I know I should be working on the perfect woman. But I’m stuck. The next scene Is where he starts building an android. How am I suppose to go about writing that. I didn’t think everything through when I started. How does a sixteen year old build an highly realistic android? I don’t know the setting well enough either. How futuristic is it? I’m hoping this journal entry will get my brain going enough that I can finish that part.
Though I have really done nothing of note since I went to that part, I have a good amount to talk about.
I’ve had a really bad headache for the last three days. In this period I’ve taken at least ten aspirin. Maybe my body is going through a slight nicotine addiction? I don’t smoke alot. I haven’t had a cigarette since last friday. But it could be the E-cig? I just do it with brad at lunch, so I don’t know. I’ll think about it today at lunch. If my headache goes away when I do E-cig I’ll know. But I love that E-cig, it’s so choice(Read that in a ferris Bueller voice).
The headaches interfere with my writing. It kind of takes me out of it. I mean even now, I’m still writing manually. I’m no stranger to headaches, but it usually isn’t this bad for so long, aspirin usually does the trick. I wish it would help now. Maybe I need to find a different thing to rely on to get rid of them?
I finished “Perks of being a wallflower” yesterday, I adored it. I loved the main character, he was so relatable. The part when he was at the party and accidently had a brownie was really beautiful. I really like the way that book handles drug use. It nether demonizes nor glorifies it. An educated neutral stance. We are infinite.
Once I finished that I picked up “Catcher in the rye”. I’m also really liking it. Matt and zach didn’t really care for it, I think it bored them. But I don’t think they understood what the author was trying to do. I feel like the author put alot of care into making sure the main character is believable, but it is lost on me for the most part. Though I do find the character believable and likeable, the book was written in the 1940s. It’s not that I have a problem with old things, I really don’t. But he uses slang and terms that I do not know.
I also really like how the author makes it so the main character is always lying to you. At the beginning he is talking about how he is a fantastic liar. And for the rest of the book the main character is saying things of questionable truth. Like when he was talking about how he was almost featured in a “short” but decided at the last moment against. I wonder how many readers was able to pick up on that?
I love older books like this because it gives you a glimpse into the average life of the people of that time period. It works in a better and more natural way than any period piece can. Everyone smokes, even the sixteen year old main character. Where cigarettes not regulated then like they’re now.
My wrist is cramping up so I’m taking a short break. I went to the bathroom but I don’t know how much good it ultimately did.
Back to the book. I also like how the main character at first comes off as very unlikable and unrelatable. I felt it kind of made him out to be a bad ass. At first they make it sound like he is some hot shot with the ladies. When offered a prostitute he bought her without a second thought. Up until the moment she arrives you don’t know he is a virgin. I thought that was nicely done. Even the way he handles not having sex with her shows alot of indirect characterization. I’m only halfway through, so I’ll come back with my final thoughts once I finish. I figure if I analize books more it will make be a better writer, I really want to be a better writer.
I’m going to try to troop my way through the trouble area of “the perfect woman”. Wish me luck.
Love always,
charlie
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