Just finished a 13.5 hour workday today, with one 1/2 hour break. ::collapses:: Eating dinner at 2:00 am, then going to bed. I have no whiskey. ::cries ( Read more... )

ghoulchick got me BPAL imps for a Yule present, and they just arrived! Squeeee! Here's a review of one of them:

SANTA EULÀRIA DES RIU ~ "Piquant citrus tempered by jasmine, soft Mediterranean herbs, lavender and orange blossom." (BPAL description)

In the bottle: Astringent, slightly bitter, almost unpleasant. Citrus and sharp lavender are all I can ( Read more... )

I've been asked to write the ritual for an October event/retreat. They wanted me to reprise the "abduction of Persephone/journey into the underworld" ritual I wrote and performed with my spiritual group long ago -- 8 or 9 years ago? -- but I think I'd like to write something new. Especially since this ritual will be in the late afternoon, and the ( Read more... )

I'm thinking of making a filter for those who've read We Have Always Lived in the Castle and want to discuss it with me. In working on the screenplay, it would be great to have some other minds to bounce some thoughts and ideas against... I've read this book a million times since I was in high school (long, long ago) and yet I discovered something ( Read more... )

Last night I started writing a screenplay adapting Shirley Jackson's last novel, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, for the big screen. Do I know how to write a screenplay? Nah. But it'll be a good exercise. I almost never write anymore. And besides, damn it, this needs to be made into a movie. I suppose I'll just have to do it myself ( ( Read more... )