spacesick as carrie

i haven’t written for a number of days – i’ve been sick and uninspired. i see why people get burned out so quickly. sometimes i feel like i don’t have anything to say. there is a dilemma: do i write something half-assed or do i wait and give it everything? i hate to post dog shit just for the sake of posting.

here’s an example of something i tried to write in the last four days:

Seth writes: “peanut butter jelly with a baseball bat.”

i have never eaten a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in my life. it’s the jelly – i’ve never liked it. it is cold and slimy. who wants to eat that?

there were maybe three or four times that i had a bit of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in my life. i would be at a friend’s house, and his mom would make sandwiches, and i wouldn’t see the jelly in there. from the plate, it looked like a peanut butter sandwich. then i would dive in and have that cold jelly hit my tongue.

nasty.

let’s face it – i don’t have my A game right now. what is the problem? i can’t get anything going.

baseball bat

brats

the ramones

closet republicans

awful. reading that passage is like getting stuck on a transatlantic flight with laura schlesinger: you’d root for a heart attack or engine failure just to please, god, end it. i mean, jesus. terrible. and i tried a number of times. i just couldn’t write.

so i quit. and saved it.

but whatever. must. keep. going. maybe the inspiration hits now that this cold has finally broke and the weekend is here and i get a new driver’s license photo next week and the elections are just around the corner…

sidenote: Q – but you didn’t begin this post with an email?
A – so?

Q – does that mean you may have an entry now and then without an email?
A – i could if i wanted. i’m god around here, remember?

Q – it’s just that, i thought the point of this thing was to respond to an email from someone you don’t know?
A – hey, sometimes the people in charge cheat. bend the rules to suit their needs. that’s life pal – get used to it.

Q – but, that would be like the president saying we have to go to war for one reason, going to war, then changing the reason later on after the initial reason proved false.
A – (silence.)