Whoa, it's been a year! I just found this in a notebook from college (I'm back at home), and kind of wanted to post it somewhere. I think it was supposed to be an extra-credit thing for a Milton class, though I'm far from sure. Just... as busy as I clearly was, how much time did I spend on this? (Hint: Read it up and down ( Read more... )

Every once in a while I like to do a little personal retrospective on this diary-- I look back at each year's entry for whatever date is closest to today's, regressing until I hit the beginning. It takes more and more time each time, because... I've had this diary since 2002. I was eighteen when I started, and a devout Mormon, and on the whole a ( Read more... )

So I'm alive, if anyone was wondering. Wow, but it's been a good long time. Still at the same hagwon in Korea. Coming down to the wire, though-- my contract is up at the end of June, and I need to come up with a new job before I go home so that I can scout around and see if it's as good as it's supposed to be. For, lo, I am staying another year. ( Read more... )

I saw New Moon last night with my friend Katie. Don't hate! We were bored, and the movie theater was right there, and nothing else was going to be playing for the rest of the night. (It was something like 10:15 when we got the idea ( Read more... )

I'm past 37k on my NaNo. Holy carp. Crossing my fingers, but... dare I say it? In a few weeks I might have an ACTUAL FINISHED COPY of an ACTUAL FINISHED NOVEL to start editing. A rough draft, to be sure, but... HOLY CRAP HOLY CRAP LIFELONG DREAM ETC. Cross your fingers and toes for me, and wish me lots of luck!

Reading Mindhunter. It's... weird. ( Read more... )

It's cold. Am holed up in a PC-bang tryin to work on my NaNo. I'm at 20,000+ words and am DETERMINED TO FINISH this year. For clarity, this is the fifth year that I've tried it, and I've never gotten higher than 21,000. Just trying to do the minimum for each day, plus a few words more, and not go for anything dramatic. Fingers crossed ( Read more... )

I took my first sick day in almost two years today. Woke up this morning with some kind of mild flu-- light fever, chills, nausea, etc.-- on top of the cold I'd already had. Our head kindy teacher, by necessity, took me to our usual clinic and intermediated with the doctor, who told me to stay home today-- excellent. Five hours' sleep and a couple ( Read more... )

Greetings, invisible friends. Hope all is well where you are. It's a lazy Saturday here-- I almost said Sunday. Weekends tend to blur together, here. Had lunch with a friend. Did some writing. Went for a mocha at my coworker/friend's husband's newly-owned coffee shop, and bought a cyclamen afterwards at the florist's two doors down. Have picked up ( Read more... )

I'm still here. Nothing of consequence is really going on lately, except that this is my last year and I'm getting excited to go home. Our new semester has kept everyone's heads spinning as they've prepared for it, because we're dropping a book series and adopting a new one. Classes are also being shuffled around, we've been having speaking ( Read more... )

Just had an interesting day in Osaka. Am here with a friend, who got here this afternoon-- I`ve been here since last night. I had an errand to run this morning, and then wandered around and met up with Katie. (Have to keep backspacing-- I am not used to using Japanese keyboards ( Read more... )