Eric Arvin's Blog, page 73

One Good Thing

Finished the final draft of my horror novel, "The Rascal," today. Now to see if it raises goosebumps. I sent it to my agent, Keith, for a read. Keith has written quite a bit of horror in his life. He's written for filmmaker Dario Argento, as well as a few popular TV shows, including Buffy The Vampire Slayer and The X-Files. If it passes the Keith test, we'll send it out to a publisher I've had my eye on for a while. Until then, I shall celebrate its completion with a cookie.

The WANT List

Saw this at Slick It Up. I love the arm guards. I'd feel all fancy and sexy!

Hot Shot: Wuz a Bear

Love his side profile.

How a Song Grabs From Lyric One

"Well I'll be damned/ Here comes your ghost again" from "Diamonds & Rust" by Joan Baez

"This is my song/Don't sing along" from "National Talk Like a Pirate Day" by Lambchop

"It's not/What you thought/ When you first began it" from "Wise Up" by Aimee Mann

"Don't know why I'm still afraid/If you weren't real I would make you up" from "Honey & The Moon" by Joseph Arthur

"Peter said to Paul, You know all those words we wrote/ Are just the rules of the game and the rules are the first to go" from "Girl in the War" by Josh Ritter

"God sometimes you just don't come through" from "God" by Tori Amos

"The last time I saw Richard was Detroit in '68/ And he told me all romantics meet the same fate" from "The Last Time I Saw Richard" by Joni Mitchell

"A long December and there's reason to believe/ Maybe this year will be better than the last" from "A Long December" by Counting Crows

"Ophelia was a bride of god / A novice Carmelite" from "Ophelia" by Natalie Merchant

One Good Thing

This song, "Only God Can Save Us Now," is from Over The Rhine's gorgeous new CD "The Long Surrender."

Hot Shot: Ouch!

I think I just broke my wiener looking at this photo...

Moby - We Are All Made Of Stars

A favorite Moby song and time capsule of a video.

One Good Thing

Early spring showers. Sitting on the porch. The trees are still bare and the wind is rattling them something fierce. We're under a tornado watch until 7pm. The world has that late fall look to it. Melancholy, but with the knowledge of newness in the air. The rain starts falling harder. The wind blows the rain in on the porch. On me as I sit in the rocking chair. I smile as I close my eyes and feel the cool mist on my arms and face. It almost tickles. That's a good thing.

Hot Shot: All-Kinds-A-Licious

Especially that grin.

"Dolce Far Niente"

I love this scene from "Eat Pray Love." It's so true. My inner Mediterranean was skipping with glee when he heard it.