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This year has had an amazingly long List of Suck.* Some of the items included in the List of Suck have already been mentioned in past blog posts, so I won't repeat them.

In response to this List, I have, along with my sister, been calling Fate out.

"Bring it on, Bitch!" we've shouted. "Bring it on right now, because I'll be damned if I'm carrying ( Read more... )

When I sat at my notebook to write this morning, this is some of what came out:

We reach out to others for the love that already surrounds us. But there is no need to reach for the water you swim in, no need to reach for the air you breathe.

Fails:

• I posted a new YouTube video on Friday afternoon, only to take it down again that night. My family pointed out to me (quite wisely) that I had unwittingly supplied too much personal information. I tend to not think defensively on the net as much as I should, so I will have to edit and redo some of the scenes and repost it tomorrow.
• My baby bro ( Read more... )

On Saturday, my sister Nicole hosted the first ever event of the Slosh Ball League (which isn't really an official league per se, but a family/friend event). We gathered in a local park to play Slosh Ball, eat good food, and have an all around romping time. It was a good turnout with enough people to have 10-12 people per team.

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Well, after hours of work last and tonight, struggling trying to figure out how to make everything work, and obsessing over getting what I wanted to say down the way I wanted to say it, I've done it. I have completed my personal writing page.

www.andreablythe.comI still want to add more things, such as sample work and excerpts and work in ( Read more... )

I meant to post this last week, but ran out time before I headed to Clear Lake for the weekend. Last Wednesday, I had a fabulous time watching Ani DiFranco perform at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga. I've noticed a progression in her writing. Her earlier writing mostly focused on politics as well as romantic entanglements, and was often quite angry ( Read more... )

I am floating on a sea of joy right now. I would love to jump up and dance around and shout my joy...but I'm at work, and while it's slow enough for me not to feel guilty about being on the net, I think that kind of behavior would probably be frowned upon. :)

Why so happy? Well, I just found out that I won the FANTASY MEDLEY Give Away, held by C.E ( Read more... )