Long Time, No Write
I promised myself that I would not beat myself up for not writing here. I do enough of that in my morning pages, I don't need to continue that in front of the ultimate observer. So I won't. I will just write.
I have wanted to write an entry about the authors I mentioned when I discussed what I like in a fiction writer. But, as you can see, I have not done it yet. I will, I promise. But not right now. I just need to ensure that I write before I forget what I wanted to say. Just as a teaser (for all of my fans out there .... OK, both of you), I recently completed a book by each author. What surprised me about the two book is that they both had the same theme: terrorism using biological weapons. But it was handled by each of them in a different way. Enough of that for tonight.
What I wanted to say is ... I feel good tonight. I stayed at work tonight much later than I planned (no kids tonight, so nothing to pull me home), but I was able to solve a customer problem before I left (the crowd goes wild, cheers are drowning out the sound of my keyboard). It was a tough problem, only occurring intermittently. But the code always blew up in the same place. I walked down many paths that ended up being dead ends. In the end though, one of the paths finally headed out into the daylight. What a wonderful way to end the week. Oh yea, it turns out that it was caused by me with some code I put in a couple of years ago, but I will not let that pull me down from my high. It will not turn that glass into being half empty. No, I feel good about it. I am happy that one more problem is solved.
It is nice to start the weekend out this way. It's even better that I am getting together with two of my closest friends for a run tomorrow morning (of course, my mind may change when I am struggling to stay up with them). We are heading down to a bike path along Alameda Creek to run a 10 mile out and back course (5 out and 5 back), hopefully with negative splits. We are starting out early, although not too early. There should be wildlife in the creek along with other runners, walkers, bikers, etc. out there. All in all, a good way to start a Saturday. Wonderful company, hard exercise, and beautiful scenery. What else could one ask for?
I want to do some more writing this weekend (maybe by saying that here, it will help me to actually come through and do it). I read a blog today by the woman that runs the Writing Salon, which is a private writing school based in San Francisco. No, I don't plan to take any classes right now. I want to write more regularly than I do now before I spend any more money on classes. What I liked about her blog is that she had a number of entries that I found were inspiring. Inspiring in the sense that they made me want to sit down and write. Now all I have to do is read them when I can sit down and write. Or, perhaps I will sit down to write and read one to help inspire me. Hell, I don't know. I just want to write (Oh yea? Well, then do it!).
Enough for tonight. I hope you enjoyed my rambling for this evening. Maybe I will have something else for you to read this weekend.
I have wanted to write an entry about the authors I mentioned when I discussed what I like in a fiction writer. But, as you can see, I have not done it yet. I will, I promise. But not right now. I just need to ensure that I write before I forget what I wanted to say. Just as a teaser (for all of my fans out there .... OK, both of you), I recently completed a book by each author. What surprised me about the two book is that they both had the same theme: terrorism using biological weapons. But it was handled by each of them in a different way. Enough of that for tonight.
What I wanted to say is ... I feel good tonight. I stayed at work tonight much later than I planned (no kids tonight, so nothing to pull me home), but I was able to solve a customer problem before I left (the crowd goes wild, cheers are drowning out the sound of my keyboard). It was a tough problem, only occurring intermittently. But the code always blew up in the same place. I walked down many paths that ended up being dead ends. In the end though, one of the paths finally headed out into the daylight. What a wonderful way to end the week. Oh yea, it turns out that it was caused by me with some code I put in a couple of years ago, but I will not let that pull me down from my high. It will not turn that glass into being half empty. No, I feel good about it. I am happy that one more problem is solved.
It is nice to start the weekend out this way. It's even better that I am getting together with two of my closest friends for a run tomorrow morning (of course, my mind may change when I am struggling to stay up with them). We are heading down to a bike path along Alameda Creek to run a 10 mile out and back course (5 out and 5 back), hopefully with negative splits. We are starting out early, although not too early. There should be wildlife in the creek along with other runners, walkers, bikers, etc. out there. All in all, a good way to start a Saturday. Wonderful company, hard exercise, and beautiful scenery. What else could one ask for?
I want to do some more writing this weekend (maybe by saying that here, it will help me to actually come through and do it). I read a blog today by the woman that runs the Writing Salon, which is a private writing school based in San Francisco. No, I don't plan to take any classes right now. I want to write more regularly than I do now before I spend any more money on classes. What I liked about her blog is that she had a number of entries that I found were inspiring. Inspiring in the sense that they made me want to sit down and write. Now all I have to do is read them when I can sit down and write. Or, perhaps I will sit down to write and read one to help inspire me. Hell, I don't know. I just want to write (Oh yea? Well, then do it!).
Enough for tonight. I hope you enjoyed my rambling for this evening. Maybe I will have something else for you to read this weekend.
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