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Here's the thing: I'm really not a fan of New Year's.

It's all about reflection, and that tends to bring out the anxious accomplishment-ticker in me. It's also the end of holidays and winter vacation, and it just reminds me of how spring is still so, so far away, which is a little depressing. The thing is that I usually like the year I'm in, so ( Read more... )

This is truly what it's all about, folks.

"Christmas 2005"

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#1 - I got contacted by a total stranger through Linked-In who wanted to ask me about my writing stuff. So after some back-and-forth chitchat I sent him the links to "Product Safety" and "Self-Possessed" and he responded with some nice words about them. It was really cool ( Read more... )

I love how the alarm clock thinks it's hilarious to just randomly not go off the morning after I went to bed WAY TOO LATE the previous night. It's a little weird how I just woke up anyway ( Read more... )

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I'm getting all sorts of written notices pinned under my porch gnome lately, about how the president of the neighborhood association apparently spent all our reserves on removing noxious plants by misappropriating funds without telling anybody, or some shit. Now there's a neighborhood meeting scheduled to discuss whether he deserves to be ( Read more... )

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I approach the 37,000 mark. There are swords, but no one's been stabbed yet. I never added the swordfight from earlier. The characters keep getting distracted. With romanceAlso sports. This is a fantasy romance with sports. Or would that be romantic fantasy with sports ( Read more... )