I have so many things that need to get done that won't for a multitude of reasons ( Read more... )

This is sort of a mixed post, because I (re)discovered three things, all of which I deeply appreciate but only one of which is amusing.

In "Good News, Bad News" fashion, the amusing first:

( Jim's Journal )

One of the things the workshop guy [henceforth: WG] tried to emphasize was, "Learn something new every day ( Read more... )

Oooh! I got a call today, from my job up the block
It was my boss to say, you know we like you a lot
But we don't need you J, you daydream too much,
Well, man, I'm glad y'all let me go!

'Cause with no 9 to 5, it's a brand new day!
My rent's due but I'm-a party anyway!
I feel so alive, stress just faded away!
It's time to live my own life!...so the ( Read more... )

Summary of Jury Duty: Showed up early, found a book about a lawyer*, sometimes read it, sometimes nodded off, got told they ran out of law, was dismissed.

*Terry Brooks, Magic Kingdom for SaleSold!

BGN, late report: tied twice--with metalfox both times!--and lost to boodles of Curses ( Read more... )

I'm only using that because it's possibly the WORST song title I've ever heard of. As in horrible worst, not... something else worst.

But also because it sounds so emo.

So I thought I should point out a comic that touched a nerve with me. I cried when I read it, mostly because it keeps everything in perspective for me. Even having no job, I have ( Read more... )

When I complained that the story idea I got would take me longer than the <2 mths left to write if I wanted to do a good job of it, I suddenly got a burst of inspiration that got the scratchpad worked to the core. Which is to say that if I'm not done in ONE month, I will be rather sad. Though, I will be sad if I am done, because I'll likely end up ( Read more... )

So there's this D= Obama's gonna walk in, his tie loosened, stamp a cig out on the floor and grab the mic. "LISTEN UP!" 8 years ago today, it was "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED". ...THIS is how you complete the mission, Junior.
...I don't know why I always wait until WP gets an article up. They're always the last ones :/ I guess because it sounds more ( Read more... )

Among other things I didn't do, I didn't post a lot of the trifling shit I normally post about, because I was actually occupied. Actually, the image at said link should have been finished by now except I got this in the mail:


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More yet-unfinished thoughts:

1. Diana Wynne Jones died this morning, which sucks =/ but... circle of life and all that. I know I'm kind of detached in this respect, but it's a coping mechanism. I don't know how I'd manage if I let every single death EVER get to me.
   
   
2. Link from my brother: Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior [read before criticizing ( Read more... )