0807L 02 June 2004

Today I'm frustrated with yesterday's post but excited or restless about my writing in general. I was wiped out last night after the first day back in the office added to the tail end of this cold. I found myself on the couch watching the film Adaptation. I had a headache and probably should have turned the TV off, but I had enjoyed Being John Malkovich and so I sat there and watched it. Kaufman's writing frustrations were certainly different from mine and even though the film provides some degree of closure at the end, it's fair to say I was more agitated afterwatching it than when I sat down. When the dog came to my side of the bed this morning at 3am I had already been awake. I don't remember much of the dream other than performing a version of Where the Streets Have No Name (U2) in a recording studio and thinking we were pulling it off quite well. Anywho, last week I had done some writing which I have yet to post and for the first time I seemed to have ideas coming as fast as I could type them. My characters seemed to driving me rather than vise versa. A friend and co-worked seemed genuinely impressed (of course I don't put too much stock in their opinion) and for the first time I felt like I might be able to write. I'm going to try to put forth real effort in the comming weeks to see if this develops.

I'm looking forward to getting healthy this week and back into the exercise routine. There's a good chance my ski will go in the water for the first time this weekend if I'm feeling healthy enough to chance the cold water. Last check the lake was about 60 degrees F.

I've run across a very interesting web site which I hesitate to share. "R" and I often laugh about "the devil's hole" and this site is definitely on the slipperly slopes around the edges of the devil's hole. "The devil's hole" is a mythical portal we've invented which leads to sinful activity, typically sexual in nature, has a definite gravitational pull and is plain to see as you approach it, but somehow easy to end up down in. A typical conversation about it might go:
ME: "R, dude, tried calling you several times last night, your phone was busy..."
R: "Oh?"
ME: "Come on dude, I know that means you were online. Devil's hole?"
R: "Dammit, they got me again. I renewed my membership on Adult Friend Finder."
So anyway, be warned: checking this out might dip you in the Devil's hole:
www.showmeyourwife.com

Currently stuck in my head: Airbag, by Radiohead, from OK Computer.

Correction to yesterday's post - the Police boxed set is called Message in a Box.