THE DAY
This is very tough to do when you’re killing as many words as you’re creating. So I’m just slogging along, weaving together the two parts. In a way, it feels as if I’m writing from scratch, and I have to take a few seconds every time I change perspective or POV to remind myself: who is this person? What are the stakes?
I don’t think it helped that I let myself get distracted today by meaningless FB drivel. And, truly, FB is drivel. Yes, yes, you can feel passionately about something. But at the end of the day you are only tricking yourself into believing that you matter. All social media is one gigantic bulletin board in which you are vying for advertising space: Lookit me, lookit me! The problem is when you take that seriously. It truly doesn’t matter if you answer FB posts or not; it truly doesn’t. The problem with social media is that it creates the illusion of urgency: that you are just SO important. When nothing could be further from the truth.
So I allowed myself to get sucked into that today. Totally my own fault. Did I manage to get words done? Sure. Were they tons? No. Are these words totals gestimates? Absolutely; I could’ve written more or less. I simply don’t know.
Thankfully, I was able to go and hang out with a lovely woman, share martinis, and commiserate. And tomorrow is another day.
I also yelled at the husband today over something that wasn’t his fault. That was completely, utterly wrong. But I just had a blowout.
WRITING OUT LOUD
Dark Side of the Moon
Day 1: 4326 Day 11: 2500 Day 21: 1800 Day 31: 745
Day 2: 2085 Day 12: 500 Day 22: 0 Day 32: 0
Day 3: 3011 Day 13: 1000 Day 23: 2700 Day 33: 4000
Day 4: 2652. Day 14: 3700 Day 24: 3500 Day 34: 2800
Day 5: 3210 Day 15: 5630 Day 25: 1500 Day 35: 4500
Day 6: 3450 Day 16: 1060 Day 26: 0 Day 36: 4800
Day 7: 0 Day 17: 130 Day 27: 0 Day 37: 0
Day 8: 2756 Day 18: 0 Day 28: 380 Day 38: 450
Day 9: 4580 Day 19: 3000 Day 29: 390 Day 39: 1000
Day 10: 2670 Day 20: 2600 Day 30: 380 Day 40: 2500
Day 41: 2600 Day 51: 1000 Day 63: 4800
*Day 42: 830 Day 52: 1600 Day 64: 3300
Day 43: 3600 Day 53: 2600 Day 65: 2500
Day 44: 5000 Day 54: 3600 Day 66: 1200 (edit)
Day 45: 2600 Day 55: 3200 Day 67: 1000 (edit)
Day 46: 3000 Day 56: 4000 Day 68: 3000 (edit)
Day 47: 2800 Day 57: 1200 Day 69: 1000 (edit)
Day 48: 2500 Day 58-60: 0 Day 70: 1000 (edit)
Day 49: 1000 Day 61: 3500
Day 50: 4600 Day 62: 3000
Blog Post: 450
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What I’m Watching:
Funny thing, I completely forgot about the Worricker trilogy…which should tell you how compelling it became. Good first act and they should’ve left it there. So I watched Shades of Blue. First couple of episodes. Not bad, but for a smart copy, Lopez is insanely stupid–and Liotta as a gay cop is utterly unconvincing. Like…wuh? This was supposed to…wuh…shock me?
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What I’m Reading
The same, only I’m pissed that with my subscription I still can’t get the full New Yorker I’m interested in.
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What I’m Listening to:
Me. Kvetch. Not good.
