Digging into the archives

It's occurred to me I haven't included anything old here yet. And a couple days ago, digging through some of my old notes from university, i stumbled upon something even OLDER. It's the lyrics to a song I wrote about ten years ago. The song never got completed or performed but I never got rid of the lyrics. The song is, of course, about Mega Man.

Although you'll never hear it, I can tell you the into is simply a direct rip-off of the music in the first Sigma stage of Mega Man X (not ten). It's just several chords repeated on synthesizer over a slap-tastic bassline. The music does pick up quite a bit eventually and turn into something quite original (although I don't know how good). Anyway, while the intro is poached from a game in the X series, the lyrics are just about "classic" Mega Man. Enjoy.

Mega Man

in the year 200X lived brilliant Doctor Light
who laboured night and day
to better serve mankind
the doctor liked the blues
he liked rock and roll
into a metal being
he infused a noble soul

Rock was a great friend who only wanted peace
but Wily stole those dreams
(and he stole some robots too)
and there was only one thing left
for Light and Rock to do

Mega Man, crashing through the sky
diminutive blue hero
he's not afraid to die
Megabuster blaster
it can't fail him now
evil robots beware
he will take you down

Wily's army grew
and the Blue Bomber fought on
fire, ice, bombs and blades
all fell and now are gone
wielding his foes' own weapons
Mega Man wins the day

Mega Man, crashing through the sky
diminutive blue hero
he's not afraid to die
Megabuster blaster
it can't fail him now
evil robots beware
he will take you down

Proto's got his shied,
his scarf and badass shades
but Mega Man's the one
whose legend never fades

Mega Man, crashing through the sky
diminutive blue hero
he's not afraid to die
Megabuster blaster
it can't fail him now
evil doers everywhere
he will take you down



.....right. How about that? I said it was genuinely old. Not genuinely good. Whatever, i can sort of recall the tune and it was pretty rockin', so there.
See you next time.

Professionalism

In December I wrote my first post here in many months. I hadn't written anything in a long time. Because of Anne. Then I created that post. Because of Anne. The post was about Anne.
And maybe that wasn't very professional. When I started this blog, I stated that its purpose was for me to post some of my creative material and also some of my insights regarding the writing process and what my life is like as a "struggling author". Then I went and had a personal crisis, like all of us do at one time or another and I let it get in the way of other things, including my writing. And then I blabbed about it here.
I won't do that again. But I've also decided to leave the December post intact and on this blog for anyone to read at any time. Because writers don't live in a bubble anymore than anyone else does. We aren't insulated and protected from the outside world and our writing is affected by what happens in our lives. So I'll leave it up and unchanged.
I don't know if anyone ever reads this blog - but when I started it, I knew there was at least one other person in the world who would. She probably doesn't anymore but in any case, I won't throw her name around or use her as an excuse to vent my frustrations. From now on, this blog will just be about what I originally said it would be. What goes on here will continue to be affected by what happens in my personal life but no longer will I drag all that out into the open here. I promise.
I love you, Anne. Thankyou for believing in me as a writer. At least for a little while.