i just spent the last hour writing nearly 1000 words about the movie Shattered Glass which tells the story of the former New Republic Associate Editor Stephen Glass. In 1998, a Forbes online reporter discovered that Glass had fabricated a story called “Hack Heaven.” Eventually it was discovered that Glass had fabricated a great many of the stories he had published.
i spent all that time and wrote all those words and i have no fucking point. it’s making my heart beat goofy with rage. i hate when i have something i feel like i want to say and i can’t say it. it’s just not working for me right now and it’s pissing me off beyond all belief. i’m tense and glaring at the computer screen. i hate when the words get stuck and don’t come out right. i’m impatient too, which makes it even worse because i feel as though i shouldn’t move until the piece is finished. but i’m afraid if i don’t get up and walk away, this computer monitor is going to go right through the damn patio door, and then i’ll be really pissed because i don’t have another monitor.
Words are funny like that; They come flooding in when you wax poetic about a new hair care product, yet fail when you’re preparing a business proposal. I simply chalk it up to the “dumb ass truck”: I’m not entirely unintelligent, but when the ol’ Dumb Ass Truck smacks me, it takes me DAYS to recover from my mental injuries.
Here’s hoping you get rushed to the VICU, Vocabulary Intensive Care Unit, where you can convalesce rapidly.