So, sometimes last night Dmitri sent me an IM and it was unusually... I don't know how to describe it. Grammar leaves me guessing as to it's meaning. It didn't seem threatening, but it left me feeling vulnerable. It was part sexual and part blaming himself for me leaving and part rant. Again, I'm not sure how sober he was when he wrote it. He could ( Read more... )

My manners are still intact. Which is a good thing ( Read more... )

First, let's talk about the good. Friday evening and Saturday morning were very nice. He baked. Other than fish, he'd never baked anything for me. Not sweets. But he made an Angel Food cake. Store bought frosting, not homemade like I make, but it was good. He made a small one because it would probably need to thrown out in a week anyway. So anyway ( Read more... )

We now have sushi, sashimi, and rolls at our H.E.B.! Guess what I'm having tonight! SASHIMI!!!

Okay, so that may not seem like such a big thing but, hey, I live in a small town. Any successful attempt at adding culture and ethnic foods is appreciated. Please, oh, please do well enough that you stay around Mr. Sushi-Man!
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I submitted "queries" to various agents last night. I know, I'm not done with the re-reading, yet, but I'm close. By the time one would get back to me, assuming they liked my work and wanted to know more. There's a whole etiquette to how things are submitted, how long it takes to hear back, assuming you hear back at all, how many agents at a time ( Read more... )

I do not write to so that I can relive a horrendous, destructive, dark time in my life because I'm a masochist. I do it because I hope that my story reaches the right person. The one who needs to know that they are not alone. The one who needs to know that they are not at fault. The one who needs to know that they did not do anything to ask for ( Read more... )

Someone suggested to me that I should finally write out my whole LTSR (Long Term Serial Rape) and put it all down on paper, err... electronically. Having just sat down and put my thoughts on the subject and compared it to serial rape and rape (both being, possibly planned by the attacker, but unknown to the victim) being different from LTSR because ( Read more... )