NaNoWriMo is coming up soon, bringing back many memories of cramped fingers and an aching back from being hunched over the keyboard for hours on end. I've decided not to attempt it this year. For one thing, I still haven't done any major revision of my NaNo novel from last year, and secondly, I'm nearing the end of another novel and I want to keep ( Read more... )

I went shopping yesterday to buy gifts for my family, but I don't think I did a good job. I was amazingly uncreative. It made me realize that I need to change my shopping habits for future Christmases. I'm used to having these huge days during Christmas break to browse and shop at my leisure. But now that I'm out of school there is no Christmas ( Read more... )

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"Lost Souls" - Christian perspective on Lost. Interesting article about forgiveness and redemption in Lost.

In other article recs... kalquessa quoted this one and I am immensely glad I read it:

Colin was Action Figure Darcy. He fences! He swims! He bathes! Naked! He gives and fixes and scowls and rides his horse and just in general Firths all over the ( Read more... )

Me = big time NaNoWriMo slacker. I've gotten nearly no writing done this weekend, consequently, I should be at 21,671 but I'm only at


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Our new shower still isn't installed. So for the fourth time since the old one was torn out, I'll have to drive 15 minutes down the road to my grandma's house to take a shower. *grump*

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I'm a OhioReads volunteer and yesterday morning when I got to the elementary school, I didn't see the cute little girl I normally tutor. I asked the teacher ( Read more... )

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