Randomness
Earlier this evening I had a thought that it has been quite a long time since I have done any creative writing; When I was in high school and college, I would write short stories, poems and free verse. It wasn’t at all unusual for me to write a couple of stories in an average week; usually based on something that happened to me personally but still in a fictional context. I am not sure how I got away from that style of writing and into a more narrative style.
If I was pressed for an answer, I might say that I have been more interested in examining my life and my surroundings in the last few years. The reason for that is likely that I don’t feel as if I fully understand what’s inside me and around me. I seem to remember a famous philosopher saying that the unexamined life is not worth living. I am not sure if I would take it to that extreme, but I feel as though examining one’s life to a moderate degree can be time well spent.
Tomorrow will be a somewhat busy day- I have a show that I am planning to attend where a novelist and magazine writer that I like will be signing his latest book. I want to ask him to write a story about the merry little band of racers that I hang around with. I am not sure exactly how I will do this or even if I will try. It’s very possible with his new book having just been released that he won’t have the time for a real conversation. I will go anyway and hope for the best.
Either before or after that, I have to stop at the raceway and buy a few odds and ends parts. Nothing earth shattering but things that I will need for the next “out of town” race which is next weekend in Bedford, Indiana (a little south of Indianapolis).
Tomorrow evening I am going to meet a friend “P” that I haven’t seen for probably 3 years for dinner. She is newly separated from her second husband; they were together for a little over 2 years. She is very distraught about their separation and her emotions are all over the place. I will try to do a lot of listening and try to understand where she is coming from better. After dinner we are going to mutual friend Lauren’s birthday party which by all indications should be quite a bash. P generously volunteered to bring Lauren’s cake, which I feel is rather nice of her
Unfortunately Lora has somehow invited herself to Lauren’s party. Lauren gave me a list of invitees and I sent out the invitations using the eVite website. Lora was not on the invitee list that I was given, but a few days ago her name popped up on the RSVP list. One of the things about eVite is that anyone that is eVited may invite someone else to attend the event, and that is probably how Lora was invited. If she brings (BF) Haight with her- then no problem she and I and he have been at social gatherings before, but if she comes alone I fear that it will be awkward.
There’s certainly a possible scenario where Lora and I exchange pleasantries and then go about our business, an then there’s the very real possibility that a song we both like will be played, and before you know it we’re dancing and it will seem like “yesterday once more”. I don’t know which of the scenarios I fear the most- the one where we acknowledge that we have lost each other or the one where we realize that we are still important to each other?
To further complicate matters- Ann is due back from her spring break trip tomorrow, she had said that she would love to go to the party for Lauren, but she is arriving on a late flight and probably won’t be able to make it- but didn’t rule it out. Of course the best of all worlds would be for Ann’s flight to be early enough for her to come to the party… without question I would like that the best at this moment.
As long time readers of mine probably know…. Nothing will happen in reality quite the way that I have described it here; so you will have to check back early next week to get the story.
If I was pressed for an answer, I might say that I have been more interested in examining my life and my surroundings in the last few years. The reason for that is likely that I don’t feel as if I fully understand what’s inside me and around me. I seem to remember a famous philosopher saying that the unexamined life is not worth living. I am not sure if I would take it to that extreme, but I feel as though examining one’s life to a moderate degree can be time well spent.
Tomorrow will be a somewhat busy day- I have a show that I am planning to attend where a novelist and magazine writer that I like will be signing his latest book. I want to ask him to write a story about the merry little band of racers that I hang around with. I am not sure exactly how I will do this or even if I will try. It’s very possible with his new book having just been released that he won’t have the time for a real conversation. I will go anyway and hope for the best.
Either before or after that, I have to stop at the raceway and buy a few odds and ends parts. Nothing earth shattering but things that I will need for the next “out of town” race which is next weekend in Bedford, Indiana (a little south of Indianapolis).
Tomorrow evening I am going to meet a friend “P” that I haven’t seen for probably 3 years for dinner. She is newly separated from her second husband; they were together for a little over 2 years. She is very distraught about their separation and her emotions are all over the place. I will try to do a lot of listening and try to understand where she is coming from better. After dinner we are going to mutual friend Lauren’s birthday party which by all indications should be quite a bash. P generously volunteered to bring Lauren’s cake, which I feel is rather nice of her
Unfortunately Lora has somehow invited herself to Lauren’s party. Lauren gave me a list of invitees and I sent out the invitations using the eVite website. Lora was not on the invitee list that I was given, but a few days ago her name popped up on the RSVP list. One of the things about eVite is that anyone that is eVited may invite someone else to attend the event, and that is probably how Lora was invited. If she brings (BF) Haight with her- then no problem she and I and he have been at social gatherings before, but if she comes alone I fear that it will be awkward.
There’s certainly a possible scenario where Lora and I exchange pleasantries and then go about our business, an then there’s the very real possibility that a song we both like will be played, and before you know it we’re dancing and it will seem like “yesterday once more”. I don’t know which of the scenarios I fear the most- the one where we acknowledge that we have lost each other or the one where we realize that we are still important to each other?
To further complicate matters- Ann is due back from her spring break trip tomorrow, she had said that she would love to go to the party for Lauren, but she is arriving on a late flight and probably won’t be able to make it- but didn’t rule it out. Of course the best of all worlds would be for Ann’s flight to be early enough for her to come to the party… without question I would like that the best at this moment.
As long time readers of mine probably know…. Nothing will happen in reality quite the way that I have described it here; so you will have to check back early next week to get the story.