For years I thought the XL black cashmere sweater made me look so cool; something about this expensive, soft, pitchdark material hanging in hopeless pilled folds like a garbage sack on my slim-to-skinny 5'3 frame. The sleeves would cover my hands and then some if I didn't roll them up several times. Now I'm old enough to recognize that this is just ( Read more... )

According to my paper journal, I think/have thought that "Bride of Christ and Frankenstein" would be an "AWESOME TITLE!!" for a book, short story, play, etc., but I was unable to think up a plot, theme, setting, or characters to go with it. I will say that on the off-chance anybody wants to use this title for anything, they are absolutely welcome ( Read more... )

Who is procrastinating?

That's right! Lots of people! But right now, right here, the salient answer is me, Julia A. ! I am procrastinating-- though, actually, I did manage to hand in two four-page assignments on time this week, and one poem revision early. But I've still gotta write two separate very large medical history research essays, one for ( Read more... )

What I've been doing is staying awake and waiting for the moon to go out. There's supposed to be a lunar eclipse at about 2 AM Eastern Standard Time, or so my brother has told me. I've never seen an eclipse before, that I can recall. What I've been doing, besides waiting, is alternating between watching episodes of Huge on hulu and reading either ( Read more... )