Doing stuff
I’m supposed to be writing a story about giant killer insects, but instead I’m just wishing that Hulu had a new episode of 30 Rock. Darn you, Hulu. Also sick of all the Lost hype. The show is NOT THAT GREAT. And since my reading audience is primarily my non-TV watching family, y’all probably don’t care.
Back to the insects. It’s a story whose original idea was generated by a friend and me back in October, which is also when I was supposed to write it. Then Halloween passed and creepy stories didn’t seem quite right somehow. I’m trying to get back on track in the new year. Now I’ve got a daily schedule that looks like this:
8:00-3:00: Do stuff.
3:00-5:00: Write.
5:00-11:00: Do more stuff and then go to bed.
I’m doing great at the “do stuff” portion of my schedule. It’s just that pesky “write” part that isn’t working. Since it’s there, though, I may as well write the darn story. Giant, man-eating insects that are a cross between praying mantises and stag beetles? Bloody corpses? What could be better?
Fortunately, it’s past five so I’m going to go make guacamole. Then I’ll sit at the window, sip Jim Beam, and wait for it to start snowing.
Yeah. Doing stuff. Just like my schedule tells me to.
Well, when the groundhog sees his shadow, what else can you do but sit contemplating the snow while eating guacamole and sipping Jim Beam? Think I’ll order Chinese and get a cold Sam out of the fridge. Turn up the space heater and watch a little Numbers…..
And I’ll just cozy up to my warm computer screen and dream of the summer when the paper writing will be over.