Love and Hate

Is it just me, or does anyone else notice the mundane things? I’m sitting here thinking about an art piece an acquaintance is working on. He is working on the representation of Love and Hate in color. Why is it that red usually represents the two emotions? Not to mention that in theater, murder is almost universally represented by red lighting. Even in the film version of Chicago, during the Death Row Tango, each of the descriptions of the murders has the women bathed in red lighting. Love and hate do seem to go hand in hand though. How often do we love to hate a particular character or person?

Phillip called me and told me his mother was just absolutely impressed with me. *Smile * She commented that she was a little surprised I was single as I was “so handsome”…Lady…come home with me and tell me that when I get dressed every morning. I need that kind of positive reinforcement.

I’m a little slammed here at work today, and because of that I am really looking forward to running after work. I need to burn off some stress before I murder the next person who telephones me.

I’ve started to focus the writing a bit more recently. Trying to concentrate on one image, or one situation and writing about it from different angles. In this case, I’ve written a scene from one person’s point of view, and I plan on working the same scene this week from the opposite person’s view.

John called me at work today. He loves his new job at Marietta College, but he's stressing over the loneliness factor. He isn’t used to moving around as much, and unfortunately being an introvert, he is having difficulty making connections. My advice, give it time. It takes nearly a year to really meet people. Use the year to really get to know the area. Find the people and organizations you like to be around.