So tonight I put together a list of all the projects I have on my development slate… AKA concepts for projects that are officially looking for a home. And man do I have a lot. Without giving an exact number, I’ll just say it’s over 10!

Some of them are just story concepts that would need a company to get behind before I’d be willing to put in more time to flesh it out. But many of them are more fully developed, with spec scripts, outlines, or full oral pitches written.

I guess the past year has seen so much creativity pumped out of me that, to be honest, I feel bone dry. On the one hand it’s exciting to look at this list of stories, worlds, characters and ideas and know that I can accomplish something like that. But on the other hand I’m still struggling to get all of this stuff off the ground… to get to that next phase in my career. Despite all the recent excitement around H+, this career is not making it easy for me.

And so I also look at the list and think, “these are cool… but do I have anything more to give?” Even if someone comes up to me tomorrow and says they want to put up funds to develop one of these projects… see it through to fruition… could I do it?

I guess I’m also talking like a guy who’s struggling to keep his eyes open at 5:14 in the morning.

Bottom line is the list made me both proud and slightly depressed. I mean, a couple of the projects have been on my dev slate for years.

If I owned a juicing bar, I would name all my juices in a Dungeons & Dragons theme. Here are a few of the drinks you would find on my menu.

The Green Dragon

If you like your sweet juices to have some bite, this is for you.

2 Celery Stalks
2 Green Apples
1/2 Lime
1/2 inch slice of ginger (1/2 inch diameter)
1 Hot Hatch Green Chile (New Mexican variety)
1/2 Cucumer (aprox 6 inches)
1 Leaf of Kale

Push the stick the ginger and lime in the kale bunched up and juice together with the apples. Then celery. Then chile. Then cucumber.

Ogre’s Blood

This is a serious drink for the serious warrior. Do not attempt this drink unless you are at least level 32.

1 Red Beet w/attached Greens
3 Roma Tomatoes
Bunch of Cilantro
1 Clove of Garlic
3 Celery Stalks
1/2 Green Pepper

First juice the red beet with it’s greens. Put the garlic clove in the bunch of Cilantro and push through feeder with Tomatoes. Then Celery. Then Green Pepper.

Arithluea’s Amulet

This golden drink was thought to exist only in legend. And then I made one the other day and was like, “What do you know? This drink is for real.”

2 Small Yellow Beets (no greens)
1 inch slice of Pineapple
2 Green Apples
2 Celery Stalks
1/4 slice of Ginger

Start with the Yellow Beets. Then the pineapple and ginger together. Then the celery. Then the apples.

“John… you missed a post yesterday.” Technically you’d be right… but biologically, physiolologically, spiritually even, you would be totally wrong. And that’s because today is still my yesterday.

I got my Playstation 3 delivered yesterday.
I went to the game store and picked up Fallout 3.
I also picked up Dragon Age.
I also picked up Heavy Rain.

And I have not slept a wink except in the the games themselves.

This is not an actual post (Let’s be honest, very few of them have been this month). This is just a little postcard from The Wasteland, letting everyone know that I’ve cleared out the Super-Duper Mart, Disarmed the Bomb, and now I’m on my way into that mine field.

I also have to cut this one real short so that I can get back to business.

I’m gonna try to catch up in the next few days so that I actually end the month on the 31st.

I got a bunch of cool stuff for my birthday. Records, books, a LOT of drinks last night at Bigfoot Lodge. Perhaps too many.

But I thought it would be cool to share with you some of the digital gifts I got from some of you lovely people.

Well first of all, I just want to thank all of you on FB, Twitter, and Tumblr who wished me a happy birthday… even the ones who came belated. It really is true that wall postings, tweets, and tumbles have become great gifts in the digital age. Way better than the wireless headphones I got for my birthday back in 2002. Those things seriously sucked.
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