First, the physical: I went to a town called Bridgeport (or something like that) today. The drive was horrible; I have motion-sickness issues, and the winding, up-and-down country roads don't agree with my stomach. Even though I took Gravol, I still felt a little queasy ( Read more... )

...But on the plus side, I'm about 60% finished chapter thirty-one of SS.

I thought that Simulacrum Seal had lost the ability to surprise me, but it seems not. I ended up doing something very different from what I intended in this chapter. I was planning for Lily to make another appearance, but something else occurred to me that makes far more ( Read more... )

Yesterday I discovered a fic I need to beta read, four days old, in my junk email folder. What the HELL are Hotmail's junk standards anyway?! I get a half-dozen junk emails every week that aren't caught by the filter, and then stuff I actually WANT to read (including FA Owls, apparently, since I found one of those too) is classified as junk. I ( Read more... )

I'm not sure how I feel about my parents going into marriage counseling. It's obvious that they need it - they've needed it since before they were married - but I'm not sure how much help some prick with a degree can be ( Read more... )

I had one of those seemingly random experiences of grace today while returning from my research work at RMC ( Read more... )

You know, those plain chocolate bars that are used to make s'mores. You know the ones, right?! I can find them nowhere ( Read more... )

This is starting to turn into a writer's diary. Oh well. My personal life is boring anyway ( Read more... )

I had my wisdom teeth yanked out this morning. Ow. Pain. Actually, it's not that bad as long as I keep myself drugged up on Tylenol 3 (codeine = goodness) and don't eat anything (jaw movement = badness). Also, pineapple juice = win ( Read more... )

Life has been hectic lately. I've hardly gotten any writing done at all. First, I've been in the process of finding a laptop I like and acquiring said laptop. Second, I've been doing various maintenance tasks on the four computers in my house, as well as gauging what needs to be upgraded and finding the necessary parts. Third, I've been working ( Read more... )

I never wear makeup for three reasons: first, I don't know how to apply it well; second, I have better things to do (or, rather, things to do that are equally unimportant, but are more amusing to me); third, it's ridiculously expensive and I can't in good concience spend more on lipstick and eye shadow than the average Nigerian earns in a month ( Read more... )