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2-9-00

i've two great books in the past week: a prayer for owen meany (recommended by daria - even she doesn't realize how much it influenced her) and nine stories by j.d. salinger. the latter was astounding! what an incredible writer! i found his stories to be a lot like life, that is, horribly but appropriately anti-climactic; a style that i love and have tried to incorporate into some of my own writing.

i told stephen when i was out there (s.f.) that it was all about the next right thing, and a constant reorganization of priorities. not only are my priorities (including wants, needs, and goals) not organized, i've lost sight of what they were in the first place; hence my state of mind for the past few months, and especially the past six weeks.

i'm thinking that if i do the next right thing long enough, the rest will fall into place. i hope this is true, and i hope i can do the next right thing when it comes along.