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Writer's Block: Physical Education
The Army made us play Frisbee Football every once in a while to break up the "monotony" of physical training (PT). I would rather go on a twelve-mile run in the mojave than play frisbee football. Standing around like a tool, not getting any exercise whatsoever, because your male teammates assume you can't catch. they may have been right, but that ( Read more... ) -
Laptop!!!
The whole time I was writing for naNoWriMo I had this mantra in the back of my mind: "Do this and it will come." I hit 50,000 words and officially "won" NaNoWriMo (along with thousands of others), so today I ventured out and bought a pretty and sparkly new laptop ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: Under the Tree
A shiny new laptop, a green one. All for me. With wireless internet and a pretty case for carrying. -
Writer's Block: Wild Rumpus
I would be Pippi Longstocking. I loved her style, her braids sticking straight out, her bravery, and her monkey. I also liked the idea of having a treasure chest to support me and no parents to thwart me. -
News
Once upon a time, not too long ago, there was a picture a the top of my journal. I wonder where it went ( Read more... ) -
Glass-blowing expert in 24 hours
Tonight I have to write a scene for my NaNo project based solely on the research I've done on glass-blowing. I have no idea if I can pull this off, or if it will sound stupid, but I have a goal to reach 2000 words of potential crap. Beware the technical jargon - I plan to talk about annealers and fluxes and marvers. I'm excited I get to call my ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: Novel Ideas
Gay boy in the Army. Now if I could only get the words to come. I've been hacking up a lung since midnight and feeling like a hack who has no business doing any of this novel-writing nonsense. Am debating going to bed and seeing if I feel more like it in the morning, or forcing my way through it tonight and celebrating whaever crap I come up with. -
Enough Campaigning Already!
I mailed in my absentee ballot yesterday! This is the first election where I felt like my vote might actually matter, like I actually was making a choice. Last time I voted libertarian simply because I couldn't stand either candidate, and their candidate supported many of the things I think of as important ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: Fright Show
Ghost stories always do it for me. The Changeling is my favorite scary movie, but others that scare the heck out of me are The Sixth Sense, The Others, and The Ring. That creepy girl crawling out of the well...
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Writer's Block: Forbidden Reading
We passed around Forever and Wifey by Judy Blume (that one was NOT a young adult book), plus every single V.C. Andrews book out there. Heaven and My Sweet Audrina are the ones I remember most.