Well after Midnight. Earlier tonight I was really looking forward to writing. Some time between then and now I’ve lost the plot a little. Partly it’s because I was programming for a while, and the logical part of my brain gets going and I don’t feel like being expressive in words. But as Elizabeth Gilbert recommends in her TED lecture, I’m showing up to do the work anyway.

Earlier, when I was excited about sitting down and writing, I had this really quiet, but powerful experience. It came about as the combination of several factors. I picked up Eat, Pray, Love today and began to read it. I’m not very far. Page 14 I think. I read just a bit of it at work, and a little bit in the bathtub.
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12:42. I should be going to bed, but I’m not really all that tired yet. I’m physically exhausted, although the bath I took a short while ago has helped that a great deal. My mind is ablaze right now, and I know that if I wanted I could easily stay up all night writing and getting things done. Sadly, I have to work in the morning, and there’s too much to get done to slack off in that department.
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It’s 10:30. I’m already in bed with the laptop, typing by candlelight. I have a whole list of other things that I could be doing, but I’m not really in the mood.

On a side note, my laptop is freaking out a little bit. For some reason a whole slew of applications aren’t behaving very well the last few days. Twhirl doesn’t like posting and isn’t updating well. Crystal Reports 2008 doesn’t want to open at all. And now, iTunes opens and immediately freezes. So no music at the moment.
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