Once again, my ability to concentrate has gone from low to nil. I can barely focus enough to read two pages, let alone craft new ones.

<3 Writing <3

And listening to the Christian music station from home via the internet. <3

...It's pretty hot here this week. And sunny. Sitting in the truck for most of the day for work kinda sucked. But oh well.

“Every story has an end, but in life every end is just a new beginning.” -Malcolm S. Forbes

A few days ago, I finished The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss. It was a good book. In the introduction, and after the book concludes, Mr. Rothfuss talks about how it’s not a “typical” book, and how, when he first wrote it, he thought no ( Read more... )

Anyone ever tried brewed cocoa? The package says the cocoa beans were roasted and ground, just like coffee, so it also brews like coffee….. I did buy a pack, just to try it, so then I also got a French-press -type thing from the secondhand store in town so that I could make it. It smells awesome-really, just like chocolate. It’s also very bitter, ( Read more... )

...I thought I'd share a link with you full of opportunities.

http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2014/01/even-more-manuscript-critiques-and-guest-appearances/Turns out one of my newly-favorite authors has a bog (Patrick Rothfuss) and he started a fundraising group to raise money for Heifer International...and he's been doing it for a few years now. ( Read more... )

Well, today I got two things in the mail...which served to rather nicely balance each other out. One was a rejection letter for another internship I'd applied for awhile back (what is that...8th? 9th? I don't know...too many rejections) and the other, in perfect timing to cheer me up, was the book I'd ordered from Borders (hurray, Knights of the ( Read more... )

My weekend was fun. I finished (ok, almost...) my Christmas shopping and wrapped all the gifts that I do have...(after hand-designing the wrapping paper...) And, for a "personal" touch (haha) I wrote/scrawled everyone's name in katakana on their present. That was fun. I also spent 9 hours on Saturday with one of my friends, taking a walk, watching ( Read more... )

Hm. He came on Thurs last week...they left for the weekend on Fri night, so was gone all Sat, and they returned Sun afternoon/early evening...and he was still here this morning when I got up ( Read more... )