Pen to Paper

I was thinking the other day.

Shocking, I know. Fortunately, nothing much came of it.

But I realized that in high school, when I read comics in the newspaper that were selected by an editor (probably a middle-aged dude trying desperately not to lose his audience of Midwestern retirees – how’s that working out for you, old media?), I read maybe a half-dozen strips every morning.  The rest just weren’t funny or interesting.  Some of the ones I read weren’t funny or interesting most of the time, but once every two or three weeks they came through.

Now, using Google reader and a handful of bookmarks and acting as my own gatekeeper, I read a few dozen strips every day.  Well, not on weekends, but so it goes.  And these strips are great – the ratio of funny/interesting to not has been reversed since the days when I was captive to the newspaper.

I guess what I’m trying to say here is, I love the Internet.

Trope of the Day: Badass Bookworm – you’ve got to love a trope that includes both Giles from Buffy and Dexter Morgan.

There’s never enough.

Never enough time, never enough money. Never enough time to run, to write, to read. Never enough time for friends and family, for relaxation.

Never enough excuses, anyhow.

Time to get to work on living.

Trope of the Day: A Very Potter Musical

To the punk high schoolers who created a nightmare line all on their own: I hope you realize that before you blocked off the box office with your five minute discussion on what movie to see, before you took another five minutes (each) to find your money or credit cards, and before you each spent a minute accusing me of cheating you, there was no line. After you did all that, there was a line out the door for the next forty-five minutes.

I’m not one to mistake correlation for causality, but there does seem to be a connection here.

I just saw Julie and Julia last night (and I can’t praise it enough), and I’ve only seen bits and pieces but Funny People has been out a while now. Both of these movies are having similar effects on me, though. Both remind me that creative success takes a while. More importantly, they’ve taught me that creative people are often most successful when they’re working with someone – sort of a creative positive feedback loop.

In other words, I miss my theatre Fam.