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July 27, 2005
i got another confession to make...
This may be the third time I've started this post. Hopefully I'll finish it this time.
In fact, I'm writing this post to keep from writing what I really want to write. And there are more than a few things I want to write that I'm afraid to. Be it an e-mail to someone new, or that novel or poem I've talked about writing forever. Writing is a scary thing.
I used to be scared of what others would think of what I wrote. I'm over that, I think. I'm much more afraid of what I will think of what I write. I'm my own worst critic. And I admire such great writing that I'm extra tough on myself.
Is someone getting the best the best the best of you?" That's a simple enough life, but presented as it is in the Foo Fighters' new song, it's tremendously powerful. Because it relates to whatever you want it to. I can relate it to myself and how I apply myself to things. I can relate it to people I truly love and believe in and wonder if they are doing what they need to be doing.
What is the best of me? And is anyone getting it? Maybe in tastes. My best friend gets it. He knows it. He can see it. There are priceless (priceline big?) few others that do.
Any long time readers out there will appreciate this next line...I met a girl the other day.
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July 17, 2005
it's been one week since you looked at me
I got called "he who never updates" the other day, and it is true. And I apologize. I guess I'm not the blogger I used to be. I've changed, moved on, something. But I can't say I don't miss it. Because I do.
I write about writing now, and tonight I write about writing code. Check out the new italianolio.com today. I've always been the designer for it, and this is no different. It's more meaningful to Ed and myself than anyone else, but I like it anyway. I don't code extremely complicated stuff, but I hope it is at least visually pleasing.
Writing code is an art, if you don't cheat with a program like Dreamweaver. I code by hand, which may be a reason I can't get complicated, but simplicity is important. Code may seem like jibberish to the layperson, but to me it is graphic, legible. It's like when the characters in the Matrix read those scrolling green letters and see what's happening. Once you know what it's saying, you don't need to see it rendered by anything, the code is enough.
Coders are amazing, by hand. It's an art, just like writing a poem or a novel (both of which I'm trying to write). I find writing web pages fulfilling, even if it isn't the best stuff you've ever seen. I like it. Enough other people like it. Go figure.
I'll try to be better about updated. Heck, I don't even know how many people come here anymore...
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