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To Write or to Sleep, Choices in an Alternative Lifestyle
I had a choice, this morning, to write or to take a nap that would complete the last phase of my sleep schedule shift. I, of course, took the less responsible path and stayed awake to write. "Responsible to whom?" I should ask, since I feel I owe it to myself to write. Is it baseless pride that I think myself talented and grieve for my lack of ( Read more... ) -
Missing Wheel of Time Books
Did I happen to loan any of you books 1 (Eye of the World), 3 (Dragon Reborn), 7 (Crown of Swords), and 8 (Path of Daggers) of the Wheel of Time?
Obviously I am missing those installments and I need them so that I can loan them out to someone else :) -
New Spam Scam
"I'm a God-fearing person dying of cancer. I can't take phone calls and can only email. I want to will you this money so that you may do God's great works."
My reply:
"Please die faster, you contemptuous, scamming scum."
( All typos and misspellings are all his/her own. ) -
Obama vs. Clinton --> Comparisons in Senate Performance
All you will ever learn from a campaign speech is how talented the speech writers are. Promised agendas change from speech to speech depending on the audience and are no true indicator of their a candidate's platform. Specially crafted sound bites are tailored and memorized to match what their professional pollsters think you want to hear ( Read more... ) -
Comic Book Questions
I'm trying to learn more about comic books as a storytelling method. I have read only one comic book series, Sandman by Neil Gaiman, long ago and which I loved. But honestly, none of the other comic book series to which I have been introduced (which are few) have interested me ( Read more... ) -
Accidental GH wisdom; Achieving Me
While filling out an online contest, I accidentally ordered Good Housekeeping, which I immediately canceled. However, one had already sent before the cancellation was processed.
Thus, in this past week of the stomach flu which I still have, I started reading the free mag ( Read more... ) -
Challenge
I set a challenge to myself ( Read more... ) -
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I'm back. -
Random Thoughts Today
At kesterly 's house. She's asleep. I will be soon. Cutting out the last bit of her chemise pattern for Halloween.
* * * * * * * * * *I should write a poem in the rhythm of an instrumental jazz song. The palpitations are like punchy, concise speech. "Why'd you walk away? You never listen to what I say. Wait! Wait! W-w-w-wait! (stuttering trumpet ( Read more... ) -
*stretch* OR (friends, food, and too much tv)
I have not felt posty in a while until this morning (and honestly I think my writing has suffered because of it). Have you missed me and my constantly-edited posts?
My life has run the gamut of frenzy and idleness.The summer has been a socially busy one, and I have good use of google calendars. We've had something planned nearly every day of ( Read more... )