As smart and educated as I am, there are still those questions that I can never seem to find an answer for (I could probably look them up but the internet is full of lies). I mean, what is the plural of series? Why is the story of Cupid and Psyche listed as only a Roman myth when the word Psyche is Greek? Does understanding your own selfishness and ( Read more... )

On a quick note of awesome (or two actually), my daughter is now accomplished enough that she can sit there and watch Sailor Moon in Japanese and read the subtitles. It is awesome. Not only do I get the fangirly pride of saying my daugther requests Sailor Moon, but she is also polishing her quick reading skills and being exposed to another language ( Read more... )

I find life so entirely frustrating right now. I've never been someone that could be categorized as an optimist. Too much shit has happened in my life for me to even begin to think that good things are on their way. But I do play the numbers and, in general, everything works out in the end. Or as Sakura-chan would say, Zettai daijoubu da yo! And I' ( Read more... )

Typically I love October. It is the first month in a half a year when the weather is not obscene and typically the only month of the year that has perfect weather and no sinus problems. But the wacky weather of this year has betrayed me and i've spent most of this month half dead with a sinus infection. Blasted weather patterns. Maybe the perfect ( Read more... )

Optimus Prime was on the radio this morning. So friggen cool!

I totally skipped day 19 I realized. So backwards we go before going forward ( Read more... )

So tired ( Read more... )

So, I got a job. It's at one of those halloween costume storest hat crop up around this time of year and since I lvoe halloween and love costumes, I figured that job managing one would be awesome. It would be short term and all sorts of fun. The first interview I did was really funny and I really liked the district manager. however, the store as ( Read more... )

Day 25 - Music - Do you listen to music while you write? Do you make playlists to get into a certain "mood" to write your fic? Do you need noise in general? Or do you need it completely quiet?

Muuuuusic. Ah music. I love music. I rarely, RARELY write without some sort of music on on the background. I need proper background noise even if it IS just ( Read more... )

I'm beginning to feel like this catalogues my obscene sleep habits more than any bit of my writerly habits.

Anywho...on with the fun!

Day 24 - Betaing - How many betas do you like to use to make sure there
aren't any major flaws in your fic? Do you have a Beta horror story or
dream story?

I don't really do the whole beta thing. Not for lack of ( Read more... )