(An A to Z 2013 Challenge Entry)
After
determining I would stop blogging, I began to to think of some of the
topics I had planned that I’d never write about. Some I find important,
others just fun and random. Then I began to think about what my
grandmother would say when she found out I quit. She has been my number
one supporter and fan. She is technologically challenged, so I read my latest
blog entries to her when I visit on Mondays.
Over
the last few months she has come to look forward to the interaction
and, to be honest, so have I. I may not live in her basement like the
stereotypical Grandma's Boy — the space is actually occupied by another — but
there is no doubt that I am a Grandma’s Boy. The thought of her
reaction doesn’t sit well with me. She would be very understanding, but
yet... not.
What a Difference a Day Makes
24 little hours
What
eventually ran through my head, after a comment a friend made, was
people may think I couldn’t stomach the A to Z challenge. Now,
I’ve nothing to prove, but I wanted it to be known that I really was
(am) enjoying the A to Z. The people have been great and the abundance
of new blogs/reading material welcomed.
Then
another friend made a comment about getting them involved and
abandoning him. I'm sure he was joking (I hope...), but I did feel kind
of bad. Some friends weren’t able to sign up/register in time; joining
later in the week, catching up.
If
I had left that F post at its bare-boned, skeletal artsy self as I had
planned, I don’t think I’d even be writing this. But, I wrote more and
soon after I wanted to write more. What was G going to be again? “Give
it a Name?” No, that was a header under J. What about H? I had a coded
message for someone with the O entry. I really was (am... *sigh*)
enjoying this blog hop (I think that is technically what it is referred
to as).
All that, and a bit more, culminated into wanting to continue even more than before.
What the Crack Fuck?
I have this thing, where I worry about what people will think (it apparently exists both in person and
online) and what impressions I make. I literally just went off about
having to find a job and prioritize and get shit straight (all of which I
need to do... very, very badly... and fast).
Now
I'm continuing (or wanting to) and wonder if people are going to think I'm on drugs or something. Maybe bipolar — which I’m not and is no light
matter — or depressed or whatever multitude of things. I even, at this
very moment, have an email up I was going to send to a Co-Host of the A
to Z challenge asking if I will come off like a cracked out basketcase.
I
could leave comments off, continually, out of fear. What fun would that
be, though? The interactions are honestly 75% of this event, and
blogging, for me.
I’m
writing this entry, and I am abstaining from sending that email
(sparing them of my nuttery), and resolving to: Fuck it. Like all else,
those things — thoughts/feelings/opinions of others — are out of my
control. Sucks sometimes thinking what role I play in them, because
despite the fact that yes, it is out of your control, you sometimes play
a role. Things you say/do/etc all play a part. But, even then, what can
you do? Not a whole hell of a lot. Make better choices (if the results
were negative) perhaps.
It
is what it is. I’m a strong supporter of: Whatever happens, happens. My
facebook banner thing-in-the-bobber can back me up... unless it's
still the 2012 NaNoWriMo one... then it can’t. Nope “What Ever Happens,
Happens.” And now I know how little I paid attention to the split
between “what” and “ever” and am annoyed because it should be one word.
Now I have another crisis on my hands! Great!
I Cannot Tell a Lie
Quitting
the blogs, while helping some with stress (mainly referring to my
fiction blog), won’t make me any more motivated to job hunt. What I feel
would result is I’d find some other distraction — there are many to
choose from (Damn you Candy Crush! Damn you to hell!) — and I’d be in
the same place I was before. Except I wouldn’t be writing as often. If
at all, because this fiction writing is still presenting its fair share
of blockage. It wants to fight. It wants to punch me in the ear.
So
not blogging isn’t going to help a whole hell of a lot. I just hate
standard work; always have. My grandmother and I just recapped this last
Monday. Friends and family always come first, and at least with the job
I’ve had for the last six years those values could be upheld. I just
need another. A second job... oh my nuts, if you only knew how much I
hate the concept of having to work two jobs. Yeah, I know... millions do
it. I am likely of the 1% in this category.
I’ve
good friends and family that have attempted to help me get a second
job for months now, but I just evade. Evade right into that financial
black hole I was talking about in my previous entry. So what I need is
an entire change of thought and, surely, acceptance. I need to be
careful... I can’t even fully become a Grandma’s Boy and live in the
basement; no vacancies. Would be interesting to see where I’d end up.
Was It Real or Was It All an Illusion?
Well,
let’s see here. I’ve quite possible broken all trust of security with
those who follow along, including friends and family. This guy could
just up and leave after investing X amount of time reading his damn
blog?! This was actually a factor of concern if I were to eventually
come back to blogging.
See
I talk about Connections and building of strong bonds,
so acts like this leave me a bit reminiscent of incidents described in
The Bridge.
At least my bounce back recovery time is improving exponentially! I guess I should have heeded my own words:
“Eviscerate notions demanding
Enthralling neurotic derailments"
Do
I try to pretend it never happened? Claim "F" was for "False Alarm"? Not really my style. Everything
described is real, genuine, and pertinent in my life at this time. I
definitely seem to be living up to that intentionally emo pic I took when deciding to undertake a journal blog.
So
I think I will just keep on, keeping on. In my heart of hearts it is
what I want. I can continue to dabble with writing on a non-fiction
front, and I can keep reading my blurbs to my grandmother when I visit. I
can meet new bloggers.
And while pretending to look for a second job, perhaps one will fall into my lap... right.
WTF?
Is Jak:
A) Crazy
B) On Crack
C) Sleep Deprived
D) Living Up to His
EmoJak moniker
E) The One True King
F) All the Above (minus E, of
course!)
G) None of the Above (This has all been a ruse of pure genius
masterminded as some sort of publicity stunt)
I’m going to go with G :) since it is the Letter of the Day. Also, if you've never seen the movie Grandma’s Boy, do so (but only if you enjoy crude humor!).
Edit: I forgot it's Monday (since I scheduled this out over the weekend) and that is officially Grandma Day! I will share a video by Julian Smith that I place up on FB occasionally:
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It’s been a long while. I briefly discuss some of this year’s shortcomings, and in doing so, find it’s just more of the same.
Then I attempt to give a more positive spin…
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