Day: February 22, 2022

This Tuesday is 2.2.22. crazy odd right? No, I am not going to try and work the #2 into the freewrite in some way. It doesn’t really work and feels corny even for me. Instead I am going with John Fox’s blog on magical realism. He writes, ” (6) Write about a character who can taste people’s emotions through the food they prepare.”

There aren’t a lot of jobs suited to a person with my particular abilities. The visceral reaction it causes me makes it difficult to hold what is commonly known as a ‘poker face’ It is clear how I feel about people and how they are feeling about me from the moment I encounter them. That is what made it so strange that Barner Systems would think to hire me as their HR executive. My job is hiring people. Everyone who comes through the company sits down with me first and that meeting determines whether they get hired or they don’t. If I was a better liar I could use that position to my advantage, but lying isn’t my strong suit. In fact, it gives me actual hives. That’s why when I sat down with Anette Hargreaves I was worried for my life.

My ability allows me to sense peoples emotions and intentions. It isn’t in the cool fashion–the Professor X slick mindreading. No, I taste what they want and feel. It hits my tastebuds like food entering my mouth. Anette tasted like Durian fruit.

I was working on the language base for my fantasy world today and the experience was really fun and informative. I learned more about this world I am struggling to create and more about the stories and kinds of stories I want to tell in it. There is an opportunity for me to host a D&D adventure for a conference at my college and it could be an opportunity to tell a small tale in this world. I’ve been thinking about where that would take place –though not what the tale would be. All of this is to say I did a lot today between grading and writing and I am flat burned out. I waited to the end of the eve to generate this blog and that didn’t help. I am not creative tonight folks. That’s the truth of it. Writing has to be an everyday thing, but creativity isn’t always that punctual.

Some Thoughts:

1. I also learned that my mood impacts my ability to be productive and as it shifts during the day so does my ability to create.
2. I didn’t get a lot of the stuff I needed to get done done today, so tomorrow and Wednesday need to kill, so I can finally feel like I am on track coming into the weekend. It’s a rare thing.
3. I need to get my head in the game.
4. My head spent some time in the Madden game this afternoon where I realized that my superstar team is getting older and I need to win NOW. This has to be the season–this and next. I’m considering trading draft picks during the draft instead of getting dudes this year, because I believe I have at least 48 of the 53 I want and there is little room to add first round talent expecting to play.
5. One thing I also noticed about today–a dull persistent buzz in my head reminding me just how wrecked my mind is. I wish I knew how to reset the creative energies in a holistic way. It is worth looking into via research.