At the end of a long day I’m that happy sort of tired and only 10 minutes away from a god night’s sleep. I got to put eyeballs on the Galley’s for my newest project, which is always a wonderful experience. Forget seeing your stuff on shelves. That’s cool but it is a completely public experience. Sitting at home with the pre-release and knowing this is the result of your hard work is exactly where its at for me. NDA dictates that I don’t say too much, but it is an anthology piece.
Today I wound up in what I now see as a useless ‘conversation’ with a 12 year old about the importance of knowing the parts of a sentence. He felt it was utterly useless information to have. I objected, started something resembling a lecture, and then his brother and sister flew to his aid like dolphins fighting off a shark. I suppose the deeper argument is that he doesn’t feel a lick different than my college students do. Few care about English class and care even less about the form and structure of the language itself.
I’ve grown used to caring about stuff that is largely useless to everyone else. Case and point, I know a tremendous amount about Pokemon. I know far less about the effects of sleep deprivation–mostly because I’m victimized by it weekly. But not tonight. No right now I get to go to sleep