Yalei Wang

I'm writing a little PDF-book at the moment called " Life Insurance ". It's not surprising that journalism and publishing houses are experiencing difficulties keeping afloat when writers have all this new technology on their hands. They are fast becoming their own brands and their own 'businesses' who are no longer in need of agents or publishers to get their work out. It's both a good and bad thing for writers everywhere. It's good because we have more power in creating the image or profile that we want to portray to the public. It's bad because some of us aren't too good at self promoting and would rather have someone do that on behalf of us. On top of that, free internet publishing lends the term ' Writer ' too easily for anyone who owns a laptop and knows how to type.  I'd love to have a literary agent or simply a publisher be interested in me as a writer. But one thing i couldn't stand if i was under contract is having to do and say things that i didn't truly think or feel. Even worse would be having to change who i am for the sake of raising my market value. Whenever i watch famous people on TV, i never really believe 100% in what they are saying. I know that behind all fame is a guise to sell more records, books, movie tickets, perfumes. The truth of the matter is, that by doing certain things we can be more appealing and exciting to the consumers around us.

My favorite Youtube Haunt at the moment. ' Maru ' the cat.

The major difference about Australian ( Where i live ) and American celebrities is that Australians are much more relaxed about profit and success than Americans are.  The Yanks don't all call us ' laid back and down to earth ' for no reason. We really are that much more modest than they are when it comes to the self promotion and money game. Perhaps this is a reason why Americans are so successful. Besides being the no.1 ( for how long? ) super power in the world, they have a legacy of promoting ' self-made', 'self-triumph', ' self-serving' ideologies. Everyone can BECOME someone or make it in the U.S. They've just got to be in it to win it. I haven't been really ' in it ' to ' win it ' lately. Ever since i got out of Linwood ( Rehab / Respite House ), i've been very, very easy on myself. No longer am i asking myself " Where am i going to be in five years?" like i did every single day months back. No longer am i beating myself up about not having a book deal yet or not constantly working all the time. I've leapt from one extreme to another. Now, it's all about just enjoying life. Being present in life and not living so much in the future like i do. I deserve a break from myself. I'm thinking of finally making my ' work stash ' happen today since i got paid on Tuesday. This is basically nothing special but a whole bunch of food and drink that i want to buy for myself to keep at work. Going to work isn't that exciting for anybody so why not make it more bearable by being able to treat yourself when you're there? I'm feeling teas from T2, Nudie Juice boxes, Saladas, Cheese, Chocolates, Tins of tuna, Baby corn ( My favorite to eat by itself ). Anything that isn't perishable. 



Over and out !!!