I’m somewhat proud that I’ve worked very diligently on the website and posting the old chapters of “Futon” recently, yesterday and Friday night. They’re all up! Each one has navigation to the next (PS: if you’re a Wordpress Pro let me know. I need HELP!).

Today hasn’t been so productive though. Despite what you’ve read about me/Craig in Futon, these days I’m a huge Football (and Baseball) fan. So with the football season winding down, on Sundays I am glued to the TV. Rather, most of the time I’m glued to the LCD computer screen left of the computer. My Fantasy Football team is beating my coworker Holly’s team by 102 to 52 as I write this. She still has two players playing later tonight but it’s her Defense and her Tight End. In other words, I have totally p0wned her. I’m looking down the nose of an 8 and 3 season so far. I rule!

I haven’t been very productive today for another reason. Read the last post. My friend and coworker Sara introduced me to the HBO Series “True Blood” which was like introducing a moth to the latest, most powerful Coleman lamp. ZZzzzt! I’ve been downloading episodes of that series like… I don’t want to give you an analogy.

Still, I have been going back and re-reading what I wrote more than 10 years ago. I’ve had many revelations going through the chapters, things I’d like to change, and plenty of things I never noticed. From the things I’ve never noticed department are all of the references to specific songs and music. Yes, I named a chapter after Prefab Sprout. “Two Wheels Good / Steve McQueen” is my favorite album of all time, bar none. But what I never noticed is that because of my love for music I make reference to songs repeatedly. Not just repeatedly, but in my opinion maybe too much.

Even before I’ve finished this novella there could be a movie length soundtrack.

  • The Human League “Human”
  • The Zombies “Time of the Season”
  • Corey Hart “Never Surrender”
  • Stevie Nicks & Don Henley “Leather and Lace”
  • Steve Miller Band “The Joker”
  • Prefab Sprout “Bonny”
  • perhaps something from Jonathan Richman?
  • perhaps one of many Ramones songs starting with “1-2-3-4!”

Oh well. I will address that later. I just want to keep up with this workout of writing every single day. I’m aiming for the finish. Not unlike, as soon as this back of mine gets back to normal, I just want to do whatever I need to do to make it stronger. As workout people say: “strengthen the core.” Damned straight.