tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124069042012-02-16T22:57:41.664-05:00life is either a daring adventure or nothing. security does not exist in nature nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure. <br><br> - helen kellerWaviestGoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17402386365837023388noreply@blogger.comBlogger1201100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12406904.post-15532588480138101982010-08-04T17:25:00.002-05:002010-08-04T17:33:02.691-05:00

I have enjoyed seasons 1 & 2 of True Blood. And I have enjoyed the character development and some of the straying-from-the-novel that they've done. Some of the changes in season 3 are understandable - like the development of the Tara and Laff. sides of the story. But I do think that season 3 has gone too far off the mark with the change in Sophie Ann's character and some of the twists in the

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I applaud your decision Gov. Frist. Your decision to veto the education bill makes me proud that you listened to the educators, professional educators, rather than legislators who are decidedly NOT professional educators.

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I had the most delightful 40 minute wait in line at a post office this afternoon. I needed stamps. I had things to mail. The line was long...but it had to be done. After everyone already in line had recovered from my overly loud "holy cow" when I first walked in the door (yes - several people in the back half of the line did turn, stare at me, and start laughing), I stepped up and got in line.

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It's the one with the teacher who is contemplating his tie. The class guinea pig has apparently given up the ghost and the students are all concerned. In the first scene, the teacher is completely apathetic - "I saved the receipt." In the revised version (brought on by drinking some juice or other), the teacher becomes a superhero, miraculously rubs two balloons against his head, and restarts

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Ok. So the new season of Mad Men starts this Sunday. I love this show. I don't typically enjoy dramas but I do love this show.So, here I was yesterday evening, sitting in a sports bar/grill, trying to explain this show over dinner. I found myself trying to describe the plot and enumerate the reasons why I so irrationally love this show. It IS more than the wardrobe and hairstyle choices,

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Remember? Back at the end of June? When I started out to write 30,000 words over the course of a month? Right. Well, I'm back to it. So this is actually Day 4. Nice.Here we go!

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I'm quoting here from Vogue Knitting but don't let that stop you from reading about an interesting economic initiative:"The premise of the 3/50 Project is simple: Pick three local stores you couldn't stand to see disappear and spend $50 every month at those stores (that's $50 altogether, not at each individual outlet). According to the numbers crunched by 3/50 Project founder Cinda Baxter, a

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Goal 1. I was going to edit all my files. Well. Nope. Hadn't happened. Still sitting in large bins cluttering up the study. In fact, I have to climb over them in order to close the blinds. You'd think that would be incentive to change. And it was for the first week. Now I'm just used to climbing over them...I'm counting that as cardio. Maybe I'll do that tomorrow.Goal 2. Knitting.

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Pig butt. Sometimes you just don't quite realize all the components in a photo when you're taking it quickly.

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In education, lately, there has been an accelerated call by the current administration to link student performance as evidenced by student test scores to teacher pay and teacher success. The motivation behind this is not a bad thing but there is an inherent flaw to the idea - standardized tests are just that, standards, norms, generalizations. These tests do not address the intricate changes

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I cannot believe that the government will OWN 61% of the 'new' GM. I am appalled that it has come to this. I am even more appalled that the Obama administration even had to address the issue about whether or not he'd be involved in the day-to-day running of the company. WHAT? The leader of the US, involved in running the car company he just bought? Here's the quote: GM "is expected to

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Gotta' love the Farmer's Market

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I'm reading Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and I came across a line that makes me want to move back south. "Savannah, [Johnny Mercer] said, had been 'a sweet, indolent background for a boy to grow up in.' ...The back porch of his house looked out on a tidal creek that meandered through a broad expanse of marshland....These, then, were the images in my mental gazetteer of Savannah:

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"Blues is about life as we've lived it, and they're not all sad songs." - B.B. King

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Not quite 3000 words but hey, it's the effort that counts, right?

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Let me start by saying that I love hard-back books. I love the way they look on the bookshelf. I love the heft of them in my hand, the timelessness, the I'll-be-here-when-you-want-to-read-me-again-ness of them. I enjoy that it's darn difficult to break the spine on a hard-back book whose pages have been stitched together - bound solidly, that the pages are smooth and bright and that the print

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Day 2 - 2000 words - one more hour. Yesh, yesh, yesh.

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Writing 30 Days/30,000 words. Yipee!

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Ok - I did decide to editorialize about one thing today. I watched about 2 1/2 home improvement shows this morning (the ones where they update everything to sell). I love home improvement shows - usually. But today, I began to notice this focus on ripping up and tearing out perfectly good items simply because they're outdated."Right. That's the point, isn't it?" you're thinking.Well, sorta',

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First - happy father's day to all, my dad especially and particularly (of course :)).Now, I've decided that, since I have the summer off, I shall begin as I mean to go on.Goal 1 - weed out excess and duplicate paperwork. That shouldn't really take too long but it needs to be done.Goal 2 - finish knitting projects, and by that I mean the ones I've been dawdling over for years - literally.Goal 3 -

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First - a quick point - apparently, "they" have decided to put Kings back on. Go figure. Now, I'll watch but I don't want the rug pulled out from under me again...maybe I won't watch.But more importantly - what's the rush to push through half-formed ideas about finance and health care? Nothing has occured that hasn't happened many times in the past with either one. So, why the rush? I would

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GACK. I just found out that ANOTHER good tv show that I am really getting into HAS. BEEN. CANCELED. I am really enjoying "Kings". Good imagery, intriguing plot and characters. They're moving it to Saturday nights (where I'll STILL be watching it) and then I'm hearing that they'll cancel it after the season run.Why? Low ratings? But it's GOOD. Kinda' like the show "My Own Worst Enemy". Both

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Ok. I was just looking at the last few posts on the blog...been a while huh? Can anyone tell that I've been home sick for A WEEK! And it's probably obvious that I'm feeling some better, since I'm updating the blog (reduced to that! oh heavens, say it isn't so :)).Anyway, I was looking at my post (from 2008?!) on the Anita Blake novels (which I did enjoy but have become a tad disenchanted with)

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I have to confess, I've been seduced by Twitter. There's something about editing text and ideas for that tiny little box and hitting send... it's weird, I know. I was resistant. I am no more.That said, I still like the longer work. Blog= prose; twitter=poetry. An overly simplistic analogy - oh yeah. But it makes me smile.So, yeah, I've been spending time twittering.

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Yesiree, I am still writing. It's a pretty good thing, all the way around. I also started reading the Sookie Stackhouse novels - quite enjoyable. Been playing around with Twitter as well. All these things...

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Since I can't seem to be able to get onto nano to update my word count...here tiz - 1176. Yipee! I'm actually writing long-hand and it's working for me. Go me!

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No, not the election...though that should be exciting, shouldn't it?Of course, I'm referring to National Novel Writing Month. It's November 1. I'm already finding countless other ways to distract myself (and it's only Noon on the 1st) but hey, what works, works. Update blog, wash dishes, find a new knitting site (Ravelry - looks COOL), play with the zen-master cat, contemplate an exercise

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I cannot believe that Congress is remotely prepared to turn over $700 billion dollars (taxpayer dollers at that) to a group of people who MADE THE MESS IN THE FIRST PLACE.I cannot believe that ANYONE in their right mind would offer up $700 billion dollars based on a THREE PAGE proposal. (SO - can I write a one-pager? I'd be happy with one-third of the $700 billion.)I CANNOT BELIEVE that ANYONE

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All I can say is, if the government is going to bail out poorly run companies with MY money and YOURS, we deserve stock in the company, dividends from the results, and the SAME opportunity to be personally bailed out as well.Do you see it happening? Me neither. Not enough lobbiests for the little people. Wait, isn't that what the government is for? The people - for them? by them? Right, then

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Ok...so I just recently went on an I'm-reading-all-the-Anita-Blake-series binge. And I enjoyed the stories quite a bit for the most part, particularly character development. So I have lots and lots of questions that, after 15-some-odd books, just seem to still be flapping in the wind for me:Dolph - why IS he on RPIT? And, I get the angry Dolph thing in later books, but it's sad.For that matter,

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Again we start. This time there are 14 other people writing along with me. And today it begins. 1,667 words per day. I can definitely do this. I will do this. Again...Actually, I'm pretty excited about this.

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and so does this next exciting challenge... whooohooo!

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June 2007 - NaNoWriMo will be doing the first ever screenwriting challenge. I like it!

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I really am writing...guess that's why I haven't been posting much. I'm behind in the word count but not so badly that I won't be able to catch up - I'm pretty sure! :)

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I really am writing...guess that's why I haven't been posting much. I'm behind in the word count but not so badly that I won't be able to catch up - I'm pretty sure! :)

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It's another novel attempt. I still want to finish the last one. But, since the premise is to write one whole one - I'll start a new one this week. It'll be good practice either way.

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Besides glitter and shoes, I have to say I love my new cell phone. It's soooo much better than the old one I had, better reception, easier to carry, and it has a camera. It really does. I resisted for many long days, months, years, about getting another cell phone. It hasn't taken me long to become a cell phone convert.I am also loving my October copy of Southern Living. It's so fall-ish and

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Oh my..it's October and we're well on our way to NaNoWriMo and another noveling month. It's certainly something to look forward to. :)

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and the manuscript grows a tad cold and a touch distant...but it's been good to get away. School is starting, the first week down, and I get to balance grading papers with writing my own. It's writing season, getting a bit cooler, and the leaves will be falling off the trees soon. I'll be able to see further from the desk in my study. Out the window, I mean. Maybe I'll see further into my

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And the noveling adventure has just begun... well, not really. Technically, it's over and the goal was 50,000 words. How'd I do? you might ask? well, not bad. I got to, specifically, 47,023 words. Just shy of the target. I wrote a LOT the last couple days. My wrists are definitely feeling it but that's ok. And, some of what I wrote actually makes me laugh. Book's not done, mind you.

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that counter is wrong...I still have through tomorrow to finish...and I'm gonna need it!

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One more post as written by Eve...just because I love the description of these shoes:I'm still staring at my shoes in their paid-retail boxes. They are Steven Luxe, which is the luxury version of Steve Madden. Which means ... supreme quality. I was thinking I'll sleep better if I put them under the covers (in their box) with me. So. Apparently the therapy they are giving me here in retail jail

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That's ok...writing away.In the meantime, a couple posts from a site that I occasional read. The writer, Eve, is an excellent motivator, and the basic point? Live your life to the fullest and do it now. Whatever it is, do it now and stop waiting for ... whatever ....So, without further ado, here's a reposting.Choosing to burn down your own life. Understanding; in a deep and soulful way; This.

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Got some work to do to catch up. BUT, I have every intention of doing it. The stack of filled boxes is getting smaller and the stack of collapsed boxes is much, much bigger now. Very nice.Keep writing!

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Did you know that it costs approximately $750 to have someone analyze a broken (what exactly is broken is still unknown at this point and for $750 may remain unknown) hard drive and retrieve the information stored therein (and that's for a base price - it could cost more than that)? The question becomes, at this point, what price knowledge?Sigh. I'm thinking that I could get a NEW COMPUTER for

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Well, since I'm a bit behind, I figured I need a new plan. So, starting tomorrow, if I commit to writing 3,334 words per day (ok...really, starting Monday after I get myself moved but maybe on Sunday once everything is packed) for the rest of the month, I'll STILL be done before the deadline because then I have the luxury of being ahead of my NEW schedule. It's warped, I know, but it IS

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Ok...I'm moving this weekend so writing's kinda taken a back seat this week. BUT I have a plan for catching up beautifully. It's good to have a plan. :)

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As provided by a fellow-teacher: Some of these I've seen before but they still make me laugh. A collection of actual analogies and metaphors found in high school essays. These excerpts are published each year (but, I have no idea where) to the amusement of teachers across the country. Here are last year's winners.1. Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two sides gently

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Didn't get quite as far as I'd planned this weekend but I DID get some done...quite a bit of fun so far. Playing playin playing!

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Well, it's catch-up day for me! I'll be celebrating all things pertaining to catching up with my word counts. Perhaps I'll even have hamburgers with ketchup for lunch. Writing writing writing...

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I'm off to a good start...a writer's high I believe. 6974 words, 24 pages, already. Darn good start to the month of July. The goal is 1,667 words per day so that means I'm about 3 days ahead right now. I'm just happy, happy, happy. And who knows what might happen next?Of course, I'm leaving out how many times I got up from the desk and how difficult it was for me to just sit still and write

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Just one day and a little bit extra before the month of July...novel writing here I come!

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I found a new place to write. Greg's Bagels in Belvedere Square. Today was the first time I've ever been there. I have to say - bagels are ok, not the best, not the worst food - but I LOVED the bagel I had today. Oh, just a plain bagel you say? Not so. THIS was a plain bagel with cream cheese and raspberry jelly. STILL not impressed? All I can say is, ya' gotta' TASTE these bagels.

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Magna Carta IWhat makes a good novel?witty dialoguebright and lively, strong and clever charactersa dash of romancemysterysatisfying ending (not necessarily happy – but right)happy endings toobeautiful descriptionbackground that is clear, easily imagined and definedadventuresci-fimagica thrillera pointbeautiful, evocative descriptionssurprising or unexpected descriptionunexpected plot

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yes...I am!

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You know. You'd think that summer would be a great time to write a novel - all that empty time. Yeah, right. I can find SOOOO many things to do.So - realistically - here's my schedule that I plan to stick to this summer for July. 8:00 am Get up. Get ready for the day and eat breakfast. 9:30 am Gym. Oh yes, you read that one right. Gym.11:00 am Journal and writing. 1:00 pm

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I finished The Mermaid Chair in what was record time, even for me. The story was satisfying in its culmination - very appropriate and ironic in the character twists; the various psyches were well deliniated and the clues were all there, well-placed and well-paced throughout.But what really got me was the prose. What magnificent language, what great story-telling. It was - it was what a book

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I hereby pledge my intent to write a 50,000-word novel in one month's time. By invoking an absurd, month-long deadline on such an enormous undertaking, I understand that notions of "craft," "brilliance," and "competency" are to be chucked right out the window, where they will remain, ignored, until they are retrieved for the editing process. I understand that I am a talented person, capable of

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You know, I'm only 20 pages in, I haven't even really gotten to the driving action but oh, do I love this prose. What magnificent description. The very first paragraph drives the plot. It seems so weak to call it only a hook...it's much more. It is the definition. I've got pen in hand and am already marking up the text. Poetry yes, but prose? I am not usually moved to highlight and mark as I

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Since we finished exams today (mine anyway) it's time to archive the Fall/Winter Reading list and start putting up the summer list. Really, I suppose, what I'm archiving is the Fall/Winter/Spring list, because it's June now. Still feels like spring though.Well - here it is - or here it was - a representation of all that is novelicious!Fall/Winter Reading for 2005-2006I Burn for YouDark

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As sent by a friend...One day, there was a blind man sitting on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet and a sign that read: "I am blind, please help." A creative publicist was walking by and stopped to observe. He saw that the blind man had only a few coins in his hat. He dropped in more coins and, without asking for permission, took the sign and rewrote it.He returned the sign to the

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.hov:hover{background-color:yellow}HURT (Johnny Cash)Video Code provided by VideoCodeZone.Com

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Spring is waving its floweredey hand goodbye as Summer grows in with the thickening, darkening grass and the damp heat of a city that sits on the bay.Okeydokey...needs some work there as I mix my metaphors - sorta - but it is starting to get warmer. Street festival is tomorrow and I'm looking forward to the booths of faux art and fashion craft and the rock music played by country bands and the

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Ah...the glories of spring break! Nicey nice. So many things and so many days...and all those research papers to grade too. Ah, the wonders of spring.

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A few highlights come to mind when I look over the types of things I've been reading lately:sonnetsAlice in WonderlandPride and Prejudicechick litvampireswerewolvesand you know what? I love a campy, witty romance. I HATE bad romance. Elizabeth Bennet - good. Perky, shallow vampiress who will remain nameless to avoid offending anyone - bad. I cannot believe how much bad chick lit there is out

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Wow. I'm working on processing it. But, for right now, wow.Wow. Amazingly complex letter format. The clues and the psychological exploration was all there for the unveiling. Wow. Not a single noticed break in point of view and SO well told that when the narrator couldn't give an interpretation of another character's reactions, the narrator gave enough detail because of his uncertainty about

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Elvis Kissed MeT. S. Kerrigan"Elvis kissed me once," she swears,sitting in a neon diveordering her drinks in pairs.Two stools down you nurse a beer,sensing easy pickings here."Back in sixty-eight," she sighs,smoothing back her yellow hair.Teared mascara smears her eyes.Drawing near, you claim you've met,offer her a cigarette."Call me cheap," she sobs, "or bad,say that decent men dismissed me,say

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This is Just to SayWilliam Carlos WilliamsI have eatenthe plumsthat were inthe iceboxand whichyou were probablysavingfor breakfastForgive methey were deliciousso sweetand so coldThis Is Just to SayErica-Lynn Gambino(for William Carlos Williams)I have justasked you toget out of myapartmenteven thoughyou neverthoughtI wouldForgive meyou weredrivingme insane

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Words, language, poetry - the ability to turn a phrase - the joy of an idea compressed into ink. I LOVE poetry. What do you mean, you don't read? You don't write? What DO you do with your time? I don't understand. But, Billy Collins does it so well.NightclubYou are so beautiful and I am a foolto be in love with youis a theme that keeps coming upin songs and poems.There seems to be no room for

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We got snow...looks like about a foot. Of course it was on Saturday night, so I'm not sure how much school we'll get off, but I'm thinking we've got at least Monday, possibly Tuesday and Wednesday if the snow melts and kicks up lots of ice at night. Ah...the possibilities...

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Ok...it's February and last night we had a thunderstorm on top of a day of grey, dreary rain. I love the rain, don't get me wrong. And it was delightfully cozy and the fog is magnificently eerie. But it's February, as I've already pointed out for any who have missed that fact. It's supposed to be cold and dreary AND SNOWY! What the heck?Now I'm hearing that it is to be a rough February. Bring it

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Well, it all started this morning, as mornings are wont to start when the sun rises. Ok, technically I was up and showered BEFORE the sun rose, but that's ok. The story starts better this way. Anyway, I was up and showered and all set for school when I noticed the little red blinking light on my phone receiver. Lo, is that a blinking light I see before me? A message in the early morning dawn?

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I think it must come with January...restlessness...the desire to fling everything and go off to tropical climes and have adventures and stare magical jaguars in the eye and listen to brightly colored, 100-year old parrots and macaws up in the trees and find treasure or at least a long-abandoned stone temple. It's either that or I've been watching too many adventure movies over the last month or

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If I ran away and joined the peace corps, what would I do with my cats? I suppose that's not an option then. They're not staying in little kennel boxes for six months in quarentine. Huh. Another strategy is in order then. Clearly.

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May your year be prosperous, your heart generous, and your days filled with joy.I resolve to be fit, enjoy life, travel, plan and follow through on things, and generally just be happy this year.Happy 2006 to all!

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Ok...I didn't know what to expect but the commercials looked wonderfully disfunctional and funny and I think Luke Wilson, Craig T. Nelson, and Diane Keaton are great so we went to see a movie this evening - The Family Stone.Spoiler: If ya don't want to know, don't read on...Yeah. Someone should have probably mentioned that Diane Keaton's character, Sybil the mother, had a recurring case of, and

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Well, it was a good film. I love the Harry Potters - books and movies. But this last one, well, I'm not sure why they did some of the stuff that they did to the movie.the dragon fight scene - why would a dragon, having broken free, chase one boy when there is an entire arena just full of people. AND why bother with the chase scene anyway? The story is exciting enough without that dumb scene.

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Ladies and gentlemen –Sit back, kick your feet up,snap open a can of cola,or boil up a cup of hot tea,or perhaps the smell of roast coffee beans is more your style…enjoy the sensations of the body, the manifestations of your desire in the physical moment.Breath, smell, taste, touch that libation of your choice, the drink of your will(but carefully now if it’s hot, we will no ill this night)So

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Your Birthdate: April 5You have many talents, and you are great at sharing those talents with others.Most people would be jealous of your clever intellect, but you're just too likeable to elicit jealousy.Progressive and original, you're usually thinking up cutting edge ideas.Quick witted and fast thinking, you have difficulty finding new challenges.Your strength: Your superhuman brainpowerYour

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Ain't life good? So, it snowed 3 or 4 inches early, early this morning. Lovely. And I got the day off. I'm wasting it right now - have been watching Murder, She Wrote in my pajamas and making homemade soup. It's wonderful...all this snow and we're out of school and I just get to sit around. Perhaps I'll write some more. I've been doing fairly well with the writing lately...on a wierd,

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The month is done...but I'm not. I am however, hot on the trail of a tale.... Rather fun actually. So I'll just keep going.

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Thanksgiving was quite nice. I stayed at my sister's - we saw Harry Potter on Wed (she hadn't seen it yet so I sucked it up and sat through it again...of course the fact that I really enjoyed it had a lot to do with my martyrdom of course :)) and cooked turkey on Thursday. I've cut apart a turkey before but I can't say it was with any artistry actually...still, a turkey sandwich is a turkey

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What a wonderful way to spend one's days.... No writing to speak of, but I got quite a lot done on my knitting sampler. The snow was unexpected and quite beautiful. We were emerging from Harry Potter, nine in the evening, and I thought they were joking when they said it was snowing. But there it was. I got to clean off the windows of my car for the first time this year. I loved it. Here's

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And that's it...the makings of a story. And words, words always help a story along. One word after the next...

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Ok...so today wasn't the ultimate in writing experiences. In fact, I spent most of the day procrastinating (when I wasn't making lists of things I need to do and contemplating how I should be doing them and when I wasn't at our school open house and when I wasn't eating dinner, or watching a movie, or talking on the phone and helping to revise an essay or.... well, you get the point). Most of

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I decided to go ahead and "archive" my summer lists. Basically, I wanted to clear up the side bar and figured this would be a good way to remember what I've read. I've never actually tracked the books I read quite like I did this summer. I've been trying to keep track since school starts but, frankly, I haven't been making the updates consistently so most of the books end up in the "already been

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I spent a couple hours at the cafe with a group of NaNo-ers working on the novel. Laptops are a beautiful thing. And, I got quite a bit accomplished. I was suprised at how quickly I was able to produce 1,322 words actually. Of course, I still have no plan. It's all just evolving as I make it up. But I'm having fun. The NaNo-ers seemed very personable. I was about an hour late but they still

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No, I haven't written an outline for my story. In fact, I'm finding myself amazingly resistent to writing an outline. I'm reaching for that sparkly fool's gold of written thought: "How could I write an outline for something when I don't know what I'm going to write? That's dumb. And it takes more time. I'll be fine if I just write." And you know what I already know about that? I know that

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it's almost Halloween...I love Halloween, Samhain, mystical and magical. Cool, snapping leaves and rustling, dried grass, big abandoned houses with ghosties and ghoulies...fireplaces and glowing lights and things that go bump in the night. I've been asked to tell a scary story...but I was thinking about it long before I was asked. My favorite, best remembered ghost story is The Monkey's Paw.

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It's October 11. Tuesday evening. And Nanowrimo takes place this November. I'm willing to give it another shot. So I begin preparing now, thinking about how to manage my time and my interests and setting up a writing environment and all that good stuff. Time to stop reading about writing and actually doing the writing.Here we go again...

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I cannot even begin to understand the magnitude...even with the pictures and the news and the blogs and the distruction.

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I was talking with a friend earlier this evening about the ease with which different people can carry on discussions with total strangers.My sister can talk to anyone. My friend's friend can get people started about anything. But, my friend thinks he, personally, is shy and is more of a listener than a talker. I can be shy sometimes but I love to talk to total strangers - when I remember to do

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Well, I have written - and stopped - and now I think I'm starting again. When the "month" limit was up, I just stopped. It felt like I'd reached my goal (words goal) but I hadn't reached the point - which was to write an entire story.So - there's a story out there to finish.Finished reading the 6th Harry Potter. Mixed feelings. I have this hope (don't read further if you don't want to know

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and I haven't done a darn thing more on the story. Just stopped when the pressure was off. I suppose that I should pick back up where I left off. After all, what's the point of all that work if I'm not going to finish the thing?In the meantime, I'm going to the gym.

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“The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from the old ones.” – John Maynard Kynes

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Examples of when the analogy is best left buried like a moldy bone in the back yard:1. Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two sides gently compressed by a Thigh Master.2. His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking alliances like underpants in a dryer without Cling Free.3. He spoke with the wisdom that can only come from experience, like a guy who went blind because

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Well, that's it then. The end of the month. Not the end of my story, but the end of the month's challenge. I hit 50,234 words...and that's good. But now to finish the story!

WaviestGoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17402386365837023388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12406904.post-1122864447278935402005-07-31T21:47:00.000-05:002005-07-31T21:47:27.286-05:00

One hour and fifteen minutes to go...

WaviestGoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17402386365837023388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12406904.post-1122562335594312892005-07-28T09:51:00.000-05:002005-07-28T09:52:15.593-05:00

Still writing, and writing, and writing....

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