I've been humming way to much Willie Nelson lately. Usually that's a telltale sign of clinical depression, but I think the opposite is the case here. It's a manageable obsession, I don't think any prescription drugs are called for yet.

...brief aside...

Updike's great skill is in creating characters that you mistakenly remember as real people. I think of Rabbit in a manner different than I think of Raskolnikov or Zuckerman. Fully formed characters that act out their lives with, well, not a consistent perspective, but a highly personal and original perspective. His characters are as pained and shifty as the people I know in real life. I'm finally getting around to reading Rabbit Remembered - what's amazing is that the reader remembers Rabbit with as much ambivalence and tender nostalgia as his fictional son, wife, illegitimate daughter and friend/competitor.

... ok, I'm done...

It's almost daylight and i'm thinkin' about a girl...

I've been humming way to much Willie Nelson lately. Usually that's a telltale sign of clinical depression, but I think the opposite is the case here. It's a manageable obsession, I don't think any prescription drugs are called for yet.

...brief aside...

Updike's great skill is in creating characters that you mistakenly remember as real people. I think of Rabbit in a manner different than I think of Raskolnikov or Zuckerman. Fully formed characters that act out their lives with, well, not a consistent perspective, but a highly personal and original perspective. His characters are as pained and shifty as the people I know in real life. I'm finally getting around to reading Rabbit Remembered - what's amazing is that the reader remembers Rabbit with as much ambivalence and tender nostalgia as his fictional son, wife, illegitimate daughter and friend/competitor.

... ok, I'm done...

It's almost daylight and i'm thinkin' about a girl...

arbeit:::

It's the holidays. Cash flow crunch time. I'm amazed that this year my life has coagulated into a manageable fit of regularity. Bills get paid. Work gets done. I can actually be accused of productivity! the easypricematch.com site is running at an even keel at this point, orders are being made, processed and shipped with a stunning display of efficiency. Other contracts are milling around on the sidelines, the promise of liquidity seems to bear toward fruition.

Spiel:::

Not only do i have a work-life, but the humble foundation of a social life too. I actually invest more than a moment in enjoying the minutes that tick by. That's a rather grand step, I think.