With things being as they are in the
world, I thought it might be a good idea to start this blog on a decidedly
positive note. Here are some things I'm glad to be looking forward to, this
week...
In lieu of
- A
garden to do garden work in (Did I mention that gardening is a fairly
uncommon hobby in the Bronx?)
- The
fun prospect of moving cross-state (Did I mention that I'm quite
passionate about hating moving?)
- A
3-year old to visit an 82-year old with (Did I mention that I told my kids
not to have kids any time soon?!)
I'm mainly looking forward to reading.
Last night I finished Sourcery by that man with the uncanny talent for fanciful wordsmithery, Terry Pratchett, which leaves me with the major task of figuring out whether I want to jump right into the next book in his Discworld series, Wyrd Sisters (can't get enough of Pratchett at the moment), revisit Solaris by Stanislaw Lem (another one of my favorites), or if I'll finally undertake the massive 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami (it's been on my list for a little while)!. Whichever way I'll decide to go, thanks to the suggestions of some fine folks out there in virtual land, I've gotten myself a copy of Steering the Craft by Ursula K. Le Guin, which I'll delve into alongside the winner of my little what-to-read-next competition.
I'm also looking forward to writing, in the hopes of being able to string together three or more words in a somewhat sensible fashion, with the intent of getting the hapless protagonist of my opus in progressu—a fancy space tale expected to hit bookstore shelves sometime within the coming millennium—into even more trouble, so as to amuse, beguile, or perhaps even enlighten any future readers (presently myself).
It's a fine concept.
Alas, what usually happens is that I
write the three trouble-inducing words and then find myself rather confused as
to how to get the poor lad back out of said trouble. To solve this dilemma I quite
often end up devouring a pack of double-stuffed Oreos, while trying to think up that elusive fourth word, which will
surely make the previous three make perfect sense.
Last but not least, I'm looking forward to looking backward and saying: "Hey, it could be much worse." Although it'll probably sound more like: "Mh, hm phmm hmpf mhh hhfm." (Did I mention the Oreos?)
Last but not least, I'm looking forward to looking backward and saying: "Hey, it could be much worse." Although it'll probably sound more like: "Mh, hm phmm hmpf mhh hhfm." (Did I mention the Oreos?)
Prey, do tell, what might you be looking
forward to?
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