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Writer’s Block from Lack of Freedom

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OK… I’ll admit it.

I can’t write like I used to.

When I was 22-23 (i.e. the year 2003), I could write angsty entries about pretty much any subject and I rarely had the writer’s block I do now. I wrote about politics, religion, current events, etc with no problem whatsoever. These days… I can’t really write about anything because I have to self-censor. There’s this fear that someone from one of Jon’s churches is going to find the blog and out me or that some future employer is going to google me and find it or the admissions people at whatever grad school I attend are going to use this blog as an excuse to deny me entrance.

Dude… the synod pastor in SW MN Synod described this site as “further evidence of self-destructive behavior on [my] part” after some people at MN Church #1 found it and used it to get at Jon. Like I can really blog out feelings here now?

A lot of my friends who are my age are giving up their blogs, trimming down their online presences, or just not writing as much. Many are adopting passworded sites if they’re going to write and it seems like the carefreeness that we all enjoyed 3 years ago is gone because people are now using whatever we write as a basis for employment or as a way to get into our business.

Am I the only one feeling this way?

ROFL and All That Jazz

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Thus saith Sara:

blessed are those who hunger, for their bowls shall be filled. now.

New kitty has a name! She is Beatitudes, aka Bea.

So far so good on the inter-feline relations. Bea is letting Queen Gracie rule, and being non-agressive. Blessed are the meek, for they shall not have their asses handed to them by big yellow kitties.

Had to laugh at that one…

Today

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A couple things:

  • Mi amigo Eric is marrying his bride Amy.Â? My brother is one of the best men (there are 2).Â? Congrats you two!
  • I’m over 10,000 words for NaNoWriMo which means that being sleepy today isn’t going involve me catching up a ton over the next few days.Â? It’s been good to see how much I’ve been able to just let everything flow.Â? Hopefully, it continues this way.

Halloween and NaNoWriMo

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Halloween:Â? Well… I gave two pumpkins a lobotomy and carved up their shells into cat-o-lanterns.Â? It was about 4F last night which means that we had almost no trick-or-treaters.Â? Those who came were cute.Â? :)Â? I ran into two of my church kids and their dad down at the co-op this afternoon and told them that they needed to come up and get their candy!Â? (I was sad not to see them last night because I’m fond of these guys.)
Nanowrimo:Â? I’m doing it this year.Â? I have about 3400 words as I type this entry and it’s the first day.Â? W00t!

My piece is a murder mystery called “Minnesota Ice” and I’m killing off people I don’t like in it (not by their real names of course) as well as those of my freakish online friends who have asked to die as well.Â? (You know who you are.)Â? And no, I’m not taking requests to kill anyone else off.Â? I already have about 10 people who I need to kill creatively.Â? :)Â? *waves to the nice NSA people who are probably going to shut down this site*
As for who gets a copy at the end of the month, I’m gonna do it this way.Â? Email me if you want a manuscript and if I know you/trust you/do not live within a 40 mile radius of you, I’ll send you a link to my whatgoesaround.org givelist.Â? Make a donation to a charity on that list (I don’t care how much, just give something), send me your confirmation of that (leave off credit card numbers and all that), and I’ll email you a *.zip file of the story.Â? My reasons for this: I get to control who sees the story and some people in need get helped in the process.

Any questions?

Freezing Body Parts Off

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We had serious frost yesterday morning so I had to go scrape the car off while Jon was doing the 8:00 service.Â? This is a tip: do not scrape ice off a car with an expired credit card unless you have mittens on.Â? My fingers were not happy with me.

After two worship services, I went to the local prison and worshipped with Jon.Â? It was interesting going into the prison after seeing all the MSNBC shows.Â? Chapel started late because the count was late but it was awesome.Â? Probably 30-40 guys showed up and we all had a great worship time despite not having musicians and having to sing acapella.Â? I’m going through training in November to be a religious volunteer.

I had a dream about going to Nebraska for some strange reason last night.Â? I think I’ve been listening to too much Lime n’ Violet.