Try to develop steady work habits, maybe a more modest quota, but keep to it. Don’t be thin-skinned or easily discouraged because it’s an odds-long proposition; all of the arts are. Many are called, few are chosen, but it might be you.
-JOHN UPDIKE
I have lots of ideas. Some good, some bad, most ridiculous. I constantly talk about my desire to be a writer, to pursue writing in life and how I can't live without it, blah blah blah. I'm stopped by one giant obstacle: My laziness. Facebooking is easy. Stumbling is easy. Tweeting is easy. Writing is hard. It's difficult for me to write something with which I'm personally pleased. So I fall back on my laziness, my dear, familiar procrastination and let future Christine deal with this whole "writing" business.
WELL. Christine JUST GOT REAL. I'm very inspired by Kathryn's blog and the regularity with which she updates and her themed postings. So inspired, in fact, that I'm going to copy (I almost said borrow, but can you return ideas?) her idea of focused posting. I have a few ideas (pesky critters) running through my brain... without further ado, may I introduce:
SUNDAY SNAPSHOT: A weekly update on my life, my random thoughts and basic word vomit. Sundays are my laziest days, so this will push me to at least produce some material. Also, just talking about life isn't very demanding of requiring of talent, skill or effort... so Simple Sunday Snapshot, welcome aboard!
TUESDAY TIPS: General tips I've accumulated through various life experiences. I pride myself on knowing something about everything because I'm too damn curious for my own good. This leads to hours spent on wikipedia, nat geo, etc.
THURSDAY THOUGHTQUESTIONS: Just more of my answering thought questions. I'm in love with their blog and the beautiful images and provoking questions. I'm delving into myself with each answer.
So to kick start:
SUNDAY SNAPSHOT NUMERO UNO:
This weekend Jonathan went to float the Comal river with his work (luckies) and I spent the weekend with my girlfriend, Heather. Friday we attempted to go see a play but traffic and work conspired against us so we were running too late for the performance and went to Sam's Boat and got drunk instead. Heather said, "I want to drink tequila! But let's not get sloppy," to which I replied, "...are you serious? We're going to drink tequila and NOT get sloppy?!"
It was a pretty fun night. We celebrated our three year anniversary (6/9/08 <3) of meeting and eventually Katie & Greg met up with us in Rice Village. WHICH I LOVE BY THE WAY.
We hung out at Baker Street for a while, just chatting it up and consuming beverages before wanting to shake our groove thangs at Bronx Bar. I remember taking a shot of tequila at Bronx Bar and then nothing until we're in the drive-thru at Taco C. Where we proceeded to purchase over $40 of food. What. The. Hell. Heather still has entire meals in her fridge.
Saturday was BEERFEST. Which would have been better named: BEERBUST. They were NOT prepared for the crowd and lines were ridiculously long. Katie & Greg got there around 4:15 and we met them at 5:45... they've been in line that entire time. And when we got there, we still had to wait at least another 30 minutes. UGH. SO HOT. SO MANY PEOPLE. AND THEY KEPT RUNNING OUT OF BEER AND CUPS. And then they wouldn't let people in the pond/fountain in front of City Hall. I mean... it was cool and I'm sure next year will be so much better since they'll have learned from this year.
Today was a lazy day spent collecting Heather and our cars after cabbing it home last night and then napping on the couch.
I have bootcamp in seven hours. Last Monday's fitness bootcamp put me out of commission for the rest of the week, so I'm definitely not going to go into berserker mode tomorrow. It's stupid to go all out crazy-style one day then not be able to move for the next 4.
I'm sleepy, in love with reading and in a happy place in life. I hope this blogging adventure sticks and is successful!
love,
xine
