What's Official?

It’s official: I’m killing the floatingBasement book. Sure, it’s sort of a bummer, and I’ve put a lot of work into that thing. Jeez, I’ve been working on it (on and off) since the band broke up in ’95 (it started as “The floating Basement Scrapbook - $2.00 a Pound at Scrap Dealers Everywhere!”). But, I reached a point where I realized that the only way the thing would work is with contributions (“literary contributions”)(?) from Bill and Cousin Mike. The big problem is Billy – I mean he’s not being a jerk about it – I haven’t even asked him…

….but his book is done (or really close to being done). I joked w/ him a couple of weeks ago about the Old Dog ‘n I doing a fake William T. Garver blog – and he didn’t think that was too funny. He said: “I’m going to be sending my book out Ed.”

He’s got a good point – and I don’t think he’s being too uptight about it. A blog can be sort of like a writing sample – and who wants somebody else (especially me ‘n the Old Dog) writing their writing sample? Well, I might want somebody writing my writing sample – more people might be impressed w/ my writing – and the elimination of the passive voice alone would save so much space….

…not to mention space wasted by ellipses…

…or questions about spelling…

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AND – if I could get someone else to write my blog, think how much time I would have to write something else!

Anyway, if a fake William T. Garver blog might diminish the thing he’s put all this work into…just think how being a co-collaborator on a floatingBasement book ‘n record would effect things in the negative…

Although it would be impressive if such a thing got enough notice to detract from something – anything – I don’t want to do that to Bill. He’s been working on this thing (I think) for a long ass time…I remember him working on this while the Ambersons thing was still going.

Gee, I write a lot about Bill in my blog – what’s my problem? I have a life, right? Um, maybe I’ve hit on the problem.

So, fuck the fB book for now. “Now” isn’t forever, right? I can return to that thing at some point. Maybe Bill will get a “book guy” (literary agent – whatever?) and then I can kiss his ass and beg him to show the “book guy” my writing sample…Or maybe, if Bill becomes a professional writer, he could write my writing sample…

In the meantime, I don’t need to keep writing, or try finishing the fB scrapbook thing. I’ve got this blog…

…oh, God help me!