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Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:33:24 GMT

Well folks the unstoppable vortex that is Morehead has kept me away from you, my dear readers, as I knew it might. How shall I hope to catch you up to speed? Well I just got done living in the woods for twenty years, living off of only bread my mother gave me and the animals I killed with my bare hands. Fortunately an escaped convict (It was strange, she looked different ever night...) helped reunite me with my mother, and we are very happy. After that was done I tried my luck at being a charmingly deceptive pedophile, but my hair line just wasn't receding far enough yet.

So I just got done watching The Bicycle Thief. It's an old Italian movie from 1949 for those of you who aren't in the know, and man I just can't help but be overwhelmed at just how heart-wrenching that was. If you haven't seen it, make it a priority. People are still going to be watching and studying it long after we're dead. (Weird to think about, right?) But it also makes me really excited for the next show which opens next semester entitled Napolli Millionara (I THINK I spelled it right.) We totally get to do Italian accents and all that awesome stuff. It's gonna be hardcore. Here's to hoping Nathan gets a part!

Lastly, I want to close with some amazing news. I've been taking a poetry class, and yesterday I decided to send some of my stuff out to a magazine on a whim via email. 24 hours later I got a response from Children, Churches, and Daddies Magazine that they want two of my poems! (Strange title I know. They aren't religious or family oriented in anyway.) But yeah they talked like they are really excited about my stuff and the two pieces are coming out next February and March! The poems are called "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Indifference" and "Hills of My Childhood." They're going to be on their website next week some time. I'll keep you posted.

Nathan Wellman: New poetic voice of my generation? Who knows? haha. I'm pretty pumped.

Tuesday, August 04, 2009

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:49:54 GMT

Last Friday I went to King's Island with the ol' Rose HIll boys (plus Kye). We had many different additions and subtractions to our group as the day went on, but through it all our motley crew stayed together. We conquered the Diamondback first thing, and after that we made our way through almost every ride in the park. (Curse those long firehawk lines! We did rock Delirium- excuse me: Giant Frisbee- three times though!) I think each of us learned something very important that day. I learned that The Crypt is a sad, shell of a ride without Angelina Jolie juicing it up. Young Drew learned how to score babes, thanks to the teachings of David. Ryan learned that bringing a backpack to a theme park automatically makes him the most popular man in the group. David learned that soaking 80's babes is always a good idea. Kye learned that going to a park hungover after two hours of sleep is a bad idea. And Kyle learned that... um... heck, I don't know. We were just glad he kept his clothes on all day.

After those manly, testosterone-filled escapades were done with, I travelled the surprisingly long trip up to Kent to see ol' Mary. I arrived to find her cute as a button as always, and she was happy to see me even though I forgot her present from Hawaii at home. I saw Annie Get Your Gun for the first time, and really enjoyed it mostly. (This is saying a lot, as Golden Age musicals aren't really my faves.) Those assistant props were nothings short of mind-bending. I showed her the wonder that was Jurassic Park and K-PAX. She screamed as I had never seen anyone scream all throughout the first, and then we enjoyed a spirited debate about the ending of the latter.

Today we watched Funny People, which I really loved. It was very funny, and yet very deep at the same time. Way to go, Mr. Apatow. All in all it was a swell vacation away from Ashland. Now I shall return to my hard work here, which consists of beating Resident Evil 5, finishing my books, and reading leisurely.

Boy, I don't know how I survive.

PS: Death to Smoochy is AWESOME!!!

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 10:41:16 GMT

Final Entry!

Well folks, I'm chilling out at the Atlanta airport- a good thousand miles or so away from the rest of my family for a blessed change- and waiting on a flight. Hawaii was a really good time. Here's my final account.

I visited a Luau and gorged myself on hog and other things while watching scantly clad men and women goof around onstage. There was one crazy guy though whom I secretly suspect sold his soul to the devil, judging by the madness of his torch throwery. I was slightly frightened.

The next day we ran around the city of Hilo, where I bought the super disturbing new Chuck Palahniuk book "Pygmy." (I've been going through books like a fat kid goes through candy on Halloween these last few weeks.) Quite possibly his craziest one yet. Maybe my favorite??? Hmm... After that we took a helicopter tour of a big volcano, and I saw a bunch of lava, but not before my loving mother took the twenty-year old manager guy, plucked out his eyeballs and made him eat them until they were nothing but so much jelly. It was an unpleasant picture.

Yesterday I kayaked like two miles. The first time I rode up with Tyler, which was ultimately a really stupid idea. Then we did some snorkelling, and I went to Britain for about a minute or two. Beautfiul fish. On the way back I was in the boat with Dad while Tyler was with mom. An epic race ensued, in which our hero narrowly avoided defeat by the most miniscule of margins. The glory was great at the end of the day, however.

My first little twenty minute flight to Honolulu was nice. I sat beside a hot Australian mom and her adorabe little kid. She was really nice and she had the cool trademark accent. Neat. Unfortunately, on the 7-8 hour flight to Atlanta I was wedged between two aged men who slept so much I half suspected they were dead. One of them had a constitution that would have made Santa Claus feel good about himself. (He was agreeable enough, though.)

I'll be back in ol' A-Town this afternoon, so be excited! I expect fireworks of some kind to ignite in rapturous joy when I return!

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:01:31 GMT

Entry 4 (Whoa?!?! Where did Entry 3 go? Somehow this is myspace's fault...)

Well I must definitely say that the Big Island (which I am capitalizing for some reason) is a lot different from good ol' Kauaii. While still beautiful, it's a much less forgiving land. Think Kokiri Forest vs. Death Mountain. I mean, the sand is black for crying out loud! As one who has been called an emo kid from time to time, I have to admit I thought that was kind of cool. Truly this was not a land to be trifled with.

But trifle we did. For after arriving at our smelly one bedroom condo, mom went to the mattresses with the system-

Oh crap guys.. There is a freaking gecko right on my chair that is MISSING A FRONT LEG! Freaking. Awesome.

Anyways... mom took on the Wyndham administration and vanquished them as throroughly as she crushed Ballash 2 years ago. Now we are in a comfortable two bedroom condo that smells like roses. Or something.

I toured a Coffee plantation and learned where little coffee beans come from. (Surprisingly this has nothing to do with "when a man loves a woman..." You lied to me dad!!!) There were some cool dogs there, one of whom looked like a tiger. A good time.

I watched the new Potter movie and I was actually very pleased with it. Sure, burning down the Burrow was a bit mistifying, but I could probably hazard a guess as to why this was done. The only thing that kept that movie from being truly great is the studio's reluctance to let these become PG-13 movies. If they just sucked it up and crossed that line that last scene could have been ten times more intense. In fact, that's probably been the major problem with a lot of these later movies. One of the huge, truly horrifying moments of the book will happen, but it's underplayed for the sake of all the five year olds watching. Mark my words: if they don't step it up a rating for the Book 7 movies, it will be dumb. Let's all cross our fingers that they'll figure this out as well.

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 07:53:29 GMT

Entry 2

Okay folks. The Antarctica joke has run it's course. I'm in Hawaii. Surprised? If you are, don't feel bad. I can be pretty tricky.

These last few days have been very eventful. I tried the whole surfing thing out, and of course I was amazing (until the dismounting part). It was a lot of fun. We "rocked the the free world" as our instructor said. AFter that we hiked a little bit on this trail and on the way back we gave this tripped out chick named Sadie a ride. Gives the term hitchHIKING a new meaning. Tee hee. (Groan.)

I did a ziplining tour, which was an interesting combination of extreme and relaxing. (Relaxtreme?) There were a lot of Dr. Seuss tree growing about, and that was cool.

Yesterday we took a boating tour, and a toothless old man named Dale guided us aboard a boat dubbed The "UFO" along Kuaiu coast while singing Gilligan's Island. I wasn't completely reassured. Good times were had by all and I saw a few more sea turtles.

Today we toured a very beautiful garden. I really did feel like I was in another world. (Also: some of Jurassic Park was filmed there.) There was even a tree there that grew Miracleberries. These things, when eaten, actually change your taste buds to make everything you eat taste sweet! I am not making this crap up! I ate all kinds of crap that technically isn't even edible b/c it's supposed to be so sour, and it was freaking delicious? What the devil kind of diabolical experiments are they performing on this godforsaken rock? I suspect alien involvement.

After that I rubbed a mermaid's back side for luck and called it a day. Then we ate a place called Postcard Cafe or something. It's one of those smarmy vegan restaurants that charge out the ying yang. No exaggeration friends: a basket of bread was two bucks. And they didn't even have butter! It was freaking HUMUS! And then we bought a chocolate volcano for twelve bucks, wrongly assuming that it would be gigantic. That thing was about the size of a strawberry shortcake roll. It was silly. And then we almost got in a fight with some guy who was chasing us around trying to tell dad how to drive. I flipped him the bird that flies the skies of everywhere in america as we drove away. He was kind of a hippie-douche sorta guy.

Kauai was a beautiful place, and though Pierce Brosnan eluded my efforts to capture him (he lives here), it was still a worthwile visit. We're heading to the big island tomorrow! Stay tuned, folks!

PS: Angels in America is some brilliantly crazy stuff. The world was made out of Angel Splooj? I don't know whether to laugh or be kind of grossed out. Kudos to you Tony Kushner for thinking outside the box, sir. Eager to finish it.

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:21:23 GMT

ENTRY 1 OF NATHAN'S ANTARCTIC EXTRAVAGANZA!

Okay folks, this begins it. After maybe a whole year of frantic anticipation, I've finally set off on my expedition to Antarctica.

The first thing that surprised me about Antarctica was just how warm it is down here. I used to think all that Global Warming stuff was just something else to give the hippies to complain about. But I'll be darned if I haven't seen a single glacier since I've been here! It is really beautiful out here I have to say. There's a lot more green than the pictures, and there's also a surprising amount of tourists.

(No joke) The other day I was sitting in my car (ahem, snowmobile) with my bare feet sticking out. Some lady parked beside us, saw my heavenly toesies, and for some reason thought that this was the most hilarious thing she had ever seen. SHE TOOK A PICTURE! Not of me. Just of my feet, hanging out the window. She continued to laugh and she even slapped my leg, before leaving. I put some shoes on shortly afterward.

PLenty of other silly things have happened. I met some guy at the airport who basically said that Kentucky was a worthless state and Hawaii was a lot better. I started to ask him why he didn't just move to Hawaii but then thought the better of it. It was clear he was out of his mind. Speaking of which, we met some hiker lady names Sadie the other day. She was a very "spiritual" lass, and she was always talking about she was feeling some crazy energies and stuff. I wanted to ask her if she had been feeling any mushrooms along the trail, but ultimately decided against it. Of course, we offered to give her a ride.

On the beach, Tyler and I literally swam with sea turtles (no penguins yet), and I named him Eric. Eric was a cool dude. He offered to take me to Atlantis, an underwater kingdom almost as good as my own Terabithia, but I politely declined. I could not afford to become sidetracked.

Wednesday, July 08, 2009

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:26:54 GMT

Well folks, I've decided to take up the reigns of xanga for yet another go around. Too many a pointless observation has gone unrecorded as a result of my alleged "life" that I have supposedly acquired. To try to recap the last two years of my life would be a rather staggering task indeed, so we'll just truck on as though everyone already knows everything. Besides, a much greater problem has arisen: I cannot for the life of me find my KOTOR 2, and as a result my brain has turned to liquid as a result of looking in the same places at least twenty times. It's a very sad time for everyone, and all prayers and gestures of support will be appreciated during this tough time.

So I just wrapped up my first show that I've ever produced/directed and I must say it was a smashing success. We had about a thousand people per show (in dog years) and everyone seemed to really like it. I'm proud of myself and for everyone who came out to watch, it really meant a lot to me. For those of you who didn't... I accept Hershey bars and pie. Let the grovelling begin!

I started reading the third Eragon book recently, and I am enjoying it. Every time I read it I also kind of get a little excited about my own writing career. This Paolini guy got his first book published when he was nineteen years old! As many of you may know, I have been tirelessly toiling over my own secret trilogy, and it is close to completion! Who knows? Maybe you shall see it on the book shelves some day soon. With as many clowns as I've crammed in there I don't know how any editor can refuse! (Spoiler: There aren't any clowns. I know, I'm disappointed too.) Or maybe not. Either way it's a great ride. 320

Good gravy! This post is 330 words! Eat that, Twitter!

Friday, June 22, 2007

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:18:31 GMT

oh xanga, what was I thinking? I can never let you go. I'm back for good, and hopefully I'll get some other saps back on here too.

Well, a lot has happened since my last entry. It's been a very long year. Cesar has come and gone. I was skeptical about him at first, but after he nearly killed Ryan we got along fine. I really miss him. I've probably done about a bazillion shows this year, one right after the other. Too many good times to list here on account of your short attention spans. I've loved and lost and lost some more, people close to me have passed, and I've felt the stings of betrayal and jealousy. But through all this madness the ones I really care about have stayed with me through it all. I guess that's all that really matters in the end. I hope I've done the same for you all.

I am definitely leaving for CALIFORNIA today! My bags are packed and I'm heading out at noon. It's going to be great. I swear Ashland has become such a confusing place these last few months that I'll be glad to get away and clear my head. It's going to be insane and I can't wait. I do wish the timing of the trip was a little better just because of certain things that have happened to people I care about but tI guess that's something that I don't have any control of regardless. I'll be praying for you the whole way. (And if you all can spare them, we could use some too everybody haha)

I shall return with many tales of our escapades and you all will be truly amazed. Xanga's been down for a long rime. It's time for it to rise up and kick myspace where the sun don't shine.

Monday, October 30, 2006

Mon, 30 Oct 2006 19:42:40 GMT

Well, I hope you're proud of yourselves. After ages of defying the dark side and standing true to what I believed in, it's all over. I have abandoned my principles and embraced what I know in my heart is wrong and evil in the eyes of the Lord: I got a myspace.

www.myspace.com/master_tananh

There it is. I hope you all choke on it.

Xanga, I'm so sorry. I tried, I really did. I held out for a long time, but eventually I had to let go. Please don't cry, this isn't the way I wanted it. Forces outside our control have always been tearing us apart, and I've finally yielded to them. We had some good times, but it's time to move on. But know this: I will make them pay. One day I will rule myspace, and we will have our revenge!!!

Goodbye, now and forever.

RIP

Sunday, October 08, 2006

Sun, 08 Oct 2006 00:36:01 GMT

Soooo... Fall break. Woohoo. I'm spending it with my grandmother. That's fine though, cuz she's cool. My parents are making me mad though because they aren't letting me do hardly anything because they "don't want to worry about me while they're so far away". In other words, "We're mad that you aren't going with us to stupid Florida so we're going to punish you by taking your keys." It's okay though. I'm gonna have plenty of fun in spite of their efforts I think. I saw The Guardian today and it was pretty good. Ashton Kutcher can actually act. Hard to believe I know. Also bought The Watchman, and I'm pretty impressed so far.

I read Wicked, and that was a sweet book. It was very bizarre though. You think Wizard of Oz, and you expect lots of bright colors and singing and dancing and all that other nonsense right? That's not the case in this book. There's racism, abuse, dying children, people fight each other, sleep around, and get their heads bashed in with trophies. It's pretty crazy. But also very well written. It was cool.

I'd say the biggest thing to have happened to our little family since my xanga vacation is there is now someone else living in our house. We took a Mexican Foreign Exchange student to live with. His name is Cesar, and he's Louise's (totally spelled that wrong) little brother. Pretty good guy and I think it'll be a fun year.

Actor's Gone Wild went pretty well. I had a scene with Martha, a monologue, and a scene with Sean. It was pretty crazy, but it turned out ok. The next day, I tried to auditioned for Cats. I really had no idea what was going on. They kept trying to get me to do all these splits and taps and turns. It wasn't pretty. I did, however, master the cat pose. So now every time I get bored I'm totally busting that out.

While I am going to be doing some stuff, I'll be home mostly. So if anyone wants to drop by and spend the night or something, feel free to give me a call. Peace out.