On Inspiration.

You ever sit around for years and years waiting for your muse to kick in, only to find it's not coming anytime soon?

I want to write so bad.  I even started a novel that Michael thinks is hilarious.

Unfortunately any spare time I have is spent vegging out on the couch like a zombie, or mindlessly killing things on WoW.  The kids are exhausting.

Of course... I am writing this... I could write something else?  ... nah.

The only thing I feel inspired to do is take a nap.  (Aren't you so glad you're reading this?)

I do know that I feel most inspired to write when I read, and I haven't really been doing any reading recently.  I suppose it's the fail part of owning a nook.  If you don't charge it, you don't read.  It's been sitting in my bag for weeks uncharged.  My friend Angela was nice enough to send me some books that I really want to read.  I just need to stand up and grab the cord to plug everything in.  ... I'll do that now.

And this folks, is the beauty of blogging.  I actually got my cord and nook.  And they're plugged in and waiting to go.  Though, during that time I also had to bathe some children and make food.  ... This is why I can never get anything done.  Even this short blog entry has been open for over an hour waiting for me to finish it.

... and now I see there's something horribly wrong with my nook. The light is green for fully charged and it's been plugged in for 15 minutes.  That's not right.

And look at that- the books I got sent don't work.  I need to convert them to PDF's and that always screws with formatting.  ... THIS IS MY LIIIIIFE!

www.girlswithslingshots.com

Girls With Slingshots is one of the greatest things ever.  I've been a comics fan for as long as I could remember.  Calvin and Hobbes was one of the many things that made Sundays awesome.  My mom would buy the Far Side Gallery books and I'd go nuts over them.  Thanks to the internet, now I can get a daily dose of comics.  I link this specific one today since it reminds me of Mike.  It makes me realize that his workers probably hate him about 90% of the time.  "HEY GUYS IT'S 9:15!  LET'S HAVE A GREAT DAY!"  

I always thought about writing my own webcomic, but I lack something called artistic talent (drawing wise, anyway).  All of the artists I know are busy doing their own little things and I doubt would have any interest. I do have one project in the works with the artist that worked on Mike's christmas present.  I just completely flaked since I can't find the cord for my external HD and can't get the files I've already written to her.  ... There's something else to be proactive about today.

And because of one blog entry, I've become inspired to do a few things today.  ... All of them involving me actively finding cords.  

And- as a send-off.  A list of webcomics that I read.

Girls With Slingshots

Least I Could Do

Oglaf (Usually VERY nsfw.)
All New Issues

These are the comics that have stuck with me.  There are more that I've browsed and are good, but somehow haven't been added to my daily check.

Barely Listening - This was in my weekly rotation until they stopped updating.  It's a good idea to read what's up there though.  It's pretty great.
Looking For Group - Being the huge nerd I am, I always expected to get into this one.  Unfortunately I never have enough time to get through the entire thing so I'm all caught up so I get like... 30 comics in and give up.  If you have the time though check it out.  It's good.
Something Positive - Another comic I've read some of, but not all of.  One day I'll get through it and all caught up.
Sheldon - This one is good!  I keep forgetting to put it in my bookmarks bar though so I forget it exists until times like these.