Sunday, June 3, 2007

Sunday Miscellany


    I've learned to love Sundays. 

    Today, the weather is hanging on the fringe of what could be considered pleasant.  The temperatures are warm, but the sky is overcast and demonstrating the myriad shades of gray Nature has at her disposal.  I think it was William Gibson, in his book Neuromancer, who summed it up best when he wrote: "The sky was the color of a television tuned to a dead channel."  At least, I think that was the book.  It's been a damn long time since I read it, and since it's Sunday, I am just too lazy to go and search.  But, regardless, that's what the sky looks like this morning, and for some odd reason, I find myself wanting to abandon my coffee and replace it with a bucket of nice, hot tea.  You see, it's warm, the windows are open, and it's actually quite nice, but I'll be damned if it doesn't just look like a winter sky out there. 

    Right now, I am struggling with a hunk of short fiction I'm working on.  The funny thing is, I love writing, and it's actually turning out to be quite a fun story to tell, but I just don't want to do it right now.  As a result, I keep finding walls and reasons to keep me from writing it.  But, all my dishes are clean, all my laundry's done, the floors are mopped, the grass is cut, the cats are fed, the fridge is stocked, and I really have run out of excuses other than the fact that it's Sunday, and I just want to be one with my furniture and do nothing more challenging than push the occasional button my remote. 

    It's Sunday, man.  I want to be LAZY!  And, I think I will be.  But, if something comes up, I'll let you know. 

    Anyway, I've got to wrap this up and get to doing nothing.  I hope you all had a wonderful, wild weekend.  Did any of you out there do anything crazy? 

-DP

8 comments:

  1. Enjoy your lazy day! Sundays are so good for that!
    Pam

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  2. That's what Sundays are for. So why have I spent all day cutting hedges in the baking hot sun? It's not fair is what it is.
    B.

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  3. Nah... no crazy stuff... you can read about my day yesterday at my journal...

    I am having a lazy Sunday... they are the best... our sky is that kind of gray too.

    be well,
    Dawn
    http://journals.aol.com/princesssaurora/CarpeDiem/

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  4. Hi !!!!!!! Today the weather in my neck of the woods a.k.a. Georgia is nice. The sky is clear and its pretty warm. The wind is warm as well. There's no grey skies here. I have NEVER read the book Neuromancer. I am not doing anything today. The only writing I do these days is writing in a handwritten journal/diary. Once in a while we all need to be lazy so do enjoy it. Take care and enjoy your day.

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  5. Unfortunately ...... no.   Tina

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  6.   Ah, but has the cat been vacuumed? That was, by the way, the very first sentence of Neuromancer, and a very odd novel it was, to be sure. Although it was his next one, Count Zero, that I found almost incomprehensible.
      I had a frickin' busy day, today. Thanks for asking.
    -Paul
    http://journals.aol.ca/plittle/AuroraWalkingVacation/

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  7. How about a spoiled 19 year old, who just started her first job sitting around complaining non-stop. Add that to driving lessons which well, I'm dying my hair again soon lol! Does that count for an exciting weekend? (Hugs) Indigo

    Hey while your looking for things to distract you from your short story, how about a visit to my journal. You know it's been ages since you've been by. (Hugs) Indy

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