I'm sort of half-assedly doing NaNo this year (by which I mean I am cheating by using NaNo to impose some deadlines on myself for the novel that I am attempting to have in progress), so naturally I'm thinking a lot about writing.

miss_begonia talked me into trying out this meme, even though it's been a bit since I've posted a new story:

Pick a paragraph ( ( Read more... )

People should come and ask me Five Things, but in the meantime, I have some questions for you, my dear Flist ( Read more... )

So, um, hi, Internet. How are you?

After spewing my guts all over the place yesterday, I figure the very least I can do is make up for it somehow.

First, and most importantly,

Happy Birthday, katwoman76 !!!!

Although I fear I have missed it on your side of the pond, I hope it was as awesome as it could be!

In honor of Kat's day of birth, and in an attempt to ( Read more... )

John Hodgman was the featured speaker at the White House Radio and Television Correspondents' Dinner last night, and he pretty much brought the house down in style while explaining that President Obama, prosthetic-ear enthusiast, is the first nerd president. It's pretty awesome:

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In other news, I'm enlightening y'all with my answer to "Fever Dream ( Read more... )

If there is one person or more on your friends list who makes your world a better place just because they exist and who you would not have met (in real life or not) without the internet, then post this same sentence in your journal.I feel like I've been sort of MIA on my FList of late, so I just wanted to remind you all that you're awesome. Even if ( Read more... )

Stolen from silverweave, because the world needs a little more random in it:

Dear Flist,

Today is Random Friday. Your instructions are as follows:

1. Be happy. It's Friday and the sun is shining!

2. Learn something new. In honor of President Obama's Cairo speech, I am learning more about the geography of the Middle East.

3. Read an interesting article. ( Read more... )

I stole this from this_is_my_name. I'm not having a bad time, of late, but I'm feeling that sort of generalized stress that's making us all a little bit crazy, I think. So instead:

Let us talk about those little things, little things that make you smile, make you feel good, make life awesome.

( Cheaper by the Half-Dozen )

Heh. One of my cousins tagged me on Facebook for one of those "10 Things" memes (and what's with the memes on Facebook all of a sudden? I feel like my online lives are colliding!) -- the one where you type in your RL name + "needs" and post the first ten entries that pop up. I am amused by the meta of the fact that the first three Google entries ( Read more... )

Today is brought to you by total randomness.

Thank you for all the well wishes! Things today went okay-ish, I think, although tomorrow is really the Job What I Want. I will keep you all posted, but I could practically feel the good vibes assaulting me all day.

When you see this, post your favorite poem.I don't really have a favorite. While I'm ( Read more... )

My life, so exciting that I have nothing fun to talk about on LJ. (That's actually not true. Today, I finished a story. That is a minorly big deal around here anymore. Also, I am attempting to make this my week of finishing up old stories. Obviously, my weeks start on Tuesdays. Let us say nothing more about it ( Read more... )