thoughts from this morning, collected from various started-and-stopped lj entries:"Take your face off, if I'm going to eat this thing ( Read more... )

I'm sitting on anjiyama's couch, wrapped in quilts made by her mom. Its overcast this morning and I'm cold, but that's also because I'm not really wearing any clothes, short of boxers and an a-frame. After a warm shower and getting dressed, I will be fine, the sun will come out, I'm going for a walk. I'm on the third trip in two months: first was Miami ( Read more... )

Its Day 3 of the six week raybear Writing and Travel Fellowship that I awarded myself. Weeks one and two are writing. Week two also features a visit from Ragdale spouses in town for the AWP conference. Week three is Miami with dommeyourass. Week four is writing. Week five is driving to Atlanta/Athens to see sorting_laundry. Week six is flying to southern california to see anjiyama ( Read more... )

I've been awake since about 5:30, mostly because I went to be early. Now its 8 am and I want to go back to sleep to avoid the panic. I have to return a movie, mail a check, I should go to the gym to help release some of the anxiety, these are my only obligations for today, and all of these tasks feel a bit daunting, but I will do some bargaining ( Read more... )

Thank you to everyone for kind words and thoughts about my layoff yesterday. It still hasn't 100% sunk in honestly, even though my brain is also going a little bit into overdrive. I'm not allowing myself to do anything concrete until Monday, and I'm even waiting until next week to go to the unemployment offices to file my claim (since I don't ( Read more... )