first mobile post

So, as the title indicates, this is my first post from my mobile device using the Blogger app. It's been over a week since my last post, and I must attribute that to spending all of my free time reading House of Leaves. 

It's truly an amazing book so far; Mark Danielewski has a brilliant mind. It's such a fascinating read, not to mention the ending of the fifth chapter is one of the very few times that I've gotten the chills from reading. The build up to that chapter was so well planned and led to such a perfect ending. At points, it had me wondering "okay, what the hell doesn't any of this matter?" only to make me eat my words at the end, when I realized it was all worth it. From that point on, I fully put my trust in this story. 

Unfortunately, I can't say that fully putting my trust in a story hasn't backfired on me before; the TV show, Dexter, for instance. While I will argue that the first few seasons were some of the best television you can find, these last three have been rather lackluster, and it kind of seems like the trend will continue with this eighth and final season. The twist at the end of the episode was compelling, sure, but for most of the episode, I was bored. Nothing felt new, and everything felt like a heavily diluted version of what it once was. I want to like this season, and this show deserves to go out with a bang, but I'm not entirely sure if I can put my trust in it again, and the premiere did little to ease my suspicions. 

I came across an interesting revelation today; as some people may know, I've been looking for a new job for some time, and I'm looking for something to do with writing. As fewer people know, my ultimate goal is to one day be able to make a living on writing video games. So, for shits and gigs, I went on indeed.com and searched for something along the lines of "video game writing." I was pretty shocked when I saw a listing for TellTale games (the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year, The Walking Dead), looking for storyline writers. I was absolutely stunned when I realized that a degree wasn't required. Instead, 2 samples of my writing, in script form, were required. That's it. But I don't have any scripts. I've never thought about writing anything in a script format. Sure, there was also the fact that the job was in California, but that's a minor detail to achieve one's dream. For once, I feel like I don't have time and the lack of money holding me back from reaching this. Just two damn scripts. Well, I guess you all know what I'll be doing for the next few weeks. 

BC