Ever since I was a kid, my family has been spending the 4th of July down at my grandmother Margy's house in Long Beach. ( Read more... )

I was poking around here looking for a thing I wrote a few years back, and realized how much I missed blogging.

Quickie update: I have a new job, I adopted Princess, one of Jen and Jae's foster kitties, and I put up a website.

I fail at cardio. But not forever, if I keep working at it.

(I didn't even finish the warm-up of the Zombiefit workout of the day.)

I also got my nerve up to try knitting socks; I'm using Kivy's Easy Sock TutorialIn less personal developy news, I dreamed last night that Maximus was running around Rome with a rocket-propelled grenade launcher ( Read more... )

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Writetodone.com has an training your brain to be an idea-generating machine.

Sarah from Smart Bitches, Trashy Books is trying to come up with a list of things for authors to do prior to and just after a book release.

One day only: Angelia Sparrow's http://pinkpetalbooks.com/Shell-Shocked-Angelia-Sparrow-Naomi-Brooks.html>Shell Shocked, a pagan ( Read more... )

Still no words, but maybe a clue in something
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One of my non-writing projects has been a sourdough starter, which was inspired by a desire to try a recipe for one-minute chocolate cake. The irony -- that I embarked on what's gotta be the most delayed-gratification form of baking by the desire for instant gratification cake -- isn't lost on me, but there you go ( Read more... )

I went recycling this morning. Got $17.30 in credit for the trunk full of cans and bottles. Went into the store and bought $17.33 worth of groceries. Go me ( Read more... )

Got my hair cut instead of doing it myself. I took in some pictures of Rachel Maddow.

Bought some Soy Vey wasabi teriyaki.

Finished all the scenes I'd planned out in Northport. Yay ( Read more... )