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Started out pretty rough. Some mosquitoes made a lasting impression on my foot and my wisdom teeth have been fuckin' me around some.

But you know me, I can't complain.

Tonight I was sitting here with some Seagram's, pissed off because my BA degree is still in the hands of the cleft assholes at the university, foul at the world, but then I realized that I have a pretty good thing goin' here. Once the degree gets sorted out, I'm gonna apply to grad school to become a librarian. That way I can earn enough to feed the monkey, I'll love my job, and get holidays, sick, and vacation time. Besides, then I can do what this Dude really loves: writing and gardening in my spare time (which I'll have plenty of).

I already work at a library. I'm applying for a better library position this week.

And if I hadn't taken a moment to just say "You're being very un-Dude" I would've never realized how much I love what I do.

It's fuckin' interesting, man. Dudeism has really calmed my ass down--used to be a real reactionary.

Quote from: A.B. Dude on June 20, 2011, 04:15:01 AM
Started out pretty rough. Some mosquitoes made a lasting impression on my foot and my wisdom teeth have been fuckin' me around some.

But you know me, I can't complain.

Tonight I was sitting here with some Seagram's, pissed off because my BA degree is still in the hands of the cleft assholes at the university, foul at the world, but then I realized that I have a pretty good thing goin' here. Once the degree gets sorted out, I'm gonna apply to grad school to become a librarian. That way I can earn enough to feed the monkey, I'll love my job, and get holidays, sick, and vacation time. Besides, then I can do what this Dude really loves: writing and gardening in my spare time (which I'll have plenty of).

I already work at a library. I'm applying for a better library position this week.

And if I hadn't taken a moment to just say "You're being very un-Dude" I would've never realized how much I love what I do.

It's fuckin' interesting, man. Dudeism has really calmed my ass down--used to be a real reactionary.

Fabulous dude! Fabulous!

It's good to be dude.

oil of cloves dude. Little dab on the wisdom teeth.

any more medicl shit - just ask 'doctor dudelittle'. I'm always happy to help

Shit man, thanks.
I got a goddamn cold sore and found some really awesome balm (called Lysine+) to put on it. Damn thing's nearly healed and it's been a day and a half.

Some fucking fascist came to my work and rearranged all the DVDs in random order, so now I've gotta go through all of the 500+ DVDs and reshelve them correctly. I also got rejected by another literary magazine.

But ya can't worry about that shit, man. Right now I'm chillin', eating some chips, and watching Deadwood. Life is good.

Strikes and gutters, Dude - good to hear your abidin'. Bummer about the rejection - but you can always keep your hand-in (develop your voice, what-have-you) by writing something for the Dudeku book. I know the Dudespaper always welcomes articles (and writing for the 'paper' means you also have an accessible 'portfolio' as it were. You could also, although it sounds as if it could be exhausting, start your own online Dudeist magazine. Anyway, keep on abidin'  

Quote from: A.B. Dude on June 22, 2011, 03:11:26 PM
...got rejected by another literary magazine.

Not to worry dude, just keep at it. The Dudely Lama had his own writings soundly rejected  many times...then he changed the name of his book to Holy Shit: http://www.oliverbenjamin.net/writings.html
and the rest is history dude.
Strikes and gutters dude. You throw those gutters but sooner or later you are bound to throw a strike or two.

Quote from: A.B. Dude on June 22, 2011, 03:11:26 PM
Shit man, thanks.
I got a goddamn cold sore and found some really awesome balm (called Lysine+) to put on it. Damn thing's nearly healed and it's been a day and a half.

Some fucking fascist came to my work and rearranged all the DVDs in random order, so now I've gotta go through all of the 500+ DVDs and reshelve them correctly. I also got rejected by another literary magazine.

But ya can't worry about that shit, man. Right now I'm chillin', eating some chips, and watching Deadwood. Life is good.

Proper literary stuff can be a nut to crack. i really recommend just building up your writing karma by getting stuff into local magazines or anything. i agree with cckeiser it's all about momentum. i used to write for Yoga and Health magazine for free because it gave me a platform to promote my books (i know dude - dangerously close to 'achieving'); i have friends who have spent years writing novels and can't get published whilst others have done travel guides, articles etc' and sneaked in round the side. another cool thing is to start a writer's group;  Out of this has morphed slams and literary cafes - it's a great way of life.

My problem is my strength is more fantasy and sci-fi oriented stuff, so writing straight literary fiction is something that's somewhat outside my frame of reference. There's nothing wrong with practicing! The best things a writer can do (imo) are get used to rejection, read a lot, and write even when you think your shit sucks.

Can't wait to move to a bigger area so I can attend poetry readings and shit like that.

This weekend was a very Dude time indeed--for the past two days we hung out and got drunk with friends, and today it was sunny so we gardened, took a long bike ride, and basically just hung out. Later I'm going to turn on some nature tunes, write, and put my feet up.

Something's been chewing the leaves off of my bean plants so I'm going to have to get a little reactionary. I have a tomato plant named Frank and he seems to be pretty chill.