Writer • Musician
Things picking up a bit. Time to work on another short story and start building this portfolio. Should have focused on this more while I was in blasted Florida. Oh well. No worries. I was in a transitional phase and not sure of what I wanted at the time. Now I am here, where creativity …
Just finished an encounter with a stripper at a club on Sunset Blvd on the eve of Mother’s Day, while my mother happens to be here in Los Angeles visiting me. So I feel like a rotten little worm. And yet those several minutes with that Sunset seductress, her name was Carmen, seemed like some …
Too sleepy and too late to write anything real heavy. Mother and Aunt came into town tonight. Wonderful seeing them. I find that I am somehow able to attach a greater degree of intimacy to the area now that they are here, as though it is now somehow more appropriate to think of this as …
And from ground ashes I rise and into the sky over the clouds and in the beyond. Past streaks of blue and into the realm of violet tunnels, accompanied by the spectral passenger. He is the navigator and the great compass for human entrance. He takes my hand and we walk into the next dimension.-Jude …
"A Possible Eulogy for Terrorism" I remember walking into class ten years ago and being surprised to find the television on; and I didn’t think twice about the image of New York City on the screen, in which a lone black raincloud hovered strangely beside one of the Twin Towers. There was an explosion moments …
A director expressed interest in me the other day for a role in “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot” and I was thrilled. I had submitted my name the preceding night, remembering a performance I’d seen back at school some years ago. Its the story of Judas standing some sort of trial in heaven, with …
"Here’s something that is true. Everything that I will more than likely need to assist me in my career awaits me in Los Angeles, CA.."That seems like a century ago, maybe because I am now actually here in Los Angeles. It may also have a lot to do with the fact that in the time …
I am becoming increasingly moved by the life and legacy of John Kennedy, especially after Dallek’s biography and watching the film ‘JFK’. There is something deeply poetic and moving in this man that calls for further exploration. The meaning lies not just in the man himself, but in what he represents to us and in …
rocks leave trapped the spectral skies as Ophelia screams the thief in white. a farm bell tolls, siren lights appear at the top row of trembling Mediterranean fears there is no power so great, says she to tame the thieves of these odyssean seas to thwart the lords who deceive and leave their kingdoms displeased, …
A teacher told me once that if I write, then I am a writer. That may be true. That probably is true, but I have a hard time accepting it. Upon my desk is a spread of various notebooks, post-its and other odds-and-ends that make my life seem very busy and interesting--almost like the desk …
Jude is an old friend of mine, we went to school together in Gainesville. Waking up this morning working on songs and am noticing that converting them from Garageband files to regular MP3 files on iTunes drastically reduces the sound quality. For the most part, all of the vocal effects like reverb and what have …
It is three o clock in the morning on Sunday, February 6 as I’ve woken up from a light sleep from the living room couch. Today will mark the 45th Super Bowl, between the Packers and the Steelers. Apparently the Packers are the team I should henceforth root for according to a Maddow report explaining …
Today brings in a new morning, or we’ll see anyway. We’ll see if I’ll be able to maintain a daily log on the computer. It’s a bit more difficult for reasons I cannot understand. If I end up losing steam perhaps I’ll just stick with the paper journal. I love that little brown journal though. …
I have long been away. There can be no questioning that. I can't say whether I will henceforth be updating this account regularly as I had in the past. What I can say right now is that since my motorcycle crash last October, I have become engrossed by the powers of songwriting and poetry--both of …
I’m afraid of squishing a bug because I am always worried that it might be my grandfather reincarnated. Not that I believe he is not worthy of returning in any other earthly form. First, I don’t even know how the process works, if it is even true. If it is true, then I don’t see …
Maintaining this blog stands among my highest priorities, yet it is imperative that I continue to work on my story. Being that it will be my first substantial endeavor in narrative writing, it's funny that it should be an epic. Usually an epic is something that a writer builds up to within his or her …
Sitting on a couchWaiting for the band to playWaiting atop my pouchWaiting for the band to playThere’s something in my mind, looking for my lost valentineWant so much to be mine, better not waste an ounce of timeI’m sitting on my couchWaiting for the and to play.In this bowl lies ones harvest, one’s goldIn this …
The iphone will soon be used in handling nearly every global problem in the next two or three decades. I recently discovered an application that assists the absent-minded in finding their cars. The extent to which we rely on these innovations is far from reaching its pinnacle. International leaders will interact with each other using …
Watching the 1947 film 'Dark Passage', I was enthralled by the chemistry between Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. They seem as though they are two sides of one coin--the coin being a tough-as-nails, yet smooth-talking and independent human being. They are essentially the male and female version of the same personality. They are two souls …
The book by David Mccullough may be just slightly better than the epic mini-series, which was on HBO two or three years ago and nothing short of awesome. Paul Giamatti might have been born to play John Adams while Laura Linney delivered as always in her portrayal of Mrs. Adams.Similar to the series, the book …
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