Well, it seems that I'm about as useful as ever when it comes to keeping this thing up to date (not that anyone really cares anyway).
So the main reason that I am updating is to express my own personal satisfaction for having outdone what I have always considered to be my best story-
http://thebridgeburnerstories.blogspot.com/search/label/S%202.4%20Through%20the%20Looking%20Glass
At least from a personal perspective I have always considered it to be my best work, even when accounting for all the non TBB stories. The new story isn't yet finished, it being part of the After The Legacy series (or the TBB Novel for short), but two days ago I decided that I was leaving the main antagonist to appear far too late (which made the earlier chapters look like filler) so I have written an entirely new opening for section 1.2. This new opening is my source of pride for several reasons, the characters, the struggle in the face of inevitability, the last taste of humanity, plus it's about Mashed who to this point was never properly developed as a character. I might post it up at some point, and will at least certainly be sending it to Aven in order to get his opinion, if I'm writing about TBB I can't think of anyone whom I would rather reading it.
So, any other news in the world of your humble narrator? Not really, have been to the States again, and am still of the opinion that if the right opportunity opened up I would be away like a flash.
The only other thing is that I found out today that I young lady who used to work for me, and whom I will admit to having had a crush on, went to the US and got married in Vegas last week (yeah, the married in Vegas thing certainly sounds tacky but the wedding pics looked very tasteful). I've found myself bothered quite a deal since discovering this, not about the wedding you understand (that's in the past), but the fact that this girl younger than I, whom I once was attracted to, is now married. I can't help but feel that I've once again let life pass me by, again I'm not talking about the girl here, I feel that I've drifted a lot between the relatively easy options and have never really done anything to define myself, to have given my existence meaning. I don't know, perhaps I'm rambling and just feeling melancholy because another girl has been taken off the market, but at present it feels that I just lack accomplishment.
1 comment:
I know what you mean by letting life pass you by, I'm guilty to a large extent of simply letting my worklife pass by without any attempt to further or better myself. A large number of opportunities have passed me by over the last 5 years, and thus far I've just let them float away without any thought of effort or concern. It pains me to think that i could be doing the same job i do now but have been earning an extra 5k - 10k per annum more if I'd simply filled out a form or made a real effort. The same goes for ladies and other life opportunities but I have to sit here and admit that I wouldn't be the person I am if it wasn't for the aspect of my personality that allows me to remain distant from opportunities until something piques my interest.
I'll be more than happy to read any story you cobble together fella, you have a writing style that fascinates me. Next year you need to enter the BBC Short Story competition!
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