Well, fricking freaky frack. I just noticed that even though I thought I took Personality Theory, one of the six needed classes for grad school, in fact, I withdrew from it. (It was 15 years ago, I don't remember these things.) Flailing is ensuing. I'll make it through one way or another, but it might mean only working 25 hours a week until March ( Read more... )

So yeah, I'm looking at 3 quarters of Community College, two years of grad school (assuming I get in, but I feel good about my chances) with an extra nine months if I feel like getting a Pastoral Counseling certificate from Seattle U's Theology School. We'll see how sick I am of school by that point, and how towering the debt load is.

So I'm giving myself a night to sleep on it, but I'm pretty sure that tomorrow's going to be the day I actually, like for realsy reals, give notice at my job. I've tried to make this leap before, but I've never had anywhere to jump to. Well, now I've got school, student loans and some promises of assistance from my dad. I've got a roommate ( Read more... )

2011 was a hard year for me, and I don't really expect 2012 to be any less difficult ( Read more... )

Today wasn't the greatest of Sundays, but it wasn't too bad. It started out decently enough. I got a bunch done, both cleaning and creative stuff. After getting stuff done, I went to Discovery Park, which I'd been planning on doing for months now. I'm hoping to set part of a story there. The last time I was there was when I was in my phase of ( Read more... )

Last night, I had an entire dream about how I say "melk" and "pen" instead of "milk" and "pin".
This is something I've been obsessing over since I read this blog post. If I remember right, part of the point of that post is that we're unaware of our linguistic quirks, and for years, I've had the impression that I'm linguistically boring, other than ( Read more... )

The train I wanted to take for Thanksgiving/Orycon is sold out. ~>:(
If I'd just bought the ticket instead of contacting my dad about it first, I'd be fine. Instead, I'm stuck on the bus.

I realized today that I think I've barely read any new novels this year --China Mieville's The City and The City, Lightbreaker, by Mark Teppo, and The Steel Remains, by Richard K Morgan.

I have read a metric butt ton of short stories, however, and quite a bit of non-fiction as well. Oh yeah, and novels by friends in my writing groups--which is ( Read more... )

So like an hour before I leave for World Fantasy, I discover I've lost my debit card. Between my cash, checkbook and the goodwill of my friends, I should be okay.(I've still got my ID) I'm just annoyed at myself for losing it. It's probably somewhere stupid. (Yes, I cancelled it, just in case.)

I was awakened this morning by a call from my bank, saying that a check was deposited and endorsed by Elizabeth, but was made out to Lisa. "So could you have Lisa sign it and--"
Me: "I am Lisa ( Read more... )