I Better Start Writing This Down

In the basement of my grandparents’ house, there was a bookshelf on the wall to the left. Books about the history of the mob lined the shelves.

In that house, nobody spoke about the past, and by extension, neither did my father.

But, like all leaky ships, the past sometimes found its way in.

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Mementos:

The Godfather: The Francis Ford Coppola Restoration Blu-ray

There Will Be Blood, the Blu-ray of the 2007 Paul Thomas Anderson film

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I’ve got an index card in my wallet, but I’m not going to tell you about it until the end.

First, you need to understand how I came to be in possession of it.

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Mementos:

The Franklin Sports MLB 3-Way Pitch Return

Ten 100-count packages of Pendaflex Oxford Ruled Index Cards, 3x5 Inches, White

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My most common dream construct is that I’m being chased. Being chased through houses, schools, terrorist attacks. I always wake up right as the capital T They are about to pounce. I jolt awake in bed, like in a movie, sitting up with a terrible, loud, intake of air. My wife will ask if I’m okay. I’ll tell her that I was having a horrible dream.

Were you being chased again? she’ll ask.

Yes, I will say.

Are you okay? she'll ask.

Yes, I will say.

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Mementos:

The Dreamer’s Dictionary by Stearn Robinson and Tom Corbett

The House With a Clock in Its Walls by John Bellairs

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I’ve reached the point where, as a writer, and maybe because I’m a writer, I'm no longer able to clearly delineate between memory, fiction, and most of all, the memories that have slowly mutated over time into something caught between a memory and a lie. 

A revised truth.

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Mementos:

The Gilmour Full Size Zinc Pistol Grip Nozzle with Threaded Front

One Dozen Bulk Painted Fish Squirt Bath Toys

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I Better Start Writing This Down, a new podcast from Joe Stracci, is coming in February 2015. To hold you over, and introduce you to the show, here’s a trailer. Tell your friends. Tell your enemies. Maybe it’ll help you to patch things up with them.

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