Showing posts with label Warren Ellis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Warren Ellis. Show all posts

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Talking With Mar Thursday was Warren Ellis, Silver Surfer, and love



     A conversation from this morning as I was making us breakfast and Mar was getting ready for work and the cats were all "FEED US!" "STARVING HERE!"
     Me: I had a dream last night...
     Mar: It's too early in the morning for your dreams of space hero you, Warren Ellis as your sidekick, and a half naked Orlando Bloom in need of rescuing.
     Me: That was only one time. And I had eaten a ton of sugar, ate a whole pizza, drank two liters of soda- all during a Red Dwarf marathon. No, this dream was about aliens...
     Mar: Told you.
     Me: No. See there were these shape shifting aliens and they would turn into people you love to keep you from killing them. Then they'd strike while you hesitated. First one turned into Jesus. I killed it. The second one turned into you. I killed it...
     Mar: Thanks for the love.
     Me: Yep, but whatever, then it turned into Garfield.
     Mar: And you couldn't kill it?
     Me: Nope. It gave me that stare he has like Puss And Boots but with blind eyes.
     Mar: So you died?
     Me: No. I made a deal. It would spare Garfield and I would offer up your family and Salem in exchange. I became its Silver Surfer for love.
     Mar: I'm going to work. And it's Puss In Boots by the way.

other things of possible interest,

     The monthly free Tin Universe story series continues as we get some back story on one of the universes youngest villains and hints about things to comes. Featuring moments with Joanna Osip, The Black Friar, and The Dead Of Nechiansmere.
     A new issue of Tin Universe Monthly is uploaded and ready to read for free on the 22nd of every month throughout 2014. Tin Universe monthly is a short story, vignette, flash fiction series that explores and uncovers the wider Tin Universe leading up to and between books.


     Someone is zombifying athletes at Clear Cut High School in Utah. Lucky the school has its own young superhero in the person of Mildred Betbeze to try and figure out what's going on. Pep rallies, cheerleaders, new kids in the neighborhood are just some of things our hero and her sidekick slash best friend Aisha have to deal with in the first book in Tin Universe's new middle grade series.

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Monday, January 27, 2014

Sunday Night Movie Night with chili, Game Of Thrones, and non-shitting babies



     After a couple nights cancelled because of life the gang is back together for another Sunday Night Movie Night. It's a gathering of crazy on the scale of a morning thought from Warren Ellis or being inside the head of the great Phyllis Diller during sex.
     There was talk about pregnant men in love with rejecting cops, non-shitting babies, Bieber, books, food, and scary ways to die all while watching National Treasure and Game Of Thrones.
     But before we get to any of that, though most of our conversations couldn't make it into a blog entry without arrests and shutdowns to follow, cleaning must happen. Our apartment is a falling apartment, owned by fuckcraps, shit zone but we try to clean it the best we can, especially when we have royalty coming over.
     Cleaning is one of the best things about Sunday Night Movie Night. No really. It makes me get off my ass and clean the place from top to bottom....or close to it at least once a week when I've been lazy during the week emoing about  my life.
     Though I think we may have killed another vacuum already and we just got this one on Black Friday.
     Let me change that to the cats and crappy carpet killing another vacuum.
     After I started cleaning I stopped for a break to make breakfast before we forget to eat. Turkey and cheese scrambled eggs. While cooking I was singing Don't Stope Believin in the kitchen to protest signs from mar and the cats.
     As I cleaned Mar made chili and cornbread. It's one of the few dishes she makes but its always really good. This time she experimented and tried chopped tomatoes instead of tomato paste. I think it worked out really good.
     I texteded Queen to see if she was up and also let her know my rapping to Mo Money Mo Problems was something she was missing out on. You people should be jealous you don't get to listen to the glorious noise that is me trying to sing. That's more motivation for me to start a YouTube channel.
     On the drive to pick up Queen we stopped off at the grocery store. I drooled over bad grocery store sushi because even bad sushi is sushi. We grabbed some tea and then hit back on the road listening to AFI and arguing over which is the better CD of theirs. I say it's Decemberunderground. I think I win.
     I also do.
     I don't.
     The drive back had from picking Queen up had her telling stories and me telling her she seriously needs to write a book. She's really talented and I think some the stories she tells would make great short stories or a flash fiction collection. I've read stories she's written before and actually as I type this I'm bugging her to do it by text messages.
     Queen made cookies and her mom made rice for us. Her mother and her are great cooks. I love her moms rice big time. I don't know what she does but it always turns out better than mine. Maybe it's the magical pot she cooks it in. I should have snatched it and took it to a lab for study to uncover its secrets.
     It didn't take the ladies long to to find their seats and get into talk, a movie, and the cookies. Though I had already eaten several on the drive back to the apartment.
     Everyone thinks I sit in the back so Queen and Mar can talk.
     Not true.
     I set in the back so I sneak and eat any food that just so happens to be sitting to the side of me.
     We winged it on what to do for the night. Thought about playing games or just watching the National Treasure movies but when we found out Queen hadn't seen Game Of Thrones and wanted to after the first film we were watching boobs, beheadings, and butts, and trying not to spoil anything for her but its so hard.
     Mar found herself looking up something she thought I was making up but it turned out I was right.
     How do you like that lady.
     BOOM!!!
     Queen was, as she usually does, trying not to have her picture taken by me but I'm a sneaky bastard at times.
     TEXTING YOU :)
     Inside joke, sorry.
     As usual the drive to take Queen home was just as entertaining as any other part of the night, sometimes even better because on the drive we are tired and more than likely to be even crazier.
     Having friends to spend time with is a very good thing to have in your life. Friends, food, and the willingness to always GO THERE is a hallmark when these three people get together.
     After Mar went to bed I tried to stay up watching The Day Of The Doctor and write this blog entry but failed completely.

     The monthly free Tin Universe story series returns with scenes of insanity, reality, and a mention in there somewhere about some gross gravy. Tin Universe monthly is a short story, vignette, flash fiction series that explore and uncovers the wider Tin Universe leading up to and between books. 



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     Someone is zombifying athletes at Clear Cut High School in Utah. Lucky the school has its own young superhero in the person of Mildred Betbeze to try and figure out what's going on. Pep rallies, cheerleaders, new kids in the neighborhood are just some of things our hero and her sidekick slash best friend Aisha have to deal with in the first book in Tin Universe's new middle grade series.

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Thursday, June 21, 2012

Where I talk about banned books or discarded books and how bloggers should think about citations..





     The internet is one of the most expansive tools in the history of us wobble blobs of flesh but lets also be honest. It's also full of overreaction and half knowledgeable replies.
     For example, about a week ago, the fandom of one my favorite authors exaggerated a claim of censorship.  Apparently, a fan purchased a copy of one of her books from an online used book vendor. When the book arrived it was stamped "Discard."  This book was once a library book.  The fan/blogger promptly unleashed a claim of censorship without verification onto the interwebs except for saying I remember hearing it was banned. And by verification I mean, no links to news stories, no pointers to a source.
     First, this bothers me because as a blogger I hear people all the time say "Well, I'm not a news outlet or professional blogger so don't hold me to those standards." That's no excuse. Backing up your words for any writer, in any form, to any means, every writer needs to back up their views with sources or people are going to question it. And please don't get angry when someone does question your thoughts and views and you have nothing to go on. When you speak of specific events, you need to back up that information with sources, links, books, something or people are going to questions whether you are just seeking attention. And when you don't answer back to questions, you look not amateur but foolish but also you as a writer are setting yourself up to be slammed for it.
     Second, this bothers me a great deal because using the word DISCARD with censorship in the way it was used, and maybe not on purpose, was misleading. Not everything is censorship!  Let's talk spacial reasoning here, folks. A library cannot physically contain every book ever published in the history of ever.  Sometimes libraries have to remove or weed out or DISCARD older books to make room for new ones.  It's not censorship if it is part of routine weeding following a set of unbiased guidelines.  It is censorship if the book is removed for ideological reasons.
     By stating you "heard it was censored a couple of months/years ago" does not justify a claim of censorship. Again, the need for links on the subject matter need to be used in these instances.  Back up your statement before starting a rant. I rant a lot and every time I've not done this I'm gotten ripped by not strangers but friends because they know I know better.    
     As you learn in 6th grade: citations, citations, citations.
     I looked at the picture the blogger provided and did a 30 second Google search for the library. Also with a Google search I couldn't find one instance of that book being challenged. If someone find a case of 13 Little Envelopes by Maureen Johnson being banned please let me know and I'll edit this. The author herself said she didn't know if it being challenged.
     I'm also a little disappointed in this author for promoting this unverified claim of censorship.  I love her books and I love her commentary on social issues.  But throwing out an unverified claim of censorship?  Not cool. Fans jump on that stuff without thought or most of the time fans do the jumping without even researching. Just as a big following by talent can lead to a kind of bullying, that kind of following can lead to certain kinds of sightless actions.
     And you might ask why I haven't provided a link to that bloggers entry. I thought about that for a while because this happen last week. I'm not going after this person in particular because she wasn't the first or the last blogger to do this. But when you are dealing with serious issues like the banning and censorship of books you need to do your homework before posting. It will make things a whole lot simpler for you and not make you look like you're just talking out of your ass.
     So the moral of the story? Back up your story with links. It cuts down on confusion, it cuts down on people questioning your motives. It just makes everything easier whether you are working for a big news outlet or just your own personal blog.


Cool links to check out:
     Michael Wilbon is my favorite sports journalist and these are reasons why: Michael Wilbon delivers 2012 Medill Convocation address and Mike Wilbon Q&A (extended version) If you are or interested in sports journalism or journalism in general you should check these videos out.
     Like episode two. Still getting a feeling for it but continue watching. My Sisters: Problematic to Practically Perfect - Ep: 2
     Vlogbrothers Solving Your Problems!
     Very interesting. I had never heard of this before and that's why I love SciShow. Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors (LFTR): Energy for the Future?
     I want this shirt, I love The Flog.

Rants and screams:
     This comes up with me a lot in conversations with people. A challenge to a book is not the same as censoring a book.  A challenge is a discussion of the content of a book, debate is a healthy part of a democracy.  Censorship is the ideologically driven removal or denial of access to content.
      @warrenellis: "I'm using the Block function and pretending it's a Retroactive Abortion Button."
      Is the only thing Mitt Romney is running on- Vote For Me I'm Not Him because he wont take a stand on shit. I bet the guy has a hard time deciding on mustard or ketchup. This is a guy who has said publicly, in front of people, on camera that there is a lot of things he will not talk about because it would harm his campaign. That's not leadership folks. The 7 Major Issues Mitt Romney Won’t Take A Position On
     


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Saturday, February 16, 2008

THE TITLE IS: I'M NOT MR. CLEAN, I STILL HAVE MY HAIR...but not my teeth :(

Finished reading Mary Jane and We3 and I highly recommend them both. Grant Morrison along with Warren Ellis are the two comic book industry writers who I would give anything they wrote a try. I have enjoyed almost every thing they have put out and even in times of not being overblown by something such as Morrison's JLA run, I still enjoyed the read.

Just downloaded some podcasts and ripped some cds to begin a sort of spring cleaning around the place.

C.

(c)brian c. williams
SYSTEM*PRODUCTIONS
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Thursday, January 17, 2008

THE TITLE IS: BOOKSTORES ARE CHURCHES, LIBRARIES ARE HEAVEN

Just put some more stuff on hold at the library. My hold list currently looks like this:
Ultimate Fantastic Four. Vol. 1. /Bendis, Brian Michael.
Ultimate Fantastic Four. Vol. 2, Doom / Ellis, Warren.
Ultimate Fantastic Four. Vol. 3, N-Zone / Ellis, Warren.
Ultimate Fantastic Four. Vol. 4, Inhuman / Carey, Mike.
Monarch of the Glen : Series 4,
The most dangerous game / Vaughan, Brian K.
The new Teen Titans : the terror of Trigon
All creatures great & small : The complete series 4 collection. Disc 1, Episodes 1-4

Don't you just love the library, I do.

C.

(c)brian c. williams
SYSTEM*PRODUCTIONS
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Sunday, January 6, 2008

THE TITLE IS: LA Lawyers

Finished CROOKED LITTLE VEIN by Warren Ellis tonight. A very highly disturbing and enjoyable read. Loved it. The best detective slash fucked up America story I have read in a very long time, maybe ever. Reminds me a lot of Douglas Adams, DIRK GENTLY books but on a bad batch of acid laced beans. Go out and read it people and blame me for the thoughts it puts in your head, just don't blame me because you enjoyed those thoughts.

Right now as I'm finishing up chapter breakdowns on my next book in the TIN UNIVERSE series I'm watching DOCTOR WHO: THE HAPPINESS PATROL. It is one of the most hated episodes of Doctor Who and actually one of my favorites. Would love to see some writer with a really fucked up sense of humor rewrite that one for the new series. Now that would take balls for the BBC to do that. Maybe ask Warren Ellis to do it if they dared.

Remember just because you don't know who you are, that is no excuse for not being who you are,
C.

(c)brian c. williams
SYSTEM*PRODUCTIONS
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Thursday, January 3, 2008

THE TITLE IS: LETS FIND A GOOD VEIN

My first book to read this new year is CROOKED LITTLE VEIN by Warren Ellis. I have been waiting with it on hold to get from the library for about a month and a half and finally got my hands on it yesterday. Maybe this shows that this area can read something past Meg Cabot or Stephenie Meyer, both writers who I think are of quality for their drink of milk but lets play with some edge readers. Cut ourselves out of choice, just for fun from time to time. I'm hoping since I can not afford good drugs to poster with my mind I will let Warren Ellis words play in there a bit. I just hope he can damage the mush that it is. I know it needs a good banging around.

Remember that not knowing who you are is no excuse for not being who you are,
C.

(c)brian c. williams
SYSTEM*PRODUCTIONS
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Thursday, August 23, 2007

THE TITLE IS: FUN HOME? IS THAT POSSIABLE?

Spending time at the library today working on my resume and reading. Besides reading Infinite Crisis I also picked up some graphic novels which I finished and loved. Lets see if I can do some links to what I read here in blogger. I usually do them in Word first before posting.

The first book was Fun Home by Alison Bechdel and then later I finished off Desolation Jones by Warren Ellis. Two very different but very enjoyable books. I recommend both of them to anyone out there. Both are adult reads so don't fall in the old trap of thinking all comic books are for kids and then come complaining to me if you bought this for your kid and they now know women masterbate and the world is harsh.

Which sort of brings me to the subject of cold family types. As example. A young girl was in the library with a huge stack of books. She was sitting in front of me at another table. By ear dropping as I call it. Most writers I think are pretty nosey because they get ideas from living folks but we just hide it better than people like my mother. While hearing this girld talk to Aunt and Uncle sort of weirded me out. They made her call them that and when the women spoke up to tell the "Uncle" about anything he would say things like, "Don't tell me what to do." or "I already knew that." and it was coming from a pure hatered place. Belive me. I grew up with those tones of speech. The controling nature of some men makes me regret how I was born. Not regert enough to have anything cut off but men are such assholes. Back to the cold family thing that I'm trying to talk about but mostly just blindly rambling through sentences and mis-spelled words. These types of families drive me nuts. My family was and is not perfect but at least it was never this cold. Yes I would have rather we been more close because the only time my family hugged was funerals and weddings but at lease my family showed real emotions towards each other. Cold families created cold children who grow to make the world colder. My family just created two dumb ones and one crazy one who are growing towards nothing. When I'm depressed I think along those lines. Well, the dumb ones comment is always there.

Nothing much else to say now but maybe later. I need to find a job soon because I'm not only going nuts from inactivity but from being too deep within my mind without breaks. Writing and reading and the love of a beatiful woman can save your sanity. I know this for sure.

Remember not knowing who you are is no excuse for not being who you are,
C.
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Tuesday, May 8, 2007

AND THE TITLE IS: BLUE, WHITE, RED, YELLOW, GREEN…PISSED OFF!

…Wack! Wack!! WACK!!! Thud! Goes my head against my desk…

From Work Whining To Responses To Geek Speak:

Need to see, Need to see, need to buy.

Back To Reality:

There is only one thing more frustrating than trying to please someone you love and just not having that extra bit of energy for them and that is not finding the time to work on something you are writing. This may just be hack writer boy speaking but lets continue anyways. Billie doesn’t mind. I work on this blog during little mini so called brakes at work but besides this quick, bad grammar, bad spelling, badly written piece of every day musings I hardly have time for my other larger cases of bad grammar, bad spelling, and badly written pieces of writing. This makes me walk around more grouchy and with a feeling of deep hunger.

And am I the only writer who goes to other writers sites and when they say I have such and such done or my word count is at this quantity or that quantity, Am I the only writer who wants to say Who Gives Fuck Sometimes? Even if said writer is very nice, someone you admire, or even someone you know goes through the same struggles that have you currently very frustrated? I think all writers are jealous of other writers in some ways. I think we all who call ourselves writers tend to think the others seem to have things much easier than ourselves when in fact they probably and more than likly go through all the same struggles and self writer hates and fear we all do. Sometimes I just feel like hitting select all and punching delete as a fuck you to the Muses but they would not care. Their probably off fucking writers like Warren Ellis or Grant Morrison and I only get side boob view for my blood, sweet, and tears. And don’t even get me started with Mr. Male Muse. Dude hasn’t put out in ages. Nothing but a jack fuck tease.

I give you a good night with this. Sort of fits my current mood.

Written at the pay the rent job,
C.

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