Apparently I've started following Molly's title paradigm. Which reminds me of Dr. McFarland last spring: "What a ridiculous phrase, macrocosmic paradigm. I can't believe I said that." Which in turn reminds me of Dr. Ray about a week ago, for some reason employing the phrase 'melismatic cantilation.' I like words ( Read more... )

Dr. McFarland says I have talent!!! After, mind you, after reading my icky first draft. He said it wasn't icky at all and he couldn't believe it was just a first draft and he was really impressed with the writing. Just for the record, he is the first person to ever say "I loved your book" to me. There will be more. Oh yes, there will be more. And ( Read more... )

There are times in my life when a particular album just sums up everything that most concerns me at the moment. Several years ago, it was If I Left The Zoo by Jars of Clay. At that time, I was just beginning to step out of my lovely little dreamworld and start to live and invest in real life. Now, while I've come so far in some ways, I feel almost ( Read more... )

I have spent too many evenings alone in my room this week. It's making me pensive ( Read more... )

Sure, most sci-fi shows feature a body-swapping episode sooner or later: it's a gimme. But how many of them include an alien who vomits red Jell-O which subsequently crawls up the ship's cables and begins to disintegrate them ( Read more... )

Now this is what livejournal is all about. Here I am, sitting in the computer lab, trying to kill time between getting a haircut and babysitting. And I have a ready-made way to kill time which, if not exactly productive, at least produces results which will gratify a small handful of people outside myself. And how many time-killers can say that ( Read more... )

If you were a band, which one would you be ( Read more... )

Joy and I saw Phantom of the Opera last night. I had been skeptical; I didn't really see the point of making it into a movie, since the sweeping melodrama of it seemed best suited for stage. I was pleasantly surprised. It certainly doesn't replace the stage version-- there are some things you just can't duplicate with film-- but it does well ( Read more... )

I have returned from my fourth and final Christmas break. After all my blathering about home and transitions and the feelings I have about Atlanta and NoVa, it should come as no surprise that the month-long window in each of my years at Oglethorpe has been intense, poignant, and highly overanalyzed. And I'm going to once again indulge my passion ( Read more... )

Leah says I should post. How gratifying to know that someone misses me when I'm gone ( Read more... )