Michael's gone...

[kevyn]

Michael left to go home to Canada this morning, and I am heartsick about it. Rarely have I ever cried at a parting. This guy really has got to me good. I guess this means that I am really in love! *sigh* I miss him already.

It also doesn't help that I am feeling sick, today. I woke up with a sore throat, stuffy/runny nose, and coughing up phlegm. Yuck. At least my quitting smoking for New Year's (4 days and counting) will help mitigate the symptoms.

I didn't get out of bed until the afternoon, today. Part of it was sadness at Michael's leaving, part of it was feeling sick, and part of it was just not having anything better to do, since I am unemployed again, my seasonal temp job at Port Chatham having ended last week.

Scruffy Rumbler called me today to tell me that he has finished putting together my new festival pants - he is so sweet to do that for me - and I can't wait to debut them at Breitenbush... which, incidentally, I registered for today.

I also dreamed today, of being a writer. Hmmm, strange how that one career keeps coming back into my consciousness. But I have no idea what to write, or how to make money at it. The only time I've ever been paid to write was when I wrote columns for the Kansas State Collegian, and I really don't have any desire to do that again. And I sometimes think I lack the emotional understanding of how people operate to create good characters. Although I am an excellent writer, I never have been described as an especially good storyteller... besides, I don't really believe in intellectual property in my heart, and novels have never been my favourite form of writing.

I suppose I should look at this again. After all, it would be a profession I could do from anyplace (like, Point Roberts, maybe? or on the road, even...).

How do I make money at it? That is the question...

*hugs*

Hagrid

Comments

Re: Write essays

[kevynjacobs.livejournal.com]

This is actually a very good idea. I seem to do pretty well at writing essays. And The United States of Borg has garnered quite a bit of success over the 9 years since I wrote it, having been copied all over the net, and even getting cited in scholarly papers!

In order to be a better essayist, I need to do a couple of things, though - learn to de-coulpe some of my emotional mood swings from my essays, not rant as much, and do better fact checking.

Pondering, pondering..

P.S. Teri, when the hell are you going to set up an account here instead of always responding anonymously? When you respond anonymously, you don't get email notifications when I, or someone else, responds to your comments!

Re: Write essays

[(Anonymous)]

I do not need email notification. I don't need a cell phone. I don't need a PDA. I don't need a 70 inch plazma screen tv. I don't need a Lexus....Ranting might be good...
AngryHobbit

Re: Write essays

[kevynjacobs.livejournal.com]

That's your choice. However, email notification is free, unlike anything else yo listed (most of which you are right about you don't need). And without registering as a LiveJournal user, you don't get to see about 90% of what I write in the journal.