Weston Ochse's Blog, page 51
August 13, 2010
Essay - 13 August
Artists and Revolutionaries
By Weston Ochse © 2010
I've been inundated with labels my entire life. From being a teenager to a Buck Private in the Army, through the ranks, past my time as a DoD Contractor and to now, where I am what's called a Govie (Government Civilian). I'm a husband and a father. I'm a son, a grandson, a cousin and a brother. In my writing persona I've been called a poet, a horror author, a dark fiction author, a fabulist, a cross-genre, multi-genre, whatever-genre author. I'...
By Weston Ochse © 2010
I've been inundated with labels my entire life. From being a teenager to a Buck Private in the Army, through the ranks, past my time as a DoD Contractor and to now, where I am what's called a Govie (Government Civilian). I'm a husband and a father. I'm a son, a grandson, a cousin and a brother. In my writing persona I've been called a poet, a horror author, a dark fiction author, a fabulist, a cross-genre, multi-genre, whatever-genre author. I'...
August 12, 2010
New Radio Interview with Music, Zombies and Jousting
I was just interviewed by DJ Gard Goldsmith out of Boston. It's a radio podcast lasting about 40 minutes where I talk about Empire of Salt, the Mexican Border, Abaddon Books, Coppercon, Stephen R. Donaldson and the glory of anti-heroes! We touch on a myriad of subjects. He reads from a section of Empire of Salt. He also does the crazy DJ thing. Oh... there's music too.
Click on the link and listen or put it in the background for a bit.
Cheers
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Click on the link and listen or put it in the background for a bit.
Cheers
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August 10, 2010
Book I'd Like to be Buried With
Matt Riley recently interveiwed me and asked me what book I'd like to be buried with. I thought long and hard and determined that it would have to be Ray Bradbury's Dandelion Wine. The full text can be found at the following link. These are always fun exercises in mental gymnastics. I'm sure that my answer won't be yours. But isn't it interesting to see how people's minds work and why they think the way that they do?http...
August 6, 2010
!$%^!
The Loser ManifestoBy Weston Ochse © 2010
Let's rationalize.
"It's not so bad."
"They didn't mean it."
"They must have forgot about me."
"We'll get them next time."
"We was robbed."
These are all rationalizations for failure. We say them because they make us and the people around us feel better, because after all, it's more important to feel better about something than to actually do better at something.
It's utterly amazing to me the lengths we will go to make ourselves feel better about...
Let's rationalize.
"It's not so bad."
"They didn't mean it."
"They must have forgot about me."
"We'll get them next time."
"We was robbed."
These are all rationalizations for failure. We say them because they make us and the people around us feel better, because after all, it's more important to feel better about something than to actually do better at something.
It's utterly amazing to me the lengths we will go to make ourselves feel better about...
