Friday, January 30, 2009

Blogging Continues

I made it through the month of January on my other blog.

4 blog-stories down, 48 more to go in order to reach my weekly goal for the year. It's one New Year's Resolution that I'm really trying hard to stick to.

The good news is I have ideas for 33 more entries already. That puts me into early September.

The bad news is I still have those 15 unknown weeks lingering in the back of my mind.

I'll have to think about other ideas some more. I'm hoping the added extra time I'll get by having so much preplanned will help me get things together. What I've found so far is that certain times of year tend to trigger certain memories, so as I go along in the year I'll have more stories to tell. It's good to have some that can be posted at any time of year so I can throw them up during a lull. Mostly I'm finding that my entries are scheduled based on what time of year the original story took place.

So far, so good. Thanks for reading, but more importantly, read my other blog!

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Blogging Criteria and Nervousness

I'm not really sure if there is any criteria I should be subjecting myself to in my other blog. The stories are all very different. Most of them are funny, sometimes in the form of hilarious tragedy. I really don't think it's necessary to have a standard word count or specific style every time.

Originally I had similar titles, all of them containing ING verbs, but I scrapped that idea. The titles will be the least of my concerns. This week is going to be another relatively long entry, but the one after that might be a shorter one. It won't matter I think, as long as the main points of the story come across.

I hope I can think of enough for the whole year. As of right now I have entries planned through the middle of July, aside from a few blank spots. The specific times of year will probably do a good job of inspiring me. The way things are set up as of now, the entries are being published during the most logical times. Summer stories are in the summer. There's a story about going to Alabama that is going to come out the week my family is heading there for my cousin Jordan's wedding.

I hope it makes some sort of sense.

I hope people read.

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

What's Happening

Indiana Jones & the Crystal Skull> Mummy 3 > The Happening.

Crystal Skull wasn't terrible, but it was terribly disappointing. Mummy 3 was just like either of the other two previous Mummys, except without any fun or any attempt to actually make sense. Not even a pretty funny Rifftrax accompaniment could save The Happening. It seemed like M. Night just was very angry and took it out on the characters in his film, who in turn took it out on anyone who actually viewed this film. He probably viewed all the critics who panned Lady in the Water as that one guy who lays down in the path of the industrial lawnmower.

On the plus side, it was the most I've ever heard a movie say its own title in its dialog. Even on the imdb.com Memorable Quotes page for the movie, some version of the word happening is mentioned six times. This is also the same number of times Mark Wahlberg tells everyone "I need a second..." in order to think of how to solve the mystery of everyone dying.

Avoid this movie if you can, unless you want to see a more grown up, awkward version of the little boy from the Cat in the Hat movie take a shotgun blast to the chest.

Monday, January 5, 2009

Moving Day.

Friends, or random internet people,

My blog has packed up and moved:

http://anecdotalmontage.blogspot.com/

All new entries and previous archives are now located at that address. Update your links and favorite places as needed. I suppose that is a big big-headed of me to assume everyone here either has a link to my site or has it saved on their favorite places.

Check in there for weekly stories. This blog will remain active for random thoughts, reviews and other things that might not fit so well into the storytelling format of my new blog. Stay tuned!

Paul