Eric Arvin's Blog, page 50

Racking Up the Argh

Three strikes.



First my cell phone goes kaput. No big thing because I've been meaning to get a new cell anyway.



Then, yesterday while getting my workout on, the cable SNAPPED while I was doing leg extensions. Scary. Flashes of "Final Destination." I'm alive but the machine is...not.



THEN, my laptop did its tres annoying weekly updates yesterday and now it won't let me on the interweb at all. (I'm using another computer to write this.) I went to find the uploaded program which caused this mess but was unsuccessful.



I don't know how this will mark my posting here, but it might be even more sparse than usual for a while. At least until I get this laptop thing figured out.

Couple Up

Art by the magnificent Ephorox

Now, THIS is a Face!

Silent film actress Louise Brooks. This was style. Still a muse 25 years after her death. I'm working on a story with a main character whose looks are right out of her myth.

Eric Talks!

I am interviewed about what I've been up to lately at Sole Focus, HERE. Check me out, then judge me silently.

Who's First?

Tee-hee. I'm naughty!

Eric Recommends: 50 Documentaries To See Before You Die

Documentarian Morgan Spurlock hosts this great 5 part countdown for Current TV. So far I've only seen a few on the list - Truth or Dare, March of the Penguins, Tongues Untied among them - but I'm expecting Grey Gardens and An Inconvenient Truth to make it as well. The series has also served as a reminder to me of other films, like Tarnation, that I still want to see. Episode 4 is next Tuesday on Current TV.

Man Falls Down, Second Review in One Day!

My lucky day! My short "Man Falls Down" received yet another glowing review today, this time from Amos Lassen, HERE. You can get it at Untreed Reads HERE or at Amazon or B&N or so forth and so on.

Career Day

I'm a big sexy police man! Yippeeee!









I'm a whorrish handy man! Drill!









I'm a big lumberjack! Wood is good!

The First 12 Madonna Songs You Hear

On shuffle:



"Don't Stop"

"Swim"

"American Life"

"Voices"

"How High"

"Another Suitcase in Another Hall"

"Into the Groove"

"Forbidden Love" from Confessions

"Express Yourself"

"Hollywood"

"Heartbeat"

"Causing a Commotion"

Man Falls Down Reviewed

My short story, "Man Falls Down" from Untreed Reads, received a good review, HERE. I'm slipping into the literary with this one. You can purchase it, HERE or Amazon or, you know, wherever you by your magical out-of-thin-air books..