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    An Empty Rood

    It's Sunday, the dull winter sun's pouring through my front windows, the cat's are alternately washing and napping, and I'm sitting here typing...what?

    Haven't much to say. Wasn't even going to bother blogging today. Seems rather pointless, some days, when I've nothing to say.

    It's funny, my life before, was like a paper full of scribbles and jumbled notes and cross-outs. Now, it's just...blank. And I seem to be stuck in the writer's block of life. I've no clue what to do, where to go, or how to even begin. It's not a good thing, for me, who has a tendency--after I'm done freaking out or being all depressed about it--to just take the bull by its proverbial horns and wrestle with it 'till something happens--good or bad. Problem is, I can't even find the bull right now--so no horns to mess about with, even.

    Have to work today--12 days in a row, by the time Friday rolls around--with only next Saturday off, before I have it all to do, all over again.

    My job is so pointless--but then, have I ever held a job that wasn't? I am in the place I never wanted to be in--and I sometimes wish I'd never tried to make things different--If I'd just faced the facts about who and what I am, 20 years ago, I probably would be a lot happier now--and a lot better off. Now I can see why my dad was such a miserable SOB--and I'm becoming just like him, it seems.

    I sometimes crave human contact--but at the same time, shy away from it with a passion. I don't want to involve someone in my topsy-turvy life. And, I can't see anyone wanted that, either. I always get the impression that my presence makes people uncomfortable--I don't know if that's an accurate impression or not, mind. It's just what I perceive. But it's true--I'm afraid. I am scared that I'll get close to someone and he or she will one day walk out on me in anger or disgust or just...give up on me. And that's one hurt I simply cannot bear--so it's better for me, inside, to be alone, in the physical sense.

    The road of my life, will just have to remain empty--and there's no changing that, that I can see.

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  • Oh dear ! I am sure your analysis is too extreme. Suggestions [1] Write a novel [2] check out EWRA web site for pleasure and stimulation and contacts , [3] Try the virtual university where you can take a course by internet [ eg creative writing ] for around $15 per term. Forgive me for presuming to offer advice since there is nothing perfect about me, far far from it. David.

  • You're like a piece of a jigsaw that doesn't quite fit. It's not easy being like that. I feel sad for you. I wish it was possible to make our friends happy just by wanting it. I want you to be happy.

    • Yup, a mis-matched jigsaw, that's me! :)

      Please don't feel sad for me, I'm doing enough of that for three people, I think, at the mo'.

      I just am having an incredibly hard time having everything stop so abruptly--sure that won't last long, as I'm going to have my income cut, in a few weeks, so it's back to minor crisis mode, pretty soon, LOL. (In other words, everything back to normal).

  • Hi David,

    You're not at all being presumptious--I am flattered that you even take the time to write!

    I'm not sure what EWRA is, but I'll look it up.

    As for the novel--as a manic depressive, finishing even just a short story or a ten-minute or short one-act play is a major undertaking for me. If I'm on deadline for a school essay, or am asked to submit an article, that's another matter: with me and my writing, work is work and play is play--if I HAVE to write something, I always push myself and get it done, usually on time or even ahead of schedule. That said...

    My recreational writing--even this blog--while I love it--I find it sometimes a major chore...especially when suffering from depression. It's frustrating for me, because at the moment, it's literally the only major form of recreation I have left--short of reading and/or watching Doctor Who re-runs, or listening to music. I doubt, without someone or something in my life right there, to motivate me when I'm lagging, that I could ever write a long play or novel. And fiction isn't really something I do well. I used to dream of writing a book or a great play, someday--it's just that I no longer believe in that dream very much.

    As for the courses--I plan on taking at least one online grammar course. Sadly, again, my mental illness sometimes gets in the way of learning, and I learn better in a structured environment, so online learning is a bit more of a challenge to someone like me--but I am set to enroll in the grammar course on the online university, for just 20 dollars, I think it is. But classes don't start again until Spring of '07, so I have to wait to fully enroll. I'm thinking of adding the PR writing course, just to brush up my PR skills a bit, but not sure.

    You are such a charming and interesting man, and I do always enjoy hearing from you--and constructive advice is always, always welcome.

    Nancy (oldmaid)

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