Calling All Readers!

I NEED YOUR HELP!

It's late at night (again) and I was going to put another Dilbert strip on with some commentary (again) but then my mind started working (finally! It works!). I got a crazy idea (I like ideas in the "crazy" flavor) and I want your opinion on it.

As some of you may know, I like writing. It may not be perfect grammar all of the time, but I enjoy it! One of my lifelong goals is to write a book. I like science fiction books, so maybe I'll try working my right brain a little bit. I also like the self-help/self-improvement books, so that's always a possibility. So I don't know what kind of book, but a book WILL be written before I die! All great journey's begin with a single step, right? Well my crazy idea is my single step in my journey to writing my book. 

Do you know how people got their writing careers started? (Don't worry. I'm gonna Google myself to death on that one.)  :P

Do you know anything about becoming a freelance writer? 

Do you have any writing techniques that have really helped you? I could just start writing and writing and hope I get something out of it, but I want to apply it more. 

What kind of stuff do freelance writers do? I figure they'd have to be in a niche of some sort (writers interested in computers should send articles to computer magazines, etc.). 

Do newspapers accept articles written by anyone? Or magazines for that matter?

The point is, I want to write. I find a lot of things interesting and worth writing about, but I'm not motivated enough to write about random stuff if all I do with it is save it on my computer and never do anything with it. 

Any advice would be most helpful!

THANK YOU! 

P.S. Thanks for tuning in to my life. I'll try to keep it interesting so I have exciting things to write about. :)

What I Do Late At Night

Generally speaking, people who stay up late at night are polar opposites. By this I mean that most people who stay up late at night are either: A) doing homework, working on a project, etc., or B) slowly wasting their lives away (it helps if you have Lays Potato Chip crumbs all over yourself and there are infomercials on the TV.) There's always the other group who kind of get stuff done, but that's not what we're talking about. :P

So some of you may wonder, "I wonder what Phil does when he stays up late at night?" Okay, so you probably don't, but since I write what I write, you wonder. Well I'm not wasting my life away, I'll give you that much. I used to heavily read business related books (which I still read, just not as much.) I've slowly evolved and learned what the most fulfilling thing to do late at night is. 

This activity which both stimulates the brain by educating and expanding your mind, and entertains is..... ("Drumroll please!").......    READING COMICS!

 

"Yes, ladies and gents, Phil has become addicted to Dilbert comics!" and I love it. :)

P.S. I like people in the marketing business. I've done marketing myself and consider myself a marketer of sorts. But this comic strip rings true!

A Look At The Apple Tribe

I'm an Apple fan. Their stuff works! There aren't any compatibility issues. I click on a program, it opens! There's no ctrl+alt+delete. There's no "blue screen of death". I want my Mac to do something, it does it. IT WORKS IT WORKS IT WORKS!!! So now, you may have guessed, I use machines running Windows as little as possible. I wouldn't call myself an Apple maniac, but I love their widgets (having an iPod Touch makes me want to get an iPhone and completely get rid of the phone I have now!) 

Here's a fun article about Why Apple fans hate tech reporters. I suggest Windows and Mac users alike should read it (and you Linux users too.) It's a fun look at why Apple fans can be defensive of their beloved products. 

To Steve Jobs!

The Cloverfield Effect

I saw Cloverfield tonight for the third time. I must say it was even better the third time! And I'll probably watch it a fourth and a fifth too! But out of the people who have seen it, many suffer from what I call the Cloverfield Effect. Caused by the jerky, bumpy camerawork, a lot of people suffer from the Cloverfield Effect (my fancy way of saying "motion sickness") from watching the movie. After the first time though, at least for me, the motion sickness tends to leave.

But for those of you who have yet to see Cloverfield but plan on seeing it in the near future (which you should!) I suggest reading over this article, "What's Behind 'Cloverfield' Illness?" It's a WebMD article! Talk about legit! 

So yes, Cloverfield may make you a bit queasy, but it's worth it! Enjoy!!!

      

     Enjoying Cloverfield!             might cause   motion sickness!   which can be cured by   Motion Eaze!

         (or a Coke, or robbing a bank)  

(seriously...)

So... it's kinda late...

My sleep schedule is all out of whack. It's great. :)

Blog Blog Blog... BOOM!

I don't know about you, but life with a broken leg is... slow. I started doing yard work yesterday just because I was bored and I wanted to go outside. And you know what? I actually liked it! In fact, my parents are giving me lists of things to do! I almost enjoy being their little slave. :P haha

So what else... ? Oh! I'm reading the "E-Myth Revisited" by Michael E. Gerber. If you like business, you MUST read it. If you like self-improvement, then you should read it. I also bought "1984" off Amazon.com (Amazon is a drug) for some recreational reading. I haven't started reading it yet, but the description on the back ("1984 is still the great modern classic of 'negative utopia'") gives me chills (you know, the exciting chills, not the I'm-about-to-die chills, the "spiritual chills", or the chills you get when an attractive girl (or guy, for all you ladies) talks to you and you're taking notes in your head; "I've got one! I don't know what I'm doing, but it's working!") Needless to say, I'm looking forward to reading the book.

Which leads me to my next point, (well, not really, I just wanted to sound important and intelligent) So I created my South Park version of myself (even though you've probably already seen it on Facebook) and I must say, that is the best looking version of me to date. I mean, check me out. Yeeaaahhh..... P-I-M-P.... 

And heretoforthwith mine shepherdess doth frolickingly fetch the water pail forthwith which is thither, not hither.

Don't ask. I'm bored. :) You know, I've always wanted to write a book. I have no idea what it'll be about, but writing a book has been one of my life goals.

So here's an interesting bit of information: (I learned this about a week ago on the 4th) Boeing Advanced Systems has started System F6, 'DARPA's Future, Fast, Flexible, Fractionated, Free-Flying Spacecraft United by Information Exchange space technology program.' In other words: multiple, networked specialized spacecraft swarms that are intelligent enough to perform a single coordinated task together, like analyzing the crops or deciding to destroy humanity, Skynet-style." 

Basically, there's a bunch of spaceships that work together on a certain mission and don't need human help. My brother and I watched Terminator 3 last night (it was edited, haha) and Skynet is the autonomous homeland security system made up of robots that have all sorts of weapons. The evil lady terminator infects the system with a virus, so when they activate Skynet, Judgement Day happens (the end of the world) because the robots start shooting everything and launching nukes in order to destroy the enemy, the humans. 

And if you enjoy the end of humanity, I thoroughly suggest seeing the movie Cloverfield. Now THAT movie was intense! Check it out!

Heaven!

Okay, I promise I'll try to stop thinking about Angels & Airwaves and I'll give up my infatuation with them (maybe), but their song "Heaven" off their newest album I-Empire is probably one of the best songs I've ever heard! I LOVE listening to it because it just makes me feel good and I feel on top of the world when it's on (sounds cheesy? who cares?!) Anyway, here's my favorite song in the world right now!

"Heaven" - Angels & Airwaves

I will run the streets and hostile lands

I will touch the rain with all I have

I will breathe the air, just to scream it loud

My feet will never touch the ground

Because the days they feel like ancient clocks

Like when kids grow up and learn to walk

Because your life is full of pure desire

A place so gloriously wired

(Chorus)

The lights and sounds

Oh God this is such a mess

And it's like our world

But we're the last ones left

And the hair it stands

On the back of our necks

And I swear it shows

Heaven must be just like this

Do you see the hills beneath the clouds?

The star as trails to lead you out

Can you sense the pain? It's everywhere

And if you try, you'll never care

And the love you had

When you were young

Is right outside for all to come

Because your life is full of pure desire

A place so gloriously wired

(Chorus)

If you see the lights break though the clouds

And fire up at distant towns

Well the world will begin, exactly how it ends

When you call for love, when you are lost

For evermore or whatever it costs

And the world will begin, exactly how it ends

Please stay, don't go

I've got you now,

Are you curious? (x7)

Here I am