Blog March 2023

March 2023

Hello readers, friends, and fans.  Whatever may have driven you to find the server, my patreon, or any of my works first, I want to thank you all for supporting me now more than ever.  Some of you have gone above and beyond to support me with small, but meaningful monetary offers, and others have simply constantly encouraged me to continue writing and creating journeys for some of our favorite characters.  To all of you, thank you.

I have neglected the blog for the last few months due to being quite busy with work, writing, and training to become a Boston Qualifier.  In that time I have also been trying the dating world again which has been a frustrating experience to say the least, and since it’s my biggest frustration of 2023 let’s start there.

I’ve had a couple dates since the start of the year, but they’ve all been pretty boring experiences.  I straight up had some girl agree to go out with me, made plans on what we were going to do, and then told me that our 15 miles apart was going to be a long distance relationship.  That was about 7-10 days of wasting my time texting her, and I’ve got a dozen irritating stories to match that.

Needless to say I was about to give up on dating again up until about a week ago.  Fifteen months of bad luck might finally be coming to an end with women, but I hesitate to get excited too quickly.  We went on one date so far, and it went really well.  We kept it simple and went to dinner, but this weekend we are going to go for drinks and dancing at one of my usual spots.  She seems super cool, down for anything, and of course very pretty.  That checks off the boxes I needed to see to pursue her, and for the first time in a while I am looking forward to the chase.

My writing has dried up a bit.  I am grateful that I am so far ahead on Dreams of Home, because I am hitting a point I am a little stuck on.  I’ve also been toying with a few ideas for a new story, but I am not really making it past the first chapter or two on anything I have been tossing around.  The time to start writing Fleur La Fois I think is coming sooner than I originally thought.  I have spent a lot of time thinking about the sequel, and though I think it will be VERY challenging to write, I am looking forward to it.  It’s going to places I don’t think any Fanfiction has ever gone before, and though I am taking the concepts other people have put forth we are delving so deep into speculated territory of Canon that I think it will be quite interesting to pursue.

I wish I could say my original works were coming along better, but honestly I am so dry on that the only thought I am going to put on that is that I suck at being creative right now.

My training as a runner however is progressing at rates I did not previously believe possible.  After my success on the Dallas BMW Marathon I have been compelled to work myself to exhaustion in an attempt to be a Boston Qualifier.  Running 40-50 miles a week I have pushed beyond what I thought I was capable of.  At Cowtown, my hometown race, I ran my Half Marathon in 1:28:39.  That is averaging about 6:40 per mile which obviously has me in range for Boston.  That in a way puts me at a halfway point.  I just need to be able to do it twice now, which honestly had the course been flatter I think I could’ve held the pace for 18-20 miles.

I become more confident everyday that I will become a qualifier to the most prestigious Marathon in the world.  I run my next full marathon in Pittsburgh on May 7th.  This however will just be a benchmark for me as I prepare for Chicago to qualify for Boston.  I am told the course is quite flat, and it is one of the 6 major world marathons.  To qualify for Boston in Chicago would be an epic statement, and possibly even open up possibilities to run London, Berlin, Tokyo, Paris, or New York!

My next race however is in Atlanta.  I am running my first Spartan event for the year with the intention to run all three major distances.  I had originally intended to start with the most difficult, the beast, but my fear of injury is high.  I haven’t come all this way to get injured and lose all my progress in my preparation for Chicago in October.  After that a simple 5k in my own backyard for the Fort Worth Zoo, a race I intend to win!  So lots of races coming up to look forward to as I continue my training.

The movie scene is pretty hot right now.  Ant-man Quantumania is a pretty fun watch.  NO SPOILERS, but I will say Jonathon Majors carries the movie.  I definitely have my issues with it, but at the end of the day I enjoyed the introduction to Marvel Phase 5.  I think with Jonathon Majors leading the future of the MCU’s villain character arc it is in good hands!

Speaking of Majors I watched Creed 3 with one of my other favorite actors, Michael B Jordan!  I gotta say it's 90% of a fantastic movie.  I didn’t quite care for the end, but the rest of it is soooooo good.  Great references to old Rocky movies, and the previous two Creed movies.  If you like fighting movies I can’t recommend this one enough.

Another movie I recently enjoyed was Knock at the Cabin.  M Night Shymalamalamalan as I call him, and for once in his life there is no epic plot twist.  The movie is extremely straight forward, but honestly part of its brutality is how straight forward it is.  It’s a tough movie to watch at times, because if you put yourself in the seat of these characters you have to wonder what could possibly be done differently. It certainly seems by the end of it there was nothing to be done, but that just made the moment even more horrifying.  Don’t get me wrong, this is not a jumpscare movie.  You aren’t going to be scared.  It is horrifying in the way that when people’s humanity is called into question they don’t always rise to the challenge.  Major props to Dave Bautista his performance was as heart-breaking as it was awe inspiring.

I watched one movie called Infinity Pool about a month ago and I have to say it wins one of the most disturbing movies I’ve ever seen.  I wouldn’t even begin to know how to describe it, but I would start by saying WHAT THE ACTUAL F… anyways, not sure I can recommend it, but if you like to be disturbed maybe give it a try when it comes to streaming.  Watch the trailer and you may understand a fraction of the ride that you will go on when watching this movie.  I’ve never done drugs, but I imagine it was similar to being on some type of hallucinogenic.

Not really looking forward to anything else coming out till Guardians 3.  There is a new Evil Dead coming out and as you all know I love horror movies, and a new Scream movie that comes out this weekend which I am just hoping won’t suck.

On a final note I would just like to thank all the people who have followed me on Patreon!  I am over 150 people and heading towards 200, and I am super psyched that it is growing at a steady pace.  More content to follow, and my Avengers X HP crossover is running live!  Cheers everyone, and I will try to hit you all back up in April with a new life update.