9:16 PM, Thursday evening. According to The Kid’s Corner column in my local newspaper, there are "basically three types of skunks: striped, spotted and hog-nosed." I think that’s pretty cool -- but it’s the basically in that sentence that is really intriguing. Somewhere, there are skunks that don’t fit into those three main types. Neither striped, spotted nor hog-nosed (or perhaps all that and more).
Somewhere there are super-deluxe skunks, man...
I’ve been getting a fair amount of stuff done this week. At the moment, I have four short stories and three poems ready to be mailed out to various markets. I’ve also selected a new publisher to try my novel at -- maybe the third time will be a charm.
Next Friday (July 10th) I’ll be heading down to Myrtle Beach with my brother, Joel, and a bunch of friends. We’ve been making the trip for five years now and, as always, I’m looking forward to it. It’ll be cool to lay back on some warm soft sand, sip an ice-cold margarita, swim in the surf...maybe catch a band at the House of Blues. I might also get a chance to see my friend Julia again, which would be most excellent.
Mmm, eight days and counting...
For a while now I have been experimenting with new designs and layouts for my website. My most recent creations haven’t really popped my cork, though. I like simplicity and clean design, small graphics and quick pages -- but if you take that too far things just get way too bland looking. Perusing my latest experiment (reposing on my hard drive) I’ve realized that I want something with a lot more pizzazz. Until I can get that sort of buzz from a new design the site will stay pretty much as you see it.
But I’ll keep experimenting.
I wonder what a super-deluxe skunk motif would look like?
--- JWR, 7/2/98
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