Insomnia Problema

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Right now it is 6:34 in the morning and I'm awake. The astute among you will realize its odd that I am up this early. What cosmic force could have wakened me from my slumber?

The answer is: nothing woke me. You see I didn't sleep last night. Not a wink. It's not like I tried to stay awake, its just that sleep elluded me once again. I haven't slept all that much in the past week or two. Sometimes I can't get comfortable. Other times I have so many ideas for stories ahd what not that I just can't sleep until I jot them down. Occasionally, its thoughts of Julie and not having her there with me that rob me of my dreams. Those will pass with time, I suppose. If I address that it'll be in a different posting.

The problem is I have the screen test in a little while. I will try to grab some sleep on the ride there, but I'm worried it might affect me negatively. I'm really excited about this movie. It's a rare opportunity for me; I'm acting as the villain, a role I've always wanted, and this could possibly be the stepping stone to something more. Ever since I was young I could remember wanted to be an actor and now that things are happening it's almost surreal.

On a different note, I wanted to record a story concept here. The idea first came to me a few weeks ago while I was still at UConn. Instead of a round Earth, what if the world was a flat, infinite plane? I have to say, I really liked it and toyed with it a bit, even going so far as writing the first chapter. The problem was there was still something missing. It had elements of science fiction and fantasy, but that genre is a bit cluttered unfortunatly. It had elements of steam punk, but I really didn't want to play that up too much because it would detract from the other themes of the story (I didn't want to make technology to centric to the plot). There was also noir and horror, but since I have the comic underway I didn't want to overdo it.

Then two nights ago the idea struck me at 4am. Instead of just writing about the flat plane of existence, the story could be about a guy who is writing about the flat plane of existence. While writing the story, the main character is influenced by the world around him and the story eventually turns into a reflection of his life. I really liked the concept and I think I'll start work on it soon. Just have to find the time and energy to write.