Always Look on the Bright Side of Life

Well this turned out to be a crappy day. Last night wasn’t so bad. I watched Lawn hors d’œuvre SUV and taped it for Bill. It was a good one, finally with Stephen Rea as the guest star.

A proper ending rather than the villain jumping off the roof, or Robin Williams jumping in the East River and not being found again.

I decided to watch District 9, which I downloaded the other day. Oh it was quite good, really well done and highly recommended. A bit slow at first but it takes off and takes you with it.

I sat at my computer with headphones on while Bill watched Lawn hors d’œuvre SUV. I was so engrossed that when Bill was getting ready for bed I didn’t hear him with headphones on, I got quite a scare when he waved his hand in front of my face to get my attention since tapping me on the shoulder wasn’t the way to go.

Then I went to bed soon after that where Bill was snoring away. His sleep apnea mask wasn’t fitting properly so he decided not to fix it, and snored. Did not make for an easy night of sleep so when he was leaving this morning, he did the usual of kissing me goodbye, saying that I looked very tired.

Tired from being unable to get a proper night’s sleep due to the snoring. He was fine and refreshed so I guess that was all that really mattered. I was able to get an hour of uninterrupted sleep and that was good, but nothing like the 7 hours I wanted.

That’s how the day started. I had to go out and buy milk for my cereal and that went well. Came home and checked my computer. Firefox was acting weird so I figured a restart would do the trick.

And it did, but it was the wrong trick and now my computer was inoperable. I figured Rand might have been in Florida and would simply say, ‘Oh hit Ctrl/Alt/Delete’ or some hocus-pocus like that.

But Rand was in Hoboken and though he didn’t have the time since he was flying tonight, he said he would stop by. He did make up the four flights of stairs and did a few things, one thing he felt he shouldn’t have done.

So now my computer sits there, forlorn and unused. The original message was that Windows was no longer there or corrupted. I’m sure I might have done something to corrupt the Windows but my type of corruption and computer corruption are basically 2 different things.

I started thinking about how yesterday was the fourth anniversary of my blog and I thought I wrote something funny. I expected some feedback, a pat on the back, a comment saying that it sucked, anything.

But I got nothing and after writing yesterday about how I write at least 500 words a day, today I wondered why do I bother? I know I can write 500 words a day at least, but without feedback it seems I write for myself and felt like chucking in the whole thing.

I’ve proved over a thousand times that I can write, but now…what’s the point?

Thank goodness for Xanax. At least I could rely on that to take the edge off.

And seeing Alexander today was the tippy top highpoint of an otherwise lackluster day.

This miserable rant was brought to you through the good graces of Bill letting me use his Mac and torment you with my scribbling. If you have a problem with that, tell him.

11 thoughts on “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life

  1. Harpy

    Sorry this is so late, apparently Johnozed.com has not updated in my blog feed.
    First off Happy Anni!!!.
    Second buck up! Computers are machines rife with failure, we are humans evolved to adapt to the harshest of set backs.
    Machines are our slaves, we are not theirs.
    Always fight the robot overlord.
    Freedom is ours.

  2. johnozed Post author

    Thanks. Annemarie posted a comment for last night’s entry, and now you have posted a comment for tonight.

    I am thinking the email plan is the way to go. Knowing 2 people read this and take the time to comment either good or bad, at least gives me an idea that I have 2 readers. In fact, I’m thinking- this is the announcement of doing that.

    Something along the lines of, “From now on if you want to read future entries for this blog, email jot@johnozed.com

  3. Harpy

    My response to that is the old saw, “even an acorn starts small”. Don’t expect to change the world with your every foray into the world wide web.
    The most exquisite tastes are often subtle, and than developed over time.
    Not everyone gets caviar, it is just salty fish eggs, but over time you realize it pairs well with other things you love.
    Baby, we’ve both been an acquired taste for oh so long a time.

  4. Karen O'Toole

    John, I like reading your blog even if I don’t comment. Your days are usually more interesting than mine. I can definitely relate to the non-sleeping because of someone (not mentioning names) snoring! Love you!

  5. johnozed Post author

    Thanks Karen. Love you too.

    All I was looking for was someone other than Harpy & Annemarie to write something/anything.

    Somehow I’d forgotten that Todd Rundgren wrote Something/Anything 35 years ago.

    Just the by product of an insecure day.

  6. juAAAn

    i dont have a computer anymore.

    but happy anniversary. this means we’ve almost been friends for four years now.

    bonkers.

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