For the first time in years my head is full of thoughts that want to be put down in writing. My head was full and busy last night, a bee-hive. This morning after a restless sleep some of the bees have flown without me. The buzzing of the hive is less urgent ( Read more... )

I came and then went away again for a while--I was mid-breakdown, mid-fall. I'm not sure if I landed at rock bottom, but close enough ( Read more... )

I googled "chicken yoga" images. Results included chickens doing yoga (okay), Parker Posey (okaaay), and a woman inserting a cell phone into her va-jay-jay (o...o.O).

(Oh look, I found what I really wanted--Hothead Paisan's cat Chicken demonstrating how to play the cello. It's a slide show; plays best in IE.)

I wish I'd had the foresight years ago to save copies of all my favorite online stories and create a vast index so that I could easily find something whenever I wanted to. And if I'd been exceptionally precognitive, I'd have printed hard copies of everything by Karen McFadyyon and Em Brunson and bought a fire-proof safe to store them in.
But the ( Read more... )

I looked back at my entries page and realized that I've essentially been away from LJ for 4 years, not 2. It's like an entire geological era has occurred. You could mine my LJ for fossils. There are in fact dinosaurs in my user pics.

I feel old. But at least when I turn 42 next month the meaning of life will be revealed.

My first post after two years was fierce and scary, I realize now. It was a hurdle that had grown huge in my mind, a social Everest. I feel less anxious now. Still catching up on comments, and enjoying it ( Read more... )

It's very hard just to say hello, world after two years of nowhere. If I could get away with a -6 font size that's what I'd use for this. White on white. I'm going to try to poke tendrils out though. I expect most posts to be short, inane, mundane; small talk about cats and Sherlock and the weather.

( bleak boring caveats & state of the me )

I've been gone a while from LJ and I'm not sure where my head is at right now, but I wanted to take a moment to post. I didn't want to let another day go by without saying thank you. kormantic did an amazing thing on her own initiative for me, and everyone who responded to her--you all did an incredible thing too, and I'm blown away. Kind of still shell- ( Read more... )

monanotlisa, a darling creature who is currently nestled to my bosom (despite her panicky struggles and unnerved cheeps, and in purely a virtual sense) has made me the icon on this post. It needs a caption, though, I think.


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Inconstant, fitful, fluctuant, irregular - I love the thesaurus. I can't believe it's been so long since I posted. I apologize for not following up sooner on my last post; I said I'd have news "soon" but soon took a while to happen. There were a few good reasons I didn't post right away and then I think I just got superstitious about it. I'd been ( Read more... )