Turns out Pimping IS Easy

This one is going to be mostly quick and very easy tonight.

I've realized that over the course of the last few months I have given some Link Love to a few people and I have pimped their blogs as well so that people can see what's going on that the grouch likes.

However, I have not brought up two of my long time friends and their passions - and I am about to correct that mistake.

I wasn't sure who's to go with first so I decided that I'd go with the older first.  Older in terms of age and in terms of how long I have known the person.

For many years of my youth I grew up with an slightly off kilter marching to the beat of his own masturbatory drummer S.J. Moyer.  He was one of the few friends I had when I lived in Yoe Pennsylvania as a young fat long haired adolescent and that's a good thing.  Even though we didn't keep in touch over a large portion of our lives I am glad that I have gotten to know him again and his sense of humor and fun talents.
He is an author of several books that are on Amazon which you can search for.
The main book I am pimping out is Better Than Eating Out: Pink Taco's Not Included which also coincides with his recent YouTube cooking show of the same name.

I love the cooking show and am a devout follower of it.  I am even getting to the point where I might look past the jokes, the F-Bombs and everything else and actually start making some of these recipes - Starting with the Alfredo sauce.

His latest episode is Lobster Crap Bisque


Don't be afraid of the ugly face you see above - His shows are well worth watching!!!


Now on to Number Two.
Jessica - Jess - Jub
I met Jess over 10 years ago and for a while we even worked at the same retail store.  We have had many fun conversations over the years and both share a deep dark love.
Greek Dogs... wait.
Horror Movies - Yeah - that is the one that I meant to talk about.  Wieners are for another day.

She runs her own YouTube show called Jubs House of Horror with friends Holly and Chris.  The show consists, mainly, of them running down the horror movies that they have just recently watched and giving opinions on them - talking about booze and drinking and a number of other wonderful things.
She recently had a give away to celebrate having her 100th subscriber on YouTube as well.
So, if you are into horror movies or just into other people talking about horror movies and having a bloody good time then tune in and watch.
Below is a discussion of Wrong Turn 4



Please note that I am horribly Fucking Jealous of both Chris (in the video above) and Shannon (in the video WAY above) for being able to grow much better facial hair than I can.  This is a real jealousy and not just something I say to be funny.  If I could grow a beard like either of them I bloody well would and I'd enter facial hair growing competitions as well.  That would be the shit.

So, I know the above is not going to be for everyone, but I hope that some of you at least check them out and give them a chance.  You never know when you might find something of the beaten path that you really enjoy.

Thanks for reading.  And thanks for giving my friends a chance.

On Writing

Here's the thing - this whole blogging experiment which I have gone through several times and then quit when I got bored of it is more to get me to write more than to actually interact with people.
Do not get me wrong, it tickles my fancy to no end when I see that someone has actually taken the time out of their day to not only stop by and read what I have to say, but to comment on it in some way as well.
I've always fancied myself as being the creative type in some manner, but I have never been able to harness the power so to speak.  I generally have ideas floating around in my head but I always feel that it comes off horrible when I try to put it to paper.
I used to write a lot in high-school, short stories and what not. Then college I found myself taking some creative writing courses just so that I could write more.  I enjoyed them a lot but when they were done so was I.

This past Xmas (I know, it was so long ago) I found myself gifted with a Kindle Fire which has really started putting me back into the reading mood.  I have gone through 2 novels by C.S. Splitter, a collection of short stories by S.J. Moyer and A short story by Stephen King and am now working my way through The Dark Tower Part 7.

The more I read the more I have this desire to write which explains the frequency of which I update this little corner of my internet universe. However, what I would really like to do is get to the point where I can take the demons in my head and craft them into honest-to-goodness short stories to share with my friends (and potentially have them not suck).

So, I think that I'm going to have to start looking for books on the craft of writing.  I'd like to read about how others approach the idea of a story.  It has to start somewhere (that is after your original idea).  How do people do it though?  Do you map out your ideas in a time line?  Do you make a flow chart of different characters and idea's and plot devices and then just somehow connect them all?  Do you just sit down and type and see what comes out and then figure out a way to work it all together after the fact?

If anyone has any advice or can point me to something that they think would be a good read on the subject I'd love to hear about it.

Now, back to The Dark Tower so that Very Josie and Tricia Kristufek don't continue to brow beat me about not having finished it.  :)