Sometimes I wonder if the preparation most authors put into writing is worth it. Would it come out just as well if the background were made up on the fly as it is needed to move the story? I know that many writers do extensive planning, and I wonder if it is necessary. After all, some of the very best literature goes completely unplanned. Like ( Read more... )

Poll

The other night I dreamed that I was surviving by getting truly free refills and snatching ketchups and the like from right under the noses of watchful fast food employees. When they caught on, they didn't really care. End of dream.

I have an incredible trick to share. It's a trick that I learned many a long year ago, and yet failed to exercise for a long time. This is no dimestore trick. This is the big one. This is the one that is transformational and wonderful ( Read more... )

I'm as giddy as a schoolgirl in a Japanese dungeon.

Or, that's how I woke up. It wears off quickly. I get tired. Oh, but I could be energized.

Somebody energize me!

I'm not quite dead yet.
Actually, I'm feeling much better.
I feel HAPPY!

There were other things I wanted to write today, but I've forgotten them.

I went in to eat lunch with some of the gals at work. There is never any way to keep from laughing with them. They were talking about getting a man, as usual. Mel Gibson. But one of them wondered if he was any good in bed. Another said he has a lot of kids, so he must be effective. I said, "I might not be good but I'm effective." Which of ( Read more... )

So, I said in an audio post the other day that I really liked the movie Elf. The whole concept is just great. I thought it would suck, but it's great. Hot girl in elf costume--who could ask for anything more in a romantic comedy? (which is, by the way, how I classify this movie)

Another movie that I thought would suck but I love is The Santa ( Read more... )

Adequate hydration begets excessive urination ( Read more... )

My best friend in high school actually compared me to Gambit more than once. Just thinking since that quiz result yesterday. I never have had a comic habit, but I've often wanted to be able to afford to start one. And it's hard to argue that X-Men isn't the place to start.

Bulldozer ( Read more... )