Will Work For Ideas
Mentally bankrupt. Broke. Down. Got nothin'.
I don't even have an excuse for not blogging. I honestly believe that I am not drinking enough. Bought a bottle of Southern Comfort today, that may help.
I've been watching the fifth season of Six Feet Under, such a nice show.
I finally finished Swann's Way, can't wait to start the next book in the series.
Walked for two hours today. Up hills. Down hills. Ozark hikes make for strenuous exercise.
I've heard that you can't buy Southern Comfort outside of the south...is this true? Anyone? Sounds like a urban legend to me.
Pornstar has requested book suggestions...what do you guys have? If the goal is something quick and engaging (yet strange), I would say 'Running with Scissors' by Augusten Burroughs. Or possibly the Geographers library (can't remember the authors name)...a Davinci Code for the mentally unchallenged.
I am tilling my garden by hand this year, just to torment myself. To be planted: okra, squash, tomato, watermelon, cucumber.
*sigh* Sorry for the dullery. My mind may be online by tomorrow. Hope you are well.
I don't even have an excuse for not blogging. I honestly believe that I am not drinking enough. Bought a bottle of Southern Comfort today, that may help.
I've been watching the fifth season of Six Feet Under, such a nice show.
I finally finished Swann's Way, can't wait to start the next book in the series.
Walked for two hours today. Up hills. Down hills. Ozark hikes make for strenuous exercise.
I've heard that you can't buy Southern Comfort outside of the south...is this true? Anyone? Sounds like a urban legend to me.
Pornstar has requested book suggestions...what do you guys have? If the goal is something quick and engaging (yet strange), I would say 'Running with Scissors' by Augusten Burroughs. Or possibly the Geographers library (can't remember the authors name)...a Davinci Code for the mentally unchallenged.
I am tilling my garden by hand this year, just to torment myself. To be planted: okra, squash, tomato, watermelon, cucumber.
*sigh* Sorry for the dullery. My mind may be online by tomorrow. Hope you are well.
posted by Samwick @ 12:20 PM
11 Comments:
At 2:16 PM,
Jeremy said…
My recipe for lassitude, old chap, is to find a good woman and fall in love with her. There's nothing like romance to get the blood a-stirring.
And for an invigorating drink, what better than a gin and tonic, and lots of them.
As for books, I've enjoyed recently - and so recommend - "Reading Lolita in Tehran" and "The Dogs of Babel".
I've discussed both on my site, so drop in any time.
Yes, I do agree with you, old fellow, that the Da Vinci Code is rubbish. And I needed only to read its first page to know that it was, since rubbish, like beauty, is hard to define, but you know it when you see it.
At 10:02 PM,
Impulsivecompulsive said…
The Southern Comfort thing is definately an urban legend. I can guarantee you it's made it at least as far north as Whitehorse (Yukon Territory), so that pretty much blows that little legend right out of the water.
And I second Jeremy on the gin and tonic, one of my personal favorites.
And I also second you on the not drinking enough. Nothing brings out the blogger in me like double vision and slurred speach. I don't know why, but it works.
Book wise, I'm currently making my way through Collapse, by Jeremy Diamond. Can't tell you if it's living up to Diamond's hype as of yet, but I'm definately facinated by early Polynisian explorers now. Those people were freakin' hardcore. Seriously. Take a canoe, aim for nowhere, and let'er rip, through shark infested waters, and lacking a potty? That's just crazy.
At 10:19 PM,
Impulsivecompulsive said…
My bad. That should read "Jared Diamond". I type "Jeremy" once, and next thing you know, I just run with it.
At 11:44 PM,
Unknown said…
I plead ignorant on the matter of invigorating drinks. A cup of tea does wonders for me.
But blogging ideas - I have one. How about the right wing Rorschach test that you vaguely touched upon on Dadahead's comments section once? Surely, that will be as interesting (and quick) as the two word book reviews.
It is indeed mind numbing some days - Tom DeLay saved me from blanking out recently. Joe at Unreal City has decided to call it a day at his own blog. But I am really glad that he still plans to blog with me. And yes, tilling the garden by hand is a sure shot cure for a foggy brain, especially if you have fireants in your area like we do in Houston.
At 2:18 PM,
Sheryl said…
Sorry you are having writer's block, Matt. It happened at the beginning of the year,however, and you came back to write some super hysterical entries. I keep telling friends about your roma tomato entry.
Maybe rather than worrying about what you are writing now, you should just take some time out to enjoy reading what you have written. :-) Or take your best entries and see if you can't make a collection out of them for publishing. :-) That way you can be productive while you are not in a creative mood.
Book suggestion: "The Mouse that Roared" by Leonard Wibberley. It's absolutely hysterical! Was written in the days of the Cold War, but will always be timely and entertaining. :-) That's my all-time favorite.
At 10:52 AM,
Unknown said…
Have you gone on a vacation with Dadahead? To Nepal ... or Mongolia? Or is tilling the garden by hand taking longer than you had figured?
At 11:13 AM,
Donald said…
It's o.k., Matt. It isn't like I've been blogging a whole lot either. Had I been blogging, I would have just been telling endless, repetitive tales of urine, feces, stench and hallucination. I think you do fine, even when you are not feeling like you're doing fine. So, keep doing!
At 11:11 PM,
Unknown said…
Indeed it is o.k. - didn't mean to pressure you. I only just noticed that you have been blogging solo for more than a year and a half. That must be draining. My own blog is nearly six month old and I am not sure for how long I can carry on.
Still it will be nice to hear from you.
At 8:02 PM,
Sheryl said…
I think it's these religious holidays. Last time Matt blanked out on creative ideas, I think it was right before Xmas. Now it's right before Easter.
At 1:59 PM,
Jeremy said…
Since nearly all great American writers drink, or have drank, so may you become a great writer, and consequently a great blogger, if you drink.
So keep downing those Southern comforts, and the genius inside you rattling its chains and banging on the bars of its prison, will break out.
At 10:43 PM,
Coping Catherine said…
Thank you for the book ideas everyone. Can't wait to delve into something other than a text book. 6 more sleeps and here i come.
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