sleepless in singapore

yea i've had a rough night. got home from work at 1220 or so, took a quick shower and settled down to work on my piece. i won't say more about the piece at the mo cos i dont want to jinx it. but i was having such a TERRIBLE time writing it.

i'd been thinking about it during the 9 hours or so of work. while subbing a story i'd get an idea and jot it down on a piece of paper. well that's not really true, i can't sit at a computer/table to write stuff. i somehow always write better when in motion -- bus rides are very good and so are walks. but not swims. it's very interesting how my mind totally blanks out in a swimming pool -- must be the chlorine.

so i threw in a sentence here and there. adding bits and pieces to the story. but it just didn't seem right. i had some sort of writer's block.

kenneth was kind enough to deliver supper. mmm fries and coke. those fish dippers thing were getting a little soggy though!!

i tried working on the sofa in the living room, on my bed and on the computer. nothing really seemed to work. my piece was only halfway through and it was already 3am.

i decided that was it. i'd write something, no matter how bad it was and try to reach the 700 word minimum. 700 seems like a terribly short piece. it is but i was seriously at a loss at how to fill those 700 spaces.

so i finally went to sleep at 4.

then i woke at 8.

as in eyes wide open awake.

amazing.

and got back down to work again. the supper did manage to sustain me until now (930am) but my stomach is beginning to grumble a little. a nice milo should do the trick.

but i am done with it. i wouldn't say it's perfect but i'm pretty satisfied. plus i just want to stop thinking about it and forward it already. But i'm so worried that i'll suddenly get some sort of divine inspiration.

just forward it already! the early bird catches the worm doesn't it?

yes it does.

ok here goes.

wish me luck.