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Every few years, I guess I like to post here?
I just looked back through my old posts on LiveJournal, which were in some cases a fun trip down memory lane. My very first post was made on April 4, 2005, and can be read right here ( Read more... ) -
When good haircuts go bad
Seven months is a long time to go without a haircut when you have hair like I do, especially when you live in Newport, Oregon ( Read more... ) -
Forgetting Sarah Marshall, a life update and some link spam
I want to sit down and have a beer with Jason Segel and I don't even drink!
There's a reason for my mad wish. I just got done watching "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" and it's 2 in the morning. Instead of going to bed, I'm sitting here thinking about what a terrific piece of writing it was, and convincingly played by the principle actors. I'm not ( Read more... ) -
A life update
An update is in order, I think. Obviously, I update this blog less frequently than would allow people to easily keep track of what's happening in my life. For the most part, that's because there's not much happening. One month passes in much the same manner as the next... until recently.
A bit over a week ago now, I turned in my notice at work. ( Read more... ) -
A new computer is mine for the win!
So, I have a new computer. It was time. I've been using a laptop for several years now, and laptops aren't even particularly great when they're new. It was my first laptop and all, and it treated me quite well, but I was ready for another desktop and now I have one ( Read more... ) -
Mordant's Need, Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever and writing good fiction...
Tonight I find myself in the mood to read "Mordant's Need," the short series by Stephen R. Donaldson. I haven't read it in years, since I was in high school, and I remember that at the time I very much enjoyed it. I also read "The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever" around that same time, and I didn't enjoy it nearly as much even ( Read more... ) -
Editors beware: I'm feeling writerly again!
Today I did two things that I haven't done in quite awile: I wrote a short story and I submitted it to a magazine.
The story came to me last night. Or, more precisely, it came to me at 1 in the morning. I wrote it then and there, all 3100 words or so of it. Then I went to sleep. I woke up in the morning still thinking about it, so I went back ( Read more... ) -
So You Want to Write a Novel
One of the people who I follow on Twitter linked to this video on YouTube and if you're one of my friends who writes fiction, I really encourage you to view it and get a good laugh out of it, as I did:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9fc-crEFDw
It's done perfectly, I think. I should quit my job and write some novels. It's not like I like my job, ( Read more... ) -
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I have a cold. I am miserable. It started on Thanksgiving morning, a fact for which I was not thankful. It grew worse overnight and I couldn't call in sick because it was Black Friday and who believes a retail employee when he calls in sick on that day? Answer: no one. Today, my cold is not as severe after I got between 12 and 13 hours of sleep ( Read more... ) -
Atypically, the good news keeps coming for me...
So, it looks like six of my classes that I completed while seeking an English Education degree will transfer to my new online school as I seek out my Web Design degree. This is good news, as it will save me thousands over the course of my education. Plus I won't have to re-take that stupid math class and the two English Composition classes are no ( Read more... )