Archive for April 16th, 2003
by Tom on Apr.16, 2003, under Uncategorized
Sporting a nice beard-like substance right now. Tara’s never been fond of the extra beard outside of the goatee (in fact, she’s never liked facial hair, but I’ve gotten her into it, at least on me), but I guess there’s just a part of me that wants to do something that I want to do, instead of having to depend on others to help out along the way.
Car needs a new transmission, which won’t be totally “new”, but is still going to run over a grand. Luckily, my family is footing the bill for this one. Personally, that puts me one more rung down the pride ladder. This really really sucks.
The whole depression thing would be something that I would have tried to fight in the recent past, but I realized it was something I dealt more with before then, and, oddly enough, it made me a better writer. I think if you look at most writers, some of their best work comes as a result of an unfortunation situation. In fact, most writers (at least the traditional “greats”) all had their quirks about them that made them less well adjusted than other folk. Writers through history have been suicidal, alcoholic malcontents who ended up dying insane, penniless, or both. So, I figure a little depression might be good for me. My mind has been having it too good lately, and it’s time to get off my ass and get to writing on a regular basis again, and I don’t just mean the website.
