submissions...

So I've been relatively consumed by work.

Only have had time to plan for class (both high school and college-level).

Have gotten back into reading books, though (over the summer I only ever read comics, graphic novels, one or two books and the occasionally screenplay).
I'm re-addicted to rock star autobiographies (who am I kidding... I was never cured).
Reading Shut Up And Give Me the Mic by Dee Snider right now... hilarious and über-entertaining.
 http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/6432713-mr-harshman

Anyhow, this weekend is a chill weekend... Hardly left the apartment... Only went out last night to see Kick-Ass 2.
Man, I'm so glad that didn't turn out to be a sequel they made just for profit (because the first had garnered such a cult following), like the original Halloween 2 (which was probably only good on accident... or due to Carpenter/Debra Hill's involvement).

Thankfully, Kick-Ass 2 was like RoboCop 2: perhaps not as subtle or refined as the first film (and even a bit over the top at times), but it maintained the first film's hallmarks and tone. Plus it advanced the story (while not retreading any of the first film) and further developed the characters.
I loved it!
And I'll probably wind up owning it just to complete the set (the only reason why I bought the steaming pile that was Dark Knight Rises).

It was a good night... and virtually everything was free (gotta love frequent shopper punch cards... both my movie and the bulk of my dinner was free due to them).

Today, after my Sunday chore and errands, I sit down to finally write the synopsis for Urban Prairie (I need to configure both a one-page and two-page synopsis for idiosyncratic literary agents) and begin submitting.

Furthermore, I've found a slew of new horror magazines that I want to submit some of my latest work to... though, in an objective bit of reflection, as I look back at some horror stories I wrote ten years ago... hell, as I look at some I wrote 5-7 years ago!... I find a lot of them lacking... as in, I don't want to show them to other people because I don't feel that they measure up for publication... or that I only love them because they are my darlings, my children and I don't think anyone else will see the beauty in them... or perhaps I just have stories with great ideas (creative and unique plots, characters and situations) that I executed poorly in my youth (meaning, before I had the tools to properly realize the potential of the above awesome aspects of these stories).

Alas, I could re-write them... and I may... or I could produce newer material and hope that the results are infinitely more pleasing (not just to me this time)....