Touch me. Touch me like you didn't touch me last night.

"So whiskey's my shepherd,
Oh and I shall not want,
It maketh me lay down,
In a strange woman's bed,
It maketh me talk,
Out of both sides of my mouth,
Maketh me feel,
Like I'd be better off dead" - "Chemicals" - A.J. Roach

Yeah, yeah, I'm post-crazy this morning...but I think you should all go take a look at how these two entries turned out. Quite awesome, if you ask me. Both were "reader participation" and both are still open...

What does Sir Reginald look like to you?

and

Me asking what five songs you listen to as the world ends

They have dozens of replies by now, and I really find the results fascinating on each one.

Now to go do something productive with my life.

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No ill-effects from drinking a third of a bottle of Bushmill's last night on an empty stomach

It's snowing on my birthday...how many awesomes is that worth?

Going to see friend Dave King perform tonight in Chicago. He doesn't know we're coming. ROCKSTAR!

"And your friends grew up faster than you got successful..." - "Greetings in Braille - The Elected

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Off for birthday Italian food and booze and music and I'm hoping I can stay up late and write instead of edit manga...

A few short stories are kicking around in my head right now. My agent/my mama has a few sent off to some magazines and online publishers to see if my shit smells pretty enough to serve to others.

The new laptop is full of fine, and I'm working on getting it ready for a three-and-a-half day trip to Sedona, Arizona, where Sara's father is getting married. I've got about 22 hours to complete my work on it before we leave. I'll be using it to finish an edit for DrMaster and writing in my spare time. On the airplane. Which I hate. Time for the old "double whiskey with my Tourette's meds" trick to KNOCK MY ASS OUT.

I think one of the new stories is going to be a Fuck With My Art story, where I'll be asking you all to participate in rewriting/illustrating/putting-to-music/etcetera one of my shorts. This will be the third one I've done, and the results just keep gettting more and more The Awesome.

On a side note, I need more sleep. Or the ability to keep getting by on three hours a night without dying.

Back to work, with a quick break to read a little more Phillip K. Dick...

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