So after a year of letting this thing sit, I have decided to take Paige’s advice and attempt to put my facebook energy into my blog. Which will be a challenge, since my perfectionism can get the best of me when it comes to putting printed word to page, but here goes…
My first challenge is to spend much more time composing and drafting rather than editing. Peter Elbow and other writers writing about writing talk about the need to draft, unedited, and just let the thoughts flow. This is my first obstacle, for my tendency is to delete more than I actually type. I am going to have to pay attention to this or I simply won’t have a blog.
So yesterday, much to my surprise, I spent a solid five hours at a coffeeshop studying. This came as a surprise because I figured I would have to build up my stamina for my graduate school work more gradually, and I surprised myself that I could actually sit and concentrate for so many hours, especially after giving up Friday after only about an hour and a half of real work. Yay, Scott.
*Oh, yeah, and while these days I do not hesitate to write “yay” nearly as much as I used to–I once preferred what I thought was a more correct “yea” to show excitement, as in “respond with ‘yea’ or ‘nay’ to record your vote,” realizing that language is evolving and that la gente’s misspelling of “yea” to mean “yeah” has confused things–another subject and digression (perhaps?) entirely…
One strange side-effect of my studying for five hours instead of, say, three yesterday was that I came home and CRASHED on the couch, ultimately falling asleep and not waking until 4:26am this morning, fortunately in my bed rather than still on the couch. I found myself last night wishing I still had cable or satellite television so that my time on the couch could lead to my relishing in some Bravo marathon delight. If only I could have steeped myself in Top Chef or Shear Genius or some other “reality” unreality to ease my mind into slumber slowly rather than relying on Netflix dvd’s to supply used television. My Netflix dvd’s often sit unwatched as I update my queue and hope for something better. But again I digress, as if there’s an actual important thread or agenda here from which to digress. Can one digress from a digression? Can one write solely in digression? If so, that shall be the substance of this blog.
