Am I blogging...or am I pitching my existence?
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Friday, September 26, 2003 The Pitch: It's like Amadeus meets Animal House! I am sick--not wildly so, but definitely sick. My head has that diving bell thing going on, my sinuses ache and run like a tap that won't fully shut off, and I alternate between marvelling at my energy, which allows me to bound upstairs one moment, and then wish to lie in a swoon on the bed the next.So, just for future reference, I thought I'd post a quick list of sickness do and don'ts: -DO start reviewing your NaNovel--you'll be surprised by the good parts. -DON'T try to finish it--at some point, you'll feel incredibly nauseous and disheartened, and not be entirely sure whether it's the cold or the metaphors being blatantly derivative of Cormac McCarthy. -DON'T listen to Nick Cave, because being unable to sleep at night with Weeping Song or Mercy Seat playing over and over in your head while feverish is not fun. -DO read Kafka--it'll make a lot more sense. -DON'T look at yourself in the mirror. Trust me, don't. -DO eat poorly...within reason. Would I have made it through the day without those little snack portions of Skippy Peanut Butter? I believe not. -DON'T watch MTV. Those fuckers will make you vote on your Nokia cellphone for videos they won't even fully show you. MTV is so intrusive they have to have a corner of the screen pop up to show you what the narcisssistic fuckers at MTV are doing. I hate them. -DO remember that you have Alka-Seltzer Cold Plus stowed away over your sink. DON'T hesitate to take it, particularly when all you have is a super-mild cold like mine. -DO get up and watch TV when you can't sleep, particularly if it's Dave Attell's Insomniac. At some point, all the hollering and cigarette smoking and beer drinking will be comforting and lull you to sleep. -DON'T go to the Writer's Almanac site, because it doesn't show the entry for this week accurately. Although all born in different years, did you know that F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner and T.S. Eliot were born on consecutive days this week? -DON'T spend too much time on your blog entries, particularly if you have to be at the comic store in less than an hour. posted by Jeff Lester | 12:10 PM | |
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