{"id":714,"date":"2014-03-14T14:53:20","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T20:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cheatingbulldogs.com\/?p=714"},"modified":"2014-03-17T14:57:10","modified_gmt":"2014-03-17T20:57:10","slug":"it-just-wont-stay-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cheatingbulldogs.com\/?p=714","title":{"rendered":"It just won’t stay dead…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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He was a zombie?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So much for that \u201cI should be back to writing more soon\u201d comment eh?<\/span><\/p>\n

A lot has happened since I last deposited a rant on these pages. All that studying up paid off (not really) and I got a new IT based job here in Winnipeg. It\u2019s not really in my wheelhouse sadly but is at least a good paycheque with good security\/benefits and a pleasant team to work with. Unfortunately being in the first year of my contract has put somewhat of a damper on my wanderlust since I don\u2019t officially get holidays for another couple months.\u00a0 I sadly haven\u2019t even been able to fit in a long weekend in Vegas this year. \u00a0Bummer… still, I suppose we all have to pretend towards adulthood once in a while.<\/p>\n

While part of me has been off being an adult the creative side of me has somewhat languished. I have had an itch to write for months now but simultaneously a bit of a creative block.\u00a0 Part of that was fatigue, adjusting to a 40 hr\/week job and the accompanying commute has been\u2026 unpleasant. Another is the relentlessness of this winter. For those not in these parts Winnipeg has been making up for the past few years with an absolutely brutal succession of snowstorms, sub -30 days and howling winds. Aside from the direct impact on our morale it has also made the commutes here absolutely brutal, not aided by a new snow clearing contractor whose plow drivers have seemingly never scraped a street before.<\/p>\n

In short, bleh.<\/p>\n

Every single bit of advice I\u2019ve ever seen directed to writers starts with one simple truth: \u201cWrite more.\u201d I know I can be a good writer when I\u2019ve been churning out content. Work things, my travelogues, even school work all improved with volume. As a result I\u2019ve made a promise to myself. Write more, even if it\u2019s a couple hundred words a couple times a week. Some of these scribbles will likely show up here, some on Full Spoon Rising and some will no doubt be locked away where no one will ever see them. In my current world of server recycles and db maintenance I want to keep that creative spark alive\u2026 no matter how dim it may get.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So much for that \u201cI should be back to writing more soon\u201d comment eh? A lot has happened since I last deposited a rant on these pages. All that studying up paid off (not really) and I got a new IT based job here in Winnipeg. It\u2019s not really in my wheelhouse sadly but is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,9,19,4],"tags":[125,126,180,127],"class_list":["post-714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rant","category-issues","category-winnipeg","category-writing","tag-depression","tag-winter","tag-writing","tag-zombies"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3qtCo-bw","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheatingbulldogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheatingbulldogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheatingbulldogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheatingbulldogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheatingbulldogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=714"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cheatingbulldogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":717,"href":"https:\/\/cheatingbulldogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714\/revisions\/717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheatingbulldogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheatingbulldogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheatingbulldogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}