IT'S TIME TO LEAVE!

People who will be there, I'll see you at the feast!
People who already know about my mystery project: it's almost finished! STOPPIN' BY AT STAPLES!
People who don't already know about it: ONLY $3!

OH MY GOD! WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
 

Send me to Gencon.

Today I went to a music store, told them I wanted to become a fiddle player.
Learned a bit about fiddles, and learned that they wanted to sell me a Gilga Genial.
Went back to work, found the same model (new) online for half the price.
Ordered it.

I am unemployed all summer, and it's my goal to become an amazing fiddler, and start a folk-punk band.
Cool.

1.) 266 minutes of teaching time left in the year!

2.) Today, for lunch, I went down to W 4th and went to Las Margaritas. Had Chicken Flautas, which were really good. Looked at my watch upon finishing, expecting it to warn me that I needed to be back at school in 5 minutes. Turns out I had a remaining 45 minutes.

3.) Found this beautiful, secluded, quiet walking path (converted from the old rail tracks) between 4th and 8th, along Arbutus. Is gorgeous. Did love.

4.) On the way back to school, realized that no one in Vancouver tags "prolific". Made up a sweet tag for it, which looks vaguely communist. Which I like. Am considering ways to make it look more commie, and will post the results upon arriving at home.

5.) I have a girlfriend, we are awesome together, life is beautiful.

6.) I depart for Go Play in roughly 2 weeks + 2 days + 2 hours.

7.) Last night me, Daniel and two of my roommates (Kaleigh and Stef) started a game of Ribbon Drive. Due to time constraints, we decided to resolve the trip in a second session (this Thursday). A man caught in the past, his idealistic and estranged son, his doesn't-feel-appreciated wife, and a random hitchiker who reminds him of a childhood love (the real destination of his trip) all head from Vancouver to Lotus, Saskatchewan for a funeral. So good.

My character, who I have memorized:
Carla Harvey (bartender, mid-forties, a redhead whose fire is smouldering)
Don't reproach me!
I can mix anything, so long as its whiskey
Laughs like a foghorn
Future: I will open my own diner soon
Future: I am going to start appreciating poetry again

I succeeded at my second Future right at the end of the first session, which means I'm not the Protagonist. So far, no one else has resolved any Futures either way.

And people are like, "You should publish it!"

And I'm having trouble finding that motivation.
Also, I'm changing it so frequently that I forget what's good about it.

So, like, I guess this is me pandering for support and guidance from those who've played Perfect and/or not?

 SO PUMPED ABOUT THIS MIX.

Currently:
1. Toward Oblivion, xox
2. the devil & my family, Ghost Mice
3. The Innsmouth Look, Darkest of the Hillside Thickets
4. used up burnt out ROUGH, Hard Feelings
5. Poison, You Say Party! We Say Die!
6. Falling Out Of Windows, Tuck
7. The Rifle, June Madrona
8. 20 Minutes of Oxygen, Darkest of the Hillside Thickets
9. Portland, Chris Clavin

Which do you like most?
Personally, I'm into Reckoning Fits at the moment, but only because I thought it up most recently.

It lets me sell through Amazon and some retailers.

Antagonistic Keys:
Key of Vampiric Assassins, Key of Troll-Thing, Key of the Savant Guard, Key of Ribbon Fox, Key of The Torches.

Bold stuff, I wrote today.
Yay!

Anyways, the current songs on the CD are:
"The Rifle", June Madrona (http://www.myspace.com/junemadrona)
"Toward Oblivion", xox (Jackson Tegu's solo project; no link)
"20 Minutes of Oxygen", "The Innsmouth Look", The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets (http://www.myspace.com/darkestofthehillsidethickets)
"used up burnt out ROUGH", Hard Feelings (http://www.myspace.com/toothextratction)

I've contacted Tuck (www.myspace.com/tuckvancouver) and their lead singer is talking to the rest of the band about letting me use "Falling Out Of Windows".

I've contacted a few other bands (You Say Party! We Say Die!, Library Voices) that I've yet to hear back from. Hopefully I can pull this together! I think so. Still searching for other bands to contact. Thoughts?

I've updated it:

http://joepub.fileave.com/Dostoevskyan Murder Ballad v1.3.pdf

People have loved this game in the past.

It has consistently delivered on its promise of depraved and petty stories about Russian low lifes, wallowing in pity and guilt and doubt. FUN!

A delightful romp through pathos.

Join me.
 

So, definitely on the mix are:

Hard Feelings (used up burnt out ROUGH)
Darkest of the Hillside Thickets (20 Minutes of Oxygen, The Innsmouth Look)
xox (Toward Oblivion)

Awaiting reply from:

You Say Party! We Say Die! (I really want to use Poison)
Library Voices (I really want to use Things We Stole From Vonnegut's Grave)
some others.
 

Tell me this isn't an awesome script idea:

Economic Depression

John Cusak, Alan Rickman and Nicholas Cage didn't mean to hurt any one. But when their high-stakes bank robbery went wrong, they killed 6 cops and 2 civilians. And then they (successfully) fled to Mexico with over a million dollars.

But shortly after reaching their promised land, with their promised rewards, John Cusak and Alan Rickman are plagued with moral quandry. They reach the decision to turn themselves in. How, though, will they clear this with Nicholas Cage? Well! When Nicholas catches wind of their plan, he attempts to put the group in lockdown. He knows what'll happen to him if the other two members of the Bloodbath Trio turn themselves in. Even the offer of keeping all the money to himself won't dissuade him.

So, most of the movie is spent in a ritzy Mexican resort, where John Cusak and Alan Rickman plumb the depths of guilt, and Nicholas Cage scores the heights of frustration. And in the end, they come up with a brilliant solution: fake the death of Nicholas Cage.

ENDING SEQUENCE: Alan Rickman switches the duds for real bullets. Nicholas Cage dies. There's a scene of the depressed John Cusak shocked at the savage behaviour of the depressed Alan Rickman.

John: I thought you were looking for redemption!
Alan: No. Just punishment.

Then there's a final shot where they're strolling out of the sunset, into the cop station, hands in the air.

if mi writting culd use sum check-over, because it has bin awhile sins i rote a nice texts!!

The details:
It is 5,515 words, though I might touch up a few things tonight, thus altering the count.
I am publishing it quite soon, barring unforseen disruption.
It is written in first-person plural (like, "we"... that's what I mean) mostly, so if that'd irk you, don't offer.
It is a hippy-ish game. The term "structured freeform" wasn't being thrown around when I started it, but that term might apply.
I want both hack-n-slash grammatical editing and content editing, though not necessarily from the same person.
I will give you a free copy of the final product, and a shout-out.
 

This is going to change the world, right?
Depleted Salvo, Mad Caddies
What Goes Around Comes Around, Catch 22
Throw a Bomb, Mustard Plug

This is it, kids. Get ready.
9mm and a three-piece suit, Catch 22
Romper Stomper, The Transplants

Hit the ground, sheep!
The Crowd, Operation Ivy
Nobody Wins at the Laundromat, Mad Caddies

Shit, the pigs are here!
So You Wanna Be A Cop, Leftover Crack
Everything Goes Numb, Streetlight Manifesto

FIGHT!
Fist VS Tact, Mxpx
Out of Control, Rancid
One Dead Cop, Leftover Crack
Vulnerability, Operation Ivy

Get the fuck out of here!
Skate & Destroy, Gray Matter
One Way Out, The Allman Brothers Band

Final Summation?
Missing Words, The Selecter
If And When We Rise Again, Streetlight Manifesto

I want to publish Ribbon Drive for Go Play NW.

I want it to include cool art.

I'm thinking photo manipulations of open road / road trip pictures.

Does anyone have an artist to reccomend me?