Posted by jonvon on June 20, 2005 at 21:45:52:
hi everybody, i just wanted to say, er, hi! sorry i missed the thing for win. i haven't been tuning in here much lately, i get real busy sometimes and get consumed with my little life, which even though it is little can be overwhelming sometimes.
it sure would be nice to hang out with you guys. i hope some weekend soon i'll be able to come hang whereever you guys are and chill for a few hours. i can't do much of that right now, too many irons in the fire. but i want to get out there one weekend soon.
the main thing going on is, progress on the novel continues, to my great joy. usually when i get discouraged about it are the times when i haven't been working on it much. last night i had trouble sleeping and ended up working on it for a while, between the hours of 1 am and 3 am. not much writing per se actually, found myself brainstorming through a series of scenes and sort of writing out stream of consciousness ideas. it is easy to feel lost in this thing, it is too big for me in some ways. i have to settle for the breadcrumbs i find on the path as i go along. but those little crumbs have been faithfully showing up, to my surprise every time i discover them. i am very excited about some of the ideas i've had lately. sometimes though i wonder if this stuff will make any darn sense at all when it is all put together. it will either be a big pile of crap that no one gets, or it will be groundbreaking. i know, that sounds ridiculous, but that is how it feels sometimes. i am not sure i have read anything like what i am doing. but every time i think that, i discover that really i am just reinventing a very ancient wheel that has been turning since the dawn of time. i get tired thinking about it. but i don't have much else to talk about, so thanks for listening.
this and my little girl and my wife and the garden are about all i think about, other than all the stuff i have to think about when i am at work. ya know. and flossing. i just recently took up flossing after various Warnings Dire from the dental assistant. when she told me that not only would i end up with periodontal disease, but that i could spread it by kissing, well my old catholic guilt kicked in. so now i am flossing. which is weird. paula got me some special fancy thingy to do it with. my fingers are too stubby to get into my mouth, i just can't physically do it, but they have a real fancy thing i can stick in there, so now i have no more excuses.
so, novel, family, flossing, and trying to sleep when i can. ok. that's all i got. (yawn)
love you guys. take it easy. and stuff. like that. power to the people. right on.