updayte.

I have been working on a self given writing project recently. Everything seems to be flowing pretty naturally, the only problems i have been having are really outside interferences, mainly work. I wanted to get home tonight and write for two hours, but of course by the time i got settled it was already nearing 1 am and now i am feeling way too tired to really get much done.
but so far, this is the longest thing i have ever written, now on my 21st page of single spaced 12 pt typeface and i feel as though i am still introducing the story in some way. so much of it is autobiographical it is very easy to write. i have been aiming for 2000 words a day and generally falling short; 1500 seems like a more reasonable total but today i doubt i even hit 1000. right now i am at 11600 words.
I keep thinking lately about ideas and dreams and what separates those who act on them and succeed vs those who don't. i think after my cancer experience, my long term dreams became short term dreams- mostly seeing tomorrow and being contented with it. i am for the most part and that seems to be a source of frustration for katie who just doesn't understand.
a lot of people have good ideas but don't act on them. even bad ideas with good marketing bring success. but the important thing is trying.
an example that has been on my mind alot lately after watching curb your enthusiasm is larry david. he and seinfeld went to nbc and pitched an idea for a tv show about nothing (later mirrored in the show). of course nbc could have thought they were nuts, but someone took a chance on the show and the rest is history. we are left with one of the most beloved and revolutionary tv shows of all time that permeated the consciousness of america. i doubt a day goes by when i don't see a reference to seinfeld somewhere.
anyway, just some thoughts.
coming up this week is the sixth anniversary of my cancer diagnosis. i am marking the occasion with a planned hike and summit of my first 13er with a friend from work. next week is my 30th birthday. i am either dreading or looking forward to it, but it is hard to say which.