Friday, May 31, 2013
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Thursday, May 2, 2013
Figured out how to get back to my blog finally
It may be that blogging is not for me, but since I found out how to get back to post a new blog after going through two additional accounts here I am. My interest has been renewed by the possibility of doing a podcast. In some reading material I was reading it said the best way to do this was from a blog.
Not feeling very well today, and I'm sure that my comprehension level is rather low, but I'm going to at least write down my name and password so I can get back to this particular spot which took me so long to return to.
Yesterday I did audition for a book that is searching for a narrator. The name of the book is The Finger. It's a story about getting older in America. I felt that I would be the ideal person to do such a narration, but have not heard back since I submitted my audition. Getting back into recording, and hopefully will learn how to do a better job and according to one video be more professional. I'm not really striving for professionalism, and I'm sure that shows in my work.
I was recently married to Rhonda formally Mendoza who is now Rhonda Riley Whisenant. I'm sure she did not consider the mispronunciations that are to come with this particular last name, but I think that would probably fall under the heading of for better or for worse. Actually it's been more of a source of amusement for me through the years.
I'm dictating this blog entry, and hopeful that the misinterpretations will be limited, but in case you do come across something that seems a bit out of place it will indicate that I missed something in the translation.
The idea of doing a podcast using the pen name of séance fullofit is appealing to me, so will give that some consideration in the time to come.
For now Rhonda and I are doing very well, and except for a few minor health issues, I'm doing extremely well and so is she. It occurs to me that the Internet can fail, and this seemingly recent journal entry by the name of a blog could be lost. Fortunately I seem to have no shortage of words, or the ability from time to time to string them together into some semblance of coherency.
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Hocus-pocus I need to refocus
Getting a little bit better if there's anyone but me keeping track on the frequency of my posting on this blog and I doubt there is, but when you submit something to the world you never know when the world might actually be listening.
I ended my boycott of Facebook and now have an account there under the pen name of Saunce Fullofit. I also began a linkedin account under the same name, and am surprised at seemingly how many people take that website serious.
I listed myself as an e-book and audio book publisher which to some extent I am, but not to the extent of being professional. I received offers to join different writing clubs and other people that are probably more for real publishers that I will ever be.
Recently had my reoccurring left leg infected from a very dramatic experience in 1989 which hospitalized me at the time. It was the only time and hopefully will be the only time that I went straight from a doctor's office directly to a hospital. I was told at that time the cellulitis would recur throughout the rest of my life and unfortunately as inaccurate as doctors can sometimes be they were accurate in that statement.
Hocus-pocus I need to refocus is a phrase that came to me one morning. It was a quick way to remind myself that sometimes my thoughts can get too serious and too complicated. There only complicated to me, so if I had the ability why not do a little magic and get another view. Of course it is not that easy to do, but I like the simplicity of that particular idea. This goes in conjunction with another thought I had back in the 70s of having a lemon scented brain douche. The idea was to clear out some of the clutter that seems to accumulate within our thoughts. We accumulate quite a few of those thoughts and unfortunately sometimes do not know when to let them go.
I am beginning to suspect that we do not know how to do that, and even if we did for whatever magical mystical reasons we would retain the thoughts that we have held for many years without really examining them. The pen name mentioned earlier seems to be a very fitting name for me when I am in my self analytical frame of mind. I tried to not get into that particular frame of mind very often because it only leads to more questions and usually ventures off into areas that will probably never be illuminated, and what very faint light that might shine from time to time usually is only a reflection of the very little light that we already can see.
I have stalled once again on my writing of white Bloom's, but I am being a little less harsh on myself for setting that aside at this time. The idea has been with me, and will probably insist and persist until I finally fulfill and complete that idea into the closest thing that I can get to reality. It's very real to me, but then again talking giraffes in my dreams are sometimes real to me.
Continuing on here in Cayucos, glad to be here and cellulitis or not thankful for this opportunity.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Seaunce Fullofit writes again
the weather was not bad there, and that is why I had waited until October to return for that project. My son and I also were able to go up on the mountain and do some fishing, but did not have much success at least in the way of catching them. It is always good to spend time with them, and although my grandson who I called G-man did not come with us hopefully that day will come and bad pun or not we can get him hooked on fishing. His only association with that at this time is destroying my son's fishing tackle. He does do a rather exceptional job of that.
I continue my boycott of Facebook even though I'm told that it would enhance my sales for e-books and audio books. I referred to my audio and e-books as my empire, and it has been a great source of entertainment for me to check my sales figures every day. Fortunately I had never really anticipated a huge monetary return from my writings, and had I done so my expectations would have been not met. It continues to be fun for me and for the few friends of mine who understand that I do not take it serious.
In some ways this blog is equal to what I call faceless notes, but it enables me to continue journaling and keeping that connection to myself through this particular form of art. My dictation program continues to get better, and believe that is because I am learning to speak more clearly and without the slow Texas speech that seems to confuse the program. I doubt I will become the how now brown cow speaker, but at least the program understands me if not anyone else.
This Journal will be updated onto my authors page on Amazon.com, and it seems there are many ways to link ourselves to communicate with others but it seemed so very little communication goes on. Getting older and more opinionated, and realizing my opinions are of little importance but I can't seem to shake them and must attribute it to part of the human condition.
I realize that a point will come if that has not already where I will be rambling, but rambling has served me well and on occasion it will reveal to me something that bounces around in the bone that is called my head. I recently started a new Gmail account and revived the pen name that I used in the late 70s. The pen name was Sauance Fullofit. I use that name for a column that I wrote a small publication titled Silly Times. I wrote the silly Astro cast, and some of them were beyond silly but as a way to entertain myself it served its purpose.
This stream of consciousness that my friend Michael says is what I do when I write without thinking is a pretty interesting stream at times, but when I am dictating I feel that the stream gets diverted and at times downright dammed up. There probably was a train of thought originally when I began this, but I would have to backtrack and read what that train was.
Have joked many years ago with a friend who went on to become the savior of mankind (at least in his thoughts) that we catch many trains at many stations and jumped trains from time to time. I like to try for the same region in my train travels or brain travels but on occasion will go interplanetary and wonder how in the heck did I get here.
Continuing to live across the beach here in Cayucos and recently added a new addition to my used boat /motorcycle lot. I brought my 16 1/2 foot 1974 Browning boat when I returned from Tucson. For a man who does not have very much in the way of income I seem to have been accumulating objects. Hope to get this object in the water soon, but the winds have been extremely high, and since I have zero experience in the ocean in a boat thought that I would better my chances in better weather.
This is turning into quite an entry, and I'm sure I could continue on, but my headache is about gone, and there are some things I need to do to salvage what otherwise has seemed like a very nonproductive day. It is productive in the sense that I'm still here and I'm still thankful to be here. Doesn't take much effort to breathe air, but I know that is not true and have a very young friend who sometimes has quite a bit of difficulty in breathing air. She is one of those amazing spirits that we all benefit from our knowing and knowing of her courage and wonderful imagination.
I've named the boat the Muttley pumpkin in honor of my friend Rhonda . We continue to have fun and enjoy our time.
Thursday, September 13, 2012
audio books uploaded
the company I was referred to by Amazon accepted the three audio uploads for the three e-books I have on Amazon. It was good to complete this, and will now let those three titles go for a while. It was fun to see words and feelings before it was ready to publish and the link to signify this was titled I'm done.
It seemed appropriate since words and feelings was an idea for publishing some of my poetry dating back as far as 1974. There are quite a few sentiments and ideals in that poetry that I no longer identify with but to be true to the time and the feelings and probably nostalgia I published them in an e-book and the audio. The company is called ACX, and after submission they said it would be 2 to 3 weeks before they would be available for sale. This has been a project for me, and fun and rewarding.
I joke with my friends about this and refer to my sales department, and one of my more proud accomplishments. There is one person in France who downloaded a free copy of the 35 letters from Vietnam. It seems that Spain and Italy had no interest even when the cost was zero. I've since withdrawn my promotional offer, and notice the sales has slowed considerably. Still it is fun, and as I have said numerous times and meant numerous times it has been more about the fun of doing this than it has the possibility of receiving any compensation for it.
My compensation is to still be here and enjoying this life and continuing to retell some of what I feel the more interesting events in my life. I had postponed the writing I was doing when I became involved with the e-book and audio book projects. I will be resuming my editing and adding stories for the hopeful completion of this effort.
In the meantime enjoying good health and more clear skies here at the beach.
www.youtube.com/user/baobabs48?feature=mhee
reasonably sure that I have included this link recently or at least in the past but thought I would reinsert it. Videos of my trip to Canada and also some of my sons musical compositions can be viewed on this YouTube channel.
It seemed appropriate since words and feelings was an idea for publishing some of my poetry dating back as far as 1974. There are quite a few sentiments and ideals in that poetry that I no longer identify with but to be true to the time and the feelings and probably nostalgia I published them in an e-book and the audio. The company is called ACX, and after submission they said it would be 2 to 3 weeks before they would be available for sale. This has been a project for me, and fun and rewarding.
I joke with my friends about this and refer to my sales department, and one of my more proud accomplishments. There is one person in France who downloaded a free copy of the 35 letters from Vietnam. It seems that Spain and Italy had no interest even when the cost was zero. I've since withdrawn my promotional offer, and notice the sales has slowed considerably. Still it is fun, and as I have said numerous times and meant numerous times it has been more about the fun of doing this than it has the possibility of receiving any compensation for it.
My compensation is to still be here and enjoying this life and continuing to retell some of what I feel the more interesting events in my life. I had postponed the writing I was doing when I became involved with the e-book and audio book projects. I will be resuming my editing and adding stories for the hopeful completion of this effort.
In the meantime enjoying good health and more clear skies here at the beach.
www.youtube.com/user/baobabs48?feature=mhee
reasonably sure that I have included this link recently or at least in the past but thought I would reinsert it. Videos of my trip to Canada and also some of my sons musical compositions can be viewed on this YouTube channel.
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