Mental Purgatory

So there’s an interesting problem that I’ve seen in a lot of writing. Basically, the entire process can be summarized simply in a phrase that everyone knows: “Actions speak louder than words.” Okay, actually, that’s a misnomer, that phrase doesn’t really paint the whole picture, but we’ll deal with the other half of the problem [...]

Earlier this week, I saw the movie Defiance with Daniel Craig as a Belorussian Jew who went into hiding during World War 2 after the Nazis began executing people in their occupied territory (See – The Holocaust). Before I go on, here’s the trailer so you can get a feel for what I’m talking about [...]

Gabriel Garcia Marquez writing is awesome for the way it seems to blend the real world with the fantastic. In a short story he wrote titled, Blacaman the Good, Vendor of Miracles, it’s hard to draw the line between what’s real and what’s fantastic. The main character is said to be a magical healer who [...]

So this post has been on the top of my list three times now, and I’m finally going to post it. I’ll work my way back though into its first motivation.
The reason I’m posting it now is because of an experience I had the other day. I was with some friends, when friend A asked [...]

So I’m back at school now and you’re reading the first official post during my last semester at RPI. I’ve been getting back into the swing of writing again with two or three pieces near first drafts. So rather than post one of those (I will post one next week though!) I thought I’d just [...]

I recently saw the movie Valkyrie, in which Tom Cruise played the role of a bad ass man with an eye patch who led a plot to assassinate Hitler and take over Germany from within. Since history stands as proof here, I think it’s okay if I spoil the ending and reveal to you that [...]

Every once in a while, I like to just wish everyone who happens to be born that day a happy birthday. I feel like doing it today so if there’s anyone out there who burst out of the womb on this fateful day in years gone by, I hope you had a delicious day.

Another week, another void in writing. It’s not that I have writers block. In fact, quite the opposite. I just have a lot I’d like to do instead before I get back to school and go all out.
So this post was going to be about tackling writers block. Once again, not because I have it, [...]

So I don’t talk about music much on here because a lot of people don’t rightly like the music I do. However, I love Tony Rich’s new album Exist, and there’s a line in one of the songs I really like. On the track “I Wanna Be,” Tony Rich says “I wanna be, what you [...]