I'm realistic. I realize that the Dune movie will have to cut a lot to fit into a two hour time frame. And that the decision of the director should be what can I cut while still telling the story accurately? Every time I go on IMDB all the Dune fans are ranting about what can't be cut and coming up with these things, that to me are absolutely the ( Read more... )

From an interview with Australia's sci-fi channel ( Read more... )

LJ people of the world unite ( Read more... )

Another Ode to the Woman of Dust

Anne, I have not written you
As of late, I grow to fear
Your mesmerizing dark.
Too late now, to save you
Why should I try?

Your throat has dissolved
Leaving ash and dirt that
Bears no small mark of blood.
Your hands have long ceased
To pray. Your tomb is faint
And nondescript, but isn't that
As it should be? ( Read more... )

It is so appropriate to color hope yellow, like that sun we seldom saw.

VC Andrews, first author I ever truly loved.
Misunderstood, forgotten, unappreciated.
Not the perfect writer, but you wrote with passion, feeling, and an astute awareness of the complexity of human beings.
Dozens of novels with your name attached though you only wrote seven.
Your ( Read more... )

Woke up with a sore throat today ( Read more... )

I don't know why doing my taxes is so ridiculously complicated this year and I am barely getting anything back.

I joined a gym. I like going to it, its less awkward than I thought it would be. I didn't really have what I thought were the right clothes or shoes and I was intimidated by all the machines and people, but I got used to it ( Read more... )

Why did I just realize that Bernard on Lost is Holland Manners on Angel ( Read more... )

It's February sixth and Michael Jackson is still dead ( Read more... )