Such An Odd Age...

I guess next year will have more significance - being that it's the year before I leave my twenties for good.

Nevertheless, it was a nice birthday. Hung with friends and family, saw a flick ('The Negotiator'... not very good), got jiggy with it, etc.

I just got back from a trip to Georgia. Fifteen hours if you do it straight. I answered 'Trivial Pursuit' questions the whole way there and back, and let me tell you something: the ratio of rights to wrongs was stacked in favor of the rights. I'm always amazed at the useless shit I have stored in the hat-stand. I'm reading 'The Blind Watchmaker' by Dick Dawkins (it's a defense of Darwinism against the attacks of the creationists), and in it, he talks about the brain's storage capacity, and just how vast it is - amazing, considering we're only really programmed to feed, seek shelter, hunt and gather, and fuck. Everything else is just gravy.

Ah, but what good gravy.

The cutting continues to go well, but the frightening news is that this beast will clock in it over three hours for the first cut (perhaps WELL over three hours). You know what that means, kids: LOADS of extras in the secondary market. This is tricky biz, as there's very little fat in the script: it's dense, but mostly all plot-oriented. Tough decisions will be made in the next few months.

The comics continue to do well. Duncan's finishing up issue two of the Jay and Bob mini as we speak. It's really quite odd and funny, and I promised myself I wouldn't give anything away. I will say, however, that two extremely random and non-V.A. guest stars pop up in the book (and not just in the background). If it doesn't make you at least chuckle, I owe you head (guys and gals, this means you!).

On the topic of the comics, we're going to be doing another issue of 'Clerks' - this one a Christmas special. The idea for the story makes me chuckle, but I'm worried it may be too 'inside'.

Also - I've seen pages from issues 1 and 2 of Daredevil, and it's gorgeous. Joe and Jimmy poured their hearts into this stuff, and I couldn't be happier with or prouder of it. If you're a comics reader, I think you'll be pleased. If you're not, I still think you'll dig it.

I'll have some pretty big news to unleash on ya'll in the coming months - not all of it Askew-related. Hopefully, my visits here will become more regular once we've tamed the beast for the first go-round (but I leave for San Diego in a week, so please forgive me if I pop in only sporadically).