I said it would happen and it has, I don't have any more pride trivia. So feel free to insert your own.
Another, problem: I am blogging so that I will be engaged in some creative writing every day. Even if it is just rambling about what is going on in my life. And even if it isn't all that creative. But here is the thing. I was over at my friend Laine and Sheldon's last night and I realized that they knew most of what was going on with me because they read my blog. I'm going to have to come up with some sort of strategy. Either I don't write about my day or I don't write every day. But I'm convinced that if I don't every day that I'll eventually stop writing all together. And if I don't write about what is going on during my day then what am I going to write about? Hmm.
Alright, well I'm not going to write tomorrow unless something really, really good happens that I just have to write about. I know that I'm finally going to go see Spider Man III tomorrow, but I'm not expecting that to be really good. Then tomorrow night I'm going to see the SF Gay Men's Chorus perform, their annual Pride concert. They aren't very good, just loud. I'm not really expecting that to be good but it will be a pridey type event that will at least make me feel like I'm recognizing the holiday. But you know I bet I'll get some good pride trivia there. I just might have to write after all. Who knows? So I guess at the end of this paragraph I'm open to writing tomorrow. (I have a friend who gets frustrated when people say things like "i'm open to that" or "I just don't have the energy for that" or "I'm just not in that space right now.")
Oh, I just thought of something that I think is interesting. I have some friends, you know who you are, who don't like that we hug or kiss every time we get together and then again when we leave one another. These are not friends who I only see once a year or who live far away. These are people that I see all the time. I grew up in a hugging/kissing family. Not in a weird Alabama icky relative kind of way. Is this cultural? Meaning, is this a southern kind of thing? The friends I'm thinking of are from the mid-west. Maybe it is. I don't know.
Well that's my ramblings for today.
Ciao
4 comments:
I think it's important that you write every day. In "The Artist's Way," one of the assignments is something called Morning Pages. You're supposed to write three pages every day, even if what you write is "I don't know what to write today" until you fill up three pages. The point is the discipline.
I wouldn't worry too much about people already knowing what's been going on with you. There will always be much more to talk about than what you can fit in your blog. And besides, you're much more entertaining in person. I'd gladly hear your stories twice!
I second msizzle's comment! Your stories are definitely interesting enough to hear twice, especially if one of those times is in person with your gifted storytelling ways.
Also, for those of us who don't live close enough to see you often, reading about your daily life on your blog is the best we can do!
P.S. I didn't realize that my birthday coincided with Pride week. That means it also coincides with the longest day of the year. There's some pride trivia for you.
dixie, I third what everyone else is saying. As someone who lives not so close, I really like hearing about your day. But, on a different note, (that's a cheesy transitionaly phrase . . . sorry!) maybe you could pick a "topic of the day" and write about it every other day. That way you can write about YOUR day once every two days and about some bizarre topic once every other day. You choose how you find the bizarre topic . . . just another idea. Oh, here's an idea, you can choose a hymn and talk about how it intersects with your faith or something -- oh, and don't choose Amazing Grace!!!! (hugs! and no, it's not a FL thing.)
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