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Sunday,
July 8, 2001
Blink. .
.blink. . .
Ow. Ow ow ow.
My
eyes hurt. No, that's an understatement -- my eyes feel like lightly
poached eggs that a diabetic cat has urinated upon (yes, it's a
dangling participle -- so sue me). I don't know if it's a result
of staring at this screen for so long (and I don't know why my eyes
would suddenly hurt now, after so many bloody hours where they were
simply fine), or if I'm coming down with something, or what. All
I know is that I critiqued a manuscript and a half for FutureClassics,
then had to spend about an hour revising my resume for the faboo
job I pre-interviewed for on Friday, then another couple of hours
browsing through the ineffable Nicholas
Grinder's journal archives to refresh the voice of "I Play
Dead"'s main character, and now I'm just about ready to claw
my eyes out of my head.
Instead,
here I sit tapping out a journal entry for you folks. Don't ever
tell me I don't love you.
Re-reading
NG's stuff was worth it, however -- he's one of the most powerful,
poignant, sexy journalers I've ever read (which, in retrospect,
is why I'm using him as the model for my erstwhile journaler Edward
Blakely). Mr. Grinder's gone on to a weblog these days, little blips
of interesting links and curmudgeonly commentary, and I'm grateful
for them, but I do kinda miss the days when he'd post long, blackly
funny entries on the latest idiocy at work, the British government,
society at large, or the wonderful screeds about his long-distance
love affair with his then-girlfriend and now-wife.
That
said, I'd rather have him happily married and posting short blurbs
than unhappily single and generating long entries, no matter how
entertaining, out of boredom and loneliness. There, that's my altruistic
gesture for the day, so be grateful.
{A
pause for water, and an intimate encounter with my exercise tape}
Phoo.
It's amazing how leaping around like a deranged lemur for a half
hour can actually make you feel much better. Endorphins are wonderful
things, yes they are, and the sensation of dripping with sweat just
makes me feel so incredibly virtuous. Now maybe I can get back to
work on this piece and knock it out of the box by tomorrow morning.
And
on a final note of weirdness. . .
Hum.
Is it my imagination, or do I look like I'm related somehow to Arnold
Vosloo in that picture up there? Something about the full lower
lip and broad cheekbones is making me flash on His Arnoldness in
THE MUMMY.
Oh,
well -- better Arnold than the guy who played Bennie.
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