Yes, the first thing I thought of when I read that a huge chunk of Queen West has been taken down by fire was "oh fuck, I hope the Snail's okay." It is, but the Queen location of Suspect is reportedly a goner. What a way to start a Wednesday.

Also: if you visit this post, you can see firefighters doing their thing in that awesome bit of alley we used for a shot in Bone Daddy 2. (Which might have ended up in the deleted scenes, now that I think about it.) That was the wettest I've ever been in my entire goddamn life, and I've jumped into a lake with my clothes on. Oh Bone Daddy 2. You were supposed to be easy. I suppose nothing ever is. In spite of this, I have a strong, pervasive desire to actually make Captain Napalm and the Legions of Havoc, even though as recently as a month ago I was pretty convinced I was never going to make a movie again. Just another thing to add into the pot of "where the fuck am I going to find time for this" items.

Still, it feels good to want to make a movie because I actually feel like there's something I could bring to it, instead of just doing something to do it.

I'm trying to de-clutter this week. Selling DVDs, giving away books, tossing a few bins of toys and putting some stuff on the Ebay. Spring cleaning has huge psychological gains for me - particularly when I feel as weighed down as I do right now. Selling stuff always runs at odds with my natural inclincation to put big stickers on things that say "free!" Like I'm going to do with my TV, someday. But in the meantime, I've got two 3-foot columns of DVDs to drag over to Sonic Boom, just to have them snarl at my scratches. February's a rough month.