I read something in the news the other morning that said you shouldn't read news in the morning.
Okay, now that I've let that sink in for a moment, because it sounds like a Steven Wright bit and I like Steven Wright, I'll admit that it's probably a good idea to not read the news in the morning. Especially right now when everything is so farqued up.
Speaking of farqued up, last night I had someone try to school me in the intricacies of FB in a most condescending way. I almost replied back and then I remembered my personal pledge to not engage. And then I remembered that life is too short and she'd been kind of irritating me for a while. So I AllisonAnderson'd* her.
Allison Anderson was a neighbor of mine a long time ago. She was a drunk who would come home after she closed out the bar and turn her stereo all the way up, thereby waking me up and making it impossible to go back to sleep. (I suspect she often passed out with her stereo on.) She would also crank her stereo up and leave in the middle of the day when I was trying to write. And she'd mow her lawn at midnight. And stand on her front lawn screaming obscenities at her parents who lived across the street. It was her friends who left their motorhome running in her driveway** so that my house filled up with carbon monoxide that one day. Yeah, her. So, since I couldn't kill her like I wanted to, I pretended she had ceased to exist. In my head, I walled her away. No more interactions of any kind. And then we moved, which was awesome. And then I heard she'd overdosed and died one night.
Speaking of horrible people who died, I had a nightmare about an old ex of mine and the next day I learned that his mother was dead. And I celebrated. When I told my mother, she said something like 'we shouldn't celebrate when people die' and then she laughed because she knows what I went through with Mama Frankenstein and the monster she created. Seeing the ex's obituary would be icing on the cake, but no such luck yet.
Yes, I am bloodthirsty. No, I have not based any characters on him. Don't bother looking. He ain't there.
Oh, and before I forget, Wish in One Hand is free now through the 18th. In Deep Wish is .99 here and in the UK through the 21st. So is Up Wish Creek. Throw in Wish Hits the Fan (releasing tomorrow) and you can get the entire series for under $5.
What's up with you today?
*I refer to the maneuver of ignoring someone so completely it's like they're dead to me as the 'AllisonAnderson'.
** Yes, I did use the motorhome thing in Accidental Death. If you get that close to being snuffed out, you might as well use it in your writing, eh?
If I can ignore the news, I start the day with lower blood pressure. However, I don't always do what's good for my health. I remember the motorhome. I've read a few obits for exes. A couple made me sad. Some caused a fist pump. Ah well. I'm human.
ReplyDeleteThe local library is my friend at the moment. I got snagged into reading Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson UF series. Luckily, the library has them all on audio, though there is one anthology that I'm waiting on to read the novellas in the correct timeline (because I'm all OCD like that) and I also grabbed the graphic novel that sort of introduces Mercy and the series. That one was a little disappointing but it's been awhile since I read graphic novels and/or comic books.
Roman and Tucker are eating my lunch. I hate both of them at the moment. That said, I need to get Roman straightened out because Mr. Ed will be getting back to me soon on the latest permutation of Tucker's story.
It's 9:00 a.m. Do you know where your characters are?