The Rules (for making the most of this thing)

The Rules

1) Do up individual task sheets for each project, to be kept in the front of their respective sections in the binder.

2) Morning work starts no later than 9am. Lunch is never more than an hour and never starts later than 12:30pm. PM work never starts later than 1:30pm and ends for dinner at 5:30pm-6pm. It can continue after dinner but this 3^rd period should not be counted on (re: Procrastinating).

3) Friday nights through noon Sunday are sacred. Rest, relaxation and chores must be done. Paint! Read! Go outside on the longboard!

4) Bed by 10:30pm dammit! (Sun-Thurs)

5) Walk around the block mid morning and afternoon. At least stretch legs around apartment.

6) Steady morning exercise regimen (before 9am)

7) Stay comfy! Drink lots of water, bust out the fan and air exchange unit. Also, shower first thing.

8) Lillian cannot use the phone.

9) Because she’s such a smartass, Lillian cannot go outside.

Here we go!

Well!

After some scrabbling and a very kind favor from a friend, I can finally say that my planned writing sabbatical is beginning and it begins at 5pm this Friday. I'm looking at six to eight weeks, depending on how I'm able to stretch my dollars, of getting up and scriptwriting from 9am-5pm (and probably more, but you see what I'm getting at here).

I got so exited over this that I even made an Excel spreadsheet - an EXCEL SPREADSHEET , PEOPLE -trying to plan ahead and draw up a rough schedule for the six weeks. Past the first week I can see this getting blown to hell by assorted circumstances, but as long as I'm wrapping up projects and getting the foundations laid for new ones then I'll be pretty happy. Plus I'll be able to avoid burning out, which I've seen coming at me like a monster truck for the past two weeks, from shoving what I really care about into the margins of my days while also trying to find time to relax, eat, sleep and shit*?

Aside from writing, writing, writing I am hoping to be able to get on the set of a friend's short film , shoot some episodes of a web show and learn enough CSS that I can wrestle a decent looking web page out of Wordpress. I'll doubtless write again at the end of these six weeks to say what the end result of my attempts is. Until then!

*I don't have time to pee! That is also something I look forward to in this sabbatical.
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Addendum: Holy crap this is pretty cool.

Also, here's my moment of punditry: Obama's got it and this seals the deal for me.

ArrrrrrRrrRRrrrRrRRrRrrrrt

It's just as well that I've got a packet of pictures to pony up - any time and energy I have for words is being hungrily devoured by writing projects! So without further ado...

A non-sponsored series of street art
A series that was sponsored and dictated by a Vespa manufacturer (POSSIBLY VESPA).
...something which irked at least one individual.
I'm not sure who made this, but given how long it has been around (at least a few months as I can tell) then I am guessing it was at least sponsored by the TTC or another government body.
Further down into Big Company Towne......we have the always ubiquitous and generally scorned "Corporate Art".
Q: Which art form is more valid?
A: None of this will matter after the Lizard Overlords finally reveal themselves.

Actually, I rather enjoyed Woody Allen's take on art in a book of interviews with him which I am reading: "Art to me has always been entertainment for intellectuals". Not to mention his take on being survived by his works: "...I'm not interested in living on in the hearts of my countrymen. I'd rather live on in my apartment!".