So Mercury is retrograde and being quite obvious about it, David Bowie is dead (and how is that possible?), and a friend forwarded me the dates for my high school 30th reunion (which I have no intention of attending. I haven't been to any of the others, why start now?), and I'm feeling very old and Monday-ish. Not the best mood for tackling big ( Read more... )

I realize I've been on the quiet side lately. Mostly this has to do with my work schedule, which has been eating my life whole on a daily basis. Last week I was up until 3 am every single night, and while this week I've cut it back to about 12:30/1-ish, I'm still in need of a week or two of catch-up sleep ( Read more... )

I started to write an entry last night that was mostly full of grumpiness and whining about late and pricey plumbers, presumptious roommates, and the stupid IRS, but then I realized it was mostly a hormone-induced ramble (justified, but still unnecessary) and deleted the whole thing ( Read more... )

I'm at my parents' right now, in my childhood bedroom, stealing a wi-fi internet connection from the neighbors so I don't have to suffer through dial-up. Peace on earth, good will toward men. So far I've finished a bit of shopping I didn't know I still needed to do, and seen two movies: Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, ( Read more... )

Something about the three hour time change twice in three days has really left me dragging. As in, I need someone to scrape me off my bed and deposit me at my desk with a lifetime supply of coffee. I know that when we kick the clocks back an hour this weekend, it's going to wipe me out. Oh well. Plenty of time to sleep when I'm dead ( Read more... )

I'm at my parents' house, having spent Wednesday thru Friday in the city, meeting with editors, then yesterday afternoon running around Greenwich Village with remainthesame, bitchygurl, and fearlesstemp. There will, no doubt, be more about all of the above later, but today I just want to take a minute and think about everyone lost on 9/11/01. It always feels fitting to me to make it ( Read more... )

I'm posting rather for posting's sake this evening. Life is incredibly busy, mostly because I have a business trip followed by a vacation in less than two weeks, and of course a million things to accomplish between now and then. So if things are a bit quiet from here on out, that would be why ( Read more... )

So, it's settled. Will be heading to NYC in September for a few days of appointments with editors, then on to visit the rents. Definitely arriving early the morning of Wednesday the 7th, and not quite sure yet when I'm leaving. The work portion of the trip is just Wednesday through Friday, and I should be around until at least Thursday the 15th, if ( Read more... )