Reality has been kicking my ass lately, but I’m managing to get a few swings in finally. Bits and pieces of life are starting to fall into place, resembling at least an amalgamation of order.

The sun dappled through the trees as I took my run this weekend, a little more warmly than I would normally like, but it was lovely out nonetheless. Since ( Read more... )

My weekend was lovely. Spent Saturday night out with a good friend, having a tasty meal at Johnny Garlic’s.

Sunday I met up with another good friend in San Francisco, where we discovered a street fair in preparation for Chinese New Year. We had szechuan food for lunch, checked out City Lights Bookstore (which is amazing! can’t believe I’ve never ( Read more... )

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Note: Apparently it's Thursday already, and I haven't posted my update for the week with goals and all that. At this point, I'm not going to, because the goals are pretty much the same as last week's. I wrote one new poem and submitted two poems, but that was the extent of my progress last week and I haven't made any new progress so far this week ( ( Read more... )

Current Project: Under the Midday Moon
New Words: 1866
Current Total Word Count: 6,737
Goal: Put together an workable draft of the novel that I would actually let someone read.

Accomplished: A new draft of what I think will be Chapter One. At least, it resembles chapter one, though it may not be chapter one later.

Random Rough Sentence(s): I ( Read more... )

My foot is still bothering me. I'm trying to keep off it and let it rest, and it seems to be getting better until it seems to be getting worse. *sigh ( Read more... )

(Look a' that. Late by only a day this time.)

In terms of exercise, I was a very good girl! I did one morning of yoga and four days of walking and have started incorporating run intervals via the 5K Runner app on the iPhone. So far, it's working great for me, and I can see how I'm ( Read more... )

A couple of weeks ago, I put on my work pants and found them to be ... tight. To which, I responded, well, shit, because it was an obvious sign that I'd gained weight. This was confirmed last weight when I visited my mom's house and came in at 267, more than ten pounds over my usual weight (as in the weight I think of myself as).*

I am not someone ( Read more... )

 1. I've received an acceptance for one of my poems. Will give you the when and where once the contract is signed, but in the meantime, yay!

2. I've also received a rejection for a very short story I submitted, but I don't feel bad about this because: a) I generally don't worry about that sort of thing, and b) see above.

3. I totally rocked my Minnie ( Read more... )