Flame On!

Wow, I've been flamed! I'm so proud. Here it is with my parenthetical comments included. Please note that the last sentence is that of the Flamer. I'm not sure what it means.

Jayvin, you sure have a lot of aggression and disdain for people in general. (How did you guess?)You are so bothered by so many different people, yet are very sanctamonious about not hurting those alone, or hurt. How do you resolve this obvious conflict? (By merely writing about tearing up the town with a bat, as opposed to actually doing it.) Your baseball bat fantasy is worrisome. (Worrisome? I'm not coming after you, I promise. No matter how much you flame me. ) I'd rather have a happy go lucky starbuck's barista as a friend, then someone so stressed by life's little situations that show us our need for patience that he must resort to violence, even of inanimate objects. And for your reflection on stupid people and the wrong use of spelling or pronouns, fyi,that Walgreens you go to so often, is clearly spelled on the top of the store, and the receipt as W-A-L-G-R-E-E-N-S...(It's "than," not "then." Am I going to have to post another grammar lesson? Watch those run on sentences. As for the store name, it's officially listed as Walgreen Co., I was just saying that sometimes there's no "s.")....just swing that back once, my friend, you may end up in prison where you could blog all you want, and wouldnt that be ironic since you have such criticism of those who complain, but dont do the right thing. (Sounds like you missed the point of the posts. Reality: I say "thank you" at the gas station. Fantasy: I write about smacking some annoying fucker with a bat.) You aren't part of the solution, clearly you are part of the problem! (The solution to what? Waking up to world where everyone cares about everyone else? What planet are you from? I'm gay and I'm Wiccan. You can't tell me shit about tolerance.) Good show! (for your writing collection, that is sarcasm...wouldnt want to assume)

Well, Reader, thanks for taking the time to post. You've obviously given my writing a great deal of thought and assumed a great deal about who I am. Feel free to continue posting comments.

Read Me

I never intended that the blog be a journal, chronicle, diary or whatever. I don’t know that I want it to get that personal. And really, who wants to read about me all the fucking time? I just needed an outlet, and there it was. It’s fun. Everybody's doing it. Blah, blah, blah. I don’t have as much free time as I did when I first started, so I get to it when I can and when I have something relevant to say. Obviously those two things don’t often happen at the same time, or you would have more to read.

Writing is a skill that takes practice. A lucky few have the skill, a lucky fewer have skill and talent. If you know me, then you know that the way that I write is basically the same way that I talk. I’m a communicator who just commits to paper, computer, blog or whatever, what I would say to you if you were there to listen.

Successful writers write the same book and just change some shit so that they can legally give it a new title. This is a very common practice in the publishing world. How many JK Rowling, Stephen King, Danielle Steele, that guy who wrote A Time To Kill, books have you read? A bunch, I bet. Maybe I could do that. Just write a great book one time and change some shit around for the following seven to ten books! It’s flawless.

I have been asked many times over the years to write more. I’m not sure what people want me to write when they say that. I suppose that they want to be entertained in some way. I don’t think that I have all that much to say. I do have a lot of ideas that I think are great ideas, but I can’t see myself actually doing anything about it a la David Sedaris or Al Franken or Whoopi Goldberg. I’m not that screwed up, political, or funny. I think.

Here’s some break down of a few writers:

David Sedaris
Skill: Not so much. His writing is technique is cumbersome and sometimes droning.
Talent: Being sarcastic and bitchy.

Al Franken
Skill: Hitting the point with a tight technique.
Talent: Being sarcastic and bitchy.

Whoopi Goldberg
Skill: Ain’t got none. That shit was all ghost-written.
Talent: Being sarcastic and bitchy.

Jayvin
Skill: Excruciatingly correct grammar and style.
Talent: Being sarcastic and bitchy.

Maybe there’s hope for that book still...