Dark Canyon

  I was just trying to find a release date for the movie that I was an extra in and made an interesting discovery.  It is no longer called, 'To Kill A Memory', it is now called, 'Dark Canyon'.  There's still no release date set, but IMDB says spring or summer of 2013.  At least that's not too long from now.
  Also, last I checked, 'The Nocent part 2: Advent of the Scathing' has sold 50 copies worldwide!  This is only the first day of the promotion and it's sold over a third of what 'The Greater Number' sold in five days.  I'm so proud!

The Pig Was Paul

  I was just looking online earlier to find out if Slipknot has any plans to release a new album.  I was also curious as to what their plans are as to finding a new bassist ever since Paul Gray passed away in 2010.  They are working on demos for a new album, but have no plans to replace Paul.  They have an old member of the band playing bass for their live shows.  In case you didn't already know all this, that's what I was able to find out.
  Oh, and ever since 'The Greater Number' started its promotion on March 19, I've sold over 100 copies!  And that was just in America.  Worldwide, I've sold about 140!  In fact, it was such a successful promotion that I'm doing the same thing with my first book, 'The Nocent part 2: Advent of the Scathing'.  It will be available for free at amazon.com starting March 24 and continue the promotion through March 28.  You're welcome.

Hot Cakes

  I can't believe it.  Since I started my promotion on amazon.com, selling 'The Greater Number' for free yesterday, I've already sold 53 copies!  At the time of writing  this, it is the morning of the second day of the promotion.  This sale is continuing through March 23.  Imagine how many copies I will have sold by then!

Free Promotion

  When I enrolled my books in Kindle Select at amazon.com, I was given the option to promote them by putting them out for free for a limited time.  I just put 'The Greater Number' out for free from March 19-March 23.  I think this might gain some readers.  Most of the books in my Kindle library were free.  I asked amazon to list the books from cheapest to most expensive.  Then I just bought up all the free books.  Oh, and I downloaded a free Kindle app onto my laptop so now I can read the books in my library without having to buy a Kindle.  So anyway, I have updated my Facebook status to inform my friends about this free promotion.  I also tweeted it and now I'm blogging about it to reach the largest audience possible.

Re-Grows

  I just uploaded a re-vamped version of Chief Loh's song, 'Grows In Strength'.  I added some baseball sound effects during the lines, "Up to bat / batter up / now time to swing."  I also added some background vocals to both the verses and the chorus.  To me, the song just pops more now.  It's more complete and fun.

Reflection

  Something that's sorely lacking in my life is reflection.  I never take the time to just stop and think about how my day went, how my life's going, where I'd like to go in life, etc.  I do plenty of thinking and reading, but usually it's about outside stuff.  I don't focus on me, my thoughts, actions and deeds.  Self-reflection could help me reconsider mistakes I've made during the day.
  A big problem I have when faced with any sort of a decision is that I tend to go with the first thing that comes to mind.  That doesn't always end well.  If I give myself more than one option, I'll be able to make an intelligent choice based on my observations.  The only way I can get to a place in my mental state where I can come up with options is if I look back on my day and see if I could have done some things better.  Then I will know next time I'm faced with a similar situation another possible course of action.
  It's a disturbing pattern how often I victimize myself to situations because of the timing.  I don't make quick decisions well.  If I have some pre-conceived notions about various situations, I'll have them at my disposal for future reference.
  This isn't just about my day to day actions, but about my past as well.  If I recognize patterns that were instilled into me by my parents, I can see why I make certain choices in the ways that I make them, especially when I'm not making them consciously.  Rumination will make me more conscious of my moment to moment choices.  The eventual outcome will be a constant mindfulness of my actions which will hopefully lead to fewer mistakes.

Moving Toward

  As you may have read in my recent blog entries, I'm reading 'Conversations With God' by Neale Donald Walsch again.  Last night I read a part where Neale asks God how he can call forward a new world that's not filled with the problems of this world.  God said that he had to imagine a higher self and visualize the things this self would do and say in response to things around him.
  I think I've been going about things backwards.  I've been trying to hold in mind the fact that I am broken at all times.  God says that what you resist persists.  I've been calling forth my own brokenness because I've been so obsessed by it.  I should focus more on creating a higher self and making it real in my mind.  In this way, I'll be moving toward something.  It will be a goal to work for instead of an obstacle to avoid.  I will naturally move away from my obstacles if I am concentrating on moving toward something.
  This morning, I realized I had some fear in me.  Instead of thinking about getting the fear out of me, I chose to think of something I could do that I have confidence in.  I acknowledged my fear, didn't move away from it, but moved toward an activity with a successful outcome in mind.  In that way, the fear didn't go away, it just simply didn't exist any more.