the one about blogging

So I might be offered the chance to have my blog get paid by post. This would be awesome and exiting at the same time. I could possibly get a fan base and maybe move some books lol I will keep you posted. I previously registered another blog but have closed that blog. We shall see anyways time for bed. A courage strains after the corpse.

the one about Twitter

So my friend Michael introduced me to Twitter. I had no idea about how it "worked" so I didn't use it. Fast forward two years later and I love it. It's not like Facebook where I update it regularly, but when something is funny or I wanna get a mass message out.

What has surprised me is that it's replaced Publicists for celebrities. If you see a verification check mark next to a celebrity's twitter account that indicates they are the real deal (usually).

One of my favorite pasttimes is to tweet celebs like I know them. I figure once I get famous I already will have a rapport with them so it'll be fine. And I've gotten a few retweets back and replies. What really shocked me is a few celebs have followed me back.

So you can follow a person's twitter and get updates on their tweets. I of course have mostly my friends and a few celebs. And a few celebs have followed me. One that meant ALOT to me is Mike Ruiz. He's a famous openly gay celebrity photographer. When I become famous he will be my industry dad. The man is inspirational and amazing. I love love love him.

Another celeb that follows me: Alex Pettyfer. Don't know him? He's the star of "I Am Number Four" YUP! I said the star. I damn near squealed for joy when I saw that. It started cuz I saw his tweets were all about how people are fake and can't be trusted so I tweeted

"Alex, spend more time on people that adore you and less on people that abhor you."

He retweeted, favorited, then followed me. Did this make my day? You damn right it did! I'm still in shock over it! So amazing! And then the big one. After Lately (Chelsea Lately's tv show) followed me. WHAT?! Are you kidding me?! Like wow.

I know it's silly to get excited about trivial stuff, but it's the lil moments in my life that make me smile :) I heart Twitter muchly hehe

the one about advertising for my book

So I came up with two marketing plans for the book. One is an email chain letter briefly describing the book and I asked my friends to pass it along. The second is advertising a Broadcast Message on Grindr.

I forget how I came up with the Grindr one. Oh wait I remember. I had put that I wrote a book in my profile. Well when I'd log on guys would ask about it. So I searched online and found out when you log onto Grindr there's sometimes a pop-up that appears. It's a message and then says "Close" or "More" if you hit "More" you get sent to the website where pertaining to the message. Perfect for my book right?! Been talking back and forth with the Marketing guy at Grindr. Paid $200 for him a Broadcast Message to run yesterday in Vermont and Maine, today in Wyoming, tomorrow in North Dakota, and next Tuesday in South Dakota and Nebraska. COMBINED these states have a population of 4.92 million people. If even a third is gay and then a third of that buys my book I will be in GREAT shape financially!

Yes yes I know it is a huge deal I even wrote, completed, and published this book. But this is my dream. I created this book so that I could get into show business. This is my "big break." If this fails I'm gonna be disappointed. There's so much riding on the success of this. And I want to self-publish. I don't want to rely on a publisher whom I'm client fifty out of sixty. I want to do this on my own on my own merit.

Let's hope these two recent campaigns work. (crosses fingers)

Midafternoon update: So I am able to check sales report on Createspace and was SUPER depressed that the campaign ran yesterday with ZERO sales. I questioned my dreams and whether I should write again. Then I get an email from the Marketing guy that I should provide a link that's not a facebook link but rather a place to order the book. I let him know "Here is the form again. I don't know you got the facebook link but I didn't put that link on the form." I was polite after all. I'm just happy it was HIS error not my writing sucked haha So he is going to rerun the campaign. Fingers crossed again. I put the amazon address. You can actually get the book at a slight discount AND it's available on the Kindle.

If you wish here it is:

http://www.amazon.com/What-Want-David-Michael-OQuinn/dp/1463765037

Feel free to purchase for a gift or yourself :) Gotta treat yourself during the holiday right?
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update 12/22

So I had zero sales again BUT I did notice the wording I wrote was not very jazzy. I talked to the Marketing guy, spruced up the wording, and he's like "I will not only rerun your ad for Vermont and Maine BUT I will add more states." See what being positive does? I think others would've yelled and screamed but not me. OMG why don't I follow Grindr on Twitter?! Brilliant.

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

So I saw an early screening. It was really uneven. Parts were slow. It was not as well written as the third for me. Why I liked the third so much was Ethan was on a professional and personal mission. This one starts off the same way "rogue team" on a mission. 


The stunts are what draw me in. Tom Cruise hanging on the side of a building by his HANDS ONLY made the movie Vertigo look like practice.


And anyone who knows me knows I love when girls kick butt. Paula Patton isn't a strinking wallflower. She FIGHTS LIKE A DUDE in this. All with makeup perfect in a nice dress of course hahaha Simon Peg is the "comic" relief but I feel the chemistry between Tom Cruise and Jeremy Renner is so much funnier. They are like str8 guys whom wanna make out with each other but don't wanna tell anyone. AMAZING chemistry.


The ending was A-MAH-ZING! And lemme tell you I've NEVER thought Jeremy Renner was attractive. Amazing actor, but him in a suit changed my mind. And there's a scene where he shows his bubble butt (not naked)...WOWSERS!


Oops sorry back to the actual movie haha Overall good. Best seen in the theaters.

Young Adult

So Young Adult stars Charlize Theron as a "successful" writer who goes back home to win back the man she loves. Only he's married with a newborn. Does that stop her? Nah. In her words to him "We can get through this. Together."

It has it's funny moments but without ruining it I'm not sure what it was about. I'm a person who when I see a movie I like to "learn a lesson" and not sure what lesson I learned from this.

Charlize gave a great performance though. It was pretty hilarious at parts...and cringeworthy at others. I like the new trend in Hollywood of women doing things that gross you out or as sleezy as men have been doing for years. Charlize's character Mavis DEFINITELY accomplished that.

All in all it was a good movie. I'm not waiting for it on DVD to purchase but I'm ok that I saw it.

Ps. to gay men and women Patrick Wilson unshaven and in a flannel is STILL FRACKIN GORGEOUS!

The Hunger Games

So my seester (Jamie/Mandee/Me talk for sister) Mandee turned me onto the Hunger Games. it's a three book series. The first (yellow pin) is called The Hunger Games. Second (red pic) is called Catching Fire. Third (blue bird) is called Mockingjay.


In the first book it explains all of these three symbols so I won't give it away. The first book was A-MAH-ZING! Loved, loved, loved it. The second book has so far been slow. The third I hear is like the first very fast paced.


What I love about this book is it's universal. It's about a teen girl named Katniss whom is basically raising her kid sister Primrose while her out of sorts mom is grieving the death of their father. It's set in apocalyptic US now called Panem and houses 13 Districts (instead of states) with the Capitol being the capitol of the entire country. Each district is has it's own subculture and income classes. They range from very wealthy that have endless supply of grain and running water to impoverish living in huts and hunting rabbits and wild dog for food.


The startling part is you relate it to your own life. At least I did. Katniss is a dreamer set in reality. She has dreams and aspirations but does what she has to to take care of her family. HELLO does Suzanne Collins know me? LOL 


Anyways if you have read The Twilight Series and not jumped off a bridge from Bella's incessant whining and cooing then you'll LOVE Katniss. She is the complete opposite. The relationships she encounters are different. She's stronger than Bella and much more likely. You can follow her train of thought and you care about her from chapter one on!


Ps. the movie to the first book The Hunger Games comes out March 2013. Read it first then do a Wikipedia search on the cast. PERFECTLY casted!

the one dedicated to Scott Maziroff 1968-2011

I was shocked and saddened to hear about the suicide of this man I never met.

Scott Maziroff was a 51 year old openly gay Financial Advisor in the entertainment world. He was successful and gorgeous. Everything a gay wants to be...or marry :)

On December 3, 2011 he committed suicide. Why? Only his friends and family know. Or maybe they don't. So what's this have to do with me? Why am I so devastated by this?

My close friends and family know since I was in high school being a writer/actor has been my dream. I even went to college to get my business degree so I can run my own movie studio one day. The thought that one day I achieve my goals and could possibly be sad enough to end my life is a mortatily issue I never thought about.

It rocked me to my core that sometimes when you aspire to something you can still be unhappy. Why? I told a couple friends about this and they too were like "He had it all." Maybe he didn't. I don't want to do that.

Right now I am in a funk. I have my book out and it's not selling. Part of me was like "That was a dream wasted." But a bigger part of me was like "YOU HAVE YOUR BOOK OUT BITCH! This is what you've wanted for 20 plus years. That's a huge accomplishment. So what if no one is buying it. Your best friend loved it and wants you to write a sequel." No matter what else I do in my life I know I can accomplish a goal I set. This is just the first.

Because of this I decided to do something I felt weird about...make another YouTube video. I made my first YouTube video to let teens know not to kill themselves and I completely was not even thinking about adults till Scott killed himself. Adults are JUST as unhappy as kids sometimes. Even moreso cuz they are at the point they can change things and they feel they can't.

So here's my video. I don't think I have the answers to life, but I hope by watching this you rethink a decision that's lasting, forever, and can affect many lives not just yourself. You can't change the past but you can always change your present and future.

David Michael O'Quinn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6sZM15nk_o

the one about resolutions

So Ben and I had a long talk and I think we are destined for friendship. I had hopes of rekindling things, but you know that's just not in the cards. I realized that sometimes in life you can't go backwards but you can go insightfully forward. The first thing we admitted on the phone with each other that we missed contact with one another. Maybe that's enough. Maybe me wanting him back is more about wanting his friendship than anything. He's got a boyfriend and I'm not a homewrecker.


Another thing that happened was I met a guy about six years ago. He was really nice and GORGEOUS. Well we "hooked up" and then things got awkward. We lost touch, I moved to Boston. And that was that. Fast forward to today and we go on an official date and it was AWESOME! It was a first date so I'm not gonna buy china patterns, but it just felt good to connect with someone again. Giving me hope ya know?


And yet again I hung out with Mandee and her family. Growing up Mandee and I ebbed in and out of a fantastic relationship. I always felt closer to her than anyone cuz we both grew up without dads. But our personalities were just a good fit. NOW that we are grown up every single time we hang out we laugh so hard our cheeks hurt. Her family is hilarious. I've always been close to Ashley for YEARS. But my relationship with Mandee is just...hilarious. I don't think I've laughed so hard in my life. Her son Tyler is my kid brother. Seriously whenever he's around me he's at my side. I walked in the other day and he's sitting in his chair...THREE YEARS OLD (or maybe four. I always forget) and he goes "OH MY GOD GIVE ME A HUG!" I damn near fell over laughing.


I am slowly resolving to get this book off the ground. Because it's not sold in Barnes & Noble stores I can't do a book signing. :( I am trying to get more word of mouth. But this marketing thing is TOUGH!

Immortals

Henry Cavill in a sandal and swords movie. The producers of 300. Greek mythology. YES PLEASE. But the only thing this movie delivers on is Greek mythology. And since I don't know it that could be mucked up too.

Henry wasn't even half naked. If anyone saw 300 the story was off the chizain. And the men were half naked. I call this movie Clash of the 300s. It was not very good. And there were gory parts that made me WINCE!

The only saving grace is the INCREDIBLE Mickey Rourke. Yes he's creepy and a very very bad villian but he's the shot in the arm this movie needed. I kept rooting for HIM more than the good guys haha

I'd prefer a Clash of the Titans sequel to another Immortals movie. Just didn't do it for me.

Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1

Of course there are cheesy moments (Jacob starting off the movie shirtless) and melodramatic moments regarding Bella giving birth. But all in all it's a good movie.


Whenever you read a book and then see the movie you think "the book was better." And in some cases that rings true with this series, but I give much props to KStew. She IS what I pictured Bella like. Awkwardlishly girly. She's really a good actress. I can see her winning an Oscar at some point. Clearly not for this movie, but her portrayal of Bella has been amazing. I can't see anyone else playing this role.


As for the guys, RPatz and TyLau are meh. I've been Team Jacob from day one and this movie didn't change anything. The one thing this movie DIDN'T do was play the other characters as well. This isn't giving away spoilers by saying the baby is half human/vampire and is basically parasitic to Bella. In the book Edward wants to kill the baby to save Bella. Rosalie wants to KEEP the baby no matter what happens to Bella. Jacob sides with Edward. Others join in and weigh on the issue. There's a divide where you KNOW Bella's gonna live but you wanna hear every side of the argument and opinions are divided. There was none of that in the movie. That was disappointing. That's the only place the movie fell flat. It HAD time to explain WHY it'd be divided. Rosalie even said in the last movie that she wanted to have a baby. And this was when Rosalie and Bella really became friends.


Other than that it was good. I recommend it to Twihard fans.

J. Edgar

Went with my friend Ray to this movie. It was so good. 

I'm not a political person and the movie was written in a way that you didn't need to be. Heck you didn't even need to know that much about the CIA. But following the story was easy. 

The rumors I had heard about J. Edgar was he was a cross-dressing closeted gay. They were addressed in a way that neither deemed or trampled his memory either. 

For his performance Leonardo reminded me alot of his portrayal of Howard Hughes in "The Aviator" which he was nominated for an Academy Award. Well he will WIN for his portrayal of J. Edgar. He's more nuanced and tortured than Howard. And Leo is long overdue. Armie Hammer will be nominated for his supporting role as well. He won't win, but his performance was that of a seasoned vet and it's only his second or third major role. His last movie "The Social Network" he played IDENTICAL TWINS! 

Dustin Lance Black did it again too. He'll win for Original Screenplay as well as Clint for Best Directing. Powerful movie.