Long time no post, right? Let's face it, I don't have the motivation to write a whole post explaining where I've been or what I've been up to, and you probably don't have the patience to read it even if I did. Instead I'm just going to continue on as if we'd never parted company, okay ( Read more... )

There's a new post up at Somewhere in the Middle, Making Up with Mormons in which I attempt to explain why the recent speech by LDS Elder Boyd. K Packer upset me, while at the same time I try to make it clear to my Mormon friends that I am not against them or their faith. It felt a little like juggling knives, and I probably did it wrong despite my ( Read more... )

messypeaches left Friday night, and I'll admit that Saturday I didn't get any packing done. I made a half-hearted attempt at one box, but I spent most of Saturday working on other stuff, like writing new threads for Fallen Leaves , working on some Fallen Leaves moderator tasks, and working on another collaborative writing project with darksideofstorm which is brilliant and ( Read more... )

What was I thinking? No, really ( Read more... )

Yesterday morning I got up late feeling agitated, after not enough sleep. I had a huge list of things I wanted to accomplish, not enough hours in the day to do them, and a general sense of anxiety about it all. I had writing to do for my D&D group, writing to do for Fallen Leaves, writing to do on my o-fic so I can sell it and make some money. Also ( Read more... )

ten foot tall blue aliens
+ canonically gay Holmes & Watson
+ two excellent movies in two days with two awesome friends
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= Outstanding!

Thanks, darksideofstorm and jbmcdragon!

Five Hour Energy drinks are fantastic if you need to get yourself all energized for an evening rehearsal. But they suck monkey brains through a paper straw for getting restful sleep afterwards ( Read more... )

Friday night Momo arrived. Yay! We went and got pie at Heidi's Pies in San Mateo (she had pumpkin cream cheese, I had chocolate meringue) then we came home, played with baby rats, and watched Project Runway ( Read more... )

Today I am thankful for having had "one of those days." Sounds a little bass ackwards, doesn't it? We all know what "one of those days" is like. This was mine:

• 8:45 AM - Awakened from mildly disturbing and emotional dreams by an alarm clock that rang at just precisely the wrong moment to leave me feeling rested.
  
• Didn't get to write with the friend ( Read more... )

So much stuff happened in the week I skipped. Here it is, cut into bite-sized chunks.

( My sister visits, we have fun, she is awesome )