And again, Ebert.

Fascinating.

Two quickies

1) I should never read forums or forum-like responses anywhere on the internet ever again. All they ever make me is depressed. Conversations between people I know to be intelligent are obviously excepted.

2) I'm not doing NaNo this year. There are a lot of reasons for this, and I'm sad to do it after cancelling my summer campaign, but it doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of getting completed and I need my creative energy elsewhere.

Further half-developed thoughts about NaNo, and bigger things

Digging deep into yourself is a skill that requires practice, not something that requires the correct weather pattern and alignment of heavenly bodies. Harlan Ellison always said that if you can't write in a crowded cafe while a band is performing, you're not doing it right. Yes, life intrudes, but life always intrudes on anything you want to do.