I have been thinking about my inner child a lot lately. Specifically, what my inner child would do with all the free time I have on my hands whe Trilby is in school. So far, I have the following:

Rollerblading
Swimming
Making Movies
Making Zines
Embroidery
Star Trek
Horror Movies
Reading
Music
Coloring
Playing Trumpet

I feel like I could come up with a better ( Read more... )

Write a list of 30 things that make you smile.

1. Karaoke
2. Kitty cats
3. Trilby
4. Joey
5. Hermit crabs
6. Molly Gator thinking she's people
7. Upbeat Duran Duran songs
8. Duran Duran Laughing
9. Spunky old men
10. Hearing from friends
11. Remembering fun times with friends
12. Concerts
13. Stand-up comedy
14. Rollerblading
15. Coffee
16. Good Mythical Morning
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Make a list of the people in your life who genuinely support you, and who you can genuinely trust. Then, make time to hang out with them.

• Jake
• Joey
• Angelica
• Merlisser
• Melissa Newcity

Short, sweet, and to the point:

1. Have Courage
2. Do it Now
3. Be Responsible for Your Own Time and It's Management

I don't want to clean today. I want to stay in bed and play on the interwebs. My back hurts and it's really kind of a struggle to be awake. It's that time. Therefore, I should be able to bask in my woman-ness and not cleaning. Alas - that's not the way of the world. I'll put on my magical black lipstick and get to work soon. I need to go to the ( Read more... )

Agh! Agh! Agh!

I just want to scream! Make it all go away! I want to burn it all down and start over!

I am so overwhelmed right now. I feel paralysed. What else is new? I hate feeling like this. At least the writing is still happening - there's one thing in my life I am being consistent about.

I had a dream last night that I was still in high school and I got in huge trouble and was going to get expelled for swearing on my blog. I am assuming that this sprung from a twofold parnoia. Part one is the fear that certain people in my life are going to see the blog and think ill (or if they already think ill, think worse) of me. Basically, ( Read more... )

I cleaned the pit of hell that way my kitchen today. I have discovered that my illness and the mess are very related - like a revolving door. I couldn't smell how bad it was because I was sick, and it was so bad that it very well could have been making me sick. I found a pot I was certain was clean that was instead full of fur. The kind that grows ( Read more... )

I got something published on www.offbeathome.com! Go see!

The good: That Cody dog, after spending the weekend in hospital for an infection, is now once again on the mend, but 10-15 pounds under the weight I would like to see him at. Also, my blog, the one I'm trying to make money at and whatnot, is picking up traffic everyday. If you haven't yet, you should check it out @ www.firstpersonnarrative.com.

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