I've got to say, this year flew by for me. It was very stressful, very busy. Yet it faded into a memory before I could catch up. These are some of the stories and pieces of art I enjoyed this year, sort of in order. As usual, I'm not basing these rankings on objective quality, just enjoyment. This year, I've added favorite characters and favorite ( Read more... )

In which I talk briefly about dealing with anxiety (and why it's never been a better time to be a nerd) and not so briefly about things that I love ( Read more... )

I've been so busy this week, and for the first time in awhile, it had nothing to do with my Grandma's house. Such a relief. I did stop by there with Jan and Paul once to feed Grandma's stray cats. We saw four kittens! It was the fist time I can remember seeing such small ones all year. Jan and I also picked some sweet peas. It was nice. I know I'm ( Read more... )

Life is full of surprises. Last week, I sort of made up with Christen. And this week, Grandma is more alert and focused on getting out of the hospital, not just moving on to Heaven. It's really amazing. She is acting a little confused, though, which bothers me. But we think it's a medicine thing... she's on so many. I guess only time will tell if ( Read more... )

I wrote all day. I guess I must be feeling better. Oh, you didn't know I was sick. Well, that's okay. I started feeling sick shortly after writing my last entry. I'm not sure where I got it, but I've got a cold again. And it's hard to breathe. My Mom had to ask a pharmacist what I would be allowed to take with my other medication the next day. It ( Read more... )

Writing went better this week. Thank goodness. I wrote 5 pages on Wednesday, and yesterday, I wrote a little over a page while I was having lunch with my Mom. I'm still in some sort of funk, though. I don't want to go to bed, and I don't want to get up in the morning. I hate this sort of feeling. It's hard to believe that I ever felt better about ( Read more... )

I'm disappointed in myself. I wrote all of one page this week. I didn't even bother showing it to Jill yesterday. Not all weeks are good ones, but lately, I'd been doing so well. The pressure from Dreaming in Shadow still lingers with me, but I think it might be something else, too. I've been really depressed this week. I think it's hormones. :/ ( Read more... )

I'm having a lot of depression the last few days. Okay, that's nothing new, but I'm having trouble writing. I guess I'm still upset over Dreaming in Shadow being more than half-way done. I had a good talk to Jill about it on Thursday, and I got a very caring email response from medleymisty , but I still can't seem to shake the upset feelings for more than a ( Read more... )

The last couple of days, I've been busy playing Little Big Planet 2. It's great fun, but there are some major connection problems. I've been playing with friends from Giant Bomb, which is really nice. I'm not used to having friends to play games with. When I got my PS3 and the first game, I would connect to people who would yell at me with their ( Read more... )

And I'm drowning in it. :/ I think I take it back when I said I wanted a new Degrassi promo. Okay, yeah... it looks like great drama, but no, no, no ( Read more... )