Friends, muses, imaginary lovers, and other followers, I wave you goodbye, and jump on my cloud. I am afraid of heights, but I hold on to my hat. I am leaving you. I am resolved.
I have put on my finest hat, closed my books, unplugged my phone and Internet cable, cut off all social relations, hoarded food, sharpened my pencil, locked myself in my cosy room, and began rewriting the story of Oliver Colors, the Moonbeamed Painter.
From the 19th of August to the 2nd of September I will wake up at 7:07 and go to bed no earlier than 23:23. I have with me my papers and my pencil, my laptop, and my iPod with a carefully selected playlist containing 101 favorite songs. But all I really need is under my hat, and somewhere in my chest.
Posts shall be posted
The giddy planet will continue to rotate during my 2-week absence. I wrote some posts in advance and scheduled them, and they should appear in the Reader, unless the elves are up to mischief.
- 50-word stories will be posted every workday, as usual.
- Other posts will appear weekly.
I will read all comments and reply to them when I return. I promise.
Waving goodbye
Ladies with hats, ladies without hats, proper and improper gentlemen, boys and girls, and other followers, I will miss you more than your romantic hearts and intellectual minds would have you believe.
The next two weeks could bring me immortality someday. Or the madhouse right away. But I am resolved. I have to jump on my cloud. Maybe I will get good wind.
When you go out tomorrow, look up at the sky, and you might see me ride a cloud. Shout my name and wave at me, and I will wave back.
boy with a hat 
All the best friend. I look forward to seeing the successful outcome of your venture!
A venture it is indeed!
We will miss you but admire your resolve and wish you all the best!
I tip my hat to you before my cloud departs.
Best of luck to you! See you on the other side
I will bring you some stardust if you want.
All the best!
Great idea! I should try it myself. Good luck!
Good writing forward. 🙂
Good luck in your solitary quest for words and immortality! 🙂
When I return I will tell you whether there are any frogs in the cosmos!
bon voyage or something similar x
Goodbye, good luck, and may your boat find shore on the other side.
When I’ll fly over Iceland I will wave at you!
Best of luck, I raise my hat to your future immortality. And I will wave at any clouds I see tomorrow!
When I will fly above a land where everything is green, I will look for you.
If you’re going to lock yourself in a cosy room, you might want to include a bucket on the list of provisions 🙂
I have not considered that! Thanks for the tip.
With fondness, I truly you wish you good luck, hatted man.
But before you go off on that cloud
I would suggest that you “ride” it
As opposed to
“you might see me ridding a cloud”
As someone (like me) might be tempted if you’re “ridding” a cloud
to bid you good “riddance.”
😉 Randy
Dear Randy, you are gravely mistaken. The sentence had always been ‘ride a cloud’. Unless you offer irrefutable proof…
PS: Ha!I might have mistyped a ‘d’ there…But it was all because I was eager to ride my cloud!
Ha. I love it.
I am now gravely mistakend.
Enjoy your ride…. Randy
Aaww… I will miss you!
I’m looking forward to reading your first chapter!
Big hug.
oh my what does that mean?
Ride nor dumneavoastră în condiții de siguranță!
And good luck!
Haha!
You’re the best hatted woman under the sun.
😉
Good luck we’ll see you 9/2/12 at 7:08 with great works I’m sure.
I tip my hat to you Benjamin!
I wish you the best in your endeavor, my friend. I shall not say goodbye, rather my favorite phrase of the two or so that I remember from German class. “Auf Wiedersehen” (until I see you again).
Thanks Kip! Make sure Coco doesn’t get into any kind of poetical troubles while I am gone!
I’ll do my best, but she seems to be able to handle herself quite well in that department.
What a surprise, but I fully support your disconnect 🙂 Enjoy your cloud, it looks rather magical….Until then, sweet lullabies….
Take good care of Pepi dear Aussie! And look at the sky! You might see me.
Hi,
I know you’re away but I have nominated you for the Readers Appreciation Award http://julzh.wordpress.com/2012/08/18/a-nomination/
All the best on that project!
julzH
Thanks for that!
The cloud departs today at 19:00 PM local time.
Until then I am still around.
Best of luck, sir.
But then again, I think your dedication to craft transcends luck just a bit.
Happy writing. I am excited to read your book.
I tip my hat A.M. Fine fellow you are!
Wishing you the best of luck! ^_^
All the best to you! Can’t wait to read what Oliver’s world is like. 🙂
farewell my dear worded friend 🙂
All the best to your writing endeavor. I hope it all goes well for you. I will miss you. I love reading your stories. Hurry back ! cheers Judy 🙂
“eleuterio said nothing. how could he defend himself? his wife didn’t understand art, how by creating something you can keep yourself from dying.”
Thanks for nice