Today was horrible. It sucked like the freakiest vacuum cleaner in the world.
It was appropriate that today was April Fool's day because today was a freaking joke. Only two good things happened. I got tacos, and had literally just ONE idea.
I read Kurt Vonnegut for about half an hour before school. That ended up being super productive because it lead to my only idea/valid thought I would have in the next 24hrs. Ok, so, in Kurt's stories (at least the early ones) you usually read about some one trying to disrupt a dystopia masquerading as a perfect egalitarian society. Reading those types of stories lead me to have a clearer idea of what I want to do with the word ration story. Basically, in this world there will be a band of rebels (I don't want to call them rebels, but I don't know what else accurately describes it???) who are trying to bring down the word ration system by creating a whole new language, so people aren't confined to what they can buy. I don't want to get too cliche, but maybe the govt. that enforces this has some sort of secret?? I don't know, that's almost embarrassing to write. Something along that line would fit though, because without words people can't unify and change things. I might tell the story from the perspective of someone trying to find the underground movement, or having doubting thoughts about their society and then being contacted. I don't know if I like that though. I may still go the Omelas route. More of an observer, no character attachment.
That's all I got done. After that brief shining moment of glory, I got sick. And for some reason I thought that because I didn't have a fever I should stay at school for english. That was the stupidest idea I've ever had. I just wasted that time trying to work in the library and lying down in the college counseling office. So, after english, I hung out with Kylah for a little, tried to motivate, ended up taking a nap with her dog. Then I finally went home.
I picked up the tacos on the way home. They were fantastic. I felt a little better after eating, so I went for a walk to help me get focused. That didn't work either. It just made me more tired. I decided today was not going to work out and I would just work more on other days. So, that's that.
Today was thoroughly disappointing.
You hang in there, Syd. It's great to see you playing around with different ideas, and letting the things you read wash over you and nudge you in different directions. Remember that if a concept is not working for you you can always move on to another. You're also playing with some wild, out there ideas, and sometimes it can help just to bring them back to earth a bit and see how your own experiences might influence the story. But it's brave territory of course, the land of pure imagination. (If that's even possible, to completely leave our own experiences.)
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