Writing Subject

Something interesting happened today.

My co-worker is currently pursuing a masters degree in English. Most of his classes are either at night, on the weekends, or some kind of thesis thing. Occasionally, I get to work with him and talk about how annoying people are that come into the store. Sometimes discussions come in the for as to how he's a pescatarian and only eats fish meat. Apparently, it's more eco-friendly than eating real, grade-A American beef. He does miss bacon though.

Anyway, he told me today that he needed my help with something. For one of his classes, he has to write a paper on someone who is a writer. I thought it was funny. He said he didn't really know anyone who really writes. even knowing me, he still doesn't. In any case he is going to do it on me. He just has to figure out the questions or something to interview me about.

So, I guess I have to be the subject of new media journalism. That's a fancy term for people who write blogs and other internet ramblings. It's like saying "executive assistant" instead of "secretary".

There's the whole process of my writings. When I write. The space where I write. Topics. Style. Influences... what have you. Granted, I don't think I could be the subject of an accurate, 8-10 page paper. I am most assured that I can fake it.

Well, I thought it was interesting.

What have I been up to?

What have I been up to lately?

Not all that much really. Or, at the very least, not all that much that I would consider interesting. Well, I don't think it would be interesting enough for people to actually care about it.

First and foremost, I play World of Warcraft. It gives me something to do. I live a boring life and many of the people I know, that are near or around my age, have families or significant others at the the very lest. I have a computer.

Also, I haven't really been drinking much for 2 reasons. Well, there are probably more than 2 reasons, but I'll stick with that for now. One reason is that I have gout. Gout can get aggravated by alcohol and yeast (read: beer). Since, I know what the pain of gout can feel like, I want to avoid feeling it if I can help it. Two is that there is a lack of reason to drink. I don't drink alone, and typically only do it socially. Since, I have lacked in the whole social thing as of late, drinking has been reduced. A positive out of the situation is less money being spent, so more potentially saved.

What dips into the wallet is car problems. Now, I love my car. It has been better to me than it really needs to. It is just lately, there have been some I say "costly" repairs. Granted, hey are not the expensive repairs some people have to deal with like transmission or something going. Thousands of dollars are not leaving my bank account for this purpose. Still, I don't make a lot of coin, so when hundreds of dollars leave at once, it gets significant.

I work a lot too. If I am not doing that, I tend to be sleeping. Next week has me pulling a few days worth of working from open till close. My boss and one of the major coworkers are heading to a convention over the weekend, so I get to fill in the time. Being in a mall, my store has no chance of closing for even a little while. I will have some back up, but they cant be there all the time either.

On the entertainment front, I am trying to watch Angel when I can. It took me forever to finish up he first season. It was just losing me. Thankfully, it picked up at he end and made me want to watch the second season. I have all of the seasons from various sales over a few years. I still should finish Buffy as well.... and the fourth season of Dexter.

I will probably go into more depth with these topics at a later time, as well as the reasons I make up as to why I don't write. Well, that's all I got for now.