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10/08/2008 - 30th Birthday
7/25/2008 - Installing Blinds
6/03/2008 - The Great Wall
5/30/2008 - Rudeness
5/22/2008 - Sick Days At Work
4/09/2008 - Home Warrantee
3/31/2008 - Animal Crackers
3/17/2008 - Green Beverage Day
3/05/2008 - I Should Write A Novel
2/26/2008 - The Evil Oak
2/18/2008 - A Tribute To My iPod
2/11/2008 - Criminology Textbooks
2/04/2008 - The Surgery
1/31/2008 - WDW Marathon Part V
1/25/2008 - WDW Marathon Part IV
1/19/2008 - WDW Marathon Part III
1/17/2008 - WDW Marathon Part II
1/16/2008 - WDW Marathon Part I
1/12/2008 - Marathon Details
1/09/2008 - Running From My Run
1/04/2008 - The Holidays
1/01/2008 - First Blog
I Should Write A Novel
How hard could it be? . . . I realize that the autobiographical facts stated in my blogs are sometimes...
questionable... but the following is absolutely true:
I have decided to write a novel.
I won't promise anything good, original, or even legible, but what I can
promise is that I have made the choice to write one. I think this is the
most important part. Anyone can just write a novel, but it takes a special
talent to sit down and decide to write one.
Shakespeare used to skip that step entirely, using one million monkeys at
one million typewriters to come up with his extremely dated plays. Imagine
how much more complicated my novel's creation will be.
I won't tell you what the story is about because I don't want my idea stolen.
I am extremely paranoid that one of my three readers rush their much better
version of my story off to the publisher. That, and I haven't come up with any
good ideas yet.
This, of course, means that I need motivation.
Your job: if you see me on the street, at work, or on the internet, give
me little bits of encouragement.
"I'm looking forward to that novel,"
"I can't wait to read your book," and
"Man, you look GOOD!" are all encouraging words that I need to hear
right now.
If this is too much trouble, simply hand me a twenty and I will be on my
way.
I know what you're thinking, and yes, if I'm forcing you to read this blog,
then I will most certainly do the same for a book. If I finish it (or start
it), you can look forward to me coming by your house to physically force
yourself and any family members to read my inspirational work of prose. This
may sound a bit extreme, but look on the bright side: If I fail in this endeavor,
you can print this blog up and use it to torment me for the rest of time.
Jeff's moral for the day: If you complain about reading your friend's long-winded
blog, he'll often be happy to provide something that is worse.
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