The rut

You know that big hole* in the road you drove over this morning? The one that you tried desperately to avoid, but couldn't, so a big chunk of slushy, dirty snow fell out of your wheelwell into the hole? Well, I was in the hole too. Have been for a good while (hence the lack of posts) and I just can't seem to get out no matter how hard I try. My creativity is down the crapper. I went away for a scrapbooking weekend back in November and only managed to come home with eight completed pages. I'm not putting anything extra into anything at my job…bare minimum at best. Its bad.

I'm not sure how to fix it. Write more regularly, and the words will come? Scrap more, and the pages will put themselves together? Do something besides sit and stare at the tv/laptop every evening? In my defence, I've also been getting a lot of crocheting done lately! Scarves for Christmas gifts, as well as a scarf and two hats for myself! Anyone what a scarf and/or a hat? I'm getting pretty good at them…just don't ask me to do anything fancy.

Regardless of the rut, I've promised myself that I AM going to write more. I think a weekly entry is a good start and we'll see where it goes from there. Wish me luck! And send Doritos and root beer…


*I know that technically a rut is the set track that your wheel follows as you make your way up the street, but I couldn't find a way to make that work without making my brain hurt. Case in point...

Friday Shuffle

Stolen...no, borrowed from CCW...breaking my long silence with some fluff! (wow...out of my past three entries, two were stolen from her.)

1. "Enjoy the Silence" - Depeche Mode
2. "Helpline Operator" - The The
3. "More for Me" - Tegan and Sara
4. "Anyone" - Weeping Tile
5. "One Week" - Barenaked Ladies
6. "West End Girls" - Petshop Boys
7. "Here and There" - Sandbox
8. "Thanks for the Memories" - Fall Out Boy
9. "Frankly Mr. Shankly" - The Smiths
10. "Guns of Brixton" - The Clash

How fitting...

That I clicked on CCW's blog to find a birthday meme. Why not, since its my birfday! *does a little jig...waves to colleague passing by*

What you do is go to Wikipedia, enter your birthday in the search (month and day only), and pick 3 events, 2 birthdays, and a holiday, then tag 5 others.


August 20


Events:

1882- Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow.

1938 - Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam - a record that still stands.

1998 - The Supreme Court of Canada states Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government's approval.


Birthdays:

1946 - Connie Chung, American journalist (cool!)

1948 - Robert Plant, English singer (Led Zeppelin) (coooool!)


Holiday:

Hungary - St. Stephen's day, the main national holiday in Hungary.


Tagged:

Meh, I hate tagging...do it if you wish!