Have I really been on LiveJournal this long? For this many years? (almost 10!) People have come and gone, but I'm still loitering, clacking at my keys in the hopes that the repetitive lines they write end up creating meaning ( Read more... )

Today I was offered two opportunities ( Read more... )

The odd feeling when you look up people you used to know--people who used to be your closest friends. Their amazing lives, so different from your own, when before, your lives were so closely interlocked ( Read more... )

Today was a wonderful day. All about relaxation and taking time for myself. Especially after making it to 10,000 words last night, yeah ( Read more... )

In Hokkaido, the cherry blossoms are just starting to open. And in Scotland, the heather must be darkening the hills. Once you've traveled, your soul fragments, leaving pieces to seed itself anew. Even if you go back to find them, the seeds will have sprouted into something entirely separate that you can never put back in yourself. You'll just be ( Read more... )

You know, all these rejections, silent or otherwise, from potential employers is really helpful in preparing me for attempting to publish a novel ( Read more... )

I am a very closed person still. I felt this most intimately last Wednesday when I was with a woman I have difficulty being around; I chose to be in her presence, thought I was ready to face and deal with this, but I was incorrect. Lyncy would mention something about me, even something as open and non-private as my having my driving test on Monday ( Read more... )

I'm back! (Haven't been online because of the huge Internet Explorer virus.) Back and have loads to tell you now that I'm not feeling so distant ( Read more... )

Very odd. I can post to LJ from work (on this security-filtered system) but I cannot read my friends page? Friends are spam, but I am not. Heh. And whew, my supervisor has said I can continue doing this as we wait to find out what we do today ( Read more... )

Life was so much easier when I feared thunderstorms (tornados) and public speaking more than anything else. These events only occurred occasionally, could be faced, and life could continue in a more-or-less stable sort of existence ( Read more... )