Frayed was a collaborative fiction project I did years ago. It still remains one of the most satisfying writing projects I’ve ever done. I have compiled the transcripts of the major storylines and made them available in the Library.
Archive for August, 2009
A Distant Ship’s Smoke on the Horizon
The thing about existential crises is that they are so subjective. It feels so useless to attempt to explain my current experience.
I’ve never felt so lost before, so disconnected. I feel like I’ve fallen through the cracks of reality and I’ve become a stranger to humans. I don’t see how anyone has gone this long without being astonished at how absurd and arbitrary everything appears. Continue reading →
Why Are You Doing This?
[I originally posted this on Facebook, but I also want it recorded here.]
First of all, this is a genuine inquiry on a fundamental human level. Not an intellectual exercise, not a platform for theological discourse, but a sincere examination of something that spins constantly in my mind. Secondly, I am not here to indite your beliefs or ask you to defend anything you believe. I do, however, want you to explain *why* you believe. Honestly, as a human being. Continue reading →
SitRep
In which our protagonist attempts to summarize noteworthy events of the past several months.
I took improv classes for four months. Discovered I was funny without trying to be. Improv is hard because you’re not supposed to think about anything, and I’m, well, me. The improv scene is as cliquish and dramatic and jargony and strategic as the slam poetry scene. I don’t fit in to scenes. Continue reading →
Lollipop
My friends and I made a short for the Fantastic Fest 2009 Bumper contest. In order for it to be a finalist, it needs to receive a lot of votes (preferably high ones). If you like the film, please go here and vote for it. You need to sign up to vote, but it is easy.
Thank you. This will really help us out.