Every once in a while, I just feel this need to stay up all the night whatever the consequence for the next day. It’s like a reset or an emotional cleanse where I can work out all the less lucid energy that seems to build up in the mean time. Mostly, this ‘reset’ happens on a full moon, or at… (more…)
This has really just been One Of Those Weeks so rather than posting on a single topic, I’m giving you all a whole bunch of topics. Aren’t you lucky? And now, in no particular order: Standing Up For Yourself I haven’t always had the greatest track record in this area. Most days I’d rather let something slide than risk conflict… (more…)
or When To Give In And Stay Home So, this week I got hit with a cold. Still being hit with it actually, which is why I’m at home blogging and not wrapping up Youth Church right now. While I’m here, I thought I’d give you all a breakdown of the week that brought me here in the form of… (more…)
One way or another, food has been on my mind a lot this past month. The reality-hammer hit me in the face pretty early on when I came face-to-face with being broke, out of work, and having to wait until the 25th before getting any sort of income support. Strangely, coming down with a cold right around the New Year… (more…)
I used to say, “I’ll burn that bridge when I come to it.” I found it amusing, and it sounded to much more exciting than simply finding a bridge and crossing it. It was also destructive and defeatist, which was probably part of the appeal. Lately I’ve found myself saying, “I’ll build that bridge.” It’s still a lot more exciting… (more…)
Wow, but it’s been a while since I’ve updated this blog, hasn’t it? Apparently I haven’t been doing so well on the work-life balance thing lately, but I’m back, and ready to rock this cyber party! And what better way to do this than to celebrate the various joys and challenges of family visits over the Christmas holidays. Since my… (more…)
Now that I’ve had some sleep and can think clearly, if not rationally, I can give you a more objective run-down of how the Read-A-Thon went. Did I say I was going to do a lot of research during this thing? I lied. I only got a little bit of research done around the 1-2pm mark. I might have to… (more…)
So, starting at 6am tomorrow (my 6am–your time zone may vary,) this blog is going to start getting weird. All right, weirder than usual. Let’s face it, I’m always weird. Tomorrow, I’ll be participating in the April 2011 Dewey’s Read-A-Thon, where I will stay up for 24 hours and read. That’s it. Read. And then blog about it. When I first… (more…)
This is one of the odd things about being a writer. I am now doing something, voluntarily, that I thought I’d left behind when I left college: research. Apparently, being a a writer means research. Apparently, I’m finding myself once again at a table in the library huddled over several large tomes, making notes and taking down page numbers. The… (more…)
Or Can Anyone Tell me What English I’m Using This is a serious question. I look at my word usage in any given day, and I can’t tell what era I’m in, let alone what region of the English-speaking world. I throw around ‘dude’ and ‘awesome’ with the best of them (whoever ‘they’ are,) but getting dressed today I referred… (more…)