Just really sore, but alive in case anyone was worried. After much deliberation I checked myself into the Ballard Swedish E.R. on Monday because my stomach hurt really, really bad. Waited around for hours. Was scanned, poked, prodded, and ultra sounded. They found a five centimeter cyst on my right ovary, which had burst and leaked a liter of blood ( Read more... )

While I was still working at an undisclosed discount department store, I heard someone yell, "Dora!" so I turned to see who had called my name, and this little girl with my hair cut--she couldn't have been more than five--dressed like she was going to a Modest Mouse show (but mostly wearing lots of black), ran to her father. She glared at me, ( Read more... )

Okay, I'm going to hurt someone. I really love this city, but it's going to hell mas rapido. "SoDo" was bad enough but at least there was a true Seattle reason for it--sort of. Now we have "NoMa" (north of Market Street), and the ever so clever "Say WA" (?!?!) as our tourism slogan. What the shit is next? DoTo, BaLa, QueAh, FreMo, and my favorite ( Read more... )

No, you said "wet shirt not break," not "piss shirt bend bar!"

Recommend me a book.

I got to visit the house before it was torn down. I climbed into my old room because no one had ever fixed the window latch after all this time. I cut my hand pretty good on some glass. It was still a hell of a large room to me. I had expected it to seem smaller but it wasn't, which I'm glad of. Before we entered the property my dad and I were just ( Read more... )

So I the house I grew up in is going to be torn down on Wednesday. I've heard that early places become the setting for your psyche. When you dream about them, you're dreaming something about your self. That might be true for me because the most plausibly allegorical dreams I have take place in that house. I don't want to stand in front of it, ( Read more... )

East Coast Bias all UP in our faces. Respect.

This is my outline for the main character in Fourth. I haven't put the history down yet because I'm having a bit of trouble with it. My first instinct it to go over the top with it, but I'm not sure that's wise. I had originally wanted her to be found as a baby, set on a rock (to be covered by the tide) in Long Beach Washington tied up in many ( Read more... )

Along with this bout of creativity I'm having a hell of a time with the main character (now "Roslyn") in Fourth. I'm starting to see things that may not be there, and I'm probably over-thinking. This character was not at all intended to resemble me. We only have one intentional thing in common and that is compulsively leaving neat little messes all ( Read more... )

So there's this production company that wants to bring back Firefly the show. Firefly, Season 2 is the endevor, and they want to take all the legal crap out of Mr. Whedon's hands so he can simply make the show and save him more heartache. They claim to have been in contact with the cast, and Whedon's management. I'm annoyed though, that the ( Read more... )