Comments on: Can I Break My Promise?

By: MDO

MDO — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 02:05:38 +0000

Sorry, any girl that would make sex contingent on you finishing the vegetables on your plate (metaphorically) IS your mother. Get out of this codependent relationship while you can, and maybe you’ll be able to blog again.

By: Scotty

Scotty — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:06:17 +0000

I reached out to her breasts, the two precious, flickering lighthouses that could save me from my solitude

I just snorted coffee through my nose, Neil – can I use that line in a poem sometime, can I, huh, can I?

Thanks for adding a smile to my day, mate.

By: The Mister

The Mister — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:43:59 +0000

Actually, forget all the stuff I just said and read the last three lines again.

By: The Mister

The Mister — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:43:08 +0000

I posted nearly every day for a year and a half on two blogs. Almost 400 posts including more than one a day last November.

Then I ran out of stuff to say for a while. Posting every day turned into a lot of me writing stuff that wasn’t very good. I made it through the month though and that felt great.

I love it when people post every day but I’d rather be hungry for a couple days and then get served up a nice juicy Angus burger.

Push through my man. Just take the pressure off yourself a little. Some days in that month my post was a txt message sent from my truck, and then the next day I’d get inspired when my brain was in neutral.

There’s no reason you can’t succeed.
There’s no reason all the posts can’t be good.
And there’s no reason you can’t enjoy yourself while pushing through.

By: teahouseblossom

teahouseblossom — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:27:46 +0000

I’ve loved reading your September posts! And happy new year to you as well.

By: sweetney

sweetney — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:28:33 +0000

Not to complicate things further, but the two statements you rightly attribute to me aren’t necessarily related. My affection for interesting, complex characters — regardless of whether they follow social norms or are “nice” or not — extends to Real Life people who are not artists and far from famous, and also fictional characters who don’t actually exist. That is my personal taste, born of my life experience. I also prefer crazy weirdos to sane, stable people. Go figure. However, I wouldn’t necessarily recommend that to everyone. It was a side-note to my post, not intended as advice for everyone.

The separating artists from their art though? Yeah, I do think that, across-the-board. I think art, in all its forms, should stand on its own, and not be elevated simply because a Really! Super! Duper! Nice-in-real life person made it, nor should it be devalued because some degenerate asshole made it. Great Art is great art, whoever made it, and that’s my opinion, and I’d stand by it. No one has to agree with me though, and can thus feel free to hate most of the works of pretty much all the Modernists (including Joyce, Eliot, and Pound), Picasso, Chaucer, Tolstoy, and Hemmingway (if we get into musicians and composers we’d be here all day), based solely on their in-real-life actions, attitudes, behaviors, and personal character.

This is something to think about: http://tinyurl.com/n68vde

Do with all that what you will.

By: cardiogirl

cardiogirl — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 10:20:46 +0000

This is one big circle where one activity depends upon the other. You need to blog daily, for a while, so you can satisfy your sexual appetite.

When you satisfy your sexual appetite you’ll be relaxed and the writing will flow. Or, you’ll be cool with taking a writing break until your appetite increases again.

It’s like cooking a five-course meal when you’re starving. The cucumbers in the salad might be a bit large and the steak might need some A-1 but dessert will be delicious since you can savor it.

So it looks like you should phone in it while keeping your eye on the prize.

By: Mocha

Mocha — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:44:00 +0000

Blogging and sex. Always finish, Neil. Always finish.

By: melanie

melanie — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:10:42 +0000

I would have to sleep after that too. Its like being rejected by yourself and thats a lot to deal with even without publishing it! Deep breaths.

Should you wear a costume while you work and become a different character for each post? *giggle*

By: Momo Fali

Momo Fali — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:49:21 +0000

You shouldn’t force yourself to do anything you don’t want to do. Life is way to short for that. Everyone has limitations, so if I criticized you for quitting why wouldn’t I criticize myself for something on which I didn’t follow through?