Monster Movie Update

Since my last post, I’ve tinkered around with my list of films to show this spring. I think the new viewing list will be more impactful for the class. The intersession mini-semester is independent study so there is more focus on original student research. With that in mind, and after watching/rewatching the list, I’ve made some updates that should encourage more student-led research. My hope is this is the last time I change the list. It’s a pretty good lineup though. So I’d be hard-pressed to move anything now.

Biollante battles Godzilla in all her mutated plant glory.

2022 Update

I said in my last post that I wasn’t going to do much but heal. So I made a movie, wrote for a magazine, taught a college course, and started watching every rubber suit monster movie ever made. So, you know, taking it easy. Now, each of these subjects deserves its own blog entry. However, I won’t promise that I will. Because, you know, taking it easy.

The Spider from the film Bugbear, Chapter Athazagoraphobia

Saggy Middle Boys

Hello. My name is Daniel… and I write bad stories. I can change. If I have to.

I came to the realization that I have 5 different novels in various states of unbeing that are all at about the 20,000-word hurdle.  I know whereabouts they should end and have the beginnings mostly how they should be but I seem to get bogged down with a saggy middle. This is something I’ve been working on by writing short stories. Still though. it was disheartening to see how bad my problem was.

On the bright side (for you dear reader), I wanted to share my pain.  Here is a rogues’ gallery of my failed (or not successes yet?) writing projects as they stand today.

Factory Obscura

When DMing Goes Bad

So I had an AWESOME idea for a dungeon. I planned it for over a month and when the day came to play it, I totally and utterly did really really not good at playing with it. I was a bad DM but I think I have some ideas to do better the next time we play.

This ‘Purr-fect’ DM has of course never had a bad hair day. However, he plays favorites to whoever gives him treats.

In My Head, I Was Degrading

I participated in Wizard Jam 10 by Idle Thumbs. It’s the last game jam they are hosting and one I’ve always wanted to participate in. After listening to the episode, I decided I should make a game in PICO-8 since I own a license but never used it before. Things could have gone better. I ended up with In My Head, I Was Degrading.