Writing a novel is like being in a relationship: First you find an idea with which you have sparks, and right away you’re infatuated and eager to starting developing it. And you start writing and it’s just so exciting and you adore it and things go almost effortlessly smoothly. But after a while the new relationship energy is spent and the ( Read more... )

Dear campus health services people,
I'm not pregnant. No, seriously, that's not even possible right now. ( Explanation of what the hell I'm talking about cut for possible TMI )

Going to a reading by Mary Oliver tonight!

You do not have to be good ( Read more... )

My current daily schedule ( Read more... )

"Even in the darkness
Every color can be found
And every day of rain brings water flowing
To things growing in the ground"

What have you learned in the past year (or four years, if you prefer)?

I'm working a speech to read at graduation.

While looking around one of the art museums in France (I think it was the Musee D'Orsay, but I'm not positive, because we went to three):
Me: *Stops to take a photo of a painting of an angel*
Mum: You only like it because it has wings.
Me: Yeah, so?
Wings is pretty *nod nod ( Read more... )

To my friends at school-
It's wonderful that you're getting into my fandoms. I've always loved sharing fangirl-ism, so I don't want to sound ungrateful. But did you have to do so just as I'm making an effort to be less obsessive? It's highly inconvenient ... hmm, maybe this should have been addressed to the Ironic Overpower. Thank you ( Read more... )

A brief overview of my life, as of early 2008. I’ve seen a number of people doing posts like this, I know it was going around for a while (which was probably like a year ago since I was off LJ for so long, but never mind that), and I always thought it seemed like a good idea. So if you ever wonder what the heck I’m going on about, it’s hopefully ( Read more... )