As always, it’s a lot of time not doing the things I would like, but it’s still travel, and movement, and not shitty.
Would that I could find a few more moments for reading, and writing.
And silence.
Silence.
Target: 1600 words
Written: 2218 words, novel: Father Lightning
Read: The Stand, Stephen King (here we go)
Comics: Invincible 57-58, The Astounding Wolf-Man 11, Dynamo 5 19
Music: Freaks, PulpSideways. The last two days have been insane.
Thank god we’re off on vacation. I’ve had it.
Oh wait. That’s just as busy.
Target: 1600 words
Written: 905 words, novel: Father Lightning
Read: The Faded Sun: Shon'jir, C.J. Cherryh
Comics: Brit v2 10-11, Noble Causes 38, Invincible 56
Music: Freaked Out And Small (Demos), Presidents Of The United States Of America (in demo form)Not the seriousness of the situation, but the sensation of being pulled down, to my knees, to the floor, to sink in and let my mind bleed out my ears into insensate despair.
I am fighting.
I am not yet losing, but it’s real fuckin’ close.
The kindness thing I can do for myself today is breathe. Continue to breathe.
I’m not sure what the trigger is – probably the monstrous headache I suffered through all day yesterday, and the copious amounts of Advil required to stave off the smallest part of it, plus all the stress of getting everything ready to go away for a week, which should be joyful and peaceful, but is often too busy and people-filled to be so.
Would that I could live in the woods, and release books for free.
Or hide them away, to be discovered after I’m gone, and released to posthumous brilliance.
To the floor, it be, then.
Target: 1600 words
Written: 2383 words, novel: Father Lightning
Read: The Faded Sun: Shon'jir, C.J. Cherryh (perhaps it's just the knowledge of my inferiority)
Comics: Noble Causes 37, Brit v2 9, Invincible 55, Dynamo 5 18
Music: Freaked Out And Small, The Presidents Of The United States Of America (but hopefully, not this last one)As I start the second Faded Sun book, I am again obliterated by the depth of C.J. Cherryh’s creations, the sensitivity of her character creation, the solidity of her cultures, the fluidity of its machinations.
I’ve read a lot of science fiction, and I have yet to find anyone who creates so much depth, so many instantly memorable characters.
Vanye and Morgaine are breathtaking in their complexity; the mri and Sten Duncan fascinating in their mystery.
C.J., if you’re out there, you are far, far too underrated.
I am lost in your worlds.
Target: 1600 words
Written: 800 words, novel: Father Lightning
Read: The Faded Sun: Shon'jir, C.J. Cherryh
Comics: Dynamo 5 15-16, Brit v2 8, Noble Causes 36
Music: Freak Magnet, Violent FemmesI’m catching up and getting things done. Which is good, because we’re about to go away for a week, and I need to make sure I’ve got it all covered.
Temagami, once more we return.
Once more, I dream of your cold and deep embrace.
Target: 1600 words
Written: 2273 words, novel: Father Lightning
Read: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea, Jules Verne
Comics: Brit v2 7, Noble Causes 35, Invincible 50-51
Music: Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand (yes, the actual guy, back from the dead and ready to do it all over again)My baby Sofi is a wicked cute little girl, but she’s fucking gross.
Sami had a reaction to his painkillers and had diarrhea under the bench in our entryway. By the time the smell hit us, Sofi had already eaten every last drop.
Needless to say, face kisses are a strict no for the foreseeable future.
Target: 1600 words
Written: 2585 words, novel: Father Lightning
Read: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea, Jules Verne
Comics: Invincible 48-49, Dynamo 5 11, Invincible Presents: Atom Eve 2
Music: No Man's Land, Frank Turner (the obsession continues)Cat surgery. Hopefully nothing major.
But yeah. Sucks.
Target: 1600 words
Written: 1762 words, novel: Father Lightning
Read: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea, Jules Verne
Comics: Dynamo 5 9-10, Invincible Presents: Atom Eve 1, Brit v2 4
Music: England Keep My Bones Down, Frank Turner (still more obsessed)Back to having all my time monopolized by everyone and everything else.
Fuck.
Target: 1600 words
Written: 1557 words, novel: Father Lightning
Read: The Grey Seas Under, Farley Mowat (I'm already writing the television adaptation in my head)
Comics: Brit v2 2-3, Invincible 46-47
Music: Frank Turner Essentials, Frank Turner (OBSESSED)Man, I’m gonna miss that little Munchkin face.
She’s going to miss our pups; man, is she ever attached to them.
I love it.
Target: 1600 words
Written: 2410 words, novel: Father Lightning
Read: The Grey Seas Under, Farley Mowat
Comics: Dynamo 5 5-6, Invincible 44, Brit v2 1
Music: Frank Black, Frank Black (Black Frank is White)Grandbaby for the weekend. Apparently, she’s into watching Twister and Back To The Future, and the dinosaur scenes in Jurassic Park.
I mean, I watched Jaws at eight, so who am I to judge?
I could never judge the generations behind me for trying mushrooms or pot, or getting lousy, stinkin’ druink, let alone their choice of age-inappropriate movie.
Target: 1600 words
Written: 1497 words, novel: Father Lightning
Read: The Grey Seas Under, Farley Mowat
Comics: Noble Causes 30, Dynamo 5 4, Invincible 42-43
Music: The Fragile (Right), Nine Inch Nails