a good, but tiring, day

[wayfaringwordhack]

J and I woke up early this morning to drive into Paris to see "Narnia." Great movie. We then had Pakistani food for lunch and a nice chat with each other and the restaurant owner. After choosing a late Christmas gift for J, we came home and had supper before I sat down to reach my word target for the day. I'm only a third of the way there and it is already 21:30. Going to have to do some serious typing before bedtime.

Apropos the conversation with J, I was telling him that after hearing a very peppy song on the drive and then seeing Narnia, which had me smiling, I have a very strong urge to write something happy, something that will give people that same urgle to smile. Unfortunately, most of the story ideas clamoring in my head to be written right now aren't really smiley-happy stories. And I think that some twisted part of myself tries to tell me that happy stories are just fluff and not serious. But I *like* to be happy. Other people do, too. Well, most of them. So why do I feel that if there isn't something tragic and dark going on that a story might not be worth writing? I'm specifically talking about short stories here since I think there is time for both in novels. And yet (boy, I'm using a lot of conjunctions to start sentences), even as I type this, I can't imagine writing a novel that is all sweetness and light, one that leaves you smiling in satisfaction at the end because of the rightness, yes, just all good, good, good, peppy, pep, no.

Am I alone in this?

Is it because we need to know sorrow to taste true joy?

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completely off the discussion

[(Anonymous)]

*tangent alert*

We then had Pakistani food for lunch

Mmm, comfort food. What did you have???

~Rabia

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[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

pakora (with aubergine); chicken curry, and passed on the dessert to have chai. It also came with naans. I was stuffed. It was very good, but not as good as where we usually go: in the 10th arrondissement where there is a very large Indian/Ceylan population. This resto looked a bit posh and none of the customers were eating with their fingers, which is what we like to do, so after we were the only ones left, we asked the owner if they ate with their fingers, too, and he said, Yes, and we should have, too! Next time.

Re: completely off the discussion

[(Anonymous)]

oh, pakoray. *sigh* *misses* *craves*

For me, eating food from home is best done with my feet up on whatever chair I'm sitting on. Fingers or fork--that doesn't matter to me as much as getting really comfy. :D

~Rabia

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[frigg.livejournal.com]

Ohhh naans. *hungry*