I’m tired. Today my brother and I worked on buying 7 bookshelves at Ikea, loading up the 13 boxes into his SUV and then unloading them into our living room. I put together two of the bookshelves together for my son and my wife and I put all his toys and books back onto the shelves. At the moment, I’m watching the closing ceremony, seeing a man floating in the air by a giant fan. It’s the closing Olympic ceremony in Torino, Italy. I feel a bit sad at the closing of these games. In the world in which we live in, I so enjoyed watching the games. I liked to think that for two weeks, the world had come together in peace in celebration of friendly competition. How amazing it is to see people from so many nationalities come together to enjoy and compete in the games. (The men who are floating on the TV screen in Torino are being forced up into the air by a fan that is shooting up 125/mph wind at them. It’s beautiful looking.)
When I come back to reality, away from the games, I see the war in Iraq, the violence occurring over in that country, the disagreement over the selling of 6 American ports to UAE, and the countless other problems in the war (Iran striving for nuclear power, Israel and its fight with Palestine), and countless atrocities happening in Africa. I’d like to think that our world is growing and maturing, becoming a better place for all of us to live in, but it’s not true in some portions of the world. If I had an answer, I would share it with everyone. Maybe it’s something as easy as: Love one another. Or: “Do unto others as you’d have them do unto you.” I suspect it is that easy. It’s a start.
I’m about to head off and go relax for the night, watching some TV. Earlier today I did a good amount of research on where to submit some stories of mine. I finally took some time to go through my records and figure out where I wanted to send my stories to. I dislike having stories in the can and didn’t have a chance to get them back out into the hands of editors at various magazines. Tomorrow I’ll send two magazines into the mail and this evening I submitted two stories via e-mail to two web only magazines.
I look at it this way: I received an acceptance for my “how to” writing story, a tentative acceptance for my Magic: The Gathering article (just waiting for the contract in the mail), and am waiting for news on a story of mine. Now I have two other pieces out in the mail, will be sending two more out tomorrow, and have a fifth story on a literary forum that is being considered for a magazine. It’s not much, but at least it’s something.
Now if I could only make some time to do some more writing. It’s great that I made some time to get these pieces out in the mail and e-mail, but I need to get back into writing. The problem though: Making time. There’s a lot of work that has yet to be done in our house. And, to be honest, I haven’t been inspired to write anything. I’m not forcing myself though. I’m stretched apart as it is: Doing a video podcast, writing in my blog, getting articles out in the mail, working, and the rest of my full life. Let’s just say that I don’t have much free time. It’s been difficult.
And with that said: I’m off.
Goodbye Torino! Thank you for the fond memories. NBC: Your Olympics coverage was extremely poor. But the games themselves, in my heart I’m happy that the Olympic spirit is still alive and well. I can’t wait for China in 2008! Peace and good night.
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