Monthly Archives: November 2009

Down day

Most of the time, you’ll find me a cheerful and optimistic person. I don’t have an official position on the fullness of any hypothetical glasses, but I smile more often than I frown, and when life takes an undesired turn I’m pretty quick to find the up side — or failing that, to fix my [...]

It’s not what you got, it’s how you use it

It was about two years ago that I discovered contra dancing. I love it and it is glorious and wonderful, and I’ll write all about it some other time. But it was only a few weeks ago that I discovered the joy of waltzing.
Generally, in a night of contra dance, there are at least two [...]

Making do

I am in the Post-College Itinerant stage of life: no longer a student, but not established in any kind of career or relationship that ties me to one place or sphere or mode of life. I could still pick up and move to just about any city that strikes my fancy; I could decide to [...]

2009 Noveling Prognosis: poor

Oh look, it is November 15th! This means we are halfway through NaNoWriMo. Some writers have sailed merrily past the 50k goal already. Some are struggling to catch up, at 15k or 20k. Those right on target are around 25k.
Me? 4k and change. Quick, let’s calculate! 46,000 words in 15 days. I would have to [...]

Oh hi!

Sooo… yeah. I’ve been AWOL for the last month, eh? Um. Really sorry about that.
Actually, the part I’m mainly sorry about is not posting something here sooner. There’s really no excuse for that. Here’s what happened: I realized, shortly after my last post, that I did not want to write the next chapter, or the [...]