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A Lot On My Plate

Gayle has a list of things she wants to get done in the few remaining days of summer, things like spend more money, buy things, purchase something, use something up so she can buy another one, and laundry. Actually, her list is very proactive, and has a lot of lofty goals that make me feel a little bit, well, lazy. So I decided to put MY list of summer goals onto the blog to show, um, me and the three other people who look at the blog what I'm trying to get accomplished this summer. 

Here's my list of things to write: 

(2) Video game theory essays
(1) Metal Gear Solid essay
(1) Patriotism essay
(10) Chapters revised of Words of the Silenced
(1) Play for Utah Shakespearean Festival (March 1)--Daisy's Doughnuts
(1) Essay for Utah Shakespearean Festival (April 1)
(5) Poems of any sort
(3) The Poets book chapters a week
(?) Things Dinosaurs Eat, a children's book I want to write for Peter and, later, Jeremy

The grand total of that list is over twenty four pieces of writing, with just under a month in which to do it all. The biggest problem is that I can only write for so long before good books, fun video games, mewling babes, or just exhaustion of creative juices takes its toll and I wander away. 

But, hey, it's good to have goals, right?
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