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I seem to be the most creative when I’m happiest and vice versa.<\/p>\n

I suppose this follows. What makes you happier than being in the midst of a creative project?<\/p>\n

The downside is that, when times are tough, my muse deserts me. It’s a little like how, when stressed, some of us contract stress-related illnesses, which add to the stress (which is a damned stupid system, if you ask me).<\/p>\n

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My times are certainly challenging at the moment. I’ve whined enough here about my job situation but now I find that one of the legs of my viability’s chair – the vehicle leg – has gone (the other three legs are health, computer, and, wobbly but still there, job):<\/p>\n

On Christmas Eve, some 30 miles from my home, my truck developed a blown head gasket, the results of which are the need to replace my engine – a necessity I can ill afford. Consequently, I am now sans vehicle for the foreseeable future and must rely on public transit, the kindness of friends, and walking to get from place to place.<\/p>\n

As I do this, I find myself wondering why I didn’t consider public transit and walking more before my truck died (frugality! environment! health!) but must admit less enthusiasm for being forced<\/span> into doing so.<\/p>\n

Further, my present trajectory seems rather unpromising to me. At this rate I should find myself living in a battered single-wide, married to a woman I refer to as “Maw,” and sporting a mullet within a year. Ah, well: as long as I can get me some wrasslin’ on the tv, everthin’ll be jus’ fahn. (yes, I’m a snob – which makes my situation not only ironic but just)<\/p>\n

This three legged chair upon which I find myself perched, necessitates a forward leaning attitude in order to maintain balance. The point being that, beyond trying to claw my way out of the ant lion’s pit, I don’t seem to have any gumption. My muse is a sorry wench who deserts me the minute I can’t keep her in the emotional equivalent of wine and caviar, thus I cannot promise any regularity to the updates, here from now on.<\/p>\n

Please: I don’t write this to get statements of support or pity (or even cruel derision) from my assumed audience but rather to stave off any thought that I have “run dry,” creatively or worry that I may have been taken by some irresistible undertow of black emotion.<\/p>\n

It’s just that I dislike a dead blog and feel terrible being the proprietor of one – but I’ll be back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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