I did get one article done, then when I was washing dishes I had a great idea for a story. I sat down to work on that and then became obsessed with setting up a dumbass acronym for a fictional organization in the story. After about an hour pissing around with that I realized I was just avoiding the actual writing because I honestly didn’t even need a gimmicky acronym. All told I got a paragraph and a half written for the whole afternoon. It’s almost time to make dinner so I’ll close the file and I’ll probably never open it again. It can join the other files (on the other computer, acourse) that were started and then forgotten.
Bright side? Maybe I’ll open the file tomorrow and write some more. I did take notes before I started writing.
I watched the premiere of “The Cleaner” (Benjamin Bratt as William Banks) last night on A&E (I don’t have cable TV and don’t want cable TV, but somehow I have A&E and TBS). I know it’s based on a real guy that’s helped hundreds of addicts and who literally talks to god, but I could have done without the religious element. Though to be fair, that aspect was pretty slight. It was a decent show, I thought. Maybe I’ll catch it next week; I’m anxious to see how realistic the addicts are. I don’t think it was a deep enough look to be able to form an opinion from one episode, but the dialogue was good…natural…funny. Had some sad bits, too.
Okay, I’ve hardly been outside today so I’m going to go out and have a cigarette before I cook. I can see a potential problem with being way down here at the bottom. There will be days I’ll have to make myself take the stairs up and then the ones down to get some fresh air, but at least my cigarette consumption has been dramatically reduced because I’ve decided there’s no smoking inside anymore.
Have a good day. Life is good.
July 18, 2008 at 2:38 am |
Oh, to be stuck in a story. I remember trying to come up with names of things and letting them completely sidetrack me. Are you just going to come back to it?
I saw previews for “The Cleaner” back when I was watching “The Andromeda Strain” (UGH! Not anywhere near as good as I’d hoped), but wasn’t really sure what it was about.
July 18, 2008 at 9:04 am |
To be honest, I doubt I’ll ever open the file again. I don’t think I’m a writer by any stretch of the imagination anymore. Unless you count those fricking, mind-numbing articles…which I don’t count.
“The Andromeda Strain” was such a giant disappointment, and I waited for it so eagerly, too. “The Cleaner” has a lot of potential I think, and I so enjoy watching Benjamin Bratt in those little t-shirts. :)
July 31, 2008 at 2:43 pm |
no smoking outside is a good thing…as long as you stick to it…lol
i personally, think you are a writer…i just think the past has blocked you.
you were a beautiful writer, girl and so many people wished they could string together words and a story like you.
it’s there, its in there…I KNOW IT IS.