"Almost everything is imitation... The most original writers borrowed from one another."
--Voltaire

Where the hell was that last week when I needed it?

Back to the writing grind.

Halloween and Nanowrimo: two great tastes that taste great together ( Read more... )

The rumor floating around is that my ten year high school reunion will be next June. It is a freaky thought, knowing that the planning is going on now. It really leaves me curious as to who will be there, other than the usual suspects around here that I know and the people that are planning it ( Read more... )

I don't know. Everything feels like it's going to be just fine.

I hope I haven't jinxed anything.

"ê kapi gaias harmosai podas theleis,
chronion ichnos theis; metabolê pantôn gluku"
"Do you wish to plant your foot upon the ground,
and make a footprint at last? The variety of everything is sweet."
--Euripides, Orestes, 233-4

I'm still tired from this weekend so my summary will wait until I'm not exhausted. I think I totalled like 12 hours of sleep today. It was excellent.

This quote will sum up the weekend fairly well in the meantime for many, many people.

"Friendship is one mind in two bodies."
--Mencius

And yes, I miss having people around already.

Next to the trailer for The Shining, the funniest thing I've seen recently is that TWoP, for the first time ever, sent a show to Permanent Hiatus (meaning they won't recap it anymore) before they recapped a single episode of it. The first show to ever achieve this honor? UPN's Sex, Love and Secrets ( Read more... )

I have long stretches of time in which seemingly nothing at all happens ( Read more... )

Just in case this Buffyish news hasn't filtered down yet, Joss Whedon is scheduled to guest star on Veronica Mars in the 6th episode of the season. Yeah. Kevin Smith in the 2nd, Joss Whedon in the 6th. They're stuntcasting their pretty little hearts out over there. And yes, this is the show that had Paris Hilton on in their 2nd ever episode and ( Read more... )

Big shout out to the Saint and the LSU Tigers for great performances this weekend. In the grand scheme of things, sports mean quite little, but they're really quite important to the fabric of this country ( Read more... )

Now whenever I see a news report on CNN or MSNBC or Fox News or whatever station happens to be on, I change the channel. It's not because I don't care, not by a longshot, but rather for two reasons ( Read more... )