So, I have been away for quite some time and I find that my emotions--particularly my anger and frustration--are bursting out at the seams (a la The Longest Journey). Bottling up feelings is definitely not the way to go and I have to make time to vent that bottle.
Not to mention the fact that blogging lets me export some of my words that tend to clog my brain...and sometimes these blogs house memorable phrases that metamorphosize into legitimate literary pieces. Approaching my graduation (after 6+ long years), I'm going to need to truly embrace words if I plan to make a career out of them.
Since I'm out of practice, I grabbed a journal writing guide from the local Goodwill...in hopes that it might unclog my cork. It may be completely useless, as the blurbs on the back cover peg it as a book designed to "spark your students' interest and improve their journal-writing skills," but perhaps not. I can't guarantee I won't succumb to the temptation of bitching about coworkers and cultural icons whose popularity angers me.
It seems to me that the key to good journal writing is to be consistent--something I have proven time and again to be horrendous at (that is, consistency). Going along with this, I suppose I'll have to be forgiving and persistent too... Well, enough blah-blah-blah.
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