The past three-some weeks were crazy. My boss was out on medical leave, and I ended up -trying- (the emphasis is necessary) to manage the store. I did a bang-up job really, and I feel quite bad about it. I suppose you could say my delegating skills are lacking and I took too much on by myself and could never get ahead of the workload. Bear in ( Read more... )

( Chapter 1 )

( Preface )

I finally saw Coraline (which is well worth seeing in 3-D), and on top of other things, it's got me feeling inspired ( Read more... )

I forget sometimes why I respect certain artists so much. It's nothing to do with "growing out of" them, although sometimes something in my life or myself will change, and their messages become temporarily incompatible. Rather, this is because I don't respond well to challenges, and certain artists do challenge me--with everything from their self ( Read more... )

Last night I watched "The Gamers: Dorkness Rising" and remembered both why I sometimes miss role-playing--and why I don't always regret quitting.  Likely what I miss most is the companionship and shared storytelling, but I will say that Shaun pulled off some brilliant moments in SPWoD.  It was most often fun and frequently hilarious.  And we were ( Read more... )

I should learn to have an infinite capacity for forgiveness.  I've certainly received enough of it.

"Heed his advice, and stay on his good side. He's like a volcano, George.  He erupts and he spews lava on all the little villagers.  They run around and they run around for their lives. But, you know, he stops, and you can go back to the safety of ( Read more... )

When I first met Val, I told her I was afraid of mirrors, which led to explanations of things I'd seen in the past. She decided I was ok and told me about Mo on our next outing. He'd been trying to kill her for the past few years, but it wasn't the sort of death I'd imagine just hearing about it. I didn't understand, but I knew it was real. And ( Read more... )