Apr 30
“How long has it been since you could hear?” The doctor stared into my ear. “A long time?” “Years,” I said. “But this weekend it was really bad.” And it was. I could not even hear myself urinate. My wife had her birthday party and I muddled through as I often do, nodding and guessing …
Apr 20
Been a week, huh? I doubt these internetz require any more opinion or speculation about current events, whether it’s about bombs in Boston or our hyper-mediated relationship with disasters. I have a take on all this stuff and most of it is in the novel that I’ve submitted to my agent. The final pre-sales-attempt work …
Apr 07
Ryan Oakley Talks …about education from VIDEOFILMIK on Vimeo. Shortly before a confluence of circumstance and opportunity forced me to leave Toronto, The Chairman (aka Videofilmik) took me to High Park, asked me a number of questions and taped my ramblings. One of the 22 will be posted every Sunday morning. You can see them all here.
Mar 31
Ryan Oakley Talks …about nothing from VIDEOFILMIK on Vimeo. Shortly before a confluence of circumstance and opportunity forced me to leave Toronto, The Chairman (aka Videofilmik) took me to High Park, asked me a number of questions and taped my ramblings. One of the 22 will be posted every Sunday morning. You can see them all here.
Mar 26
I’ve updated the bulk of my profile pictures because, well, people should do that every once in a while. You don’t want to end up being fifty years old with a picture of yourself at twenty. This batch better reflects how I’m looking these days. My hair is longer because I can’t find a barber. …
Mar 24
Ryan Oakley Talks …about bear baiting from VIDEOFILMIK on Vimeo. Shortly before a confluence of circumstance and opportunity forced me to leave Toronto, The Chairman (aka Videofilmik) took me to High Park, asked me a number of questions and taped my ramblings. One of the 22 will be posted every Sunday morning. You can see them …
Mar 20
Been a while since I added any sort of personal update to this blog. What can I tell you? My days are all pretty similar. I wake up, read some internet, write, tweet like a machine venting steam, garden (if it needs it), read books, do housework, and, usually, at about 4 PM I’m done with …
Mar 17
Ryan Oakley Talks …about John from VIDEOFILMIK on Vimeo. Shortly before a confluence of circumstance and opportunity forced me to leave Toronto, The Chairman (aka Videofilmik) took me to High Park, asked me a number of questions and taped my ramblings. One of the 22 will be posted every Sunday morning. You can see them all here.
Mar 10
Ryan Oakley Talks …about baseball from VIDEOFILMIK on Vimeo. Shortly before a confluence of circumstance and opportunity forced me to leave Toronto, The Chairman (aka Videofilmik) took me to High Park, asked me a number of questions and taped my ramblings. One of the 22 will be posted every Sunday morning. You can see them all here.
Mar 03
Ryan Oakley Talks …about ideas from VIDEOFILMIK on Vimeo. Shortly before a confluence of circumstance and opportunity forced me to leave Toronto, The Chairman (aka Videofilmik) took me to High Park, asked me a number of questions and taped my ramblings. One of the 22 will be posted every Sunday morning. You can see them all here.
"This ultra-sharp, darkly satiric, hyper-speed novel is set in a world where multi-level mega malls serves as city states and everything on the outside lies in ruin. On the lower red levels, gang violence and media saturation and bio-tech designer drugs rule. During the weekend, slummers from the green levels leave their safe lives of jobs and families to partake in risky, sometimes deadly, fun on the red levels. And on every level, TV and advertisements literally penetrate the mind. Death is easy and life cheap, until that life is your own or your beloveds. Extreme stylization, great characters, and a high-level of intensity is maintained throughout. This is a whip-smart, truly violent novel that has at its core a still very human pulsing heart."
May 20, 1990: Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson’s remarkable Kenyon College commencement address on creative integrity.
川流不息 Endless stream by Singer 晴哥 on Flickr.
