It’s been a good week so far. I got to look around the office on Monday, which is much less corporate than I pictured, but I like it. Books everywhere. Posters. Harry Potter. It’s a good vibe.
After lunch and a quick tour of area eating places, I spent the rest of the day at my desk (I have a desk!). I’ll be doing a couple of days of free-writing before diving into the editing process, and although I set out hoping to get some short fiction written, my muse was just not wanting to go there. After struggling to force words through Monday and half of Tuesday, I decided to just go with it, since just going with it generally allows me to be most productive. And now I’m a couple thousand words into the fringes of a new novel that could either be pretty decent or tragically bad. It’s not what I expected, but I’m willing, for now at least, to just see where it ends up.
A friend from back home came up for an evening; we spent most of the time trying to track down a restaurant that apparently doesn’t exist, and then, for fun, we watched one of the most horribly frustrating and awkward movies that I’ve seen in a while. So bad, in fact, that it was more of an insult than entertainment, though I suspect there are quite a few people who would beg to differ. But I won’t name names; no point in sparking controversy. Though if I had to watch that movie with anyone (and I suppose that I had to, if only to say I survived), I’m glad it was with her. Making fun of movies is always easier when you’re with someone on the same wavelength. Really, it was fantastic to hang out with her—I hadn’t in more than a year, and she’s one of those people who helped me the most in my early writing stages, so it was fitting to come full circle and see her here.
Today I went to Chinatown again to buy some food. Man I love that place. I’m having a picnic dinner in Central Park tomorrow with a friend from college! Excitement abounds. Yep, it’s been a good week.
