Casey Fenton

I’ve taken to writing in my Facebook status, rather then just generic what are you doing which Twitter is for anyway, to purposefully attempting to sound deep and confusing. I’ll just start writing and see what comes out. Some of them I really enjoy reading and I can see deeper meanings behind it, and a few other ones are just stupid.

Here are a few of my favorite ones I wrote:

Your troubles were worth it. Your frustrations are forgotten. Your initials peak the totem pole. The naysayers are now merely footnotes in your best selling autobiography. A fist in the air, look to the heavens and roar. You’ve achieved it all. Bask in your glory and live out existence with euphoria.

The status quo was quid pro quo but going on is the show as far as you know. Behind the scenes the curtain is sabotaged, the lead is oblivious to the mutiny. The spotlight glares while the shadows can relate but with a more mischievous motive.

the light still glimmers. it may flicker and it has dimmed but surrounded by darkness it remains. surrounded by shadows it is defiant. it is unyielding, unrelenting and unable to be stifled. while it’s presence may seem complacent to the common bystander, it exists as a rebel force lighting the way to those who dare brave the blackness. “continue your journey my allies,” it soothes. “i loyally keep watch.”

nothing but the clouds between his knees, everyone looks up and sees him soar with ease. a heck of a find, loved by mankind. always adored, peace is restored. the man we trust, never tempted by greed or lust. all we know is he protects this place, but if he ever fails he’s easy to replace

Just renewing this domain for another two years, really should make the investment worth it. Started a new job so less down time for writing, not using it as an excuse but just saying. Changed the design. Was getting bored of looking at the old one. Still might change it some more, we’ll see.

Hope all of you random visitors are having a good day, we’ll see you around. Feel free to contact me on AIM (kcnovA23) I’m always available on there.

Also, I update Twitter pretty frequently. So check that out.

Writing project. Using two or three random words provided to me from random sources, create a short story or writing sample.

NOUN: Octopus (Kudos to Chris Rizzo)
PLACE: Cul-de-sac (Kudos to Aaron Jordan)

“This is going to be absolutely fantastic,” she told her husband.

Steve stared ahead quietly. His hands at gripping the sterring wheel as if to squeeze any ounce of excitement out of it. Another hand rolling down the window hoping for a breeze while he held his wife’s hand and stroked her back caringly. This would be their third house in the past eighteen months, moving as quickly in as they do out. The neighbors always the same condescending stares and inquisitive whispering. Steve didn’t blame them though. It’s not everyday that The Octopus Man moves in next door.

The quiet was broken by the computerized voice instructing a left turn ahead. Woodlynn Farms, announced the sign on the corner. All of their previous residences shared similar community-enticing titles hoping to spark a sense of pride. Sherwood Oakes, Oaklane Terrace, Lakeville Commons. A public relations stunt that may full the first time home buyer, but Steve has seen plenty of these signs in his rearview mirror as he drove in search of a new place that could finally be called home.

Their stealth-like approach would last until they finally pulled into what looked like a dead end, small circle of homes surrounding an open paved area. “It’s a cul-de-sac.” she says. An audible sigh emerges from Steve’s lips. Unable to avoid the attention of previous neighbors, why would she think being surrounded in such close quarters would be the answer?

Five houses surrounded the gray circle. All of them in similar make and model with small personalized touches. Dozens of different flowers blooming on the left most lot while one of the houses to the right had a prominent garden gnome standing guard across a stonelaid walkway.

An unkept yard and leaky roof was the best way to describe the one in the middle. Surrounded by such well groomed homes this was clearly the ugly friend in the popular crowd. Fitting, thought Steve as they pulled straight ahead into the driveway.

Steve noticed something however. There was nobody else around. It was the weekend, a beautiful day and yet the streets were bare. The lawns were empty. The window drapes were closed. The only two eyes laid upon him was the gnome and he appeared indifferent to his presence. Although Steve expected a sense of relief based upon his ride-long anxiety he felt an unnerving absence.

Perhaps someone had heard they were coming and warned the neighbors already to stay away? There had to be a reason. Steve was only sure that whatever it was, he probably wouldn’t like it. He opened the door and scratched his head while grabbing several last loads of boxes and proceeded into the house. He stopped for a moment in the doorway and looked over his shoulder. He thought he saw for a moment a figure in a nearby window but was unsure. He closed the door fully expecting to avoid using it for as long as possible.

Sure that subject means nothing, but this post does. I’ve become disgusted with myself for allowing myself to slip away from the type of person I want to be. Most specifically in my creative writing. It just seems that I’ve been preferring to play a video game or mindlessly surf the internet instead of do what I use to love, which is write.

I could defend myself saying that I’m in a writer’s block or some other cliche, but that’s not true. I’ve always been great at improvisation and creating something from nothing. I think, as an exercise, I’d like to improv some type of short story a day. Find a noun, place and action and just go from there. I just came up with that idea as I wrote this paragraph. See? The good ideas are flowing forever.

Not sure where I would search for random ideas. I messaged every online, unaway, unidle person on my AIM list. I posted on Twitter and asking some random people online.

Taking the first three I received (excluding those which were jokey, such as Justin Lyon’s asshat suggestion haha) I’ll pick at least two of them and create a story or writing sample.

Alright, I’ll be writing it in my next post.

This is the best excuse for assaulting a papparazzi i’ve ever heard. The judge has to let him off for the absurdity.

Kanye West was ripped pretty bad on South Park the other night. A hilarious episode, but his response has been pretty cool headed. For a guy that went bezerk about going on late at a show, being called a gay fish he’s taking it well.

The “ShamWOW guy” from the infomercials apparently arrested for battering a hooker. The good news is the mess was easily cleaned up.

There’s something strangely hypnotic and poetic about this site. It just keeps spawning the most recent tweets using several phrases such as “i love”, “i hate”, “i feel”, etc.

I don’t know why but I love it. Found myself watching it for a while.

My first reaction was “Holy crap.” Looks amazing. I’m really excited for this year’s version because it seems like they’re really changing a lot then in previous years being merely a roster update. I agree with CJN that Roethlisberger looks too thin here, they probably haven’t tweeked all the player models yet.

Kudos to Chris J. Nelson for sending me the screen

Now that the tournament is upon us, time for us to start the chaos. I’ll admit, since I’m not in any pay pools, I’m not as obsessed with my bracket as I have been in the past. I’ll actually be rooting for every underdog. I’d love to see the final four filled with #16 seeds and the world in shambles.

My final four is as follows: Louisville, Missouri, Villanova, and North Carolina. I have Louisville over North Carolina in the Championship.

Not any huge upsets in the first round. My mandatory 12 over 5 pick is Arizona over Utah. Although, to be honest, I’m feeling big things for Western Kentucky over Illinois, but I won’t be changing my bracket this late into the night.

Only team I’m really rooting for is Syracuse, besides that let’s go seeds 8-16!

Ever since Jon Stewart appeared on Crossfire a few years back, I’ve had a great deal of respect for him. He is a hilarious guy but when he takes off his funny hat and fights for the people, he has some of the hard hitting questions that no other media outlet dares to ask.

In his latest cause, he takes on Jim Cramer of MSNBC’s Mad Money and calls him out on shenanigans and shady dealings of the financial industry. Even if you don’t fully understand the crisis, it’s a beautiful encounter of how he nails Cramer over and over.

Using a quote from ProFootballTalk.com:

“Speaking in a voice that at times was passionate and faintly cracking with emotion as he grilled Cramer, Stewart made the typically bombastic financial guru come off as a wiseguy trying to reason with the hitman who had been sent to whack him.

Here is just part of the interview, the rest can be seen on DailyShow.com.

For those of you who don’t really understand why the economy has gone into the crapper, here’s a little video that explains pretty well part of it. It’s simple to understand and appealing to watch.

The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.

Thanks to Carl for sending it to me.