improved writing
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
Archive for the 'writing' Category
on being a writer
Friday, October 30th, 2009
at the crossroads
Thursday, October 29th, 2009
writing my future
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009I have a tendency, or at least a desire, to write. That’s rather obvious, or you wouldn’t be reading this blog. Though I couldn’t stand it when I was younger, writing is an activity I’ve come to enjoy – to the point where I think it would be fun to write for a living. Yes, I know it’s a lot of work, but hey, if I have to work at something, better to work at something I enjoy doing, you know? Not that I don’t enjoy writing software, but let’s face it – it’s not exactly the thing I’d rather do more than anything in the world. If it were, you wouldn’t be reading this because I’d be sitting in my cube learning something new at lunch instead of writing this entry. I like writing software, but hey it’s a job like any other. I do it 8 hours a day then I go home and do what I really like – which isn’t writing software.
Everything I need to know about life…
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009I learned on the mat. Okay, probably not, but I have learned some really important lessons that I can take off the mat apply in my life. What I hope to accomplish here is to write my thoughts after every class, if possible, and track my progress as well as leave reminders for the future when I may need to hear something again.
computer change
Sunday, November 9th, 2008I’ve been looking at things lately, and there’s something about which I’m unhappy. Well, rather than turn this into a rant, I’m going to do something about it. You see, lately I’ve been checking my email more often, about once an hour while I’m home or at work. I don’t get that many emails, only a couple people email me with any regularity. But it begs the question - what did I do before email, and why do I check it so often?
published
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008It is with great pleasure that I announce that I’ve had another article published in Ave News, a bi-monthly metaphysical newspaper published locally in Columbia, SC, and surrounding areas. Unfortunately, the article I wrote is not available online - they only select 3 articles from the issue for online publication, and mine is not among them. However, if you are in the Columbia, SC area, please pick one up.
This is my second article published in Ave News, and I had several published in a now defunct paper published in Pensacola, Fl, called The Light. Perhaps I’ll run a series of posts that are reprints of the articles I’ve had published. For now, I’ll just celebrate getting an article published again. Hopefully it’s a sign of great things to come.
trial by fire
Monday, June 16th, 2008I know I haven’t been writing as much lately, about once a week or so, I’ve been quite busy. It’s quite possible that my blogging may become even more irregular for the next few months. It occurred to me the other day that the Palmetto Fall Clinic is just 5 months away - meaning my black belt test could be just 5 months away. Problem is, I haven’t really gone to class the last couple months, so I may not be ready for the black belt test in November as I planned.
fun with words
Saturday, March 8th, 2008I was watching a movie last week, before my week without tv experiment started, the very bloody and epic Kill Bill Vol. 1. A few days ago I was driving to work, thinking about the sequel, Kill Bill Vol. 2, and the scene where Elle Driver is reading to Budd as he’s lying on the floor, dying after being bitten by a snake. She’s reading from a notebook and says the work gigantic - which she loves but rarely gets to use. So this got me to thinking about words that I like but don’t use very often in day to day writing or conversation.
perspective
Thursday, January 17th, 2008I was writing an email to my girlfriend earlier this evening, in which I expressed doubt about wanting to be a writer, or what I should do. I’ve noticed a tendency in myself over the last few years, to discard most of the things in my life if I didn’t think I could eventually do it for a living. I’ve actually become frustrated with this approach, even though it has helped me reduce the number of things in my life to a manageable amount. Of course, it does suffer from the singular drawback that a lot of things aren’t much fun any more, and I’m working on a solution to that.
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