William Faulkner said, "A writer must teach himself that the basest of all
things is to be afraid." The greatest and best authors in the world
weren't just writers: they were fearless explorers. They dashed out into
the wilderness of the world and of their own hearts and minds. They
were strong, powerful men and women. The modern vision of the "author"
is an emaciated, pale, nervous and shy shut-in, huddled over their
moleskine pouring out drama and pain onto the pages with a leaking
fountain pen.
Though introspection has largely become a cliche and a
sign of weakness, it would be difficult to apply that stereotype to writers like Woolf, Rand, Faulkner, Twain, Whitman, Thompson, Palahniuk and an inumerable host of others who wrote with power and grace.
This weblog is a record of my exploration of a fearless life. This is a reassertion of the author as a leading visionary and explorer. This is one fearless step. Welcome and please stay to take a look around.
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Here are some pictures from Stone Brewing’s 14th Anniversary celebration that happened at CSUSM this last Saturday the 2st. There were over 150 beers from around the globe including many from here in San Diego. I noticed there were a disproportionate num
ber of breweries present from Oregon and Colorado. Are these areas hubs for the craft brewers?
I took this video last night around 10pm. There were 3 lights hanging in the sky over what appeared to be San Marcos. But they were most likely above the Marine Base at Camp Pendleton. I don’t know how long they were there for but once I saw them, grabbed my camera and got it running there were only 2 left. As you can see they flickered out pretty quickly after that.
Stone Brewery is 14 years old and they’re having their 14th anniversary party this Saturday. I’m going to it. 120+ beers from around the world in 3 hours…yup. I’ll be walking over to Mr. Taco afterward to chill for a bit. =) There are 2 “sessions” on Saturday. Session A goes from 11am to 2pm. Session B goes from 3pm to 6pm. I don’t like drinking beer for breakfast so I’m going to Session B. Tickets are $40 and all proceeds go to the Surfrider Foundation, Boys and Girls Club of San Marcos, Palomar YMCA in Escondido and FightALD. Drink beer for charity everyone! Find out more information and buy tickets here.
The first image from the Coen brother’s new movie True Grit has surfaced. It features Jeff Bridges as Rooster Cogburn and Hailee Steinfeld as the feisty and intelligent Mattie Ross. True Grit was written by Charles Portis in 1968 and adapted into a movie in 1969 starring John Wayne and Glen Campbell. This movie is at the top of my most-anticipated movie list. #2 on that list is the new Resident Evil moving coming out next month.
Bridges and Steinfeld
JackChuck’s saga continued last night when a daring Grasshopper tried to test the demon-spider known as JackChuck. Here’s what happened.
Recently an Orb Weaving spider named Jack Chuck decided to build a web on my back porch. Here is Jack Chuck.
Jack Chuck
In an effort to get Jack Chuck to thrive, Rich Seely and I fed him four moths last night. In classic Jack Chuck fashion, he wasted no time in demonstrating why he is king of spiders. Here is a short sample of his domination of the smaller insects.
Went to see the Budos Band at the Casbah this last Wednesday night. I was debating if I wanted to take my my camera in with me and decided not to (which turned out to be a good decision because it was super packed). But I got some shots of the surrounding environment before the show.
The Budo”s 3rd album is out right now. It has a cobra snake on the front which makes it really good. Here are some tracks off of the Budos Band first two albums.
I made this flyer this morning for the next Nite Life event.
Nite Life
My youngmenowme pictures that I wrote about last week got featured on the ZeFrank youngmenowme blog (along with my philosophical dissertation on the project). Check it out here.
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