tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465386.post109707079205760954..comments2023-05-03T11:54:07.518-04:00Comments on Pugnacious Pinoy: Writing on the fly . . . flying to writeOliver de la Pazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14708989542004589056noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465386.post-1097414348356578262004-10-10T09:19:00.000-04:002004-10-10T09:19:00.000-04:00hey oliver
this summer at the vcca we met a compo...hey oliver<br /><br />this summer at the vcca we met a composer who claimed the last thing he saw on tv was the apollo moon landing and he and his wife still don't have a tv. in all the artist colonies denise and i have been to tv sets are banned. yaddo doesn't have a working tv in the library while macdowell has a crappy tv for video/dvd viewing at colony hall. a few summers ago i remember carbonatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09613206155728498730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465386.post-1097381799890108222004-10-10T00:16:00.000-04:002004-10-10T00:16:00.000-04:00Rebecca, those rumors of a Cartoon Network are tru...Rebecca, those rumors of a Cartoon Network are true. They recently had a Looney Tunes marathon. Cable is pure evil.Oliver de la Pazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14708989542004589056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465386.post-1097350511368595032004-10-09T15:35:00.000-04:002004-10-09T15:35:00.000-04:00I listen to Bach, or watch cartoons while I write....I listen to Bach, or watch cartoons while I write. Or both. If I had cable, I'd be sunk. I've heard rumors of a cartoon network. I'd never leave the house.Radish Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06534752971317927559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465386.post-1097264544668975712004-10-08T15:42:00.000-04:002004-10-08T15:42:00.000-04:00Hey Honey,
As we mentioned earlier (about the for...Hey Honey,<br /><br />As we mentioned earlier (about the former students I had), limit yourself to one hour a day watching television. When you're done with that hour, go directly to the computer and start WRITING. Do NOT check your email!!! If you'd like, I'll give you some wacky phrases to start you off on the long journey of poetry-making. <br />Love, Mere :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465386.post-1097109952283068172004-10-06T20:45:00.000-04:002004-10-06T20:45:00.000-04:00I have a husband who doesn't understand much about...I have a husband who doesn't understand much about the writing life, except that I'm happier when I've had writing time. He forces me in the chair by taking away all my excuses: "I'll cook dinner. I'll clean the dishes. You go write." I consider myself very lucky.<br /><br />Otherwise, I also buy myself time by working a 9-80 schedule--which means every other Friday I have off from work, Susan Allspaw Pomeroyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06417218498545713306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465386.post-1097108047562149122004-10-06T20:14:00.000-04:002004-10-06T20:14:00.000-04:00I've never had cable, at least cable that I paid f...I've never had cable, at least cable that I paid for. At most I had cable for a week. The fiance used to have cable, but then hated AT&T he quit paying. When we visited NYC our first time out, we almost stayed in our hotel room watching a Harry Potter movie on tv, cuz well, we had cable.<br /><br />I get fuzzy tv now, but watch the evening news, Fear factor and Amazing race and Enterprise whenGurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10471788990106109508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465386.post-1097093069980936372004-10-06T16:04:00.000-04:002004-10-06T16:04:00.000-04:00So, I've stopped waiting for optimal writing condi...So, I've stopped waiting for optimal writing conditions. I have surrendered to the fact that it's just not gonna happen in my situation (3 kids under the age of 5 blah, blah, blah). Instead, I wait for chunks of time to emerge—twenty minutes in the dentist's waiting room; a super-efficient run through Target, thus giving myself half an hour of writing time before the babysitter leaves; adobo or verhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18059954107392477750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465386.post-1097080676840664242004-10-06T12:37:00.000-04:002004-10-06T12:37:00.000-04:00o, so my apt. unit used to get free cable til very...o, so my apt. unit used to get free cable til very recently. before it was cut off, i was watching all kinds of stuff - trash or not - all the time, and i was almost dependent upon its noise in the background, which meant i didn't read and write as much as i should. in my previous apt. i only got fuzzy local channels so it was easier to balance reading/writing/tv time. <br /><br />but now w/ bjaneprhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07212077947146090915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465386.post-1097075507096996012004-10-06T11:11:00.000-04:002004-10-06T11:11:00.000-04:00I limit what I watch an TV for this reason--it use...I limit what I watch an TV for this reason--it used to be only Buffy & Angel, and now it looks like I'm going to be all about Desperate Housewives and Lost. Granted, I'm sure I don't have the strict schedule you do with grading & teaching, but I do work a second job at Gap, which can interfere with writing.<br /><br />The thing I've always felt that as long as I'm journaling, blogging, or Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05222297450888695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465386.post-1097073343974391582004-10-06T10:35:00.000-04:002004-10-06T10:35:00.000-04:00dear fellow tv lover, i love tv too. i love cable...dear fellow tv lover, i love tv too. i love cable. my tv broke though. since i came back from pr, my tv has been fuzzy. the other day, tired of not being able to see a clear screen, i banged the clock on top of it. tv is clear again, perhaps temporarily (old pinoy fix-it). i know a lot of writers who dont watch tv. they dont know what theyre missing. --el serenitoprofilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441821663180752496noreply@blogger.com