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LJ Idol - Week 3 - Oh, Polite Smile
Oh, polite smile. Is there anything more socially saving and emotionally awkward than you? You have saved my ass many a time, polite smile, hanging on for dear life about my lips when all I wanted to do was punch your recipient repeatedly in the throat. You are my level-headed compatriot, the one who keeps a lid on my sarcastic streak. No easy task ( Read more... ) -
For my first steampunk costume...
I don't think it turned out too bad. That was absolutely not the waist-cincher I wanted (when I have more money I'll buy a real underbust corset, in brown), but it did in a pinch.
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At some point...
There will be pictures from the last few days.
NaNoWriMo begins today. Let's see what I can accomplish with a bit of elbow grease and a bit of sheer, dumb luck. -
"Know your audience."
I have a feeling LJ Idol this season is very much going to be a living example of that phrase. -
LJ Idol - Week 2 - Static
Madness.
There was madness in any writer’s soul, for who but a masochist would want to write for a living? (Who was that one writer that said or maybe it was a poet) How could one do this-who could do this-accomplish this Sisyphean task of rolling the crushing boulder of an idea uphill through one’s mind? (need to get ahold of the girls) She ( Read more... ) -
After tonight's strange interlude
I am convinced I am going to die at the hands of a crackhead, or a psychologically disturbed person.
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The things we do to entertain ourselves.
Tonight at work, I was walking over the tile floors and noticed the low heels of my boots were making a heavy staccato beat upon the tiles ( Read more... ) -
By the way, if you'd like to vote for me, you can.
That time is upon us.
I don't like to self-promote, so I will make this quick.
If you happened to like my entry for Week 1 of LJ Idol, feel free to vote for me.
The polls can be found here. I am in the 3rd poll/Tribe 3 ( Read more... ) -
A few snippets
I am apparently the Tearjerker-in-Residence for LJ Idol this week, if the comments on my entry are to be believed. I'm not sure how I feel about this ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol - Week 1 - You Ain't Never Had a Friend Like Me
The first thing I observed was that he was very, very ill. I wish I could say that the first thing I noticed was his cheeky grin, or the curious way his eyes darted over the crowd, but I can’t. The first thing I noticed was his hair. Soft brown, thin and wispy in a way that whispered of heavy doses of chemotherapy. The vivid curiosity of warm brown ( Read more... )