Three Pages Attempt 7

I'm trying again to get over the inner critic as prescribed by the good doctor at from the book The Artist's Way. Sheesh I woke up on the wrong side of the bed today. I spent the last night playing Gears of War with my friend and we got close to the end. Except that we got to a point on the bridge that became really, really hard and it was past midnight and I just wanted to sleep. So, we stopped for the day but we'll be back on the weekend. I think. I don't feel like I'm making progress. The problem with any artistic endeavor is that no one can tell you how to fix it. They can tell you your work was bad but thats mostly based on opinion. No, writing isn't like ballet where you miss a step and do a flying camel instead of a puriet, pouriette, whatever that spin is called. I'm chaneling my inner Strong Bad after watching one of my favorite episodes. I should talk about the influence Homestar Runner had on my life. Someday. It's similar to comfort food like Calvin and Hobbes was to me. The episode I watched was a Sbemail from Strongbad who used Strongmad's "image" on his computer (although it was just a picture pasted to his computer and he used a sharpie pen) and made alterations to his brother's eyebrows. It always amazes me how the guys who made Homestar Runner seem to run with an idea. The formula was that Strongbad would answer an email with a gimmick of some kind in just the most ridiculous manner. I see the same creative liberation in other works, mainly in anime and manga. It's a "just go with it" kind of flow I think I lack due to my autism. What else happened today? Nothing really, I got up, ate breakfast, showered and got ready for work. I'm not going to make it to the full three pages today, mainly because I have to go to work in ten minutes. I have to drive thirty minutes to get to a job that I don't care for. I don't hate it but it's tedious. I just want a job that will stimulate my brain instead of my body. Oh, I also shaved and did my exercises today. My aid didn't show up so I was on my own which is what I prefer. Tomorrow, my sister and I will hang out, maybe we'll watch a movie or something. I wanted to see "Howl's Moving Castle" with her in theatres but the timing was off and my sister works full time. It feel shameful for me to say I only work part time. I work four and a half hours each day. I think I won't visit my folks tomorrow, I want to try, emphasis on "try," to focus on editing my tooth story. 

I don't know what I'm going to do with that story. I'll write more later once I've read the next chapter of Gleipnir. 

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