Watching several different TV shows lately, I had a thought: What exactly is chemistry? Why do some acting duos have it and others don't? Does it make any difference if you have a good writer and/or director in addition to good actors? Can good actors fake it, or is it like writer's voice: one of those things that everyone says you have to ( Read more... )

50,286 words. BOO-YAH.

ICON LOVE. Thanks be to redscharlachOh, Holmes, I will always love you in any incarnation. Just as I will always shudder to think of how much of an ass you would be in real life. ("That's not what people usually say to me." "What do they usually say?" "Piss off ( Read more... )

"I like to assume that since I drive a car and maintain a respectable credit rating and rarely murder anyone and bury them in the back garden unless they really deserve it, that the fact that I hear voices won’t unduly disturb anyone."

Also, she appears to understand the point of fantasy:

"The great thing about fantasy is that you can drag dreams ( Read more... )

Just FYI, this place still exists. Now with something close to monthly updates. So check it out.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled end of the semester freak out.

Sometimes I know from the moment I wake up that I'm going to have a bad day. I can attempt to avert disaster by exercising, taking a nice shower, writing morning pages, checking my email, listening to music...but the gloom generally remains. And so, as early as it is, the day becomes a series of pleading and bargaining and wheedling. If I just ( Read more... )

Since I can't participate in Amassment's site revision challenge (neither of the, er, two active sites I have are in a position to be revised right now, and one of them will probably be going down in the near future), I offer the following creative plans for January instead ( Read more... )

HEY WHO IS THAT SEXY INDIVIDUAL WHO JUST FINISHED 50,284 WORDS IN 28 DAYS?

DAMN RIGHT THAT'S ME.

BOO-YAH!

I'm sorry about the heels. Really, I am. Y'see, I wanted to find us something trendy and grown up to wear. I figured, all the other girls are doing it--why shouldn't I? I thought, my feet and I, we can rock this heel thing. No problem. We'll finally find out what's so swell about how tall(er) people see the world ( Read more... )

Why the hell is time management so hard?? I AM NEARLY 27, PEOPLE (oh god i'm old). Why have I not perfected this skill set yet? Why haven't I gotten the hang of the whole get-schoolwork-done-but-still-have-a-life-and-make-friends-and-oh-yeah-WRITE-DAMMIT scenario? For serious, all I do is homework and go to work. And sleep. A lot. Too much ( Read more... )