in a safe place.

i wish i could write. not like this, write, but like write write. i wish i could just pick up a guitar and write a song. my friend andy can do it really well, and i've always been a little jealous of that. (i know he reads this so, here's looking at you kid). anyways, today i realized that i haven't wrote a song in forever. now most of the songs i do write don't end up as captain songs, but that never really bothered me. it seems like every time i pick up a guitar, i can't think of anything new to do. just the same songs. at least i've got this. maybe i'll start focusing my independant creativity on something like...writing this blog! or, maybe i'll follow in my friend drew's footsteps and write a novel. i always liked that scene in waking life, where the guys in the coffee shop, writing furiously. this girl then asks him, "what are you writing". he starts to tell her about a story, that is just the characters living life. maybe that's what i'll write about. four early twentys musicians, struggling to make ends meet, while trying to pursue a dream, that everyone thinks they should give up on. i doubt it would get published. maybe i'll write a screenplay. who knows. i've got all summer to do something productive and artistic and creative with my time. chances are i'll end up eating alot of fast food and watching too many movies. maybe, i'll write a letter. like a REAL letter, not a 10 K email. i don't really know who i'd send a letter to. i know, the only way i'll be able to do all this great creative stuff is if i discipline myself to do it. SO, here's my plan (i'm making this up as i go, it will probably need revisions, so feel free to leave a comment and help me out):

i'll make a checklist, with certain guidelines, that features every type of writing i mentioned above (plus some more). now, i'm going to organize in such a way, that every week i should have done something to either start, continue on, or finish one of these goals. so how does this look:

June
----
[] write a song
[] write a poem
[] write a letter
[] write a short story
[] start writing a novel

for the following months, i'll do the same task, or continue working on one of those.

well, it's quite ambitious i know. wish me luck?

Jamison.