I honestly just started typing to complain about having run to the phone for no reason
Okay, I'm tired of getting phone calls from recordings of politicians telling me who to vote for. Particularly as I'm not allowed to vote in the primaries and the only other registered voter in the house just votes for whoever the NRA says to vote for.*
This is one of those posts that would make a better Facebook status. Too bad I'm not logged ON to Facebook right now, HAH HAH.
So to compensate, I might as well type a bunch of other stuff. Um... Jason bought me Ghosts I Have Been theoretically for Mother's Day. I am totally enjoying this and forgot exactly HOW much of an influence it was in small ways on my writing/tastes/various unknown other factors.
I also recently read an old book I started reading at the writer's retreat and decided to ILL instead of waste retreat time on reading instead of writing; it's If You Want to Write by Brenda Ueland. Very much the kick-in-the-pants-I-needed type book. The main premise is, JUST FRIGGIN' WRITE ALREADY BECAUSE WRITING IS GOOD FOR THE SOUL. There is actually a chapter titled "Why Women Who Do Too Much Housework Should Neglect It For Their Writing." I'm thinking I need to print that chapter out and hang it up before I send the book back. Anyway, one of the things the book started me doing again is FREEWRITING. Freewriting is something Angie and I did a lot of in high school as if it was some sort of MYSTICAL PORTAL TO THE SUBCONSCIOUS. I tended to try to take "write down whatever you think of as it comes to you" very literally and I'd end up with these very psychedelic unreadable messy pages. Now I just rejoice in the feel of pen crossing paper very fast for long periods of time without stopping. Um, rejoice until my wrist cramps up, of course. I'm out of practice writing longhand for long periods of time without stopping.
And anyway I forgot to freewrite the past two days because I was too busy rereading Ghosts I have Been.
Also, here's another Facebook-worthy statement I almost actually would have made on Facebook yesterday if I had been on the computer at ALL, let alone logged into Facebook-- PLANTS ARE PLANTED! I have annuals in the front and herbs and veggies in the back!!!!!! Sam planted pumpkins, because he wanted to buy pumpkin seeds when we were at the store and I thought Why not, that would be fun for him. We planted those on the compost heap, which is the only place we really have to plant pumpkins in. I have bought mostly roma tomatoes this year because they're best for salsa, but I also got some cherry tomatoes. Planted cucumbers, green beans, lettuce, radishes, parsley, cilantro, basil, oregano (in a pot), and thyme (also in a pot). think that's it. Oh, and some hot peppers I started from seed, but I'm not sure they're doing so, um, hot. Possibly because Maddie kept dumping them out. The other things I tried starting indoors from seed did even worse. I need a grow-lamp.
And see, now I've started typing and I can't stop, even though I could be using the rest of naptime for other things like reading more Ghosts I have Been. Oh well, it really wasn't that long, and anyway naptime's over, and I don't think Sam slept. Maddie is still sleeping. So technically naptime is not over for her, but Sam can probably be allowed out of his room now...
*This MAY not actually be true, but you could have fooled me.
This is one of those posts that would make a better Facebook status. Too bad I'm not logged ON to Facebook right now, HAH HAH.
So to compensate, I might as well type a bunch of other stuff. Um... Jason bought me Ghosts I Have Been theoretically for Mother's Day. I am totally enjoying this and forgot exactly HOW much of an influence it was in small ways on my writing/tastes/various unknown other factors.
I also recently read an old book I started reading at the writer's retreat and decided to ILL instead of waste retreat time on reading instead of writing; it's If You Want to Write by Brenda Ueland. Very much the kick-in-the-pants-I-needed type book. The main premise is, JUST FRIGGIN' WRITE ALREADY BECAUSE WRITING IS GOOD FOR THE SOUL. There is actually a chapter titled "Why Women Who Do Too Much Housework Should Neglect It For Their Writing." I'm thinking I need to print that chapter out and hang it up before I send the book back. Anyway, one of the things the book started me doing again is FREEWRITING. Freewriting is something Angie and I did a lot of in high school as if it was some sort of MYSTICAL PORTAL TO THE SUBCONSCIOUS. I tended to try to take "write down whatever you think of as it comes to you" very literally and I'd end up with these very psychedelic unreadable messy pages. Now I just rejoice in the feel of pen crossing paper very fast for long periods of time without stopping. Um, rejoice until my wrist cramps up, of course. I'm out of practice writing longhand for long periods of time without stopping.
And anyway I forgot to freewrite the past two days because I was too busy rereading Ghosts I have Been.
Also, here's another Facebook-worthy statement I almost actually would have made on Facebook yesterday if I had been on the computer at ALL, let alone logged into Facebook-- PLANTS ARE PLANTED! I have annuals in the front and herbs and veggies in the back!!!!!! Sam planted pumpkins, because he wanted to buy pumpkin seeds when we were at the store and I thought Why not, that would be fun for him. We planted those on the compost heap, which is the only place we really have to plant pumpkins in. I have bought mostly roma tomatoes this year because they're best for salsa, but I also got some cherry tomatoes. Planted cucumbers, green beans, lettuce, radishes, parsley, cilantro, basil, oregano (in a pot), and thyme (also in a pot). think that's it. Oh, and some hot peppers I started from seed, but I'm not sure they're doing so, um, hot. Possibly because Maddie kept dumping them out. The other things I tried starting indoors from seed did even worse. I need a grow-lamp.
And see, now I've started typing and I can't stop, even though I could be using the rest of naptime for other things like reading more Ghosts I have Been. Oh well, it really wasn't that long, and anyway naptime's over, and I don't think Sam slept. Maddie is still sleeping. So technically naptime is not over for her, but Sam can probably be allowed out of his room now...
*This MAY not actually be true, but you could have fooled me.