“When you’re at odds with yourself, it’s hard to create. Sometimes the writing process is as easy as opening up the window and letting in the breeze. And sometimes it’s like chiseling away at a block of granite with a pencil.” (326)

Scar Tissue
Anthony Kiedis with Larry Sloman

I thought I'd leave this as a little food for thought (or should I say a written treat) on this Halloween. I'm going to work as a bunny. Lol! Weird, huh? I'm about to be 33, am a manager in a marketing division of a company, and I'm wearing bunny ears to work. Well, they said we could dress up from the neck up, and I saw these adorable, soft, fuzzy pink ears and pink bowtie (there's a pink tail too, but I can't wear it...obviously, my butt is not part of the "from the neck up" clause), and I couldn't pass them up. I'm not sure how you take work seriously when wearing bunny ears, but maybe that's the point? This never would have been allowed in my old job.

I brought up the quote that begins this entry because I'm about three-fourths of the way through the book. I bought it on Friday and haven't been able to put it down, and it somehow cultivated the creative juices in me because that evening, I sat down and wrote a poem, which my webmaster added to the members' area in the "Personal Writings" section. I haven't written a poem in about a year. It's amazing how one book can do that to you, can open the floodgates of emotions and create this utter need to express yourself.

I'll continue more when I get home this evening from work (hoppity hop) and from training legs and doing cardio. It may be Halloween, but a girl still needs to remain lean, so no rest for the weary.

Have a good Monday!

Jodi

I will be updating this blog soon! This weekend in fact! I have so much to tell you, and I should break it into a few different entries so that I don't write a novel all in one space or time frame.

Just know that approximately a week and a half after being terminated from my previous job, I ended up getting hired in a different company...a smaller one (much smaller). Get this: higher salary than what I would have even gotten with that raise I had been promised, higher position, more responsibilities, and a total awareness by the owner of the company and my boss (one of the directors) of my website and the photos it contains. I went into the interview with a totally honest and forthright approach, and after five hours of talking with two directors and the owner himself, I was hired.

I've read all of the comments and suggestions regarding what transpired, and I will discuss everything in those replies as well as discuss exactly what my emotions were, how my emotions changed as the days flew by, and what the reasoning was behind each and every one of my decisions since that afternoon.

Thank you for being patient with me! I've actually been suffering from a mean case of writer's block. It's frustrating. The words sit in my mind, just mocking me. And the computer screen remains blank, my fingers resting on the keyboard and waiting for the trigger to send them flying into the future. I'm saying forget it. This weekend, block or no block, I'm writing in my Blogger and making something happen.

Jodi