Once upon a time, the majority of my brainstorming was done in the shower and in the moments between consciousness and sleep when I was laying in bed.  I think most people have similar creative areas.  When I was falling asleep, I could bounce ideas around and plan out plots, and the stuff that stuck with me when I was awake the next day was stuff ( Read more... )

I've been thinking a lot about motivation.

Somedays I kick myself around, wondering why I do anything or don't do something. It can be hard to self motivate when the world is failing to deliver it's own incentives. I've been trying to give myself incentives to grow and keep growing. Little things.


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Goals of the Week:
- Finishing something for Sewing Circle
- Finishing the Doctor Who scarf
- Photograph finished sewing circle items

Progress on Last Week's Goals:
- Getting my Yarn organized - Complete.  Yarn was all balled and sorted.
- Helping Katie with her wedding invitations  - Announcements were addressed, stuffed, and sent.  Invitations ( Read more... )

I think I'm going to try a new thing.  Blogging on Mondays about my life by answering a few questions.  I think on Thursdays, or maybe Fridays, I'll write about art.  We'll see how this works out for me.

Goals of the Week:
- Getting my Yarn organized
- Helping Katie with her wedding invitations
- Finishing something for Sewing Circle

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Yesterday my second cousins from Washington DC came to visit.  There are four of them, three boys and one little girl.  She's the youngest, at six, and her oldest brother is about to turn 17.  I think it would be difficult to be the only girl AND the youngest.  I've been lucky in that I'm the oldest, but Dan and I are also not that far apart in age ( Read more... )

I think I finally figured out the overarching theme I'm trying to tell with my writing.  I know what the endgame is.  I know what my message is.  I've broken through something that's been keeping me from writing for... years.  We'll see what effect it has (if any).

Lately a part of me has been entertaining the notion that instead of writing a novel ( Read more... )

If you have to ask someone if you're still friends.... are you?

I have sensed that there are some ties I need to cut now that I'm at another crossroad in my life.  People who have really... not been there for me, I guess.  I know who my friends are.  These people are not.

I always feel guilty though.  I can't get inside the heads of people.  I don't ( Read more... )

This is turning into a "Jack blogs about video games and nobody cares" blog, isn't it?  Ah well.  I like to talk about games, even if no one wants to hear it.

Mother 3 ended up surprising me.  Kudos to the fan translation team for putting together that functional ROM, because I'm glad I decided to play it.  I wasn't sure what to expect from the game ( Read more... )

So far, bringing my personal library in the classroom to share with my students has been great.  I see a lot more students reading that usually just sit around and stare at the ceiling.  The graphic novels and Manga have been a HUGE hit, especially with the boys.  I get a real laugh out of it, they're always like "YEAH PICTURES," like they're ( Read more... )