@naomikritzer kindly sent me five questions.

1. What is something you are much pickier about than the typical person seems to be?

Ordering food in restaurants. To quote the line from When Harry Met Sally, I just want what I want how I want it. But that does mean giving very specific instructions at times. (Also grammar, but that I generally keep ( Read more... )

I'm doing a major catch-up on LJ, mostly of the RSS feeds I'm subscribed to, in preparation for adding all of those on DW. In the process, I'm also going to be unfriending anyone that I'm already subscribed/friended/whatever to on DW ( Read more... )

Kind of, anyway ( Read more... )

Last night, after I changed the sheets, I burped my waterbed. When I got into bed, my bottom hit bottom, due to a combination of natural water loss from the bed and increased mass in me (alas). The extra air in the bed had been masking the problem, but once it was gone, something needed to be done quickly ( Read more... )

The funeral and three days of shiva are over. I am possibly more peopled out than I ever have been in my entire life -- so of course tonight I'm going to a public event. I won't have to talk much, though; I'm just there to listen to Abby Franquemont, who is a Big Name in the world of spinning ( Read more... )

Every year, I have such good intentions for Yuletide. I'll get it done early, I think. Maybe I'll even pick up a pinch-hit. And every year, I'm still writing away in the last few days. I just finished the first draft of this year's story, 24 hours to the minute before the deadline. It's off to my beta reader, who will give me edits tomorrow ( Read more... )