shiny car update

writing chronicles return with a vengence -- i'm back to work, it's official. the excuses will no longer work from myself to myself. i need it. today, i wrote for the catalogue of my german publisher. yesterday, i tweaked the opening of a story and worked on a screenplay idea. also back to work-in-progress called "clockworks" or "3 AM" (any votes on which title is better?). it feels so good!

sorry to keep people waiting. back in june, i wrote a blog about shiny cars and my hunt for a new dependable ride (checkout archives if you so desire). at long last, i have a new shiny car, and i must confess it makes me happy.

truly. i drive and feel happy. in making the car decision, i found that driving a car that isn’t “you” is like wearing clothes that aren't your style. shallow yes, but is shallow always bad? i can give excuses like i got very low interest, the asking price was what we wanted. i can say that i’ve paid my dues -- have driven some of the worst cars on the planet. one caught on fire while i was driving, one was big enough to carry my entire senior class, one was named the “big banana” and could be spotted several miles away (it was THAT bright of a yellow), and one i bought for $1000 and drove for 4 years (and not too long ago either). i could give all the reasons, but they mean nothing.

the truth is, i like the color (charcoal), i like the stereo (matchbox twenty has already been inaugurated and next is bono and friends if i can find my cds), i like the smooth ride and smell of new car and that it had 12 miles on it (i’ve never had a new car before), and i like that it’s sort of me if a car can be (can do both 4X4 or dress up for the city).

a great portion of my life is spent in deep inner contemplation and in storyland. another part is joyful in the shiny new car. whooohooo, i feel like a kid getting her shiny new bike, with basket, chrome spokes, a horn, new tires...she's speeding down a hill with the wind against her face.

so for those on the edge of your seat wondering, i have a car...and if you want to see how it climbs hills, give me a ring.

other shallow news: in the bourne supremacy (great flick, by the way), matt damon goes to an internet café. welllllll, i have been to that very internet café, it’s one of my favorite places, especially now (it’s really in prague)! i found that fun to discover, yes, i did indeed.

soon, i should write about dealing with a son starting high school, and my old school even, but it's just too painful right now. i'm too young to face these things.

went swimming across the lake today, it was beautiful.

lastly, i ordered screenwriting software this week. will it sit on the shelf?

this was a very random day.