Thank you all for you comments and encouragement yesterday. It helped, it really did. I have been a bad commenter lately. This is partially because I can’t get into using a reader, and partially because any bout of concentration I have during the day is spent on multi-tasking while cover lettering. And trying to keep up with my 100 day writing challenge. I used to actually “craft” blog entries, years ago, and reading them back, they sound crafted. Which isn’t wrong, it just reads like a girl who takes herself too seriously.
Which, to be fair, I probably did (do?). Who knows. Anyway, the point of this, is that writing every day forces me to stop considering my audience. I HAVE to write this. Maybe if I do this for long enough I will stop subconsciously writing for all those pseudonymed exes.
On my Facebook feed, a girl I knew from high school had posted “RIP [Name].” The same name as this guy I went to high school and middle school with, who was a friend, a co-worker, and my date to the eighth grade dance. We’ve kept in touch on and off over the years, and give him credit for “corrupting” me (he always teased me for being a straight edge) and teaching me how to have a good time in NYC.
Before I could even react (it was literally a few seconds) I learned from the comments on her status, that it was not the same person. (He has a fairly common name). But I’ve still gone back to her status over and over, and re-read the comments, to make sure.
I don’t have anything else to say about that, but it happened and I felt I should mention it. A guy from my graduating class did die a few months ago. I didn’ t know him at all, but his last name came right before mine alphabetically, so he sat in front of me for the PSATs and laughed at my Dawson’s Creek reference. It is totally ridiculous, the things you remember.
Anyway, I should write that cover letter that I asked you all about yesterday, and tweak my resume, so I can submit it tomorrow.
Ok, time to hit post.
Says:
i had my tenth high school reunion two years ago last weekend. we had a class of over 400 people, and we’d already lost seven people. no one i knew particularly well, but still a pretty big number given that we were all 27 years old. gave me some pause…
July 21st, 2010 at 11:52 amSays:
I’m going to the dentist for the first time in years next week. Wish me luck.
July 21st, 2010 at 5:05 pmSays:
Here is the best writing advice I ever received and still use to this day. Always stop three paragraphs before you finish when you know how you are going to finish whatever you are writing (or anytime you know exactly what you are going to write next). This is very difficult to do at first because when you know how you want to finish something, you want to finish it. The problem is that if you finish, you get up the next day and don’t know where to start making writing much more difficult. If you know how you want to finish, you wake up and immediately begin writing to finish up the piece — this gets the writing creativity going so it is much easier to move onto the next writing piece. Try it – works wonders
July 21st, 2010 at 8:22 pm