Being a young writer of typically cliched artist's leanings, I realized that my best creations come from suffering. Angst, frustration, bitterness, the weeping of my heart as I lose faith in people,this is all fodder for my writing. Anger or discontent is what drives me, at least for the vast majority of my more dramatic…
Folks, marry young
It's been a while since I've hopped on Craigslist. The spammers really screwed things up, and I've given up on finding romance on the Internet. Alas, boredom beckoned, and I wandered over to my oldstomping grounds, just for kicks. I came across this one post. To the younger ones (Queens) Date: 2009-09-04, 1:29PM EDT Don't…
Oh no, the rain.
This morning, I got off the subway train and headed towards the exit. As I approached it, I noticed that there was some kind of line. People were lined up at the exit. I figured it was the rain. Right I was: people were craning their necks to see outside from within the exit platform.…
An attempt to liven up my stagnation
I recently subscribed to One Story, a publication that mails out a short story every three weeks (which reminds me...where's my latest issue?). I decided that I'd try to enrich my literary world. I'veonly read one issue so far, and to be frank, it wasn't very good. Anyway, I recently got a newsletter. There's some…
Batman: Arkham Asylum – What's missing?
As most reviews have said, Batman: Arkham Asylum is one of the best licensed games ever made. The graphics are great, controls handle well, the voice acting is outstanding. There is one thing missingthough. It's the stealth combat. It's not as good as it could be. Stealth combat feels as though it is limited to…