Posted by kle2 on June 20, 2005 at 23:49:37:
In Reply to: hi everybody 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.
I gotta a friend named Jon and he is a real cool guy....