I HAVE KNITTED A HAT. Take that, January. Now I just need to save my monthly $100 and write a story.

I've finished three books so far! No reviews this year, I'm afraid. If you want to know what I think of the book, just ping me or leave a comment. <3 I am linking to what format I ingested the book in, if anyone is curious.

Untamed, by P.C. Cast and Kristen Cast (Young Adult, #1)

The Haunting of Hill House, by Shirley Jackson (Fiction, #1)

Mop Men, by ( Read more... )

I suppose that, at least, I'll never lack for entertainment. Last night I realized that is was not the nortripyline that has made my neuropathy go away, but rather my new sedentary lifestyle. I had my suspicions that the medicine wasn't the cause of my relief, (since it keeps coming back) but didn't have the proof until I had been carefully but ( Read more... )

Dad's first round of brachytherapy was today. It went pretty well, all things considered. <3

Just thought I might share what I've been doodling:

http://www.lotus-eater.org/rpg/arcadia/110101_sketches.jpg

http://www.lotus-eater.org/rpg/arcadia/ironAngel2.gif

So I've been thinking about my New Year's Resolutions since like... October. Mostly I've put together goals that, yeah, could have been started then, but I like the fresh start of the New Year. I've already posted about the read 100 books, but that's not all. I figure because I can't work, having monthly goals will help me deal with being me. I'm ( Read more... )

I feel like more than a bit of a drama queen for posting this, but I think this video helps explain ME/CFS much better than wikipedia can.

http://www.sleepydust.net/me-cfs-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-video.html

It's posts like this that really make me despair about ever being a writer: http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2009/01/livejournal-discussion-on-cultural.htmlRead more... )

So my completion updates died because I wasn't finishing anything. :D How awesome is that.

I have finished knitting a pair of socks for my uncle for Christmas, read a few books (The Anatomy of Desire and the first two of the Trylle trilogy by Amanda Hocking). I also drew Raquel in a formal gown: completion

I am vaguely concerned that, after waking from a dream, the first thing I thought was so bizarre about it is that the Weapons (for it was a Soul Eater dream) didn't get love interests, and not that Maka and Death the Kid were riding around on a floating, open jar of Kirkland peanut butter.