Do you think about your mortality?

TXgolfer said:
Not sure what the big deal is... You addressed what you hope for and so did Koko .....
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must be a big deal for you to reply like this :dunno2:
 
TheWriteAlex said:
Hey, did you have anything to add to the discussion of mortality?

No? Thanks for stopping by. :wave:
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Why would you say "no"? Of course I do. My version is the same as Koko's, I think you will find that version fairly common. I don't waste alot of time trying to imagine what it will be like.....I look forward to finding out
 
TXgolfer said:
Why would you say "no"? Of course I do. My version is the same as Koko's, I think you will find that version fairly common. I don't waste alot of time trying to imagine what it will be like.....I look forward to finding out
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Did you ever think that maybe you ought to try using your imagination a little more?
 
Jiro said:
I think this is affecting you on more profound level because of 2 reasons - it took you by a surprise. and you work with him every single day for a long while now.

death in family members is kinda different story because most of them die by from illness which takes years to manifest. some died unexpectedly (ie. car accident) but chance is that you are not very close to that person and you don't see him/her everyday like your coworker.

life is indeed strange.
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The bolded isn't necessarily true...I've lost three family members in the last three years. The first was my grandma, with just a couple of days preparation. She wasn't feeling good one day, and I was trying to help her out (my family lives in a duplex, I was living with her) with my mom (a nurse). I'd found her two years before passed out, and she ended up in the hospital for weeks. This time, I found her again after she'd had a heart attack, then we called an ambulance (at this point I'm freaking out...). She had a seizure en route to the hospital, as well as a few other things. She ended up brain dead and was extubated a couple of days after I found her. My great-grandmother was the next year, and declining normally. I lived with her the last couple of months as a caretaker, and her death shook me up real bad, too. My grandmothers helped raise me, and were HUGE parts of my life. This year, my dad very suddenly died of a heart attack. Not expected, and very traumatic. My brother found him on the kitchen floor, his body was cold at that point. He'd been fine all day, even at my niece's birthday party.

Not saying what you said was wrong, it's just not always true.

Sorry if I sound contrary, I just...it's so close to the holidays and all.
 
TheWriteAlex said:
What do you write?
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if I recalled correctly from a long while back, he was going to write about his experience with federal government such as FEMA and how it was being wasteful with $$$$$$$.
 
StevieMont927 said:
The bolded isn't necessarily true...I've lost three family members in the last three years. The first was my grandma, with just a couple of days preparation. She wasn't feeling good one day, and I was trying to help her out (my family lives in a duplex, I was living with her) with my mom (a nurse). I'd found her two years before passed out, and she ended up in the hospital for weeks. This time, I found her again after she'd had a heart attack, then we called an ambulance (at this point I'm freaking out...). She had a seizure en route to the hospital, as well as a few other things. She ended up brain dead and was extubated a couple of days after I found her. My great-grandmother was the next year, and declining normally. I lived with her the last couple of months as a caretaker, and her death shook me up real bad, too. My grandmothers helped raise me, and were HUGE parts of my life. This year, my dad very suddenly died of a heart attack. Not expected, and very traumatic. My brother found him on the kitchen floor, his body was cold at that point. He'd been fine all day, even at my niece's birthday party.

Not saying what you said was wrong, it's just not always true.

Sorry if I sound contrary, I just...it's so close to the holidays and all.
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I said MOST. You are not in the "most" category.

the illness I was referring to that takes years to manifest is something like cancer, terminal illness, etc. A sudden heart attack is not what I was talking about.

you have my condolence.
 
Jiro said:
if I recalled correctly from a long while back, he was going to write about his experience with federal government such as FEMA and how it was being wasteful with $$$$$$$.
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Sounds kinda boring. Any way we can work a spy thriller sub-plot into that? Maybe a government conspiracy involving super-intelligent sharks being developed in Lake Pontchartrain and inadvertently let out during Katrina?
 
TheWriteAlex said:
Sounds kinda boring. Any way we can work a spy thriller sub-plot into that? Maybe a government conspiracy involving super-intelligent sharks being developed in Lake Pontchartrain and inadvertently let out during Katrina?
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I shall await with great anticipation.
 
Jiro said:
I said MOST. You are not in the "most" category.

the illness I was referring to that takes years to manifest is something like cancer, terminal illness, etc. A sudden heart attack is not what I was talking about.

you have my condolence.
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I know, I just felt like putting that in there. I understood what illnesses you meant. I have some family with cancer (it took an aunt), some with HIV. I'm just feeling riled up and emotional right about now.

Thanks :)
 
TXgolfer said:
Novels....nothing published yet of course. Also a book about Katrina and a book of work stories but those 2 don't require imagination.
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Interesting. Feel free to post your stuff sometime. I'd love to read it. And good luck. Writing is tough.
 
StevieMont927 said:
I know, I just felt like putting that in there. I understood what illnesses you meant. I have some family with cancer (it took an aunt), some with HIV. I'm just feeling riled up and emotional right about now.

Thanks :)
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:)

"The number of those endowed with human life is as small as the amount of earth one can place on a fingernail. Life as a human being is hard to sustain as hard as it is for the dew to remain on the grass. But it is better to live a single day with honor than to live to 120 and die in disgrace." -Buddha
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TheWriteAlex said:
Interesting. Feel free to post your stuff sometime. I'd love to read it. And good luck. Writing is tough.
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Meh, I have been writing my whole life.....I have enough legal pads full of short stories to fill a filing cabinet. I write everything by hand on legal pads.

Toughest part for me is the title. Probably 2/3's of my stuff is without a real title. Just stuff like "art student" or "old guy" Some just have numbers
 
TXgolfer said:
Meh, I have been writing my whole life.....I have enough legal pads full of short stories to fill a filing cabinet. I write everything by hand on legal pads.

Toughest part for me is the title. Probably 2/3's of my stuff is without a real title. Just stuff like "art student" or "old guy" Some just have numbers
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Interesting. I write on legal pads as well. At least for the rough ideas and story sketches. Allows for a better uninterrupted flow of ideas.

When I write on a computer, there is too much micromanaging. I end up rewriting a paragraph five times. Great for editing, but not for capturing the raw material that makes a story.
 
TheWriteAlex said:
Interesting. I write on legal pads as well. At least for the rough ideas and story sketches. Allows for a better uninterrupted flow of ideas.

When I write on a computer, there is too much micromanaging. I end up rewriting a paragraph five times. Great for editing, but not for capturing the raw material that makes a story.
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I type so slow that the idea gets bored and leaves the brain before I finish typing it.
 
TXgolfer said:
Meh, I have been writing my whole life.....I have enough legal pads full of short stories to fill a filing cabinet. I write everything by hand on legal pads.

Toughest part for me is the title. Probably 2/3's of my stuff is without a real title. Just stuff like "art student" or "old guy" Some just have numbers
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right but the difference is - you don't write for living.

I've read books written by people similar like you and their books would never have gotten published if it wasn't heavily edited and polished up by professionals.

just saying.
 
TXgolfer said:
I type so slow that the idea gets bored and leaves the brain before I finish typing it.
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Really?

In type much faster than I can write in longhand. I haven't tried to write in shorthand. :hmm:
 
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