Another straight forward Saturday post

[dotinthesky]

The day, in chronological order.

I wake up with Kevin demanding that I go to the kitchen and fry some french toasts. I'm particularly irritated because I was having a fantastic dream, the kind which can easily turn into a movie script, earn me millions, fill my pockets with coke and my dignity with gold chains. In this movie-dream I am a cripple, Billy Bob Thorton is my psycho father and Bjork is a Vietnamese exchange student which he murders with a shotgun on our home's roof. I do try to run away with the American exchange student, but have to hide in a boat house while she gets hunted down in the woods.

After much discussion with Kevin, I agree to finish frying the french toasts and the bacon. Kevin claims I'm better at this them him. I spend sometime on the internet, and then we decide to go for a walk. It's sunny outside, but slightly cold. We walk past Queen's Park Tube, into the park and back to the main road. I notice a new Starbucks and a nifty bookstore beside it. Before I left for Brasil there were some signs posted up in the neighbourhood asking us to boycott Starbucks. The shop is packed. We go to the library and I borrow the following books:

Millenium People, by JG Ballard
Science Fiction After 1900, by various
Writing a Novel, a Practical Guide, by Rosemary Aitken --->I'm ashamed by this one; in her introduction she says that if you are creative and exceptional, you don't need her book.

More lounging around at home, dinner, then a phone conversation with 4q. Though we spoke very briefly, I was happy to hear her voice and say hello. Michelle, can't wait to hang out with you one day. =)

Soon afterwards, we head over to Silke's for nachos, beer, C.S.I. Miami, and Law & Order. Because I haven't watched TV in 6 days, I feel sensory overload. We walk home and I have this craving for drawing a story about Michelle and I kidnapping Morrissey and doing a Thelma and Louise. If only I could draw...

Comments

[roguejournal.livejournal.com]

ah..ollie...YOU ARE REALLY AMAZING!!!
I MISS YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I miss you too!!! I have to return very soon. I miss brasil so much.

[roguejournal.livejournal.com]

i'll be waiting for you....

[4q.livejournal.com]

why are you so awesome! seriously! I love you sooo much! I was so sad I had to cut the call so short!

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I realized afterwards that if you are working just yourself and somebody else, any calls need to be answered. It's no problem and we have to talk again soon!

[i-am-scowling.livejournal.com]

Ollie is your name? [ Mine is Joanna ].

What's it like being back in the UK, French Toast Master?

p.s. I'll help with the drawing ;)

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Nice to meet you Joanna.

*shakes hands*

being back in England sucks, with the exception of seeing Kevin. I'm seriously ready to leave this dump.

If you want to draw me (see some previous posts with photos of mine) and Michelle (imagine a cute girl with black rimmed glasses and short red hair) kidnapping Morrissey...

:)

I know what you mean about TV!

[myendeavorca.livejournal.com]

I subscribed to netflix 2 months ago. So far, I have not had the attention span to watch one whole movie. About the best I can do these days is watch a half episode of The Newlyweds on MTV before growing disgusted with her stupidity and turning it off.

Re: I know what you mean about TV!

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

lol... we don't even have a tv - so that's why i just went nuts last night at Silke's. In a way it's a good thing because we read more, listen to music. But now I can't play my videogame... or watch trash tv.

[phyrephly.livejournal.com]

ooo gimme novel writing tips, i'm dyin'

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Rosemary Aitken sucks the big buns.

what tips necessarily? where are you dying?

[phyrephly.livejournal.com]

i'm dying because i have no time to write my book and when i do, i just feel so overwhelmed.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

write it in spurts and gasps. just write. better than letting time go and not putting down those words. carry a notebook with you... or a tape recorder.

[phyrephly.livejournal.com]

i carry a notebook with me. it is brown and thin and there's a label in japanese, korean, chinese and i think vietnamese.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

how far are you into the novel? are you in the initial stages or are you working already on the draft?

[phyrephly.livejournal.com]

on the draft. i know every single move of the characters. there is just so much more to it.

[peraventure.livejournal.com]

Ollie-face! Chronological order, my gosh! well, i suppose sometimes you have to do it that way.

Today I watched Stuart Saves His Family (my love for Laura San Giacomo could fill oceans) and The Whole Wide World (I am also in love with Vincent D'Onofrio. this movie and the commentary afterward only confirmed it).

Your mix is done and has been given a stamp of approval. It goes out tomorrow if I get to the post on time. yay!

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

you rock! and put me to shame... now I'm gonna run and see if I can post mine before yous.

;)

(i havent' seen any of those movies... i have no tv!)

[peraventure.livejournal.com]

I haven't either, but a puter with a DVD player. Yay!

Ok, now I really have to run and see if I can get it out first. Gotta make a photocopy of something first. hee hee!