Ten years ago today I was at a party that changed my life, which is to say the first real kind of grown-up party I had ever been to. I was playing in a band, and all the other band members were so much cooler than me and so much more talented than me. I felt so happy and so out of place. It was ridiculously painful, exhilarating, intimidating, stressful and perfect. Part of that is being 16, I guess. The next four months were also ridiculously painful, exhilarating, intimidating, stressful and perfect. Ah, nostalgia.
Anyway, I'm flying home to New Mexico for the next ten days or so. Here's hoping this trip is a bit more restful and happy than the last one. I hope you all have a great start to the new year and stay safe and have insanely spectacular moments somewhere along the way.
I keep trying to write here and failing. A lot of shit has happened in the past month and I don't want to talk about most of it (hooray for blogging about not blogging!) But I figure if I keep starting entries eventually one of them will stick. I wrote a big long gigantic post I don't really want to have around forever more, but maybe it'll re-emerge sometime in a tamer format. I don't really have my feet under me at the moment, maybe I will in January or May or June or ... ? I've been traveling a lot, and thinking a lot about the following: Family, goals, jobs, writing. You can just fill in whatever nonsensical/whimsical/genius text you'd like on the subjects. Go!
- My novel sucks. #
- Laphroaig at Anton's in St. Cloud. Yum! #
- I want to read: The Interrogative Mood by Padgett Powell - bit.ly/5kEyjt #
- "It's not a turtle, It's a human!" Best holiday party quote ever. #
- Read The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien - bit.ly/1O2LU1 #
- I want to read: Fargo Rock City by Chuck Klosterman - bit.ly/5UEe5z #
- I want to read: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & ... by Michael Chabon - bit.ly/8spwr0 #
- I want to read: Atonement by Ian McEwan - bit.ly/8sfQIE #
- I want to read: The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood - bit.ly/6wWCGw #
