Somewhere in Utopia...

Thursday morning and I'm up, typing away on Emm's computer, thinking about the future. I really do need to make a few more calls today, and I will get to them. I also want to do a bit more online job searching (which is what I did yesterday). But more importantly, I really want to do some writing today! I started doing a bit the other day and finally finished off chapter 1 of the vampire comedy love story last night. Being that I'm on vacation right now and suddenly have a boatload of extra time to spare, I figure I may as well do what I always set out to do during vacations but never get around to.

VH1 Classic is now my ultra-favorite channel. I'm finding myself watching this channel for way too long. It's funny how you can see all these ancient videos and completely forget there were videos for them. Curse you, Dish Network!!! There's a show they have on certain days called "The Alternative" that's very much like a one-hour version of 120 Minutes. Very cool stuff. They just played a video by The Katydids, a band I'd completely forgotten about.

...so yeah, I'm still here in NJ and mentally it still feels strange. Not in a bad way, but more like the beginning of college years sort of way. I know that when I head back to MA it's going to feel weird. It's going to feel like heading home for the weekend like I did all those years ago when I was in college. I know I've said something like that before on here, but it just bears repeating, I guess. Is this what moving on really feels like? I don't know. I'm not getting all sappy or anything. I'm also not as desperately depressed as I was way back when. I was with someone I held dear back then, and she had stayed behind in that small town, and it was the one thing that was really holding me back from moving on. I don't blame her for that, though. I did have a lot of growing up to do and a lot of that had to be done at home, I suppose. Anyway, I just think that after a few months here of getting to know the area and getting a job (whether it's temp or not), living here in NJ will come to me. Just like living in Boston took awhile for me to get used to.

So yeah. Back to the writing. I think once I have a normal schedule going (and a desk to put my puter on!), I'll get a hell of a lot more done. Things are looking very good right now.

(nice dream)

Forgot to post on here about the dream I had the other day...I was hanging with the gang down here, when i got a package in the mail. I opened it up and it was a trade paperback. I took a closer look, and I saw that it was my book. My first published novel, in trade form, a good inch thick, with a nifty picture of me in the back that didn't make me look like an overweight dork. It even had a nice bright beige color to it with red lettering.

I don't know which novel it was that got published, but the fact that it was my first novel and it had a really nice package to it just thrilled me to bits. The fact that I just got one in the mail and not the typical complimentary package (some publishers do that if you ask nicely and use them for promotional stuff) kind of confused me, but just the fact that it was MY BOOK. PUBLISHED. IN MY HANDS. Quite possibly one of the best dreams I've had in a long time. :)

Of course, this just means that I'm gonna have to work that much harder to see that dream come to life. :)

D'OH!

Okay, a mere hour after the last post and my back is KILLING ME. The same back problem I had the day before I came down here. It's hell to get up and it's troubling to walk, but other than that it's actually not that bad...annoying, but bearable. So much for doing all the things I wanted to do today!!! Oy...

See, this is why I want to leave my present job. It's done nothing but stress me out and make my back hurt more often than it used to.

And Lynxie, before you answer: yes, it is old age, I'll admit. Shut up. :P

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