can't seem to loosen my grip on the past

...of what I'm doing is making Tristen and Benedick not be so freaking boring and stoic all the time. Oh, sure, they can pretend stoicism. But they have to let the author in. batwrangler  and kayselkiemoon  and I went to see Crooked Still in Northampton tonight. It was a pretty good show, though they didn't really catch fire until the last five songs or so. Still, they did "Orphan ...

it's going to take a big train to pull it back.

... I can do a one-armed bent-armed hang now. I found this out yesterday. So I'm officially stronger than I think I am. 9. Soon, I will have the brain for writing again. I can feel the stories starting to twitch under their cover of winter snow. 10. Saturday I get to go for a run in the morning, and then Saturday night I get Japanese food and also to see Crooked Still with kayselkiemoon .

return to me, is my request

a happy meme, gacked from elisem : Post 10 happy things that are going right in your life right now. I don’t care how small. You’re happy with your cup of coffee. You saw a flock of geese flying over. ANYTHING. Things that make you happy. Things that make you smile. - peppermint starlites. at present these hard candies are the love of my life. they are making me very happy! [to ...

...-Six (You know, I'd be able to spell his name if I'd ever heard it, but trying to remember it from print is so not working for me.), and one of my dinner companions who is kayselkiemoon ), I was snubbed by Tempest as always, and managed to avoid running into yendi and shadesong, so they didn't have to publicly snub me. (I do what I can to make life easier for others, really.) I ...

A MeMe

( kayselkiemoon )'s Meme 1. is your use name different from the name on your official documents? (ex: Kate vs. Katherine.) do you have any stories about how you came by your given and use names? how about your lj handle? Yes! Only my roomates & boyfriend know my real name (except my professors, but most of them can't prounounce it, so they just say miss) 2. do you know how to swim? ...

and the seas roll up their thunder

if you are not familiar with the work of Megan Whalen Turner, you have my earnest recommendation to set out, sit down with her books and explode your brain. I write here with awe and delight, having just finished The King of Attolia , her third and most recent entry to the Attolia series. it is - as expected - superb. I was effusive in my reaction to reading The Thief , the first in the ...