My daily (or whenever) thoughts on a myriad of things that are important to me.

Archive for November, 2005

So close and so far away

Tuesday, November 29th, 2005

I’m getting to the end of Nano and I’m close, sooooo close, but it seems like I’m a million miles away.

Of course, I’m also dealing with stupid crap around here. I always suspected my landlord is a slumlord and now I have solid proof. Our water heater broke on Sunday. […]

Herbology experts?

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005

My novel’s characters have gotten away from me. Minor characters have done decidely despicable things and are giving me the biggest headache. I’ve reached 27k words now and am plugging away to hit the magic 50k on time, though it will be a miracle at this point if I do succeed. Poor […]

Open Letter to Century Theaters

Saturday, November 19th, 2005

This letter was originally sent to Century Theaters via their webform. I will also be sending the same letter via snail mail on Monday. Yup, I’m not happy.
I purchased tickets via Fandango for the 1:45pm showing of Harry Potter. Upon arriving to the theater, my son and I got into the snack […]

Dreaming

Wednesday, November 16th, 2005

Last night I had another extremely vivid dream. I’ve been having dreams like this fairly often (once every couple weeks or a month) for a while now.
I was extremely pregnant and very much in labor. I was in what looked like a very high tech delivery room, the bed could go […]

Dancing Skirt

Tuesday, November 15th, 2005

With costume fabrics going on major discounts after Halloween, you sometimes can find really, neat fabrics for really cheap. What to do with them can sometimes be a challenge. In the case of the pink/purple fabric below (it really depends on the lighting), which called to me instantly, it was no challenge. […]