July 18, 2005
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Topic: 24 years old & Back in action?
There’s no specific reason why I’ve stopped posting really. I think one of the main reasons I did it was for the comments, everyone loves comments afterall. But…the whole virtual comments thing was getting to me. The other reason I used to write was to provoke, but that’s back when I thought something practical would come of provoking, and so I’ve kind of strayed from that belief. I guess I also wrote just to express myself and to know that people were “picking up what I was putting down,” so to speak, but then I began a job, and so now I’m a bit more wary about fully expressing myself.
Well…now I’m writing because there might (1% chance) be hope of something coming out of my book, College Daze. And I don’t much like writing about what I hope might happen, because that’s not really something to get excited about. However…after swearing off all further discussion about the book, I got an e-mail from a gentleman, an NYC school teacher, who picked up a copy of my book at the alternative education conference I decided to attend about a month ago.
Well…he loved it. Which I’m not surprised by, because afterall, what I wrote would likely be loved by thousands of people if only they had a copy in their hands. Well, as it turns out, this man would like just that to happen. He has many contacts in the city school system, and would like to see people reading and discussing what I wrote. Today he sent an e-mail out to about 100 people, basically doing the promotion for my book that I was never able to do.
So…we’ll see. That’s really all there is to that right now. This doesn’t make anything else in my life better or worse for now.
Comments (3)
Happy Birthday Dan.
happy birthday man
How’s that for a birthday present! How strange the way the world works in such coincidences, one thing leading to another in ways you’d never have imagined. Good luck with it and hope to hear how it goes.
As for provocation, I used to write on Xanga partly for that reason, too. (I had an interesting tarot reading concerning Xanga and provocation this morning, as a matter of fact. I’ll post it if I get the chance.) I think we all have plenty to provoke us in this world. What good does it do any of us to add to the anger and fear we all feel? I’ve come to realize that it’s not my responsibility or job to wake people up. I have to trust that life will do that on its own. It is enough that I continually strive to wake myself up to face my own fears and madnesses.