Or afternoon, as the case may be, as I am clearly no more punctual than I ever have been ( Read more... )

I really do mean to be posting more frequently than once a week, but with the semester in swing, it seems like every day is eaten up with so many things, and before I know it, I look up and a week has gone past. It's a fruitful semester so far, but a hectic one.

And still, there are many good things. These are a few of them:

( Of BPAL and writing time and an ode to the carnival )

Now you know.

Because it is a dreary day and I have a lot to do, and I am trying to write a more substantive update, I was of course distracted by a meme.

You Are a Yellow M&M


( Read more... )

...Only Scoffy is going to get that heading, but that's okay. :D (Hope it makes you laugh, Scoffy!)

Anyway, like a good little sheep, I have nicked that color quiz from many other good and colorful people on the flist:

you are deeppink
#FF1493
Your dominant hues are red and magenta. You love doing your own thing and going on your own adventures ( Read more... )

Life is still good, as it has been good, and (I hope) will continue to be good. The universe keeps throwing random benevolent things at me when I least expect them, for reasons that defy my understanding as yet, and I keep feeling quiet amazement that the world is such a strange and strangely beautiful place ( Read more... )

~cheery wave ( Read more... )

Let's just say I'm insanely curious:

If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately
be looking for a body in the coach. -Alfred Hitchcock

When I write a story, what do readers immediately look for?This is probably slightly ridiculous, since I don't produce nearly the amount of fic that I used to, but I will admit that I am a bit curious ( Read more... )

...but I'm feeling fine, because I've finally had a chance to catch up on rest (despite being woken at 5 AM by tweets delivered to my phone), Othello is doing very well (despite the limitations of the Cone of Shame), and I'm making headway on back-to-school prep (because the beginning of semester cometh and that right soon). This feels like very ( Read more... )

Happiest of birthdays to dickgloucester, who is a creative soul, a gifted writer, a wit beyond measure, a beloved Harpy-in-arms, a delightfully disgraceful (in the best possible meaning of the word) drinking buddy, and a treasured friend ( Read more... )

Still not doing the Gratitude Meme, which is just as well, not because I am not grateful--I am, very much so--but because I've just been too busy with life and, after a week of mostly distressing news without a single full night of sleep, my heart is heavy with worry for other people and my mental acuity is hovering somewhere between that of a ( Read more... )