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My first day in Ohio and it was relatively uneventful, which is a good thing. Getting assimilated to a new time zone and a vacation mentality is always what happens on my first day away from home. The flight out here was quiet. The plane was half empty and I sat next to a 60 year old man from Strongsville who owns his own recording studio. With gray hair, a diamond earring and a gold chain, he was much more youthful in appearance than most other 60 year olds I've ever met. He was a nice guy and listening to him gave me an idea for a screenplay or new story. I haven't been inspired like that in a while. I have felt so burned out on movies lately that it was almost a foreign feeling to be formulating a visual story instead of something interior like I've been working on for the past four months. We'll see if I ever get around to writing it. I've come across so many good ideas that I filed away never to see the light of day again. Man, what I wouldn't give to be able to write full time.

Today we went down to the Nature Center in thew Metroparks. Talk about finding inspiration in weird places. I found out the name of the memorial down in the Metroparks that is in one of the chapters of my book. By finding out the name and a little of the history to the Metroparks, I also thought about which character would discuss this information. Thinking of that lead me into a whole new idea about the characters personalities and which ones would describe different things that help propel the story. One character may be more drawn to historical facts, another to how people look, another to music. You see where I'm going with this. These are ideas that I'll likely address in a second draft after I've finished the rough handwritten manuscript. I thought writing this book would be a quick endeavor. Boy, was I wrong.

Tonight I took the kids to see Night at The Museum: Battle for the Smithsonian. The kids really loved it. I thought it was a little uneven and not quite as charming as the first. Amy Adams was quite wonderful, though. She's so fantastic I would watch her in anything. Why hasn't anyone given her a great romantic comedy yet?

Well, that was today. It's cold outside and smells like a campfire. Supposedly it's June.

Aloha

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