Author Archives: robchristopher

Yesterday morning my writer’s block seemed to lift somewhat and I wrote two pretty good pages before Andy got up. Writing about the good times is hard. It’s always easier to write about dysfunction. Yesterday’s stuff takes me past 40K … Continue reading →

YOUR JAW WILL DROP OUT OF THE CLOSET This has to be the kinkiest, most perverse PG movie I’ve ever seen. Forget about gay “subtext”: you won’t have to do much reading between the lines when Village People break into … Continue reading →

TABLE Bud Powell “A Tribute to Cannonball,” adjust the volume. First I get the corn going in the steamer. Real butter, salt, pepper go on the table, set for one. In my sautee pan I heat a bit of olive … Continue reading →

Hellish (or at least purgatory-like) day at work today. The last day of each month means: INVENTORY. It also invariably means at least half a dozen mini-crises, some of which are related to the Inventory and others that just have … Continue reading →

Ugh. Brandon is not in a good mood today. A very DARK mood. I wish there was something I could do.

Creatively speaking, it was one of those weekends where every piece of writing of mine that I looked at seemed shitty: lame dialogue, awkward grammar, poor construction. And I don’t use expletives often. I kept staring at the pages and … Continue reading →

More posting about this weekend later. Go and see “Land of the Dead.”

Yesterday after work I went to Millenium Park and wandered around for about 45 minutes. I hadn’t been there since last summer. The Grant Park Orchestra was rehearsing at the new bandshell, sounded like Mozart arias (there was a soprano … Continue reading →

I’d like some more coffee. But i’m going to wait till everyone else gets here.

On Saturday night andystardust and thejeremyshow and I watched “Showgirls” for the first time, and the only way to appreciate this film is to play the Showgirls Drinking Game: If someone says “dancin’,” take a drink. If somone says “darlin’,” … Continue reading →