I feel the urge to write, but I'm not yet sure what I'll end up posting.  I suppose sometimes it happens that way.  All I know right now is the irresistible urge to put something down in words, and that's good enough for me.

I've been doing a lot of thinking recently -- when am I not? ask yourself this -- and have decided that, at least for the ( Read more... )

I went ahead and took the med last night, so I did get a good, full night's rest and am feeling pretty good this morning, if still a little sleepy. I think I was pretty far gone when the alarm went off; coming out of a deeper sleep cycle like that is always difficult.

Ironically, though I began this entry with Frank, I'm finishing it in the edit ( Read more... )

I’m feeling somewhat thoughtful at the moment as I consider my most recent reading project. Though I had planned on beginning Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World, I received The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath in the mail two days ago (hence, of course, the quoted poem this morning). Just as I was surprised by its contents during my ( Read more... )

Good morning, everyone -- I'm actually not doing too badly this morning despite the fact that I didn't get to sleep until 12:30 a.m. or so. I was tempted to go online shortly before that time and write about it then, but chalked it up as a bad idea; I could only see myself being up until 2 a.m. if I did that, as I'd be posting and commenting. I ( Read more... )

If you’ve been reading my LJ for a while, you’ll notice I stopped numbering my books a while back. I’m still working on reading as much new material as possible, though; I consider it essential for the brain to get as much good exercise as possible, particularly in my case. As such, I not only finished Billy Bathgate a few days ago, but began a ( Read more... )

Of all the things I could have chosen to read right now, I've chosen to read Billy Bathgate, by E.L. Doctorow. This isn't so much intended as a book review; I've not finished the novel yet, after all, though it will be soon. Still I find myself compelled to write about it simply because Doctorow has such a sprawling style that it almost makes me ( Read more... )