Due to G+ becoming more and more like Failbook, I'm not probably not going to post anything of substance there anymore. It's odd- ten+ years after I first started using blogging platforms and social media, I'm back to the root of my experience: LJ ( Read more... )

LJ: ...

Thought so.

I have been sick for the last week. Tonsilitis, to be exact. My throat has swelled shut a couple of times and I'm on antibiotics. Currently, I feel alright, but I cannot talk. This delights certain people, but for me it is very much a downer. My mouth tends to get me in trouble, though, and I'm glad my ability to offend and say stupid shit I ( Read more... )

I'm in DC for the AWP annual conference, which is a three and a half day schmooze fest for writers and teachers of writing. The thing is, this is the first time I'm here without and agenda. I am not looking for a job nor do I have a book to promote. The former is a very good thing, the latter is a reminder of the stuff I have to do this summer ( Read more... )

I'm listening to Warren Zevon's "Frank and Jesse James". I'm also drinking some scotch (Balvenie 12yr Doublewood) and sitting in a hotel room that is across the street from a riverboat casino, so I guess all that you need now is for me to tell you about how awesome the jambalaya and crawdads are, or list off the pharmacopoeia of drugs I'm toting ( Read more... )

Been absent for a few days due to crazy bullshit ( Read more... )

Small towns appeal to me. I'm not saying I'd like to up and move to one tomorrow, but there is this urge to live somewhere that has an honest to goodness main street that is occupied by local businesses and brownstone buildings. I like the idea of a tire swing in a small park shrouded in oak trees and lonely park benches. There is something ( Read more... )

Everything I said in my previous post about working out are very important considerations I have in mind. That said, I know the only way to really see improvement is by making some fundamental changes to my diet. Step one is going to be the hardest: elimination of soda ( Read more... )

I'm not a fan of standing up while typing, but this will have to do for now, because I am too fucking lazy to roll up an exercise ball and jury-rig a make-shift desk.

I am feeling more and more of an impulse to get active again, work out, get some damn exercise. The issue of course, is that it is far easier to say such things than actually follow ( Read more... )

I LARPed because I had nothing better to do ( Read more... )