I always get weirded out when people ask me “What’s new?” because really, nothing is ever new. I don’t do much. I’m not saying that in a mopey “woe is me” way, but it’s just fact. I don’t do a lot, and I’m okay with that.

But here are some things…

I watched “Darkness Falls” and “Hellraiser: Bloodlines” in the past few days. Boy, that’s kind of a lot of crap. DF was decent, in a PG-13, criminal abuse of the cat-scare, this is the kind of horror movie that has been made every day since Scream came out, kind of way. H:B was just god awful. It was like watching a cinematic train wreck (no wonder “Alan Smithee” directed). Simply the worst in the trying to be over-the-top gore and senseless violence. And when I say that, that’s saying something.

Deadwood, again, is total kickass. I forgot to let people know that they did a marathon of the first three episodes last Friday, so…they did a marathon of the last three episodes last Friday. And “Best Week Ever” is right…apparently they used the epithet “cocksucker” a lot in the old west. Who knew?

I ripped a bunch of CDs I had that I realized I never did when I lost my hard drive before. X-ecutioners, Eminem, Blues Brothers, Pink Floyd, Lost Prophets. I made another CD, because that’s what I do now, I guess, as well as a SNL volume 3 (which has skits and musical guests from SNL on it, like the previous 2).

I wasted Friday at the BMV. Even worse, I wasted it at the BMV in Columbus, an hour away. I hate the bureaucracy.

Bought picture frames, and I’m going to print art out and put it in the frames to fool people into thinking I have class and culture. I’m really just sick of looking at blank walls.

See? Nothing is happening. I have the first week in May off at work, and I’m going to, I swear to God I’m going to, do something productive. Like interview someone. Be unique, edit a novel, something like that.

I kind of like the story I’m working on. It’s a small, stand-alone part of something bigger. I sudden reached this point in my brain where I can think about working in the short form, where I get an idea for something and I now have a framework for it. I need to do more research, but into neat-o things like the occult and mythology. They are such fertile playgrounds, and it’s my turn on the big kids swing.

I found this website while researching Morningside Heights in Manhattan. It’s where I’m setting my PI’s office, I believe, or very close to it. It has a staggering amount of material about the area, and frankly, reading it makes me miss Manhattan a lot.

Also, for fans of the NYC, check out NYC Bloggers. It’s a blog map of the five boroughs, indexed by subway stop. Bloody brilliant.

Boring, tired, I remain…