Christopher Titus, book deals and discoveries

posted by Jeff | Monday, January 19, 2004, 8:50 AM | comments: 0
In my last entry I went on and on about being happy and finding meaning in what you do for a living. I still have that to deal with, but there is some neat stuff to think about.

Last night, Stephanie and I went to see Christopher Titus at the Improv here in Cleveland for her birthday. You probably remember his show on Fox, which was without question one of the funniest damn shows on TV. Like all good shows, Fox of coruse canned it. Anyway, the guy is seriously funny, and it's not often that you find that without resorting to dick and fart jokes. He talked more about how family can be both the curse and blessing of your life. I can so relate to that. It's great that he can maintain such a sense of humor about it, which is something I can't easily do.

Friday I got some interesting news. The book proposal I sent out and around got some feedback and the potential for development. The scary part of it is that the proposal was reviewed by some of the authors that I look up to and have on my own shelf. If it works out, it'll be cool to be an actual author, even if it is a computer book. The key to making it happen will be finding its focus, and the feedback, both negative and positive, I think will help with that.

Stephanie and I are both going through the above mentioned what-makes-us-happy thing. Her shift away from academic biology is a little more drastic than my displeasure, but I am trying to sympathize with her. My change and shift is still within the same field, it just really needs to be something I can believe in (namely it has to be something I do for myself).

The real problem with having to do things you're not interested in is that, with me anyway, it tends to physically manifest itself in negative ways. I'm tired, not motivated, my back and chest muscles hurt, it's really no fun.

I have a rough plan on how to get where I want to be, but I've got to be patient. I'm not very good at that.


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