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I am sitting in a car in downtown Chicago, waiting for my friend (and owner of said car) to have an appointment so we can go home after a whirlwind of a day. See I just got back from a 19 hour trip to Wisconsin. Yup 19 hours. We left from downtown at 3 yesterday afternoon and got back downtown at 10 this morning.
We spent 4 hours sleeping, 6 hours driving and 9 hours helping one of my best friends in the world celebrate being on this planet for 30 years. I also got to see and have dinner with my mom and roll around with two of the loveliest dogs I know. It was superb.
So now I am going to drink the rest of my coffee (still warm from Rockford! Go new insulated Thermos cup!) and close my eyes for a moment or two while I wait for my friend to arrive. I hope the rest of my weekend can be just as amazing. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
I always have a ton to say, sometimes too much, but often I don't have the energy or feel witty enough to share it with you. That leads to a spotty blog history and for that I apologize to any readers who are still hanging on (and I know the fiction site hasn't been updated either, it's not that I haven't been thinking about it, it's just I haven't had one good blasted idea since I posted the first two).
So today I would like to instead introduce you to another blogger. Her name is Suburban Sweetheart and she is a midwest girl telling tales from a large east coast city which makes her writing hit the mark with me (though I am not east coast, I definitely have felt the overwhelming "This City is Just Too Damn BIG!, I'm taking my ball and going home!" feeling before). I came across her from a real life friend who knows her in real life and said one day "Hey, check out my friends blog, I think you'll like her" And I did.
Feel free to scan through her posts, it might not all line up for you but I guarentee there will be a post (or more!) in there that hits home for you at some point. The catalyst for this sharing today? I came across the video below (which she got from somewhere else) that was great. And I wanted to viral it a bit further. So check out the video. Check out the post it came from. Check her out. And Suburban Sweetheart - if you come across this post, I hope it gives you a warm feedback fuzzy feeling, that yes, people out there are reading and are enjoying. Thanks for all your insights.
I've started a new blog. I'm not abandoning this one, though by my own visits as of late you'd never know. I just needed a space to let out some creative steam that's been building for awhile.
I talk about being a writer (or maybe I just think it secretly in my head all the time) but in reality I've never really done a damn thing to progress that dream outside my daily random fantasies. And while, don't get me wrong, daily random fantasies are great, they neither pay the rent nor truly satisfy the soul.
I also bitch about my job. A lot. Too much probably. And after a recent conversation with a friend in which it was pointed out to me that if you are not doing anything to get to what you want then you need to stop bitching (I know, seems obvious in that whole hindsight, 20/20 thing, but it gave me pause at the time) I have decided to put some kind of effort into this project.
So this is my attempt to stop bitching. Or at least bitch with validity. I'm linking once to the new site from here but I'm not linking back. See while most of you know me, this is still a somewhat hidden spot from others and I'd like to keep it that way. The other site, where I embarrass the hell out of myself by sharing page long insights into my crazy, well that one I might want to be more free with.
So, if you'd like to hear the random, unfinished fiction ramblings of JJ than follow me over to Windy City Writer
