- The other day, I remembered how when I was a little kid, if I didn’t know how something worked or what it was, I’d just make up my own explanation.
- Like, clearly, the Space Center there off the BA & I-44 had something to do with NASA.
- How could it not?
- As a grown up, I think I’ve come to believe that other grown-ups still do that, and I find that horrifying.
- Like you become so sure of the conclusion you’ve drawn you forget you made it up.
- I assume all children do that.
- Which is another made-up answer, really.
- I mean, do they?
- Was that just me?
- Wasn’t just me, right guys?
- …
- …
- I asked the girls about this last night.
- Apparently, it’s just me.
- You know what I have stuck in my head this morning?
- “Soooooomebody once told me, the world was gonna roll me …”
- It’s there because, despite knowing better, I looked at my phone this morning, which was on Instagram from last night.
- And there was a video of a girl on a skateboard.
- As soon as I heard those opening notes, I knew what was coming,
- She hit the curb, landed on her head in perfect time.
- Sat up rubbing her noggin, looking a bit disoriented.
- I laughed.
- There’s probably a special place in purgatory for people who laugh at other people’s videos of misfortune.
- I’m going to have to actually play that song to clear the feed, otherwise I’m going to hear “Soooooomebody once told me” over and over again all morning.
- The other early morning thing that happened was one of my friends in Seattle sent me a reaction video of this baby headbanging and three giant looking bearded dudes joining in.
- It made me laugh.
- Don’t tell anyone I laughed. It’ll ruin my rep.
- Because of the project I’m working on, I’ve been reading more about writing lately than at any other point in my life.
- Partly, that’s because of self-doubt. Like some part of me doesn’t think I can do it without all the expert help I can get.
- Which is not true, but our heads are not always our friends.
- However, I have found some really cool books by really good writers on the craft.
- Right now, I’m reading Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott, which is brilliant.
- Writing is hard for her also, so I relate a lot to what she says.
- I found this book because the universe sent it to me twice, probably because I didn’t get it the first time.
- The first time, Bird by Bird was dropped by Coach Lasso to Coach Beard, though if you didn’t know it was a book, you’d have missed it. I only later found out when I read an article about all the book references in the show.
- The second time, it came up in this article called “Write Your D@$* Novel.”
- I don’t believe in fate, but when something starts thematically recurring in your life, maybe you should check it out. Due diligence and all that.
- Glad I did. Great book so far.
- Unfortunately, that means I’m reading … four books at the same time.
- Into Thin Air is sliding to the bottom.
- Read The Library at Mount Char during my lunch hour yesterday, Bird by Bird for a bit after dinner while the Teenager was doing homework, and then The Atlas Six to put myself to sleep.
- Reading is life.
- Which brings me to this thing I’ve been thinking about.
- In another book, about a student at a university (describing plots poorly for $500), one of his instructors opens class each time by asking the students to tell him something interesting. The most interesting fact gets some sort of reward.
- What’s up, Wednesday. What do you have interesting for us today?
skepticlysm 
Leave a comment