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Writing, Pt 2
The answer to why I don't write as often anymore can be found in another question:
When was the last time I read a work of fiction?
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Baltimore Weather
I went to Walgreen's today to pick up my prescriptions. I took a book with me, intending to read while I wait, but an elderly man sitting in the waiting area had other plans ( Read more... ) -
Words to live by.
"I'm not remotely close to perfect, and neither are the people I love and have loved. I find flaws exciting, interesting, individual and above all, loveable. Someone (probably my mother) once told me that to love someone not instead of their defects but because of them is giving them permission to be at peace with themselves."
apiphile, quoted on readers_listIn ( Read more... ) -
End-of-year meme!
Year in Review
Go to your calendar and find the first entry for each month of 2008. Post the first line of it in your journal, and that's your "Year In Review".January ( Read more... ) -
Don't look now...
...but I think I may yet regain my faith in this country. -
Is this thing still on?
A test, to see if anyone still reads this thing:
(gacked verbatim from ever_abstractI have always wanted to do this one, but I've held off because I was scared that people wouldn't respond. So, now that I have your attention a wee bit, here goes nothing ( Read more... ) -
Two Things
1) I am loved. Eeeeeeee...
2) Boo-YAH. Could not have said it better myself. The summation of the article in case you don't have time: On Sarah Palin and the subject of feminism, "Stop being an argument for my side because YOU'RE MAKING MY SIDE LOOK STUPID." -
Various and Sundry
On Work:
People are tipping like there's a recession or something. C'mon, people! Mama needs to pay for her new shoes!
On Boys:Me: You know, men have been doing wonderful things for me lately. It's quite new and different ( Read more... ) -
The Two Steps For Being A "Popular Kid"*
*(You know, one of the good kinds.)
1) Start simply operating on the assumption that people like you and want to spend time with you.
2) Don't be wrong.