one of the great beer bars in the world ...
40. My other favorite beer bars are Lucky Baldwins -- Pasadena, CA ...
41. The Old Bay Resteraunt -- New Brunswick, NJ .. home of Rutgers University (BA Political Science '98)
42. The Blind Tiger Ale House -- Greenwich Village, NYC
43. I stay awake much too late ...
44. The Great British Beer Festival was going on a ten minute walk from me when I was in London but I didn't go ... I immediately regretted this ...
45. I love the song "Happy Happy, Joy, Joy" from Ren and Stimpy
46. I have bought DVDs of seasons of the Simpsons, Futurama, Family Guy, and Ren and Stimpy but rarely watch them....
47. I love all of these shows.
48. I have been to a few big concerts in my life .... Genesis -- 1991 (after junior year of HS) .. U2- During the Zoo Station tour (I believe 1992) on the floor of Veterans Stadium
49... I am listening to "One" off the "Achtung Baby" album right now which I heard Bono and Edge do acoustically about 5 rows from me in the Miss America type catwalk in the middle of Veterans Stadium.
50. I liked old Veterans Stadium ... I saw a few Phillies games there and always loved the 70s multi-purpose stadium ...
51. I saw David Cone get 20 strikeouts against the Phillies while he played for the Mets and rooted him on the whole way ...
52. My favorite baseball park I have been to is Wrigley field
53. I loved the big urinal trough at Wrigley ...
54. I go to minor league games now since I went to a Trenton Thunder game about 5 years ago ...
55. I have never been to a hockey game
56. I plan to go to a Portland Pirates game soon..
57. I live in Westbrook, ME just West of Portland, ME
58. I misss NYC sometimes .... There was so much to do there...
59. NYC frequently exhausted me
60.. My parents recently moved to Allentown, PA but still consider them living in NJ ...
61. I grew up in Skillman, NJ just north of Princeton
62. I cheer on the Princeton Tigers, although not as much as the Rutgers Scarlet Knights
63. I watched the Tigers beat UCLA in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on the Princeton Campus at the old student center
64. I think Princeton University's Chapel is one of the most beautiful churches in the world ...
65. My kitty thinks the Christmas tree is the best toy ever and loves to roll the ornaments around
66. Luckily we have very few breakable ornaments...
67. Its January 23rd and the tree is still up
68. The most beautiful church I saw was a small one adjacent to the Tetrikiaov Gallery in Moscow, Russia ...
69. Another stunning church inside was St. Paul's Cathedral, London
70. I started University at the University of Chicago ... Gray Gothic looks lovely in the summer ...
71. There is not a worse place to be depressed then wintertime at the University of Chicago .. Gray Gothic is really depressing on a cool winter's day ...
72. I love the blues
73. I was under 21 when in Chicago and didn't go to nearly enough blues clubs ...
74. The Blues and Beer celebration at Chicago at Ida Noyes Hall was the best festival of its type I ever went to .. I love just having 4 bands play on 3 floors...
75. I was a virgin until 23.
76. I met my wife over the internet .... I was on nerve.com/ and she was on bust.com (Spring Street Personals)
77. I went to Lollapalooza 2 and was in the mosh pit for 3 hours ... That was fun ...
78. Living Colour is one of my all time favorite live bands .. I have seen them twice .. Once at Mandel Hall, University of Chicago in 1993 .. once in London in July, 2001 ...
79.. I love the web comic Questionable Content ... http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1
80. Me and Lanna (my wife) moved from NYC in January, 2005 .. We haven't been back since ...
81. Boston is only 2 hours away but for some reason Monson, ME (31/2 hours away) seems closer ...
82. I was married in Monson, Maine on July 3, 2004 ... the town where my wife grew up ...
83. I was married outdoors with a Pig Roast and DJ equipment lent by a friend ... I would recommend this to anyone
84. The minister who performed at our wedding was excellent .. and it was her first time performing at a wedding ...
85. I thought I would only do 25 of these at a time but up to number 85 ... cool ..
86. I have a feeling I will do more then 100 of these
87. My favorite film all time is Brazil...
88. My kitty loves playing fetch with furry mice ....
89. My cat is an indoor cat but travels very well ...
90. I interned at the NYC Fringe Festival 2003 .. .and saw about 30 pieces of theatre .. . I wished I did it in 2004 ...
91. I was interning at the NYC Fringe Festival during the 2003 blackout while the show Pinafore! (a gay take of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta "HMS Pinafore) was going on .. the troupe finished the first act at the Christopher Street pier it was awesome...
92. I played Pedro (one of the muletters) in "Man of La Mancha" at Bar Mills Playhouse this summer ... It was one of my first times doing theatre and I loved it ...
93. I have done stand up a few times and killed and bombed .. When I have done well it was off the cuff and went a long time ...
94. One of these times was in HS (Junior year) at the Man of the Year contest, one was after Rutgers cancelled a game vs. #1 UMass because a student (one) sat in the center of the court..
95. This student was called "the Rosa Parks of Rutgers" by Newsweek .. but she probably shouldn't have been allowed on court with 8,500 students watching Rutgers leading the #1 team in the country at halftime .. especially considering she probably didn't pay for her seat...
96. I have difficulty letting certain things go ...
97. I think I want to go back to school but I am not sure for what.
98. I declared bankruptcy before the law changed.
99. I can't believe they are eliminating the Estate Tax (the main reason for such foundations as the Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, creation of universities, Carnagie Foundation ...) at the same time they are eliminating the ability of people to simply forgive debt without credit card counseling
100. I couldn't believe how easy it was to go before bankruptcy court .. the whole thing took 2 minutes...
101. I wonder if I would make a decent lawyer.
102. I wonder if I should have went to Sloan for my MBA instead of Drucker (had a 700 GMAT)
103. I wonder about a lot of things.
104. I am having trouble editing my book .. I actually think its pretty good ...
105. I was a College Republican .. but now despise George W Bush ...
106. I was pretty sure the Iraq "war" would be easy but the peace extremely difficult before the US invasion
107. I think the documentaries "Control Room" and "The Corporation" are absolutely brilliant ...
108. I wanted to be a writer when I was in 3rd and 4th grade ...
109. I have some non-fiction in me and need to figure out how to write it.
110. I love the number 111 .. three consecutive numbers and stuff..
111. See I went 11 over ... I subscribe to the Financial Times but don't really like it (free from airline miles)
112. Can't stop typing .. I will add pennies to tips to come up with cool numbers .. ie 11.11 or 17.76 ...
113. I love making lists .. and would heavily recommend the Von Iglefeld series by Alexander McCall Smith
That was a lot of fun .....
Blogging rocks!
Too bad you have to worry about being dooced...
100 Things about me ... 1-25
I got this idea from the fantastic blog Mainely Midge ....
http://mainelymadge.typepad.com/mainely_madge/
1. I am a night owl.
2. I am a media junkie.
3. I went to Rutgers University
4. I am listening to ITunes right now .. Doors in Concert .. I used ITunes once more when I wrote my novel.
5. I wrote 56,000 words in November for No Filter but have wrote much less in the last 2 months.
6. I am a HUGE Rutgers sports fan.
7. I will listen to Rutgers football, and womens and mens basketball on the Web Radio ... http://scarletknights.com, http://nj.com/wor (mens basketball and football) and http://nj.com/wrsu ...
8. I look at http://nj.com/rutgers nearly every day to see if there are any stories about my alma mater ....
9. I really like the website Suicide Girls .. I started it to enjoy the women .. I have kept at it with the discussion groups.
10. I run the Non-Fiction, Documentaries, and Basketball groups on that site ...
11. I compulsive rate things and love to make lists.
12. I loved hearing about Nick Hornby's character make lots of lists in the book "High Fidelity"
13. I am a Philadelphis sports fan
14. I love the phillies
15. I majored in Political Science and am one credit short (a world history (the class is China's Foreign Relations) from a second major in history...
16. I have an MBA ... I have gotten much from it except debt ....
17. I loved Claremont .. Went for an MBA there and became more of an academic and less interested in money.
18. I love my wife Lanna dearly ...
19. I love seeing my cat Hunter "Socks" Thompson post in his kitty blog .. http://huntersocksthompson.com
20. My favorite movie this year by far was "Walk the Line" *****
21. My original review for "Walk the Line" was ****1/2 .. I need to think about a movie before I can give it ***** ....
22. I hated that Peter Travers of Rolling Stone went away from the 5 star reviewing system which they still use on LPs ...
23. I prefer saying LP to CD
24. I love vinyl
25. I collect things
26. I find it hard to pay full price for a book .. but if its a quarter I will grab lots of them.
27. I have difficulty throwing away newspapers ....
28. I seriously want to read every article and will even if the paper is years old ...
29. I sometimes feel more comfortable in academia then the real world...
30. I wish I traveled more ...
31. I have been to Oxford, London, Geneva, Moscow and St. Petersburg .. As well as Monterrey, Mexico ...
32. I have also been to Tijuana, Ensanada and Mexicali but hardly consider that leaving the US...
33. I honeymooned in Quebec and Montreal ...
34. The best meal I had on that trip was in a small resteraunt in a strip mall about 8 miles east of Trois Riverois ....
35. I wish you could drink in public
36. I love beer.
37. I have a beer blog .. http://mainebeerguy.blogspot.com
38. I love Maine beer but wish there was a store that had lots of non-regional beers ...
(a break)
39. The Great Lost Bear in Portland is one of the great beer bars in the world ...
40. My other favorite beer bars are Lucky Baldwins -- Pasadena, CA ...
41. The Old Bay Resteraunt -- New Brunswick, NJ .. home of Rutgers University (BA Political Science '98)
42. The Blind Tiger Ale House -- Greenwich Village, NYC
43. I stay awake much too late ...
44. The Great British Beer Festival was going on a ten minute walk from me when I was in London but I didn't go ... I immediately regretted this ...
45. I love the song "Happy Happy, Joy, Joy" from Ren and Stimpy
46. I have bought DVDs of seasons of the Simpsons, Futurama, Family Guy, and Ren and Stimpy but rarely watch them....
47. I love all of these shows.
48. I have been to a few big concerts in my life .... Genesis -- 1991 (after junior year of HS) .. U2- During the Zoo Station tour (I believe 1992) on the floor of Veterans Stadium
49... I am listening to "One" off the "Achtung Baby" album right now which I heard Bono and Edge do acoustically about 5 rows from me in the Miss America type catwalk in the middle of Veterans Stadium.
50. I liked old Veterans Stadium ... I saw a few Phillies games there and always loved the 70s multi-purpose stadium ...
51. I saw David Cone get 20 strikeouts against the Phillies while he played for the Mets and rooted him on the whole way ...
52. My favorite baseball park I have been to is Wrigley field
53. I loved the big urinal trough at Wrigley ...
54. I go to minor league games now since I went to a Trenton Thunder game about 5 years ago ...
55. I have never been to a hockey game
56. I plan to go to a Portland Pirates game soon..
57. I live in Westbrook, ME just West of Portland, ME
58. I misss NYC sometimes .... There was so much to do there...
59. NYC frequently exhausted me
60.. My parents recently moved to Allentown, PA but still consider them living in NJ ...
61. I grew up in Skillman, NJ just north of Princeton
62. I cheer on the Princeton Tigers, although not as much as the Rutgers Scarlet Knights
63. I watched the Tigers beat UCLA in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on the Princeton Campus at the old student center
64. I think Princeton University's Chapel is one of the most beautiful churches in the world ...
65. My kitty thinks the Christmas tree is the best toy ever and loves to roll the ornaments around
66. Luckily we have very few breakable ornaments...
67. Its January 23rd and the tree is still up
68. The most beautiful church I saw was a small one adjacent to the Tetrikiaov Gallery in Moscow, Russia ...
69. Another stunning church inside was St. Paul's Cathedral, London
70. I started University at the University of Chicago ... Gray Gothic looks lovely in the summer ...
71. There is not a worse place to be depressed then wintertime at the University of Chicago .. Gray Gothic is really depressing on a cool winter's day ...
72. I love the blues
73. I was under 21 when in Chicago and didn't go to nearly enough blues clubs ...
74. The Blues and Beer celebration at Chicago at Ida Noyes Hall was the best festival of its type I ever went to .. I love just having 4 bands play on 3 floors...
75. I was a virgin until 23.
76. I met my wife over the internet .... I was on nerve.com/ and she was on bust.com (Spring Street Personals)
77. I went to Lollapalooza 2 and was in the mosh pit for 3 hours ... That was fun ...
78. Living Colour is one of my all time favorite live bands .. I have seen them twice .. Once at Mandel Hall, University of Chicago in 1993 .. once in London in July, 2001 ...
79.. I love the web comic Questionable Content ... http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1
80. Me and Lanna (my wife) moved from NYC in January, 2005 .. We haven't been back since ...
81. Boston is only 2 hours away but for some reason Monson, ME (31/2 hours away) seems closer ...
82. I was married in Monson, Maine on July 3, 2004 ... the town where my wife grew up ...
83. I was married outdoors with a Pig Roast and DJ equipment lent by a friend ... I would recommend this to anyone
84. The minister who performed at our wedding was excellent .. and it was her first time performing at a wedding ...
85. I thought I would only do 25 of these at a time but up to number 85 ... cool ..
86. I have a feeling I will do more then 100 of these
87. My favorite film all time is Brazil...
88. My kitty loves playing fetch with furry mice ....
89. My cat is an indoor cat but travels very well ...
90. I interned at the NYC Fringe Festival 2003 .. .and saw about 30 pieces of theatre .. . I wished I did it in 2004 ...
91. I was interning at the NYC Fringe Festival during the 2003 blackout while the show Pinafore! (a gay take of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta "HMS Pinafore) was going on .. the troupe finished the first act at the Christopher Street pier it was awesome...
92. I played Pedro (one of the muletters) in "Man of La Mancha" at Bar Mills Playhouse this summer ... It was one of my first times doing theatre and I loved it ...
93. I have done stand up a few times and killed and bombed .. When I have done well it was off the cuff and went a long time ...
94. One of these times was in HS (Junior year) at the Man of the Year contest, one was after Rutgers cancelled a game vs. #1 UMass because a student (one) sat in the center of the court..
95. This student was called "the Rosa Parks of Rutgers" by Newsweek .. but she probably shouldn't have been allowed on court with 8,500 students watching Rutgers leading the #1 team in the country at halftime .. especially considering she probably didn't pay for her seat...
96. I have difficulty letting certain things go ...
97. I think I want to go back to school but I am not sure for what.
98. I declared bankruptcy before the law changed.
99. I can't believe they are eliminating the Estate Tax (the main reason for such foundations as the Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, creation of universities, Carnagie Foundation ...) at the same time they are eliminating the ability of people to simply forgive debt without credit card counseling
100. I couldn't believe how easy it was to go before bankruptcy court .. the whole thing took 2 minutes...
101. I wonder if I would make a decent lawyer.
102. I wonder if I should have went to Sloan for my MBA instead of Drucker (had a 700 GMAT)
103. I wonder about a lot of things.
104. I am having trouble editing my book .. I actually think its pretty good ...
105. I was a College Republican .. but now despise George W Bush ...
106. I was pretty sure the Iraq "war" would be easy but the peace extremely difficult before the US invasion
107. I think the documentaries "Control Room" and "The Corporation" are absolutely brilliant ...
108. I wanted to be a writer when I was in 3rd and 4th grade ...
109. I have some non-fiction in me and need to figure out how to write it.
110. I love the number 111 .. three consecutive numbers and stuff..
111. See I went 11 over ... I subscribe to the Financial Times but don't really like it (free from airline miles)
112. Can't stop typing .. I will add pennies to tips to come up with cool numbers .. ie 11.11 or 17.76 ...
113. I love making lists .. and would heavily recommend the Von Iglefeld series by Alexander McCall Smith
That was a lot of fun .....
Blogging rocks!
Too bad you have to worry about being dooced...
Friday, December 30, 2005
Top 10+ movies of the year ...
Happy New Year/Kwanzaa/Hannukah/Christmas ...
Some new years resolutions ....
1. Write more
2. Do more art
3. Volunteer especially in mentoring and teaching ...
Seeing the parents was nice this weekend also saw three movies and willing to do an early top 10 list (incomplete)
I saw three this weekend
the first and by far the best and the #1 movie I have seen this year is "Walk the Line" ... ****1/2 ... this is an amazing biopic about June Carter and Johnny Cash and has amazing performances by Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon .. see it Now!
The second movie I saw was King Kong ... Having seen bits of this I had monster expectations .. This one was lots of fun and very bloated. The movie was better as a sum of parts then as a whole ***1/2 (#8 of the year?) ... The special effects were awesome especially Serkis as King Kong and the rest of Skull Island ...
I also saw the Chronic .. Chronicles of Narnia ... It was very weird having a main character and [spoiler] chief weenie [/spoiler] as my namesake Edmund ....
The movie had nice effects and good acting but didn't really gel for me .. I give it a marginal thumbs up but **1/2 .. Lucy was well portrayed but the whole thing felt much too disney.
Without further adieu an incomplete top 10 ....
1) Walk the Line .. no doubt about it....
2) A History of Violence ... ****1/2 ... This one was very good and surprised me .. great acting by Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen among others .. the one movie I don't want to say much about ... if you have seen you can e-mail me though...
3) The Corporation (2003) .. ****1/2 ... This movie devasted me .. .Just a fascinating story of the power of the corporation and its medical diagnosis ... Psychopath ... Only concerned with Shareholder Equity and Profits ... although not technically a 2005 release I saw it this year ...
4) SavingFace ... ****1/4 ... Although this is officially a 2004 release .. the release was very limited .. a wonderful love story about two Chinese lesbians who grew up in Flushing, Queens .. there is a lot here about family too ... WELL worth seeing ...
5) Batman Begins ... **** ... I forgot about this one .. the best of the Batmans since Tim Burton directed them ... I really liked this one ... I probably liked War of the World better save the ending ... I loved the darkness in this one .. Christian Bale really worked ... Katie Holmes less so.
3, 4 undeserved by what I have seenof 2005 releases ... I hope there are movies I haven't seen that belong here ...
6) Jarhead ....**** .... The most existential war movie ever ... I loved the thoughtfulness of this .. I will pretty much see anything Sam Mendes does ...
7) The 40-Year Old Virgin ... **** ... Without any doubt the funniest movie I saw all year ... and lots and lots of heart ... Steve Carell is amazing in this one ... His relationship with Catherine Keener is beyond sweet....
8) The War of the Worlds ... **** .. . For the ending alone lost half a star ... This movie spellbound me and was a better scare fest then the more critically loved King Kong ... Tom Cruise and Dakota Fanning are very good as was the creature designed ..> V.V. good (maybe 3rd best of the year) without ending .. this really should be a 6-7 pick ... I have not seen some movies that might belong here like Syriana, Brokeback Mountain, Munich and Cinderella Man
9) Sin City ... The most visually inventive movie of the year ... **** ... Mickey Rourke's best performance ever ... Very interesting movie to watch ...
10) In Her Shoes ... This may well be too high .. ***1/2 ... I really enjoyed this movie .. This was definitely one I saw with my wife's consent but I really enjoyed it ...
11) .. Star Wars 3/6: Sith .... ***1/2 ... Wow do I want to give spoilers on this one... I will just say outside the lines that this was my favorite of the 2nd trilogy .. It is nearly as good as Jedi ... Also one of the worst love stories ever .. ... Harry Potter 4 might take this spot ...
12) Fever Pitch ... ***1/2 ... A fun Drew Barrymore movie ... an odd retelling of the Nick Hornby though .. I enjoyed it but if you really want to understand the psychology of a sports fan read the book "Fever Pitch" by Nick Hornby about the horrors and joys of rooting for Arsenal Soccer Football in N. London ...
First Honorable Mention ...
13) Kung Fu Hustle ***1/2 .. Just a lot of fun .. I enjoyed Shaolin Soccer more but well worth seeing ... Stephen Chow is a joy to watch ... Just a fun movie ...
Highest expectations not quite met ....
14) King Kong ... ***1/4 .. not sure it belongs on the top 10 at all .. .Kong was one of the great special effects creations ever and it probably deserves technical awards along with "War" ... Way too long at 3 hours 20 minutes ... [spoiler] Why did the ship take an hour ... Not sure if I bought the romances either ... Had huge expectations and was disappointed ... [/spoiler]
An Honorable Mention to ....
15) Murderball ... ***1/4 ... This was a lot of fun .. I loved the hardcore Wheelchair rugby players ... Well worth watching ..
I also liked .... .
16) (to give 10 movies) Hitch .. *** .. This doens't really belong on a top 10 list at all but it was fun ... I enjoyed it ...
Please give comments and tell me more movies to put on the list ...
ecq
Yep now the list is even longer ... Haven't seen Wedding Crashers, or Penguins either
And yes .. there really is nothing about writing here ... Feels weird to write so little in December after so much in November ...
Some new years resolutions ....
1. Write more
2. Do more art
3. Volunteer especially in mentoring and teaching ...
Seeing the parents was nice this weekend also saw three movies and willing to do an early top 10 list (incomplete)
I saw three this weekend
the first and by far the best and the #1 movie I have seen this year is "Walk the Line" ... ****1/2 ... this is an amazing biopic about June Carter and Johnny Cash and has amazing performances by Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon .. see it Now!
The second movie I saw was King Kong ... Having seen bits of this I had monster expectations .. This one was lots of fun and very bloated. The movie was better as a sum of parts then as a whole ***1/2 (#8 of the year?) ... The special effects were awesome especially Serkis as King Kong and the rest of Skull Island ...
I also saw the Chronic .. Chronicles of Narnia ... It was very weird having a main character and [spoiler] chief weenie [/spoiler] as my namesake Edmund ....
The movie had nice effects and good acting but didn't really gel for me .. I give it a marginal thumbs up but **1/2 .. Lucy was well portrayed but the whole thing felt much too disney.
Without further adieu an incomplete top 10 ....
1) Walk the Line .. no doubt about it....
2) A History of Violence ... ****1/2 ... This one was very good and surprised me .. great acting by Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen among others .. the one movie I don't want to say much about ... if you have seen you can e-mail me though...
3) The Corporation (2003) .. ****1/2 ... This movie devasted me .. .Just a fascinating story of the power of the corporation and its medical diagnosis ... Psychopath ... Only concerned with Shareholder Equity and Profits ... although not technically a 2005 release I saw it this year ...
4) SavingFace ... ****1/4 ... Although this is officially a 2004 release .. the release was very limited .. a wonderful love story about two Chinese lesbians who grew up in Flushing, Queens .. there is a lot here about family too ... WELL worth seeing ...
5) Batman Begins ... **** ... I forgot about this one .. the best of the Batmans since Tim Burton directed them ... I really liked this one ... I probably liked War of the World better save the ending ... I loved the darkness in this one .. Christian Bale really worked ... Katie Holmes less so.
3, 4 undeserved by what I have seenof 2005 releases ... I hope there are movies I haven't seen that belong here ...
6) Jarhead ....**** .... The most existential war movie ever ... I loved the thoughtfulness of this .. I will pretty much see anything Sam Mendes does ...
7) The 40-Year Old Virgin ... **** ... Without any doubt the funniest movie I saw all year ... and lots and lots of heart ... Steve Carell is amazing in this one ... His relationship with Catherine Keener is beyond sweet....
8) The War of the Worlds ... **** .. . For the ending alone lost half a star ... This movie spellbound me and was a better scare fest then the more critically loved King Kong ... Tom Cruise and Dakota Fanning are very good as was the creature designed ..> V.V. good (maybe 3rd best of the year) without ending .. this really should be a 6-7 pick ... I have not seen some movies that might belong here like Syriana, Brokeback Mountain, Munich and Cinderella Man
9) Sin City ... The most visually inventive movie of the year ... **** ... Mickey Rourke's best performance ever ... Very interesting movie to watch ...
10) In Her Shoes ... This may well be too high .. ***1/2 ... I really enjoyed this movie .. This was definitely one I saw with my wife's consent but I really enjoyed it ...
11) .. Star Wars 3/6: Sith .... ***1/2 ... Wow do I want to give spoilers on this one... I will just say outside the lines that this was my favorite of the 2nd trilogy .. It is nearly as good as Jedi ... Also one of the worst love stories ever .. ... Harry Potter 4 might take this spot ...
12) Fever Pitch ... ***1/2 ... A fun Drew Barrymore movie ... an odd retelling of the Nick Hornby though .. I enjoyed it but if you really want to understand the psychology of a sports fan read the book "Fever Pitch" by Nick Hornby about the horrors and joys of rooting for Arsenal Soccer Football in N. London ...
First Honorable Mention ...
13) Kung Fu Hustle ***1/2 .. Just a lot of fun .. I enjoyed Shaolin Soccer more but well worth seeing ... Stephen Chow is a joy to watch ... Just a fun movie ...
Highest expectations not quite met ....
14) King Kong ... ***1/4 .. not sure it belongs on the top 10 at all .. .Kong was one of the great special effects creations ever and it probably deserves technical awards along with "War" ... Way too long at 3 hours 20 minutes ... [spoiler] Why did the ship take an hour ... Not sure if I bought the romances either ... Had huge expectations and was disappointed ... [/spoiler]
An Honorable Mention to ....
15) Murderball ... ***1/4 ... This was a lot of fun .. I loved the hardcore Wheelchair rugby players ... Well worth watching ..
I also liked .... .
16) (to give 10 movies) Hitch .. *** .. This doens't really belong on a top 10 list at all but it was fun ... I enjoyed it ...
Please give comments and tell me more movies to put on the list ...
ecq
Yep now the list is even longer ... Haven't seen Wedding Crashers, or Penguins either
And yes .. there really is nothing about writing here ... Feels weird to write so little in December after so much in November ...
Sunday, December 18, 2005
Back to Writing
Starting to Write Again
Its hard to retrieve the writing mojo.
I am trying to type more today ...
It all went so easy during the month of November for NanoWriMo.... I was really enjoying my characters too... There was also a lot of therapy involved in No Filter ...
I am curious to go back through it ... there are a lot of scenes that I need to go back and add too ... Especially the ones of the naughtier variety ... I suppose there is something to be said for less is more sometimes...
Chris Beaty the author and creator of Nano recommends 2 weeks to a month before editing the book. I must say that is a big stop-off in writing.
I would almost recommend typing on other projects.
But going from 200 mph to 0 just feels weird.
On to some movies I saw recently.
I saw some interesting movies recently ... Murderball ****, Solaris *** and the surprisingly good SavingFace ****1/4.
Murderball is about wheelchair rugby or "murderball," which is a kind of smear the queer on wheels where the goal is to get the ball with your chair across the endline, and hit everything along the way. This is a lot of fun and has great special features, including the player commentary and the Jackass episode.
"Solaris" was very interesting and very slow. It was gorgeously shot by Soderbergh, but I am not sure I understand it. Nevertheless I liked it, it was good while I was reading stuff online ... Not one of Soderbergh's best but quite good ... ***
The best one of the week was Saving Face ****1/4 ... This one surprised me... It was a romantic comedy involving two lesbian chinese woman finding love in the repressive Chinese society of Flushing, Queens. It also involves a lot about mothers and daughters and what represents "ideal" society for the Chinese. This one was really good ... It surprised me how much I liked it.
It also sucks to be poor at christmas time. I am not subbing nearly enough, and have limited funds for Christmas.
I am officially bankrupt now too, I filed Ch. 7 bankruptcy on last Friday and met the judge. It was amazing how fast the preceding went. I was the second person in line and I was done in 5 minutes.
It was much harder to drive my car through the snow on December 10th. A rear-wheel drive 84 Mercedes 300D, doesn't always do so well in the snow. I was slipping and sliding everywhere, I also just got to court right at 9 am... The 15 minute trip to Portland took a good 40-45 minutes.
I also need to see some movies. King Kong looks ridicously awesome. Syriana very interesting, if convulted, Walk the Line looks great, and I have seen all the rest of the Potter movies. I think the movie of the week will be Rent.
Hopefully can see King Kong with the parents .... Off to Allentown, PA on Saturday to see my parents and have my wife visit their new house.
The kitty will miss us. This will also be Lanna's first christmas not with her brother.
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Good Solstice.
Edmund Davis-Quinn
Its hard to retrieve the writing mojo.
I am trying to type more today ...
It all went so easy during the month of November for NanoWriMo.... I was really enjoying my characters too... There was also a lot of therapy involved in No Filter ...
I am curious to go back through it ... there are a lot of scenes that I need to go back and add too ... Especially the ones of the naughtier variety ... I suppose there is something to be said for less is more sometimes...
Chris Beaty the author and creator of Nano recommends 2 weeks to a month before editing the book. I must say that is a big stop-off in writing.
I would almost recommend typing on other projects.
But going from 200 mph to 0 just feels weird.
On to some movies I saw recently.
I saw some interesting movies recently ... Murderball ****, Solaris *** and the surprisingly good SavingFace ****1/4.
Murderball is about wheelchair rugby or "murderball," which is a kind of smear the queer on wheels where the goal is to get the ball with your chair across the endline, and hit everything along the way. This is a lot of fun and has great special features, including the player commentary and the Jackass episode.
"Solaris" was very interesting and very slow. It was gorgeously shot by Soderbergh, but I am not sure I understand it. Nevertheless I liked it, it was good while I was reading stuff online ... Not one of Soderbergh's best but quite good ... ***
The best one of the week was Saving Face ****1/4 ... This one surprised me... It was a romantic comedy involving two lesbian chinese woman finding love in the repressive Chinese society of Flushing, Queens. It also involves a lot about mothers and daughters and what represents "ideal" society for the Chinese. This one was really good ... It surprised me how much I liked it.
It also sucks to be poor at christmas time. I am not subbing nearly enough, and have limited funds for Christmas.
I am officially bankrupt now too, I filed Ch. 7 bankruptcy on last Friday and met the judge. It was amazing how fast the preceding went. I was the second person in line and I was done in 5 minutes.
It was much harder to drive my car through the snow on December 10th. A rear-wheel drive 84 Mercedes 300D, doesn't always do so well in the snow. I was slipping and sliding everywhere, I also just got to court right at 9 am... The 15 minute trip to Portland took a good 40-45 minutes.
I also need to see some movies. King Kong looks ridicously awesome. Syriana very interesting, if convulted, Walk the Line looks great, and I have seen all the rest of the Potter movies. I think the movie of the week will be Rent.
Hopefully can see King Kong with the parents .... Off to Allentown, PA on Saturday to see my parents and have my wife visit their new house.
The kitty will miss us. This will also be Lanna's first christmas not with her brother.
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Good Solstice.
Edmund Davis-Quinn
Thursday, December 08, 2005
One week later
It feels weird not to write so much.
I am trying to wait 2 weeks to start editing my book as Chris Baty suggests in No Plot, No Problem... But I miss my book ... I want to get back to it...
I signed up for National Novel Finishing Month ... http://www.nanofimo.org .... But I haven't doen anything yet...
Well I will see what it takes to get back to writing ... I also have a major event coming up tomorrow that I will be very happy to be done with.
Also need to go to Filene's this weekend and make some money ... It is tiring to work the holidays but so it goes .. I am not subbing near enough and need to find the next gig.
It would be nice to have a real job and not just be temping/subbing.
Edmund Davis-Quinn
I am trying to wait 2 weeks to start editing my book as Chris Baty suggests in No Plot, No Problem... But I miss my book ... I want to get back to it...
I signed up for National Novel Finishing Month ... http://www.nanofimo.org .... But I haven't doen anything yet...
Well I will see what it takes to get back to writing ... I also have a major event coming up tomorrow that I will be very happy to be done with.
Also need to go to Filene's this weekend and make some money ... It is tiring to work the holidays but so it goes .. I am not subbing near enough and need to find the next gig.
It would be nice to have a real job and not just be temping/subbing.
Edmund Davis-Quinn
Thursday, December 01, 2005
Wow its December
Well I guess NanoWriMo is over ...
I really enjoyed the writing and accomplished so much ... 56,500 words ... And probably somemore to come filling in scenes and such ...
Went out with some of the NanoMainers last night, the internet was not there as promised, so my wife headed home to finish the last 3,000 words of her book.. and Edmund here couldn't listen to the Rutgers-Temple game... (Rutgers won)
So I said bye and she called me about 10:35 .. she had reached 49,000 words and her computer refused to work .. so I had to get back and give her my laptop, which I was tempted to give her at the Great Lost Bear before ....
So I got back around 11:00 and Lanna typed furiously ... she got to 50,000 words on Word (50,111 on Nano) and submitted her wordcount at 11:53 pm. She was a winner only 7 minutes from the deadline .....
It was unbelievable .... So we both won ... I had a nice start with very steady writing ... My wife was only around 24,500 words on Saturday Afternoon, did 7,000 on Saturday and just kept pushing through Wednesday... If you want to read her blog its... http://jesterfest.blogspot.com
edmund davis-quinn
Novelist ..
I am also posting something I posted earlier in the Nano-Maine blog ... http://nanomaine.blogspot.com .... I do wish I could cut and paste and blogger and keep the returns ...
Its all over!
What an adventure!
What awesome people us Maine writers are...
And so many winners ...We had 1,829,641 words as a state!!! .. Which is #34 of all regions in Nano!!! ... Great job ...Me and my wife also got 50,000 words as did Kendra, WriAnimator .....
We beat Sweden and Philadelphia .. and missed beating Oklahoma by only 12,000 words ...
Here at the Maheux/Davis-Quinn house, we were both winners ...I ended up with 56,695 words and Lanna had 50,100 ....Lanna wanted to make sure she had as much drama as possible ... She had under 25,000 words at 2 pm Saturday ...
Since then she has been on a tear with 7,000 on Saturday and 4,000 or more every other day .... She had only 1,000 words left around 10:30 and then her computer refused to work ...
I unfortunately was at the Great Lost Bear and had to run back and give her a computer ....She got to 50,000 on her book from Microsoft Word wordcounter by writing the very,very,very,very,very,very,very,very,very,very end ....I am so proud of her .. .She was officially a winner at 11:53 pm ... just 7 minutes before the deadline ..
Lanna Maheux-Quinn rocks ..
So there are 50 Winners in Maine!!!! WOWWWWW!!!!! ...
50 of us passed 50,000 words out of 207 in the state . .Give yourself all a hand!!
Well I will see you all tomorrow at the Village Cafe in Portland ..... Village Cafe is on Newbury St. in Portland. ... The thank god its over party starts at 5:30...
It was also great to meet some more of you at the Great Lost Bear! .... That is one of the great beer bars in the country #4 in America according to beeradvocate.com
And Maine is #1 in the country in cool writers.
edmund davis-quinn
Novelist
I know it repeats some stuff .. I am just so proud of the NanoMainers!
p.s. I also post at http://edmundcquinn.blogspot.com
and my beer blog ... http://mainebeerguy.blogspot.com
cheers!
I really enjoyed the writing and accomplished so much ... 56,500 words ... And probably somemore to come filling in scenes and such ...
Went out with some of the NanoMainers last night, the internet was not there as promised, so my wife headed home to finish the last 3,000 words of her book.. and Edmund here couldn't listen to the Rutgers-Temple game... (Rutgers won)
So I said bye and she called me about 10:35 .. she had reached 49,000 words and her computer refused to work .. so I had to get back and give her my laptop, which I was tempted to give her at the Great Lost Bear before ....
So I got back around 11:00 and Lanna typed furiously ... she got to 50,000 words on Word (50,111 on Nano) and submitted her wordcount at 11:53 pm. She was a winner only 7 minutes from the deadline .....
It was unbelievable .... So we both won ... I had a nice start with very steady writing ... My wife was only around 24,500 words on Saturday Afternoon, did 7,000 on Saturday and just kept pushing through Wednesday... If you want to read her blog its... http://jesterfest.blogspot.com
edmund davis-quinn
Novelist ..
I am also posting something I posted earlier in the Nano-Maine blog ... http://nanomaine.blogspot.com .... I do wish I could cut and paste and blogger and keep the returns ...
Its all over!
What an adventure!
What awesome people us Maine writers are...
And so many winners ...We had 1,829,641 words as a state!!! .. Which is #34 of all regions in Nano!!! ... Great job ...Me and my wife also got 50,000 words as did Kendra, WriAnimator .....
We beat Sweden and Philadelphia .. and missed beating Oklahoma by only 12,000 words ...
Here at the Maheux/Davis-Quinn house, we were both winners ...I ended up with 56,695 words and Lanna had 50,100 ....Lanna wanted to make sure she had as much drama as possible ... She had under 25,000 words at 2 pm Saturday ...
Since then she has been on a tear with 7,000 on Saturday and 4,000 or more every other day .... She had only 1,000 words left around 10:30 and then her computer refused to work ...
I unfortunately was at the Great Lost Bear and had to run back and give her a computer ....She got to 50,000 on her book from Microsoft Word wordcounter by writing the very,very,very,very,very,very,very,very,very,very end ....I am so proud of her .. .She was officially a winner at 11:53 pm ... just 7 minutes before the deadline ..
Lanna Maheux-Quinn rocks ..
So there are 50 Winners in Maine!!!! WOWWWWW!!!!! ...
50 of us passed 50,000 words out of 207 in the state . .Give yourself all a hand!!
Well I will see you all tomorrow at the Village Cafe in Portland ..... Village Cafe is on Newbury St. in Portland. ... The thank god its over party starts at 5:30...
It was also great to meet some more of you at the Great Lost Bear! .... That is one of the great beer bars in the country #4 in America according to beeradvocate.com
And Maine is #1 in the country in cool writers.
edmund davis-quinn
Novelist
I know it repeats some stuff .. I am just so proud of the NanoMainers!
p.s. I also post at http://edmundcquinn.blogspot.com
and my beer blog ... http://mainebeerguy.blogspot.com
cheers!
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
The End
I think I have finished my book....
I might have an Epilogue in Edinburgh but not sure...
I have to fill some things in too...
Here are the last few paragraphs ...
Mathilda and Timothy decided to hold each other for a few minutes, shower together, and then walk around Oxford.
They kissed and then went out to the Oxford morning. There was a story in The Independent, and a picture in the Sun, “The Magnificent Life of Timothy Higgins.” Tim and Mathilda were very happy to see them.
Tim and Math went out to breakfast outside. It was 70 outside, a little crisp and beautiful. The couple couldn’t have been happier together. They loved each other, and were blissful.
THE END
It ends very sweet ....
The final count officially will be around 55,555 ... barring any more filling in tomorrow ...
Its been a blast.
I am considering some other projects in a few months...
One is Aviatic Park (working title) ... which is about genetically engineered birds from the military going hangwire in S. California and throughout the world.... Why would the Dep. of Defense do militarized bird research
Another is the Magnificent Life of Mathilda Fitzgerald ... a sequel from Mathilda's perspective ... and there could be a lot others....
Will be fun to see how this edits.
edmund davis-quinn
I might have an Epilogue in Edinburgh but not sure...
I have to fill some things in too...
Here are the last few paragraphs ...
Mathilda and Timothy decided to hold each other for a few minutes, shower together, and then walk around Oxford.
They kissed and then went out to the Oxford morning. There was a story in The Independent, and a picture in the Sun, “The Magnificent Life of Timothy Higgins.” Tim and Mathilda were very happy to see them.
Tim and Math went out to breakfast outside. It was 70 outside, a little crisp and beautiful. The couple couldn’t have been happier together. They loved each other, and were blissful.
THE END
It ends very sweet ....
The final count officially will be around 55,555 ... barring any more filling in tomorrow ...
Its been a blast.
I am considering some other projects in a few months...
One is Aviatic Park (working title) ... which is about genetically engineered birds from the military going hangwire in S. California and throughout the world.... Why would the Dep. of Defense do militarized bird research
Another is the Magnificent Life of Mathilda Fitzgerald ... a sequel from Mathilda's perspective ... and there could be a lot others....
Will be fun to see how this edits.
edmund davis-quinn
Sunday, November 27, 2005
3 more Maine winners today
At our meet up at Panera Bread in Westbrook, 3 more people crossed the 50,000 mark and are Nano Winners....
I couldn't be happier!!
Also turned the cable back on which is nice.
My wife has also kicked serious butt with 7,000 words yesterday and another 5,000 today... I am so proud of her.
My book is currently just under 54,000 words but still has a ways to go. Its going to be hard to let the Fitzgeralds go. I am really enjoying interacting with them through my fiction.
And of course, the strange case of Timothy Thomas Higgins, from an amazingly awful week, to a terrifically great one.
Cheers!
edmund davis-quinn
I couldn't be happier!!
Also turned the cable back on which is nice.
My wife has also kicked serious butt with 7,000 words yesterday and another 5,000 today... I am so proud of her.
My book is currently just under 54,000 words but still has a ways to go. Its going to be hard to let the Fitzgeralds go. I am really enjoying interacting with them through my fiction.
And of course, the strange case of Timothy Thomas Higgins, from an amazingly awful week, to a terrifically great one.
Cheers!
edmund davis-quinn
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
I'm a Winner!!! 50,300 words
With a 1,000 words today I am well past 50,000 words. I will even cross it on the Microsoft Word, Word count in 300 words ...
Of course I have been cheating with Author's notes but that doesn't add up to too much.
Lord Edmund, Mathilda and Timothy Higgins have now met. Here is my most recent excerpt ... Chapter 13, where I passed 50,000!!
Chapter 13
2:45 pm, The Fitzgerald Group, London
Wow, Tim thought, I am actually going to meet the head of the multi-billion dollar firm, Lord Edmund Fitzgerald. Even stranger I was invited by my current girlfriend, and his second wife.
He called Mathilda on the phone 45 mins ago, and she said to meet her in the lobby about right now. It was nice to be able to talk to her on his cel phone and be in reach. He wasn’t sure if this was an interview or just a discussion, he had a feeling it was both. Tim didn’t always interview well, he was sure this was going to go much better then Birmingham.
The morning had gone pretty well, the Mirror had a page 40 story saying that Math’s new love was an American, basically a repeat of the Sun story. Other news with David Beckham, George W. Bush, Tony Blair and Julia Roberts had trumped the Math Fitz story. He had a feeling this wouldn’t hold forever.
“Hi Math, nice to see you here. How do I look today.”
“Tim, you look great, give yourself two long breaths and we will go upstairs. How is your morning going so far? Nice to not be the cover story in the tabloids.”
“Sorry, I couldn’t make lunch with you, I had to eat at my desk so we could spend this time with Lord Edmund. I had more work then I thought I would, what have you been up to.”
“Well, I made it over to the British Museum for a few hours and looked at all the things the British Empire stole from the world. That place is wild. Its too bad the British Library is in that boring building though.”
“How are your feet doing?”
“Pretty good, I have been soaking them a lot. Thanks for letting me sleep in at your place for a few hours. Its nice that the tabloids are less interested too.”
Mathilda then gave Tim a kiss and said, “Well, Sir Edmund is waiting for us. He always thought the title of Prince was too much anyway.”
Tim and Mathilda went up the elevator to the 35th floor. They needed a key to get up to the executive offices, which Mathilda already had. “Tim, I love you. Be calm and you will be fine.”
When they reached the top, they saw Lord Edmund was waiting for them. It was 2:55. “Wow, Mathilda, you are a little early. This must be Timothy’s doing. You were never on time with me.”
“I assume you are Timothy Thomas Higgins… I quite like your suit. Mathilda has told me a lot about you, so try to be calm. I am Lord Edmund Fitzgerald, the Duke of Edinburgh, and ex-Prince when I was married to the Lady Quinne. The Queen didn’t like it very much when I divorced his niece.”
“Shall we go into my office.”
Mathilda whispered to Timothy, “You are doing fine so far, just keep your composure. I love you, keep smiling, and laughing and you will do great.”
Lord Edmund Fitzgerald’s office had an absolutely commanding view of the Thames and the City of London. “So what do you think of the top of this old building. When you have been in business as long as the Fairchilds and DeBeers, and other such holding companies, you accumulate some things.”
Tim thought it was like going to the British Museum again. So many amazing antiquities and early stock certificates. “Sir, I must say this is a beautiful office. And a most amazing view of the city.”
“I agree Mr. Higgins. I especially like viewing over St. Peters and the City of London. People thought we were crazy to make a 35 story building in 1890, but there are many higher buildings since.” Lord Edmund pointed to the Docklands and all the cranes building even more throughout the Eastern end of London to Greenwich. “Its quite amazing how London has grown as a banking center.”
“When I was a young lad, this was one of the higher buildings of London, and most of the financial district was near the walled City of London. Its amazing how much the financial district has grown eastward. And how much the Fitzgerald Group has made providing those loans.”
Tim couldn’t help but be impressed. Everything was immaculate, everything was perfect.
So there it is Edmund Charles Davis-Quinn ...
Novelist!
ecq
I passed it around 11:55 today here in snowy Maine.
Of course I have been cheating with Author's notes but that doesn't add up to too much.
Lord Edmund, Mathilda and Timothy Higgins have now met. Here is my most recent excerpt ... Chapter 13, where I passed 50,000!!
Chapter 13
2:45 pm, The Fitzgerald Group, London
Wow, Tim thought, I am actually going to meet the head of the multi-billion dollar firm, Lord Edmund Fitzgerald. Even stranger I was invited by my current girlfriend, and his second wife.
He called Mathilda on the phone 45 mins ago, and she said to meet her in the lobby about right now. It was nice to be able to talk to her on his cel phone and be in reach. He wasn’t sure if this was an interview or just a discussion, he had a feeling it was both. Tim didn’t always interview well, he was sure this was going to go much better then Birmingham.
The morning had gone pretty well, the Mirror had a page 40 story saying that Math’s new love was an American, basically a repeat of the Sun story. Other news with David Beckham, George W. Bush, Tony Blair and Julia Roberts had trumped the Math Fitz story. He had a feeling this wouldn’t hold forever.
“Hi Math, nice to see you here. How do I look today.”
“Tim, you look great, give yourself two long breaths and we will go upstairs. How is your morning going so far? Nice to not be the cover story in the tabloids.”
“Sorry, I couldn’t make lunch with you, I had to eat at my desk so we could spend this time with Lord Edmund. I had more work then I thought I would, what have you been up to.”
“Well, I made it over to the British Museum for a few hours and looked at all the things the British Empire stole from the world. That place is wild. Its too bad the British Library is in that boring building though.”
“How are your feet doing?”
“Pretty good, I have been soaking them a lot. Thanks for letting me sleep in at your place for a few hours. Its nice that the tabloids are less interested too.”
Mathilda then gave Tim a kiss and said, “Well, Sir Edmund is waiting for us. He always thought the title of Prince was too much anyway.”
Tim and Mathilda went up the elevator to the 35th floor. They needed a key to get up to the executive offices, which Mathilda already had. “Tim, I love you. Be calm and you will be fine.”
When they reached the top, they saw Lord Edmund was waiting for them. It was 2:55. “Wow, Mathilda, you are a little early. This must be Timothy’s doing. You were never on time with me.”
“I assume you are Timothy Thomas Higgins… I quite like your suit. Mathilda has told me a lot about you, so try to be calm. I am Lord Edmund Fitzgerald, the Duke of Edinburgh, and ex-Prince when I was married to the Lady Quinne. The Queen didn’t like it very much when I divorced his niece.”
“Shall we go into my office.”
Mathilda whispered to Timothy, “You are doing fine so far, just keep your composure. I love you, keep smiling, and laughing and you will do great.”
Lord Edmund Fitzgerald’s office had an absolutely commanding view of the Thames and the City of London. “So what do you think of the top of this old building. When you have been in business as long as the Fairchilds and DeBeers, and other such holding companies, you accumulate some things.”
Tim thought it was like going to the British Museum again. So many amazing antiquities and early stock certificates. “Sir, I must say this is a beautiful office. And a most amazing view of the city.”
“I agree Mr. Higgins. I especially like viewing over St. Peters and the City of London. People thought we were crazy to make a 35 story building in 1890, but there are many higher buildings since.” Lord Edmund pointed to the Docklands and all the cranes building even more throughout the Eastern end of London to Greenwich. “Its quite amazing how London has grown as a banking center.”
“When I was a young lad, this was one of the higher buildings of London, and most of the financial district was near the walled City of London. Its amazing how much the financial district has grown eastward. And how much the Fitzgerald Group has made providing those loans.”
Tim couldn’t help but be impressed. Everything was immaculate, everything was perfect.
So there it is Edmund Charles Davis-Quinn ...
Novelist!
ecq
I passed it around 11:55 today here in snowy Maine.
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Another 2,000+ words day
I am up to over 48,500 words ..
50,000 feels close.
Been a tough day.
I woke up with a flat tire.
The right front. The same one that I fixed 8 days ago!!!
But I did get a nice writing session in.
I got another 2,200 words or so in today.
It looks like I will pass 50,000 tomorrow as scheduled ;))
Here is an excerpt . It is PG-13 ...
Chapter 12
Chelsea, 7 pm ….
Tim found his way back to Math’s fabulous flat.
He smelled something wonderful cooking.
“Hi, Mathilda, Its Tim.”
“Hi, Tim, how do I look …” … Mathilda looked absolutely delightful to Tim. She wore this absolutely lovely slip that showed off her legs to full effect, and quite well showed her cleavage.
“I love this dress, but its too much sometimes for the tabloids. I bet you like it though.”
Tim tried hard not to put his tongue from waggling. He gave Mathilda a big kiss and a hug, and then said “you look radiantly beautiful tonight. The kitchen smells great too, what are you cooking.”
“Well its Vermicelli with Sausage, Spinach and Bacon. Its absolutely delightful. After that I think we should just hang out in bed and enjoy each other’s company. I also got some wonderful IPA to go with it. I sense that you are as much a beer guy as wine guy. I after all did meet you at the Great British Beer Festival. There is some Dead Guy Ale from Rogue in America and some Monty Python Bring Out Your Dead Ale from Cambridge. Didn’t we try the Bring Out Your Dead Ale after one of our many dances at the GBBF.”
“You have to respect a woman who knows her beer. Those are both quite good beers, the Monty Python stuff is absolutely amazing. As are you.”
Mathilda couldn’t believe the closeness she felt with Tim. The Sausage and Bacon were smelling wonderful, and he just loved spending time with this young man.
“So, Tim… I got you something today. Its wrapped on the counter. Why don’t you open it now while I finish dinner.”
Mathilda opened up some of the Bring Out Your Dead Ale and put a little in with the pasta. She then gave Tim some.
Timothy opened up his present. He saw a new Virgin Mobile phone. “I guess you want me to be able to keep in touch. Thank you very much, so you use so much a minute on this I guess.”
“Yes, Tim and its free in the UK to be called. The minutes cost a lot outgoing, but if this works as well as I think it might, I will get you a real phone soon.”
Thanks babe, Tim grabbed Mathilda’s butt and then licked the back of her neck. This made her squirm and jump a little.
“I like that Tim. Why don’t you sit down and make yourself comfortable. There is some baseball on the tele.”
Tim turned the game on … It was an afternoon Cubs-Cardinals game just starting. He started to watch it, but couldn’t help admiring Mathilda’s gorgeous ass. He decided to turn off the tele and get close to his girl.
“Hi, Mathilda, thanks for the present. Tim then moved his arms around Math’s waist, I hope its OK, if I help you finish dinner.”
“Its almost ready Tim. I just have to finish with the bacon and combine the meat and pasta. This stuff is really yummy.”
“Not as yummy as you, babe.”
“Thanks. I can turn the burner down for a second.” Mathilda then grabbed Tim and hugged him hard, she wanted to feel his cock squirm by her embrace. She devoured him with kisses and wanted to make his knees buckle. With this she was successful.
“Wow, Math, that was a kiss. I do love the way that dress hits your curves. Do you mind if I expose your breasts, and give them a kiss.”
“In a minute darling, let me finish dinner. You could show me your cock if you want though.”
Timothy did as he commanded, he showed Math his cock. Math looked over and said nice, she then exposed her gorgeous size 36D breasts and showed them to Tim. The seducing had already started.
Mathilda finished dinner, and went to sit next to Tim. She loved being so close to him.
“So Tim any thoughts on what you might like to do this week. I would like to spend as much time with you as I can. I enjoy every minute that we are together.”
“Well, I would love to spend time with you too. I also wish I could go back to Oxford with pride not shame. Looks like Tuesday I am meeting Edmund Fitzgerald, Wednesday we are both meeting Amanda,” Timothy can’t help smiling there, its just so naughty. “I don’t know after that, might be fun to go to Scotland. I also need to keep seeing my shrink.”
Mathilda then fed Tim some of her dinner. “Mmm, Math that is delicious. Thank you so much. Very yummy.” They then kissed again, and enjoyed some beer. The couple could not help but paw each other.
“I love kissing you and having you next to me Tim. You make me so happy. I can’t remember being happy like this in so long. But, you should eat before it gets cold.”
Tim loved this dinner. It was so yummy and so simple. Just some pasta in a cream sauce with some grilled bacon, sausage and spinach. It tasted just delightful, so did the beer, and so Mathilda’s kisses.
“So tell me something about Lord Edmund Fitzgerald. I know we are meeting tomorrow. Is there any further plans? Is there some hints you can give me? I don’t have your ass and kissable lips, but you obviously think we will like each other.”
“Well that is an excellent question. Edmund and you both have devilish senses of humour, you are both quite smart too, although I doubt you know Scottish history as well as Lord Edmund, I am not sure anyone in the world does. I would say dress impeccably, shave, listen and try to keep your emotions in control. How are your medications working out?”
“Well, the Xanax and the Risperdal make me feel pretty loopy, and I haven’t sensed anything from the Neurotonin yet. But, you’re a better medication then any of them.”
Mathilda couldn’t help but smile. Still she worried about Tim. She had heard about what happened at Oxford, and it didn’t seem the same young man as the one she had come to could she even think it, love. He was so sweet. One of the sweetest men she had ever met. And she knew that Tim and Sir Edmund would like each other, it just seemed like such a good match.
“Well, I know Sir Edmund is always looking for good talent. What do you know about Scottish History?”
“Well, I know “Braveheart”,” Tim laughs, “but seriously I know there is different regions that each produce different Scotches. I also know that the Scotch aren’t too fond of their British overlords. Scotsman and Scotswoman have always had quite an independent streak.”
“That is a good start Tim. I can tell you more over bed. So why don’t you finish your writing and we can play some Trivial Pursuit in bed. Feel free to paw me while you play.”
Tim finished his plate. It was very good. He was quite looking forward to having time with Mathilda on the bed though.
First he decided to turn on some blues and dance though. Mathilda looked so beautiful in her slip and it made Tim want to dance. He took her in her arms, gave her a full kiss, and said, “Would you like to dance, you wonderful cook.”
Mathilda blushed. Its was so sweet. “Of course, darling, but I warn you I can be pretty frisky.”So Tim and Mathilda felt the blues, sometimes dancing close, sometimes just having fun. They kept kissing and touching each other. There was also laughing, lots of laughing.
Let me know what you think.
edmund davis-quinn
50,000 feels close.
Been a tough day.
I woke up with a flat tire.
The right front. The same one that I fixed 8 days ago!!!
But I did get a nice writing session in.
I got another 2,200 words or so in today.
It looks like I will pass 50,000 tomorrow as scheduled ;))
Here is an excerpt . It is PG-13 ...
Chapter 12
Chelsea, 7 pm ….
Tim found his way back to Math’s fabulous flat.
He smelled something wonderful cooking.
“Hi, Mathilda, Its Tim.”
“Hi, Tim, how do I look …” … Mathilda looked absolutely delightful to Tim. She wore this absolutely lovely slip that showed off her legs to full effect, and quite well showed her cleavage.
“I love this dress, but its too much sometimes for the tabloids. I bet you like it though.”
Tim tried hard not to put his tongue from waggling. He gave Mathilda a big kiss and a hug, and then said “you look radiantly beautiful tonight. The kitchen smells great too, what are you cooking.”
“Well its Vermicelli with Sausage, Spinach and Bacon. Its absolutely delightful. After that I think we should just hang out in bed and enjoy each other’s company. I also got some wonderful IPA to go with it. I sense that you are as much a beer guy as wine guy. I after all did meet you at the Great British Beer Festival. There is some Dead Guy Ale from Rogue in America and some Monty Python Bring Out Your Dead Ale from Cambridge. Didn’t we try the Bring Out Your Dead Ale after one of our many dances at the GBBF.”
“You have to respect a woman who knows her beer. Those are both quite good beers, the Monty Python stuff is absolutely amazing. As are you.”
Mathilda couldn’t believe the closeness she felt with Tim. The Sausage and Bacon were smelling wonderful, and he just loved spending time with this young man.
“So, Tim… I got you something today. Its wrapped on the counter. Why don’t you open it now while I finish dinner.”
Mathilda opened up some of the Bring Out Your Dead Ale and put a little in with the pasta. She then gave Tim some.
Timothy opened up his present. He saw a new Virgin Mobile phone. “I guess you want me to be able to keep in touch. Thank you very much, so you use so much a minute on this I guess.”
“Yes, Tim and its free in the UK to be called. The minutes cost a lot outgoing, but if this works as well as I think it might, I will get you a real phone soon.”
Thanks babe, Tim grabbed Mathilda’s butt and then licked the back of her neck. This made her squirm and jump a little.
“I like that Tim. Why don’t you sit down and make yourself comfortable. There is some baseball on the tele.”
Tim turned the game on … It was an afternoon Cubs-Cardinals game just starting. He started to watch it, but couldn’t help admiring Mathilda’s gorgeous ass. He decided to turn off the tele and get close to his girl.
“Hi, Mathilda, thanks for the present. Tim then moved his arms around Math’s waist, I hope its OK, if I help you finish dinner.”
“Its almost ready Tim. I just have to finish with the bacon and combine the meat and pasta. This stuff is really yummy.”
“Not as yummy as you, babe.”
“Thanks. I can turn the burner down for a second.” Mathilda then grabbed Tim and hugged him hard, she wanted to feel his cock squirm by her embrace. She devoured him with kisses and wanted to make his knees buckle. With this she was successful.
“Wow, Math, that was a kiss. I do love the way that dress hits your curves. Do you mind if I expose your breasts, and give them a kiss.”
“In a minute darling, let me finish dinner. You could show me your cock if you want though.”
Timothy did as he commanded, he showed Math his cock. Math looked over and said nice, she then exposed her gorgeous size 36D breasts and showed them to Tim. The seducing had already started.
Mathilda finished dinner, and went to sit next to Tim. She loved being so close to him.
“So Tim any thoughts on what you might like to do this week. I would like to spend as much time with you as I can. I enjoy every minute that we are together.”
“Well, I would love to spend time with you too. I also wish I could go back to Oxford with pride not shame. Looks like Tuesday I am meeting Edmund Fitzgerald, Wednesday we are both meeting Amanda,” Timothy can’t help smiling there, its just so naughty. “I don’t know after that, might be fun to go to Scotland. I also need to keep seeing my shrink.”
Mathilda then fed Tim some of her dinner. “Mmm, Math that is delicious. Thank you so much. Very yummy.” They then kissed again, and enjoyed some beer. The couple could not help but paw each other.
“I love kissing you and having you next to me Tim. You make me so happy. I can’t remember being happy like this in so long. But, you should eat before it gets cold.”
Tim loved this dinner. It was so yummy and so simple. Just some pasta in a cream sauce with some grilled bacon, sausage and spinach. It tasted just delightful, so did the beer, and so Mathilda’s kisses.
“So tell me something about Lord Edmund Fitzgerald. I know we are meeting tomorrow. Is there any further plans? Is there some hints you can give me? I don’t have your ass and kissable lips, but you obviously think we will like each other.”
“Well that is an excellent question. Edmund and you both have devilish senses of humour, you are both quite smart too, although I doubt you know Scottish history as well as Lord Edmund, I am not sure anyone in the world does. I would say dress impeccably, shave, listen and try to keep your emotions in control. How are your medications working out?”
“Well, the Xanax and the Risperdal make me feel pretty loopy, and I haven’t sensed anything from the Neurotonin yet. But, you’re a better medication then any of them.”
Mathilda couldn’t help but smile. Still she worried about Tim. She had heard about what happened at Oxford, and it didn’t seem the same young man as the one she had come to could she even think it, love. He was so sweet. One of the sweetest men she had ever met. And she knew that Tim and Sir Edmund would like each other, it just seemed like such a good match.
“Well, I know Sir Edmund is always looking for good talent. What do you know about Scottish History?”
“Well, I know “Braveheart”,” Tim laughs, “but seriously I know there is different regions that each produce different Scotches. I also know that the Scotch aren’t too fond of their British overlords. Scotsman and Scotswoman have always had quite an independent streak.”
“That is a good start Tim. I can tell you more over bed. So why don’t you finish your writing and we can play some Trivial Pursuit in bed. Feel free to paw me while you play.”
Tim finished his plate. It was very good. He was quite looking forward to having time with Mathilda on the bed though.
First he decided to turn on some blues and dance though. Mathilda looked so beautiful in her slip and it made Tim want to dance. He took her in her arms, gave her a full kiss, and said, “Would you like to dance, you wonderful cook.”
Mathilda blushed. Its was so sweet. “Of course, darling, but I warn you I can be pretty frisky.”So Tim and Mathilda felt the blues, sometimes dancing close, sometimes just having fun. They kept kissing and touching each other. There was also laughing, lots of laughing.
Let me know what you think.
edmund davis-quinn
Monday, November 21, 2005
Today no typing yet
Getting so close to 50,000...
I want to see if I can get the Nano graph working ...
Lets see if spaces make the difference.
I am loving this project so far.
edmund
Well I did get 300 words in a little later ....
Its hard when you don't feel great ...
I want to see if I can get the Nano graph working ...
Lets see if spaces make the difference.
I am loving this project so far.
edmund
Well I did get 300 words in a little later ....
Its hard when you don't feel great ...
Up to 46,219
Although I feel terrible today I got another 2,400 words in.
Around 600 this morning and another 1,850 in a good run at Panera.
I love the Nano Maine crowd there.
You all right good this week you hear...
Enjoy thanksgiving y'all..
I only have 3,781 to 50,000 ... That is just unbelivable .. I am like 92% to my goal ... Two decent days and I am there...
And then there is probably another 10,000 to 15,000 words until the end ;))
edmund
Around 600 this morning and another 1,850 in a good run at Panera.
I love the Nano Maine crowd there.
You all right good this week you hear...
Enjoy thanksgiving y'all..
I only have 3,781 to 50,000 ... That is just unbelivable .. I am like 92% to my goal ... Two decent days and I am there...
And then there is probably another 10,000 to 15,000 words until the end ;))
edmund
Sunday, November 20, 2005
No words yesterday!
After my writing dynamo this month, I did no words yesterday!
Zero.
If you wonder why, its because I had a full day in retail.
I was there from 9:15 to 6:15 with a one-hour lunch.
It was the "best sale of the year," meaning lots of customers. I also desperately need to get new dress shoes, so my feet got really tired.
By the time I was home about 6:40 I watched just a bit of the Auburn-Alabama game. Auburn was leading 28-10 and won by the same score.
I just wanted to lay down. By 7:45 I went to bed.
At 8:00 my mom called, it sounds like she totaled her car and now drives a 2001 Chrysler Concorde, I was barely there and just slept.
I kinda half got up at 12:30 and with the Kitty's urging at 6:00 .. but didn't really wake up until 8:20 am or so ....
I have choir at church today, and had to wake up after sleeping for more then 12 hours. I did get 630 words in this morning though. This means even with yesterday, I only have 700 words to 45,000 ...
I have a lot of church today, and work retail from 4-9 tonight. I should have an hour and a half to type with the Nano Mainers at Panera ...
Hopefully that will get me over 45,000 words, and I will have some energy tonight.
I still want to pass 50,000 by Wednesday.
Edmund Davis-Quinn
Zero.
If you wonder why, its because I had a full day in retail.
I was there from 9:15 to 6:15 with a one-hour lunch.
It was the "best sale of the year," meaning lots of customers. I also desperately need to get new dress shoes, so my feet got really tired.
By the time I was home about 6:40 I watched just a bit of the Auburn-Alabama game. Auburn was leading 28-10 and won by the same score.
I just wanted to lay down. By 7:45 I went to bed.
At 8:00 my mom called, it sounds like she totaled her car and now drives a 2001 Chrysler Concorde, I was barely there and just slept.
I kinda half got up at 12:30 and with the Kitty's urging at 6:00 .. but didn't really wake up until 8:20 am or so ....
I have choir at church today, and had to wake up after sleeping for more then 12 hours. I did get 630 words in this morning though. This means even with yesterday, I only have 700 words to 45,000 ...
I have a lot of church today, and work retail from 4-9 tonight. I should have an hour and a half to type with the Nano Mainers at Panera ...
Hopefully that will get me over 45,000 words, and I will have some energy tonight.
I still want to pass 50,000 by Wednesday.
Edmund Davis-Quinn
Saturday, November 19, 2005
Another 1,000 words in
Just did another 1,000 words.
This book continues to amaze me ...
I on page 17 on overall words counts ... which places me I think #827 ranked overall in Nano .. which is amazing with the nearly 60,000 participants...
My current word count is ... drum roll please... 43,673 ...
Which means even after the full day at Filene's .. I will only need 1,327 for 45,000 and a mere 6,327 for 50,000!!!!
Its getting wicked close but I think the book needs at least 20,000 more words ... I hope I can do a lot over Thanksgiving, even with the 'rents coming up ...
This has been a simply joyous experience.
I think I will continue to write.
I love Nano!
edmund
This book continues to amaze me ...
I on page 17 on overall words counts ... which places me I think #827 ranked overall in Nano .. which is amazing with the nearly 60,000 participants...
My current word count is ... drum roll please... 43,673 ...
Which means even after the full day at Filene's .. I will only need 1,327 for 45,000 and a mere 6,327 for 50,000!!!!
Its getting wicked close but I think the book needs at least 20,000 more words ... I hope I can do a lot over Thanksgiving, even with the 'rents coming up ...
This has been a simply joyous experience.
I think I will continue to write.
I love Nano!
edmund
Friday, November 18, 2005
42,000 words
I got another 1,300 words in this morning.
The book is going very well.
I also find that I find other writing easier.
I am becoming a blogging fool.
I am also applying to work as a reading specialist/ed tech III in South Portland, ME school district. I think it would be great to work with first graders and improve their reading.
Wish me luck.
edmund davis-quinn
The book is going very well.
I also find that I find other writing easier.
I am becoming a blogging fool.
I am also applying to work as a reading specialist/ed tech III in South Portland, ME school district. I think it would be great to work with first graders and improve their reading.
Wish me luck.
edmund davis-quinn
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Wow 40,000 words!!!
Wow officially at 40,000+ ...
Already did 2,000 words today . I could fill in a lot of sex scenes too .... 40,589
... And still 13 more days!!!
Its amazing to think I have only 9,481 left ...
And I will probably do another 10,000+ after that :))
edmund
This feels really good, there is a lot of tenderness between Mathilda and Timothy.
It is starting to feel a lot like my wife and me.
Its nice to have them just massaging each other.
Tenderness is such a lovely thing.
I am really liking my book and have ideas for others.
I really can't believe how much fun I am having!!
And under 10,000 to go (plus likely to write 10,000 after that)..
edmund davis-quinn
Already did 2,000 words today . I could fill in a lot of sex scenes too .... 40,589
... And still 13 more days!!!
Its amazing to think I have only 9,481 left ...
And I will probably do another 10,000+ after that :))
edmund
This feels really good, there is a lot of tenderness between Mathilda and Timothy.
It is starting to feel a lot like my wife and me.
Its nice to have them just massaging each other.
Tenderness is such a lovely thing.
I am really liking my book and have ideas for others.
I really can't believe how much fun I am having!!
And under 10,000 to go (plus likely to write 10,000 after that)..
edmund davis-quinn
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