Tuesdays are for Randomness

Hello all! (warning, randomness ahead)

You know something about Tuesday?  It's a little bit "meh".  It's just sandwiched in between horrendous Mondays and then the more awesome middle-of-the-week Wednesdays.  Poor Tuesday. I feel like Tuesdays get a bad rep because they're so close to Mondays.

Anywho, I have been hiding out in my kitchen lately trying all sorts of new recipes.  It's been so much fun and I actually think it has helped my creativity.  Plus, I just feel so much better making homemade meals.  The fewer the preservatives and pesticides that go into my system, the better.  This is actually completely uncharted territory for me.  I bake things like fish and chicken and can throw a few spices on, but that's not really something I consider "cooking".  I'm very proud of myself because I've made homemade mac & cheese, and a host of other awesome things.  Thank goodness for Pinterest.  It has saved me from culinary boredom. I would not have thought though, that being creative in the kitchen would have done anything for my writing.

Strangely enough though, I feel as though it has enhanced my creativity this week and have been able to write  more than I expected.  It is a great feeling, so I'm chalking up my recent culinary inquisitiveness to a serendipitous diversion. I love hobbies.  Cartooning is quickly becoming another hobby that I'm enjoying, though I'm not terribly good at it.  It's one of those things I'll still do, just because I like it. So yes, a bit random, okay fine.  A lot of randomness today.  But it's cool, right? Anyhow, back to contemplating life as I know it.

Happy Tuesday!

Writing Randomness, From the Heart

I should be doing something else right now, specifically writing a paper, but I find myself needing to expound first.  I know I will not be able to write anything intelligible until I pontificate on something completely pointless or random.  Anyone else get those random urges?  Randomness is almost like a disease or compulsion.  Probably more of a compulsion for me.

Anyhow, I am seriously having withdrawal from my camera.  I love love love my new camera and I have been taking pictures with it, but I have not been able to get outside and really exercise its capabilities except for one day when I found a remarkable wasp specimen (sadly I believe it died in the extreme heat).  I had to take a picture because its markings were so clear and beautiful.  It was not exactly what I had in mind for picture-taking…I had been thinking more along the lines of trees and meadows and such.  Whatever works though, right? I really don’t want to write my paper at the moment (I am sure you can tell), I would much prefer to be writing more on The Chronicles of Jane Windall, as well as another story that I am working on.  I am not working on those stories right now though, because I would feel too guilty to write well.  I would be thinking about this paper that I should be writing, but am not (or amn’t depending on where you are from).  

When I feel stuck like this, I usually like to do something completely contrary to what I should be doing and to what I need to do.  Watching a movie, for example, usually helps me a great deal. Sadly, I am unable to do that at the moment.  I found myself thinking of what I will do when I have my first successful book (hopefully sooner rather than later) and decided that I would like to get a Tassimo coffee machine.  It’s like having liquid creativity at your fingertips! Coffee, tea, hot cocoa, cappuccino, latte…need I say more? In my ideal world, when an author gets published, one of those machines would be a standard accompaniment to the first paycheck.  A writer needs their caffeine stimulus, am I right? Perhaps I should opt for a cruise instead, but I figure that the coffee machine will keep on giving back for years to come.  It’s like an investment in my literary future.  Hmm, maybe I could declare that on my taxes.  

I wonder if I were to put up a picture of the Tassimo coffee maker, would it be an adequate motivator? Would I be more likely to complete my writings? Perhaps I will try it. Well, now I really do need to attempt to write this paper. Cheery-O!