I was able to take three whole days away from writing on the
last “break” I took. I thought I could go a week, but events transpired and I
thought it was necessary to get it all written down. That said, I really do
need to take a little more time away from this blog to do some heavy-duty
editing of the first year (roughly) of the original blog, which will then
be available in e-book format for sale to the general public for a reasonable
price. Included in this book will be some new material, new ideas, and all of
the classic posts from word one in a cold hard prison cell in what seems like a
century ago. This idea has been kicked around for a while, but it all finally
became real in a series of Google Doc’s emails I got last week from my cousin
who had done some serious proofreading and commenting and moving around of
posts to turn it all into chapters in book format. Now all my mother and I need
to do is reword a few hundred things, add some content before and after, and
spend a lot of time looking for grammatical errors of which there were plenty
in my early writing. We have our work cut out for us, so they say. Who? Er…
Whom? No, who says that? They do.
A final thank you to the people who were kind enough to donate
to me GoFundMe campaign: I raised a total of $379 which I put toward the
expense of my camera that I am now in possession of. I got the one I wanted: a
Sony a6000 series. It’s truly a beautiful camera, and I look forward to taking
pictures everywhere I go. I thought of photographing trees, or the icy mist
that hovered above the lights this frozen morning, but then I had a thought
that all of that was irrelevant in the grand scheme of things, and I have a much
better idea; you will see. It will take a few days for me to get the next post
out, but something tells me it will be mostly visual.
I’ve spent maybe an hour over the last couple days trying to
figure out all of the knobs, buttons, and dials on this fancy camera, all
without the aid of the instruction booklet, but I think that very booklet might
just have some valuable information in it. It turns out the battery needs to be
inside for the gadget to work. That’s my technology joke. I thought the lens
cap witticism was played out years ago, so I desisted from its use.
In just six days I will be heading off to California for
Christmas. The only thing I’d like to change about that last sentence is the
number; it’s cold out there this morning. I’ll be leaving Friday and coming
back on Tuesday. It’s a short trip but I think it will be quite fulfilling. For
those of you who don’t know, I’m flying out there with my cousin and her
boyfriend to stay with my aunt and uncle in San Diego, which in English is a
slurry of Sant’ Lago, and Saint James. I’ll be flying back solo which is when
the plane crash is most likely to occur, and I will be going right back to
work the next day. It’s all going to happen quickly, I’m glad I have a new
camera to record it all.
Alright, I’m done with my second cup of coffee, and it’s
time to get this day rolling. I have a lot to do as I have had very limited
time away from work this month. I wish you all the best this holiday season,
and thank you all again for your continued readership, and occasional comments;
they keep me going.
