Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.
E. L. Doctorow

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I also like to track movies I've seen on lj, mostly because movies do not stick with me. I can totally love a movie but forget that I even saw it after a couple years. ( So, in case I ever want to know later, here are some films I've seen lately and what I thought of them: )

Always around the new year, people on my flist report the number of books they've read in the year. I've never kept track, and am trying to do so this year. Unfortunately, I have been reading a lot lately and not keeping records ( Read more... )

I've been on lj for free since 2000. Today, I decided to buy an account, just for the increased photo ops ( Read more... )

Still smilin.

OH MY GOD

I am so excited. I had forgotten how it feels to have hope, to be optimistic about the future of the country, of the planet.

We can fix the problems we face. The election of Barack Obama is a gigantic signal that there is yet hope. HOPE.

It feels so great to hope.

Yes we fucking can.

Last week I got sidetracked by some personal business and some professional business and lost a major quotient of writing Mo. That is not cool.

"You give that back!"

So when lilac_wine invited others to join her in the Seventy Days of Sweat writing project, I accepted the invite ( Read more... )

Copy this sentence into your livejournal if you're in a heterosexual marriage, and you don't want it "protected" by the bigots who think that gay marriage hurts it somehow.

KITTENS ( Read more... )