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This is my first blog entry. I decided to try entering my thoughts on an online journal. I guess my first entry should be on how I reached this decision. I saw in the latest (well a couple of weeks ago) contests letter a piece about blogging. I checked out the blogs portion of the site and I was impressed. So many people sharing the intimate details of their lifes. I want to do my part. This may not be the best blog entry, I know. But, I want to learn how to express myself better. I also want more people to get to know me on the site. Today I plan on watching college football and reading during the commercials with the mute button on :). I may check some more of my e-mails and read some more online stories and try and comment on them. I try reviewing everything i read. I admit sometimes I read something and dont review it. Other times I am afraid I write a pretty crappy review. But noone has commented so far. Well I will go for now. |
| It has been a while since I updated my blog hasn't it? There isn't much to say really. Work is a drag as we are preparing for that year end closing. I am upset that next week is our last week to get everything in. Of course that is the week that the auditors pick to hassle us about our accounts. Who comes up with this? What sort of sense does it make to have the auditors come on our busiest week of the year? I don't know. I guess that is why I am not in management. As far as my writing. I have finished rewriting the first 3 chapters of my hope of darkness novel. I am debating on whether to post them here or not. I read Stephen King's book "on writing" and he recommends not having anyone look at your work until you finished all the first draft. I can understand that because I won't have to constantly rewrite everything based on what critics say. But again I am thinking on that. Not much else going on here. Back to business as usual. Cheerios. |
| Well here comes the next update that nobody reads. Why do I bother? I guess so I can post something. I can have something of myself out there for the world to see. I think nobody reads me because I dont have much to say. Well I have to admit my life isn't exactly an interesting novel. The most exciting thing I did today was go to the gym. Whoopie. Well I did get a good workout in so that is always a plus I am also fighting with Liberals in my local newspaper. I dont want to get to political here though since i dont think this is the correct site for that. Well I will get back to reading my mail, reviewing works and commenting on them. For those who do read. Thank you for your patience with me. Please leave a comment if you feel appropriate. Cheerio! |
| I got only about thirty minutes of writing done today. Why is it so hard? I dont know. I am concerned. I am reading "On Writing" by Stephen King and he says that if you dont love to write than perhaps you should get into another line of work. I dont think a love to write is my problem. I think a will to write is more like it. I sit here and only small bits and pieces of my story come out. Then I sit back exhausted wondering why I got so little. Is it because I get so little attention for my work? Perhaps. I dont know. I need to somehow find a way to break through and get these words down. Somehow. |
| Well this is the umpteenth notice to update my blog. They can be pretty persistant about this. :) Why do I write this? It seems nobody is reading it. Maybe because I like writing. I like putting my thoughts down for the world to see. I don't do this for the recognition, even though that is nice. I do it to express something of myself. Anyway, I didn't have a good week, last week. My computer frizzed out the last Saturday of December. I took it to the computer place. I found out one week later that my windows program was corrupted. They had to do a complete restore. That means I had to backup all my writing. Actually that was a good thing because I knew I needed to do it but was too darn lazy :) So now I have my computer back and all my writing. Unfortunately, I hit another block. I hate them. I wonder if I can write. DO I have what it takes? Nobody pays any attention to my work here, except for a few. That is very discouraging. Also, I can't seem to find the rhythm that I need. What am I to do? I don't know. But my hope of darkness chapter 3 is finished. I just need to do some editing and will soon post. talk to everyone later. |
| Hallejulah. I did it. For thirty minutes I was able to dive into my story. I saw what the characters were seeing and I was able to write down their observations on my pages. It was as if they were communicating to me. I am exhausted but it is good exhaustion. I love it!!!! I want to experience that more!!!! |
| Well this is Christmas Day for everyone across this nation of ours (really most of the world that I know of). To most everyone this is a joyous time of spending time with the family, opening gifts ,etc. Unfortuantely this isn't the case for me. I don't have a family where I live. So I get to spend this joyous time with myself. Christmas is really just another day for me, a day I get off work. Still, I can't deny the pain I feel when I see and hear of others with their families. I can't deny how I wish and pray for a family of my own. I have this girl in mind to start a family with but she hasn't contacted me in three years. I still cling to that hope, maybe foolishly. Well I want to wish everyone a joyous and peaceful New Year. |
| Well this is Christmas Day for everyone across this nation of ours (really most of the world that I know of). To most everyone this is a joyous time of spending time with the family, opening gifts ,etc. Unfortuantely this isn't the case for me. I don't have a family where I live. So I get to spend this joyous time with myself. Christmas is really just another day for me, a day I get off work. Still, I can't deny the pain I feel when I see and hear of others with their families. I can't deny how I wish and pray for a family of my own. I have this girl in mind to start a family with but she hasn't contacted me in three years. I still cling to that hope, maybe foolishly. Well I want to wish everyone a joyous and peaceful New Year. |
| My work is dragging. My writing, I mean. It is getting sluggish. I am not sure what is wrong. I am having a devil of a time finishing my chapter 3. I can only do a paragraph a day before I have to quit. Maybe I should wrestle through this slow time and try to write more. I don't know. |
| I am thinking. Maybe my titles aren't very good. I see all these interesting Blog titles conveying all sorts of wacky thoughts. Me, I just try to be real. Well my friend called me on Friday wanting me to come pick him up from Cincinnatti for Christmas, a 5 hour drive.. He is in the mission field and has no car or way back. Also, I found out that dear friend, his sister, is going to come pick him up this Wesdnesday. So I decided to go get him. I drove up there yesterday, picked him up and drove back all in one day. It was a 10 hour drive but I broke out even. I paid for the gas up and he paid for the gas down. I bought lunch but I was treated to dinner. :) We had interesting conversations. We have similar spiritual interests and the same taste in music so it worked out great. My only regret is that I probably wont get to see my dear friend. She will be driving in this Wesdnesday, picking up her brother, and then leaving for Oklahoma. I will be working all day with no possibility of getting time off. Even if I were to get time off I don't know what her reaction would be. I love her but we haven't spoken in years. Should I take time off anyway? I don't know. I think I will just pray and ask God if I can see her that day. |
| I came home yesterday to find no water in the house anywhere. I was unable to wash dishes, use the bathroom, take a shower. Ugh. I was wondering what happened with the city water. Then I found out today that my roommate forgot to pay his water bill on time and they cut off his service. I wasn't happy at all. What irritates me is that he is so passive about this, while I am on the edge screaming for my shower. When I asked him to call the water company, he bit my head off. I wasn't the one who didn't pay the bill on time. Well enough venting. Things happen I know. I shouldn't get on his case to hard. I will let this go. This whole incident shows how dependent I am on city utilities. That scares me. How did this sorry saga end? Well it was anticlimatic but still a good ending. :) The city turned on our water a few minutes after I made this entry. I apologized to my roommate for snapping at him and life goes on. I know, I know not exactly publishing material. But, hey I will leave my fantasy for my writing. |
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