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Blog 2

 Yesterday I watched Adaptation, a meta-movie about writing a screenplay. That's all I'm gonna say. It's the same director of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which I guess was very meta as well, but absolutely wonderful to watch. Submitted two stories to Ricepaper and Apparition. Been sleeping at 2 plus every night, and waking up early in the morning to fetch the kids. Hardly any friends, since I am always at home.  Finished writing a story yesterday titled Flies. When I read my first few stories, I felt the language was much more colourful, sharper and probably better than my latest story. My latest story feels very stilted. But, hopefully, it will get easier.  After everything that has happened, it probably won't. But at least I'm getting back into it? And probably this blog will help as well. It's like I'm writing for the world, but at the same time, it feels private since no one will probably read this anyway. And anyone who stumbles upon this blo...

Blog 1

 My first blog.  Figured this would be something healthy, for me to express myself in a personal way, yet also with an audience in mind, because God knows, I am so desperately lonely. I feel like I am the only one feeling this way, though every article and movie and word of wisdom keeps on saying otherwise, that everyone else is feeling the same way. I feel as if I am the only one that does not have a job, rely on his parents to keep his family afloat, a wife and two kids, with another one on the way. I can't talk much to anybody except for babies and children, small children, toddlers perhaps. I can't ask them much about what they do, lest they ask me back. But even if they do, I will just say the truth. It does get uncomfortable.  Anyway, I have been watching a lot of movies lately, and the Office, for the third time probably, up till season 7, always season 7. Steve Carell leaving just takes the fun factor out. I feel like I have a lot of his character in me. Michael S...