..., desk, boxes, etc. why not just fucking read my journals or rummage through my laptop while you're at it? I'm so sick of this. Ranting about it has helped to clear my mind though. I've pledged to not carry my stress around with me anymore. It's done wonders. That unpleasantness aside, last night was great and today has been comfortable. I'll likely stay here in Seattle until tomorrow. I like it ...

for the year of 2009, I pledged to write 250,000 words for getyourwordsout . I have planned some huge stories, but for now, this post will be one that you can come and leave drabble prompts. I'll fall back on these when I need help, and I'm going to try and write a drabble a day, then post all 7 at the end of the week. your prompt can be, along with a pairing, a quote, a word, an idea, a ...

for the year of 2009, I pledged to write 250,000 words for getyourwordsout . I have planned some huge stories, but for now, this post will be one that you can come and leave drabble prompts. I'll fall back on these when I need help, and I'm going to try and write a drabble a day, then post all 7 at the end of the week. your prompt can be, along with a pairing, a quote, a word, an idea, a ...

for the year of 2009, I pledged to write 250,000 words for getyourwordsout . I have planned some huge stories, but for now, this post will be one that you can come and leave drabble prompts. I'll fall back on these when I need help, and I'm going to try and write a drabble a day, then post all 7 at the end of the week. your prompt can be, along with a pairing, a quote, a word, an idea, a ...

*flails*

... FROM 2009! *runs about* I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DOOOOO. I've mostly just been flapping about for the last couple of days going 'WHAT HAVE I GOTTEN MYSELF INTO!?' Because really. * getyourwordsout : 250,000 words pledged that need to be written. Jess was kind enough to point out last night that that's 932 words a day if I only write five days a week. I can do this. Calm KL, stay calm. You ...

... on Stem Cell research in your first 100 days in office?" James_M, Nashville, TN A: President-elect Obama is a strong supporter of Federal funding for responsible stem cell research and he has pledged to reverse President Bush's restrictions. BOO HISS Q: "Will you consider legalizing marijuana so that the government can regulate it, tax it, put age limits on it, and create millions of ...

take me to your lizard

... spacey than usual, conversations void where prohibited by logic. I am slightly copping out of large New Year parties this year, owing to sudden people-surfeit; we're doing dinner with jo&stv and have pledged to finish early if we're all tired and go to bed instead of sticking it grimly out for midnight. The plan is for vaguely larney three-course meal - starter, fillet of beef chasseur, crepes ...

US diplomat says Afghan road bombings up in 2008

... also a hard year." Afghanistan, he said, saw progress against opium poppies, the main ingredient in heroin, as land for cultivating them dropped by almost 20 percent in 2008. International donors also pledged some $20 billion in aid at a conference in Paris, he noted. But violence also rose and the Taliban insurgency spread throughout southern Afghanistan . Because of that, the U.S. next year...

Take That shocked at comeback success

... we just had the band.' They also revealed that they had other careers in the pipeline. X Factor viewers were given a glimpse of Gary Barlow's ambition to be the next Simon Cowell when he pledged to sign teenager Diana Vickers if Cowell didn't. The group also revealed that they had all been writing songs, rather than just Gary in their early days. 'The reunion album Beautiful World was when ...

Police: Santa gunman planned to kill more than 9

... said neither he nor his client had received any threats from Pardo. Residents, many wearing orange ribbons to remember the victims, gasped as Raney explained the latest details of the investigation. Raney pledged he would "try to bring sense to what was a senseless act." The quiet community of backyard pools and wide boulevards was still coping with the bizarre and violent crime. Elderly women ...