Join the Club: Julian Gallo

13th March 2008.

I found this blog when checking on my artist friend Cesar Cornejo (www.cesarcornejo.com) .

He seems to be an Iberian friendly New York fiction writer who blogs to shift writer's block, like me.


http://www.juliangallo.net/blog.cfm?showmonth=8&showyear=2006&showall=1

Welcome To The Club
Have you ever felt that obtaining just a little peace of mind was a Sisyphian effort? Just when you think you're getting there, the boulder just rolls right over you again and you have to start over? Have you ever been accused of being "selfish" by those who always want it their way? Have you ever been accused of being "angry" just because you have an opinion? Have you ever had anyone get angry with you and then not tell you what their angry about? They just stop talking to you and expect you to coddle them and ask them "what's wrong" when it is obvious that it is they who have the problem? Have you ever been criticized for not living up to the expectations others have of you? Expectations that they have defined and not yourself? Have you ever been accused of being "rebellious" and "anti-social" just because you live your life not doing everything that you're told? Is blind obedience to other's standards preferable to thinking and living for yourself? Have you ever been the source of other people's amusement merely because you aren't just like them? In other words, if you don't think, act and/or behave like them, then there's something wrong with you? If you have, welcome to the club. As a grown man, I am tired of all this but yet this is the sort of thing I seem to meet on a daily basis. Maybe it's a cultural thing, I don't know. All I know is there are a hell of a lot of people out there who seem to think if you don't conform to their personal view of the world, then you are either "angry", "anti-social", "rebellious", etc etc. Well...sorry folks. Sorry to disappoint you. Sorry that I am not you. I guess that's a good enough reason to hold it against me. Just think of all the energy you are expending to let me know this. Meanwhile, in the grand scheme of things, I really could care less what you think. So go ahead and expend all that energy. What harm are you really doing to me?