I was only going to log in  and slap up a quick post, but then I saw muffhead's link (http://www.todomsn.com/avatares/avatares.swf), and I had to have a new lj pic...  Well, it's easier to do it this way than to try to find real pictures of me that I like and don't have inhibitions about posting.  As is the case when I work on something like this ( Read more... )

For a moment this afternoon I saw the shape of the story -- how each relationship modifies the understanding of the others; how opposition, parallel, affinity and mirroring all fit together. It was amazing.  No help at all on plot, but incredible.  "Character driven?"  Maybe.

Random thought: "syncretism" is a word I often try to think of and can ( Read more... )

Hmm...  It's been a little while, hasn't it?  Let's see...  what I've been doing....

The Tuesday after I posted last I woke up with the word "lamia" floating in my mind as my first thought of the day.  Since I didn't recognize it, even whether it was Greek or Latin, feminine or neuter plural, I had to look it up as soon as I got out of bed.  That ( Read more... )

I installed FF8 on the laptop. Played for 4 hours staight on Saturday. Not sure yet if it was a good move ( Read more... )

( Read me -- I'm interesting! )

"Getting together with old friends brings new adventures. Lucky Numbers: 14, 17, 22, 23, 24, 43." Hmmm....

I have half of a much longer post written; I'll probably finish it tomorrow or Thursday.

Finished my first watercolor painting yesterday. A tree, naturally. My only comment is that you can tell I haven't been at this very long.

I got my written warning for tardiness at work this week -- I've been late 4 times in the last year. Of course, 3 of those were since October and had to do with the weather. Apparently, this means they can fire ( Read more... )

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