THE URGE = ?

So I've been struggling to sit down and write for the past few days, including in this blog.

It was getting frustrating, let me tell you. I feel bad, because I'm STILL not up to optimum writing speed on the two collaborations I'm doing, and that just sucks for the writers I'm making shit up with.

But then I was at work. It's a small cube of an area, with bad air circulation and the constant annoyance of customers wanting me to do my job. Also, it was as hot as a pair of yak nuts. Anyway, I'm sitting there ignoring my life and reading On Writing, and suddenly after page and page of Stephen King pontificating and making me crack up, I realize that I'm in the mood to write. Itching, breathing, sweating creativity. I can't wait to get home. And then I have to clean a fucking popcorn machine.

Glamourous, I know. The point is, I realized that the urge to write comes in many forms, and for me it seems to always stem from reading or watching something. This isn't the only source of the Urge, but for some reason other people make me want to do stuff. It's like they push me without know, saying, "Hey, jerk. You've got some stuff floating in that grey matter of yours that could be read like you're reading mine now. Hell, I could be reading YOUR stuff some day. I could love it or hate it, but either way I would be reading it. The point is that you know you can do it. Like me. I did it. I'm cool. You know you want to be too."

So I need to start inundating myself with books and movies to keep me going. I apologize to those two guys, those magnificent writing partners; one of which reads this. Sorry. Please don't make me run myself through with a sword.

In other news, drowning in writer's block leads to a relapse in Halo. My skills are sharp. My grenades fly true. That's some good news I guess.

Right. Well. Maybe I'll update more later.

THE URGE = SOMETIMES COMES FROM ANOTHER'S PERSON'S BULLSHIT

[Hi.

I can't think of a topic to write about right now, but I wanted to write a little bit and see if it got me going.

I'm dragging my feet on all of my writing at the moment. I can't figure out why. Sorry to those I'm writing with. Not fair.

Can't think of anything. The title is "placeholder" because this isn't a real update.

:(

Maybe I'll write about scheduling later.

EDIT 1: Maybe I'll edit this throughout the day.

EDIT 2: Drag Me To Hell looks so rad to the maximum.]