8 court appearances by T.J. Lane in chronological order *

* (restored)

1. Detention hearing

2. Lane charged with three counts of aggravated murder, two counts of aggravated attempted murder, and one count of felonious assault

3. Judge orders a competency hearing

4. Judge sets a date for the competency hearing

5. Lane pleads not guilty by reason of insanity

6. Judge orders Lane to be tried as an adult

7. Lane pleads guilty on all counts

8. Lane sentenced

The Chardon High School shooting

*

p.s. Hey. Heads up that on this coming Friday, I will be traveling to Los Angeles for the ‘Room Temperature’ premiere and to deal with some visa issues, etc. I’ll be there approximately a month. As always when I go away, the blog will be on vacation while I’m gone. So, this coming Thursday’s post/p.s. will be the last one before things stand still for a while, and then the blog will return to life again on April 17th. ** Corey, Hi. Acker rhymes with cracker. Okay, sounds very interesting: the choreography/dance in-progress. ‘Out 1’-like, wow, nice, intense. ** jay, Hi. No, Jack was one of the original gang of Beyond Baroque writers with myself and others in the early 80s. At some point, he kind of ducked out of the writing/publishing scene for a long time and then made a splashy return a few years ago. I think the equivalent here is North African/Middle Eastern boys who, I think, are generally considered twinkalicious to those who seek sexiness in that realm. Glad you found a way to make that concert instructive. Wow, obviously, fill me in about that game, it sounding massively up my alley and all. Thanks. ** James, Your dad read Acker, or at least bought her. That’s something. Transgression and sincerity are my middle names, I suppose. Thank you for attending to the Skelley-ish shebang. Yeah, coming from the US, French healthcare seems miraculous. A number of times I’ve gone to the doctor here for whatever reasons, and when I leave and am preparing to pay and tell them I don’t have health insurance, they just shrug and say, ‘Don’t worry about it’, and don’t charge me anything. Nuts. It’s Gif with a hard G. Gif stands for Graphic Interchange Format. Hard G. Skip the first Silverchair album. It’s them mimicking grung/Nirvana. But they started finding themselves on the second one, and ‘Diorama’, their fourth, is their peak. Longing’s shelf life is extremely varying. Yeah, I mean, no comfort in this, but I think the vast majority of gay teens live in the same parental situation as you. I sure did. And then when they figure it out, they’ll say ‘we always knew’. And they’ll be fine. Or fine enough to deal with. Like clockwork. Mm, generally when I’m writing, or writing hard and consistently, I stop reading. But only when I’m really into it and don’t want to risk derailing myself with outside interference. I can listen to music or see films or art and stuff, but not other fiction. Maybe poetry sometimes. But I think a lot of writers can do both simultaneously with no prob? ** Jack Skelley, Thank you, sir. Was it only a year ago? Time is so … weird. I revere Reza Abdoh, so, yes, of course, a post on him would be amazing. I probably told you this, but Ishmael Houston-Jones and I were supposed to collaborate with Reza on a work, but then he got too sick and it never happened very sadly. ** Tyler Ookami, Vår was kind of a quick-lived but heady blip. I asked Elias why, and he said huge ego clashes between him and Loke Rahbek. It’s always interesting and strange how an artist’s death adds a religiosity to their work and its reception. At least for the first while. ** Steeqhen, Hi. Speaking from experience, starting a magazine or publishing venture necessitates a lot of objective thought and pre-planning, so maybe the delay is good so you don’t rush into it unawares. Congrats on the publication and successful photo shoot. Zac just joined Instagram in order to set up an account there for ‘Room Temperature’, which he’s doing now. ** Misanthrope, Things could scarcely become more confusing over there. I think pretty much every small publisher does print-on-demand these days, which I believe really helps keep the costs down and doesn’t leave you with a room full of books. Back in the Little Caesar days, my apartment was basically a book storage space with little paths in between. Right, you mentioned print-on-demand, there you go. And eBooks, yes, right. Exciting, George! That sounds so great! ** nat, Your joblessness and, more so, your increased writing time gets a big shout out from me. Your novel sounds enormously promising, need I even say. ‘Closer’ saved you! Feather in its cap. Luck with your Ellis de-virginizing. Where are you starting? ** sasha!, Hi! A pro wrestling novel, whoa! I’m titillated from the outset. I had a period of being kind of obsessed with pro wresting in the 80s through early 90s. Jake the Snake era. I wrote a long essay for an art magazine comparing it to Greek mythology that probably wasn’t all that good and which luckily seems to have gotten lost in the ether. My big faves were Roddy Piper, George ‘the Animal’ Steele, Randy Savage, early Undertaker, and, strangely, Hacksaw Jim Duggan for some reason. Anyway, I’m excited by that novel’s prospect. How far along with it are you? I’ll look for ‘Pure Dynamite’, thanks. Right now I’m writing the script for Zac Farley’s and my next film mostly. I have maybe the beginnings of a novel or a long fiction thing, but I’m not sure yet whether it’s interesting enough to pan out. Hope so. So nice to talk with you! ** Steve, Insomnia, ugh, the worst. Poecilia had some interesting thoughts for/with you, if you didn’t see them. ** Dominik, Hi!!! It feels really good to actually have the film completely finished. It’s been such a long, hard road to get there. Yeah, it feels very relieving. LCTG is a lyric from ‘Pictures of Today/Victorial’, my favorite song by them. Lera Lynn … I don’t know that person at all. Cool, I’ll go fill in the blank around love’s words. I love the way she’s walking, I love the way she’s talking, It’s just the way she’s walking, It’s just the way she’s talking, And I need, All that stuff, G. ** _Black_Acrylic, Thanks, pal. Well, I’m guessing your lucky charm self is also behind the excellent season start (last I checked) of your beloved Leeds. ** Bill, Thanks, Bill. I think we’ll wait to see how the premiere goes before we loosen the champagne cork. Knowing Gary as I did, it wouldn’t phase me if Kathy inspired a character of his, as long as it was a kind of hateful character. No love lost between those two. I saw your email. I’ll get to it asap. Thank you!!! ** Uday, Hey. What will this ‘inversion of Guibert’s ‘To the Friend Whose Life I Did Not Save” be like? Most curious concept there. Enjoy your trip and your friend. Thanks about the crushing. God, I sure hope so. But hopefully see you again before I slip away. ** HaRpEr, I’ve never understood why I like making readers/audiences uncomfortable because I’m generally a pretty nice person, but I clearly do. The university turn, very heavily in play in the US, as I don’t need to mention, is very, very worrying. Vår’s great. I wish Sacred Bones would gather all of their stuff on a single LP or sonic thing because a lot of what they did is really hard to come by. As I think I’ve said, I’m pretty sure that Joy Williams is my favorite living American fiction writer. I so wish I could meet her and have a coffee or something. Yeah, locking the film totally down is a big relief, for sure. Weight lifted. Now nothing stands between us and premiere, so the nervousness about that is eating into the pleasure, of course. Thanks, pal. ** Right. I decided to restore this old post today. There’s something about it I really like. You may agree or not. See you tomorrow.