List—but not much of a one, really
Jun. 16th, 2005 05:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pjthompsonI have been reluctant to do daily stats like several writers in residence on LJ do.
Partly it's superstition: I'm afraid that if I pick too closely at the scratch of my writing it will all turn to chicken poop.
The other thing is, it'll be righteously boring. I pretty much plunk it out and don't think about it much and occasionally something swell happens, but mostly it's just plunk plunk plunk. I can't see reporting on that being much help to me or anybody else.
Occasionally, I get stuck and frustrated and whereas writing about that might help someone like they aren't alone in their frustration, it's not particularly helpful to me in getting over the hump. I just keep trying stuff and tricking myself and playing with things until the log jam clears and then it's whoosh. Followed by more plunk plunk plunk. That might be really irritating for people to hear reported on.
But I do get all this stray stuff floating through my head, stuff I think I'll blog but never get around to, or strange artifacts of the day that I want to share, but never seem to get around to, either. So, for that purpose and to not to feel too left out and in a desperate attempt to fill LJ space (because, Lord knows, LJ needs more verbiage) I've come up with something that suits my fractured personality. But I'm not sure it will be all that interesting. The topics may change, and I can't even guarantee I'll do this every day. Lord knows I don't need anything else in my day to be obsession-compulsive about.
There are even some vaguely writerly bits at the very end of this list.
Things I thought of blogging about today: The earthquake and the reaction of the California newbies here at work to it. Tsunamis were mentioned. We're very close to the beach. It was an inland quake. Eventually the building stopped swaying.
Why I didn't blog it: The day eluded me. Too caught up in getting another chapter of Night Warrior posted to OWW and devising this post.
Strange thought of the day: Am I dizzy? No wait, it's just an earthquake.
Strange event of the day: I guess that would have to be the earthquake. Although they aren't that strange around here these days.
Cliche du jour: My chest swelled with pride.
Darling du jour: n/a - Nothing really lit my pipe today.
Partly it's superstition: I'm afraid that if I pick too closely at the scratch of my writing it will all turn to chicken poop.
The other thing is, it'll be righteously boring. I pretty much plunk it out and don't think about it much and occasionally something swell happens, but mostly it's just plunk plunk plunk. I can't see reporting on that being much help to me or anybody else.
Occasionally, I get stuck and frustrated and whereas writing about that might help someone like they aren't alone in their frustration, it's not particularly helpful to me in getting over the hump. I just keep trying stuff and tricking myself and playing with things until the log jam clears and then it's whoosh. Followed by more plunk plunk plunk. That might be really irritating for people to hear reported on.
But I do get all this stray stuff floating through my head, stuff I think I'll blog but never get around to, or strange artifacts of the day that I want to share, but never seem to get around to, either. So, for that purpose and to not to feel too left out and in a desperate attempt to fill LJ space (because, Lord knows, LJ needs more verbiage) I've come up with something that suits my fractured personality. But I'm not sure it will be all that interesting. The topics may change, and I can't even guarantee I'll do this every day. Lord knows I don't need anything else in my day to be obsession-compulsive about.
There are even some vaguely writerly bits at the very end of this list.
Things I thought of blogging about today: The earthquake and the reaction of the California newbies here at work to it. Tsunamis were mentioned. We're very close to the beach. It was an inland quake. Eventually the building stopped swaying.
Why I didn't blog it: The day eluded me. Too caught up in getting another chapter of Night Warrior posted to OWW and devising this post.
Strange thought of the day: Am I dizzy? No wait, it's just an earthquake.
Strange event of the day: I guess that would have to be the earthquake. Although they aren't that strange around here these days.
Cliche du jour: My chest swelled with pride.
Darling du jour: n/a - Nothing really lit my pipe today.