[Review] Mini Reviews, Episode 1 by Jesse	12/21/09

[News] Defibrillation by Jesse	12/21/09
In an effort to liven this place up a bit, I've added Blog and Review posts to the front page news feed. However, because that content tends to be much more wordy than my News postings, I'm hiding the content and showing only the headlines. If one is so inclined as to read my thoughts and opinions, they can click the link and do so. I plan to rewrite the site's structure in the near future. In all likelihood, it will just be code changes, and the appearance of the site will only change a slight bit, if at all. I've learned quite a bit since first designing this site, though, and these changes ought to make the site function better and load faster. Unfortunately, as the spring semester approaches, this project might be delayed. I suppose we'll just have to wait and see.
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[Blog] And now to Miller Town by Jesse	12/21/09

[Review] The Changling (1980) by Jesse	11/20/09

[Review] The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) by Jesse	10/26/09

[Blog] Down to the Madlands by Jesse	7/18/09

[News] No News is... by Jesse	6/25/09
I feel rather guilty for not updating in over a year -- not because I'm neglecting my readers (those dear, imaginary people), but because I've put a lot of work into this site and it's a shame to see it go to waste. Given my career choice, it's ironic that I care so little for writing blogs. I suppose I put enough of myself into my fiction that I don't feel the need to express myself through gossip and witty anecdotes. I've always lived by the maxim that it's, "better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt". I have no illusions that my life is more interesting than anyone else's, and in fact -- despite the subject matter of my fiction -- my life doesn't have the necessary abundance of drama and adventure required to make it a compelling narrative. That said, the sad truth is that, in order to get along in this biz, one has to write. A lot. Moreover, if I don't think my writing voice is enjoyable enough to make my own life seem interesting, then I can't possibly expect my voice to be interesting enough to make a fictional character's life seem interesting. And who knows -- maybe following a non-blogger's journey into the world of blogging will provide just the sort of quirkiness to make this thing worth reading. At any rate, suffice it to say that I have not vanished, nor have I stopped writing. Indeed, I've written some of my best work to date (at least, in my opinion -- and who's opinion counts more than mine when it comes to my writing?) Hopefully it will only get better from here.
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[Review] NWN2 - Storm of Zehir by Jesse	12/18/08

[News] Mush Party by Jesse	5/8/08
No, it's not a celebration for Jello. Mush is my campus' literary and art magazine, which I've been working on for the last few weeks. Today was the release party, where the authors explained the inspiration behind their work, and the non-authors congratulated us on a job well done. Besides designing the layout and artwork for the magazine itself, I also contributed two pieces of writing (a poem and a flash fiction piece) and a photograph. The visual style of the magazine was an homage to the pulp fiction comics of the 1930s: (front cover) The magazine is available for free on campus, or in .pdf format at the Mush Website.
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