Wandered around Victoria some more, although this time we were able to borrow Jacqui’s Mom’s car, so that made things tremendously easier. I’m so used to living in a driving town that my feet just aren’t used to walking that much (and I consequently got a huge blister on Day 5, which doesn’t make walking …
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Vancouver Trip – Day 5
Today we just basically wandered around Victoria, which is a beautiful and fascinating town. And by wandered around, I mean that we walked. A lot. A LOT. After walking past the parliament buildings we started off toward Ogden Point (which is the breakwater point where a cool little lighthouse sits). So here’s a bunch of …
Vancouver Trip – Day 4
Well sorry for the delay on this one. I didn’t have any internet access on Vancouver Island, which we headed to on Day 4 (Sunday June 11th, to be exact), so I wasn’t able to update until now. So I might be a little behind on the days. So Sunday was Ryan and Jacqui’s 1 …
Mississippi Thunder
This is the play I wrote for 24 hour theatre at the Pacific Theatre in Vancouver, BC. The prompt that I received was the flavor “Sour” and I was also given a lemon. As I was brainstorming, I kept rolling the lemon around in my hand, and I would occasionally smell it. Then the idea …
Vancouver Trip – Day 3
Well there isn’t much to say about Day 3 since it sort of all blended in with Day 2. I finished writing my play for 24 hour theatre, as I mentioned, and past it off to the director at about 7am. The strange part in the 24 hour theatre process for a writer is when …
Vancouver Trip – Day 1
Well day 1, as you can imagine, involved a lot of plane time, all on Southwest to Seattle (where I’ve never been) with a brief stopover in Kansas City (where I’ve also never been). I’ll tell the rest with pictures. Started off at Midway airport in Chicago. I don’t know why, but I’ve always loved …
Review in Recoil
So it’s 6/6/6 today, and though the world has not ended yet, I’ve still got my hopes up. For more info on the significance/insignificance of today, go here. However, provided the world doesn’t end here in a few minutes, I’ve got some more exciting news. We got another great review, this one in the Grand …
CD Review
Check this out. Just saw the review of my band’s new CD So Long… in the June issue of Revue. You can see it on the page here, but I’ll copy it here: Common Shiner So Long … So Long … is a great CD from Grand Rapids band Common Shiner (yes, named for the …
How’s the Weather at the End of Time?
Another new song. Probably some of the more interesting/strange lyrics I’ve written. So I figured I’d give it an interesting/strange title to go with it. How’s the Weather at the End of Time? The smell of spring The dewy cling to my skin The sense of change Yet I end up here every year Well, …
The Naturals
New song I wrote this past week. Lyrically it’s probably the closest thing to a punk song (an ideal punk song, that is) that I’ll ever write. The Naturals Surrounded by all these empty eyes What if all of them just came to life? We’re all due for a change The rise of all humanity …