On a bad day, who would you kill?

[raybear]

The problem with giving myself an entire day and an entire evening to work on writing is that I have a hard time getting started when I know there's an expansive stretch of time ahead of me. Which is why it's two o'clock and I'm finally having some lunch and I still haven't done as much as I planned. But it hasn't been a total waste of a morning, since I did take Sophie for a jog and returned a couple phone calls, including one that will hopefully result in a check to pay September rent. And I re-read the Kundera short story that Coxy gave me and read some about Mikhail Bulgakov and decided to use my giftcard to buy materials to learn russian.

So yeah, I decided I want to learn spanish and russian but I don't have money for lessons, so I'll start on my own than perhaps barter with someone later (put out an ad offering free english lessons in exchange). I think it's part of my self-improvement campaign that started when I quit my day job. I figured if I'm going to be a freelancer/part-time worker/starving artist, during slow periods I'd rather not lie around and watch daytime television and make myself depressed (as I am prone to do) and instead will exercise and meditate and study and cook and now, apparently, learn a language. At least I'll be enlightened in my poverty.

I spent most of yesterday in the library with DYA and got a good bit of work done. I love the library. Perhaps I should apply for a part-time job there as well. Except my research gig is in the library, so I might get burnt out. Or I might completely thrive. My to-do list for my life after this weekend is getting longer and longer. I can't believe it's already mid-August. Though you wouldn't think it by the weather. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind the temporary respite from hot weather, I just wish it wouldn't be so extreme. I'm sitting here in jeans, a hooded sweatshirt, and Lowenstein's fuzzy slippers.

For real this time. Must write.

Comments

[cocolola.livejournal.com]

how can you have a temporary respite from hot weather when there hasn't been any hot weather???? we've had more days in the 50's and 60's at this point than days in the 80's or 90's at this point is our "summer." i feel so cheated. anyway, i never write on days i've set aside fro writing. i work better if i just wake up and go straight to my computer and start writing, without doing anything else or talking to anyone because once i interact with humanity i'm corrupted. the grand possibilities of being shiftless set in.