1. Detention hearing
2. Lane is 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
The Chardon High School shooting
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p.s. Hey. I now rejoin the blog in progress. ** Thursday ** Scunnard, Hi, man. Thanks about the Mirapolis post. Bruges was is pretty looking and very clean. Relaxing with just tweaky enough visuals, if you like old Flemish things, I would say. Switzerland says hi back. ** Misanthrope, That's super sad about Paul Bearer. Loved that weirdo. Zac works in a number of mediums. He's very interested in creating events/ transformations in pre-set public spaces. Hence the ice rink piece that I'm collaborating with him on. He also makes videos and other things. Difficult to categorize overall, which is why he's so brilliant. Yeah, I'm sure at some point I'll showcase his work here. He's also making a post for the blog, which will show up at some future point. Switzerland was fantastic. Yeah, I will definitely take your word on the Will Self. I've never liked what he does, as you know, and it's hard for me to imagine what could change that, but awesome for you. ** Bollo, Hi, J. Carver and Perec are a curious combo. Hunh, nice in a weird way. No, I didn't know about that all-MK 'Texte zur Kunst'. I'll definitely go find that. Thanks a bunch, man. ** Cobaltfram, Hi, John. Oh, sure, it's totally possible to sustain a theme park that not a franchise vehicle. At least over here. For instance, I'm going on a Scandinavian theme park road trip in early May to visit/explore as many of said parks as possible in a week and a half or two weeks, and most of them are autonomous oddity-type places. Glad to hear you came around on 'Crash'. I hardly ever read big books. Very rarely. It takes a lot to get me to do that. I'm just more geared toward short novels, always have been. Attention span issues or something maybe. My trip was really great, thanks, and I hope your weekend-plus followed suit. ** David Ehrenstein, Hi, David. I remember the name Ken Burdick. Hm, I'll google him to see what I know and don't. I did not know about that new Wes Anderson. Wow, fantastic! ** _Black_Acrylic, Hi, Ben! Great, great! I know, such a incredible show, right? And the Kandor room was a total highlight. So happy that you got to see it, man! Yeah, let me know what's good re: the YnY thing. I should be in Paris for the next almost two weeks. ** Chilly Jay Chill, Hi, Jeff. Thank you a lot about the Mirapolis post. Re: why 'Kindertotenlieder' is my favorite: Mm, a lot of reasons. One thing is that it was, or so far is, the kind fruition of a certain aspect of the work that I've done with Gisele which I particularly like: that is, it's very dense with multiple things and layers of meaning/ narrative/ tone happening simultaneously in different parts of the stage simultaneously, so viewing the piece is a very active experience and it feels kind of random, even though everything is extremely planned and organized. So there's an illusion of messiness and spontaneity that makes the piece feel very alive, I think. Since 'Ktl', Gisele has become interested in a much more cleanly laid out choreography where the focal point is clear and not in question. For me, the earlier approach is the more interesting. It's also by far our most emotional piece, and I like that about it. I should say too that it's the piece of ours in which I had the biggest hand in terms of its overall construction and structure and so on, so that could well add to my favoriting it, I don't know. Oh, sure, the way the Blanchot impacts your thinking re: your work makes a lot of sense, yeah, very nice. Mm, well, strictly speaking, I had to abandon the 'unworking' idea to some degree or other in all of my novels, but I think it's most interfered with in maybe 'Try' and 'Guide', I'm not sure. Thank you a lot for asking, Jeff. ** Lizz Brady, Hi, Lizz! As a peaceful break, Bruges would work. Oh, Paris hostels .. I know of a couple that are supposedly good, but let me check for the latest opinions on them because hostels seem to be notoriously up and down. It will go away, yeah, trust me. I always tell myself that anyway, and it's always true, I think. I hope the work you are doing is great. Sure sounds it. ** Sypha, Hi, James. Your theory is sensible. But I guess in cases where there are guest-posts, as in the ones by Thomas and Grant while I was gone, I would like to think people would respond to them both hopefully out of interest and to show support for the people who take the time and put themselves out there to make/ present the posts because, in those situations, it isn't about me, and I don't respond to comments directed towards the guest-hosts, so there's no burden placed on my end of the p.s. People here should always do what they want to do, commenting-wise, but my hope is that whatever sense of community there is around here would lead commenters to naturally want to acknowledge each others' efforts, I guess. I've often wished there was a better, more melancholy 'Roller Coaster Tycoon' style game. ** Pilgarlic, Hi, man. Oh, yeah, Alvin Lee, I just read that. It's interesting or something that those guitar god types from the 60s/70s who were basically known for playing extremely fast like, say, Lee or Johnny Winter, haven't ended up getting the long-term legendary status of their fellow guitar gods of that era. ** S., Hey. So, are you S. now for the duration? Bruges is kind of creamy, yeah, but maybe not elastic. Pristine more like maybe. You found your boy? That's cool. Weird and awkward are always high points, I think. Did you write? ** Bill, Hi, Bill. I just really, really like the idea of you doing your work in that eclectic context for some reason. That kind of surrounding does something really cool and confusing in the best way to your work in my head. I can't explain it, I guess. ** Alan, Hi, Alan. Oh, sure, it has been worthwhile and instructive on many levels. I haven't totally abandoned the novel, I'm trying to reinvent it. I'm now trying to use some of its material and its essence to create something in which George and his specific meaning are still important, but are components or grounding or historical benchmarks or something in a novel that would be more about ... I don't know how to describe it yet. I don't really want to talk about it yet, I guess. Something extraordinary has happened in my life that needs to be written about, and whereby what I was trying to do with the George novel might have some relationship maybe, I'm not sure, so ... yeah, I can't really describe it. Long story short, it was very worthwhile and it may yet see the light, albeit in a very different way than I had intended. Thank you a lot for asking, Alan. ** Grant Scicluna, Hey there, Grant! Yep, you got it, thank you. Me too, about designing parks. Heck, a friend and I were talking about designing a theme park on the train trip home yesterday, so, yeah. A very alluring dream. You good? What's the latest on everything? ** Friday ** Grant Maierhofer, Hi, Grant! Thank you so, so, so much, man! It was/is an astounding thing. ** Oscar B., Hey! Whoa, how about this snow? You guys good? Call me, or I'll call you guys in a while. ** Misanthrope, Ha ha, yeah, I don't, uh, think I had a whole lot of impact on Switzerland's memory banks. Okay, well, I was getting off a bus at one point, and the bus driver somehow didn't see me, and he shut the door on me as I was stepping off, which sent me plummeting face first onto the street where I scraped the shit out of my face and knee, bruised some ribs, and my hands got all cut up, and the cuts started pouring blood, but I don't think Switzerland noticed really. ** David Ehrenstein, Thank you for your wise Kubrickian thoughts. ** Steevee, Hi, Steve. ** S., Oh, the writing did happen between Thursday and Friday, very good. Wow, you're going Blanchotian too? Sweet. ** Grant Scicluna, Hi, Grant. ** Chilly Jay Chill, Hm, no, I feel like I don't have any feeling whatsoever about that Spielberg 'Napoleon' thing. I guess I feel totally unintrigued. Do you think there's a reason to hold out any kind of hope whatsoever about that? ** _Black_Acrylic, Hi, Ben. ** Statictick, Jesus Christ, N. I mean, what is the explanation? Was it an accidental sleepwalking injury, and, if so, what does the added violence mean? New med-related? That is truly horrifying. What does the doctor say? ** Saturday ** David Ehrenstein, Hi, David. Thank you seconding my Firbank love. I really need to get off my ass and ready that Brophy bio finally. ** Rewritedept, Hi. You getting settled is very good news. New apt. too. Finally. ** Steevee, Great about your 'Badlands' piece. Did re-watching 'NBK' change your opinion of it at all? I'm certainly not a fan of it either, but I haven't seen it since its original release. ** Pilgarlic, Hey. Wonderful to read your thoughts on Kubrick. That was great. Thank you, man! ** Matty B, Hey, Matty! How totally great to see you! I was seeing all the stuff about AWP on Facebook, and it did sound very fun and sweet, and I had wished I could have been there. It's such a fantastic time for new writing now, and the convergence there seems really momentous. Thank you for the kind words. The pdf ... I don't think I got it? If I did, it must have gotten totally lost, and, if so, I apologize, and, yes, I would love to read the newer/final version if you don't mind. How exciting that's it's complete! Thank you a lot, man! ** Chris Dankland, Hi, Chris! I just saw that you're going to be doing a reading at SXSW! You excited? So wish I could be there. Thanks for the WSJ article link. I'll read it pronto. My sense is that this is going to be a big year in terms of finding out what kind of 'market' there is for Alt Lit. It seems like the transitioning to mainstream or trad/big house publishers is starting to pick up in a bigger way what with Tao, Roxanne Gay, Michael Kimball, and others getting 'picked up'. It feels like the beginning of a snowball, but we'll see. And there seems to be a real jump in how the larger book-related media seems to be attending to Alt Lit. I'm sure you saw that Matt Bell is on the cover of Publishers Weekly. That's kind of amazing. What happens with Tao's book should be telling. And it will be extremely interesting to see if there is a positive occurrence for Alt Lit associated writers and readers once the work is available in both the traditional publishing form as well as in the internet based, much more innovative and open context. I'd like to think that the major publishing context will function as a kind of offshoot or helpmate or souvenir stand or something re: the online context rather than something that would reduce the Alt Lit online world into a writers workshop-slash-feeding ground, maybe functioning in the way that DVDs relate to actual movie making or something. I don't know. So much going on, so much to wonder about and speculate on. It's an exciting moment. Anyway, thank you a bunch, Chris. ** Monday ** David Ehrenstein, Thank you. ** _Black_Acrylic, Yeah, I woke up this morning to a major snowstorm here. Crazily late in the season. In progress and, thus, still a beauty. ** Chilly Jay Chill, Hi, Jeff. Thanks a lot about the posts. Actually, on the aforementioned (i.e. up above somewhere) Scandinavian theme park extravaganza road trip that I'm going to take with my pal Zac, we have tentatively penciled in maybe staying at Bjorli Ice Lodge if we have time. It's nearish Oslo, which makes at least theoretically do-able. I know some but not a ton about Charles Fourier. I think I've read some of his writings. Yeah, a day about him would be a great way to find out more. I'll give it a shot. Thank you, man. ** Misanthrope, Oh, you do, do you? ** Okay. We are now caught up, and onwards we go. I think the post today has no need for a caption attempt, so enjoy, and I'll see you tomorrow.