I will live with story synopses for the rest of the week. I need to start thinking beyond my clever writing and start telling stories. The words don’t matter—the words never mattered in the beginning. Once I have a decent story to tell, then I can worry about the words and whether I’m telling the story well.

I arrived in Brooklyn tonight after an uneventful flight. It’s cold. I wrote the below story synopsis on the airplane between movies and television (I realized how much I missed FoodTV on the plane—isn’t cable television on airplanes great?). The synopsis is terrible, but different once you get passed that sick feeling in your stomach that the topic invokes. I’m pushing envelopes—the type with large paper airplanes stuffed inside them. I wasn’t comfortable writing it, but I guess it’s good to push my boundaries. And that’s what I did up to the end where I lost steam and gave up. I’m good at giving up at the end. You can even call it one of my super strengths.

If you haven’t figured it out yet, I have a few hundred words left and I’m going to stick them here instead of synopsizing more.

Doolies is in Hong Kong this weekend. Wow. I never realized the words Hong Kong looked so much like King Kong. She’s returning to Seattle either Wednesday or Friday. I’m hoping for Wednesday. This time away from her has felt much longer than usual. Before our Thanksgiving trip to Taiwan, we didn’t travel much over the last six months or so. We fell into a nice routine in the Castle which I liked. I think Doolies was looking for a change, though. She seems happier when she’s doing different things. Once she figures out what she’s doing in Seattle, I’m hoping she grows more comfortable with the sameness. Or would it be differentness if that’s what she chooses.

I have lots planned over the next few days. I’m spending the morning and afternoon with my mother tomorrow, and then visiting Steven, where we plan to play many video games over the course of the night and early morning. On Sunday I’m visiting Eileen in New Jersey before heading into the city to check in to the hotel for the course. On Monday night I’m visiting with some friends from my old firm, before heading out Wednesday morning. Oh, and there’s some sort continuing education course I’m taking. That’s why I came, if you remember.

That did it, pushed me over the count. Yeah me.