A blank page was once my kryptonite.
I remember being 14 in the back yard with stacks of printing paper and a pencil and all my comics laid out before me. I would go through and copy the art to make my own books since my face wasn't there and my voice wasn't on the page. I got that writers hubris to believe that my thoughts are just as valid as what is out there and thus I devote some small portion of my time to etching them out and delivering them to the world. Originally I chose MySpace as the medium for that, but I am also lazy and horribly busy so I get away from doing that.
So for those keeping score, Ritch hates blank pages, blank blogs are no different in my book.
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A lot has transpired in the time I have been away.
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Which is tiny and digestible and features my daily 120 character thought rambles.
Which also, if you haven't figured out updates at the top of this blog every day, and also on my front page somewhere.....
.. ..Among other things, I hit the Heroes Con in North Carolina, which is always a good show for me and actually got me my best return of all the shows I have hit. I also did Chicago's Wizard World Con, which was lest successful, but I also grinded less, and as my post conventions conversations have all explained, it just isn't my market.
I have learned a lot and spent way too much time with Mr. Terry huddleston, who I love and dislike at times for all the reasons I love and dislike a good family member. He and I are cool until he asks for money, and then I have to consider our friendship in terms of investments and debts. ..
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I got into a big thing with my landlords, which seemed to come out of the blue but I kind of saw coming. We had issues with the apartment and so I stayed on them, calling weekly for updates. They typed up a two page letter that called my calls harassing and said I threatened them. I've told the story so many times now I am weary of the details. I ended up crafting an 8 page rebuttal that cited Ohio revised code and their own lease agreement that basically said they suck, and that they can't go disparaging the character of someone just as grounds to put them out. All the lawyers I talked to said they had every right to terminate the lease and that the letter was a mistake on their part. Although I started out wanting to fight them now I just want to go on with my life. I am not a revenge guy although I do feel the allure from time to time. In my mind I am a calm guy, who would prefer to let fate or god sort out the petty and small people of the world. I know now that occasionally they will spring up in my path. Every good 5 years or so I run into one, and they typically have some authority to exert in my life. We found out that they are raising the rent here $150 or so, which is absurd to me but with the economy the way it is I can see prices rising everywhere. I say good luck to whomever follows us in this place. My only advice to them would be to not think that paying your rent on time will be enough, you also have to ignore the fact that you have a landlord, and if you are African American or educated, DO NOT CONDESCEND THEM, it seems that is a lease terminable offense.
.. ..I am hard at work on the thesis, and if anyone knows where I can get a couple African American parents of 12-18 year old children please let me know ASAP. I need three more families to tie off a section of my Thesis. I really need to be further along on this than I am and I hate the effect it is having on my morale. At some point I am literally going to have to jettison everything else in my life and hunker down to complete this task. There are literally 5 other goals that ride on it. Trying to accomplish it in the first year of marriage does not help. I am spending all this time trying to learn my new routine and be a decent guy to my wife with all this other stuff in my head. Cool thing is it gives me a pass on remembering things, bad thing is I am away during prime time and come in to a slightly annoyed wife whenever the schedule goes out of whack, which is often.
.. ..So that's the business. I am hard at work most of the time but not always on what I should be working on. I got roadblocks that torpedo my schedule but I am still determined to meet my goals with aplomb and decorum. A lot has transpired and I am still faithful and true to my cause, which may or may not include world domination.
.. ..And I am still one condescending SOB.
Thank you, and goodnight,
Or good day,
Whichever you prefer/is appropriate.
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