There are many answers to this question, which is to say, I have no direct answer, but I can weave around several different ones in order to present some kind of response.
The core of it, I think, is that Bulgaria itself isn't really inspiring me to write 100 words a day as much as it used to. It's not that it's boring here. Far from it. But the things that happen are part of life for me now. It's the same reason a lot of volunteers seem to stop taking photos of everything after their first year. It just doesn't seem reasonable to take photos of everyday life.
With that also comes a lack of willingness to be snarky about Bulgaria and complain about every little thing. These days there's much less to complain about anyway. Every "point-and-choose" store in Silistra is becoming the kind of supermarket we're all used to. The supermarket in my building actually reminds me of the place where I used to shop before Ralph's came to Westood at UCLA.
Things are just plain peachy here, is the thing. But it's not everything. I'm also trying to conserve the writing I'm doing for the tests I have to write, the assignments I have to create, the essay I have to write to (hopefully) get into grad school and the short stories I need to write to maintain my sanity and (hopefully) get into a creative writing program. Again, that's not to say I'm sitting in front of my computer all day typing. But whenever it is I get through with whatever I'm working on any given night, I like to browse around the internet a little. And by a little I mean for 4 or 5 hours. Writing an entry while browsing not only dampens my browsing buzz, but also makes for silly, substandard entries.
So, by popular request I'll try to double my efforts here. But, we'll just have to see how far that goes.
Posted by Rob at November 8, 2005 01:47 AM