So I've always been a good editor, and I decided I wanted to try and earn some money from it. Unfortunately, I don't have any real credentials other than my grade 12 writing teacher tell me I'm the best editor she's ever seen, and not a lot of experience beyond people I know asking me to edit shit for them (which I've never charged for ( Read more... )

At 4:30 this morning, my Nana passed away.

I don't have any words right now, other than "fuck you, Alzheimer's".

So I have a BlackBerry. I also have Twitter. ( @fionnabhair if you didn't have it already). I also had fuck-all to do at work, yesterday. Because I was bored outta my tree, I was texting back and forth with a friend of mine and was surprised when the spell check on my phone flagged the word "orgasm".

Don't look at me like that. You know me. Of ( Read more... )

October. It comes before November. I'm going to make another go at NaNoWriMo. I may or may not actually post my story as I write it, but I will probably want to procrastinate a bit. Gonna be making a filter. Comment if you want in.

In case you missed the first one, here is what I saw on my own Facebook page:

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First I saw this on Facebook, and it made me lol:


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Things that should be on the Mother's Day display at the bookstore, but aren't:
The Birth House, by Ami McKay.

Things that shouldn't be on the Mother's Day display at the bookstore, but are:
Cookbooks.

I got this recipe from Urs over at Brunchma.com, and it is awesome both in how it tastes and how it's written. Posting it here so that I can find (and share it) it easily.

( Cheesecake! )

Bold the ones you've read COMPLETELY, italicize the ones you've read part of. Watching the movie or the cartoon doesn't count. Abridged versions don't count either. BTW, according to the BBC if you've read 7 of these, you are above the average.

( I would like to know who puts these lists together, because I keep seeing lots of the same old stuff )

Based on the XKCD comic, Porn For Women.

Here's a link if you wanna use it, yourself:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v318/fionnabhair/pornforwomen-1.gif