February 2011
125 posts
“You make me wanna throw my pager out the window
Tell MCI to cut the phone poles...”
– Destiny’s Child (via imaylikemychardonnay)
“That’s the big question, the one the world throws at you every morning. “Here...”
– Mary Oliver, Long Life: Essays and other Writing. Another polished stone from the river. (via crashinglybeautiful)
“The new My Little Ponies are the love child of Paris Hilton and balloon animals.” @jacksonpearce, we were meant to be friends.
Killing the darlings.
Just finished putting a short story through the wringer. I’ll get one last critique in tomorrow before I send it off.
It’s always hard to decide when you’re definitely, legitimately done.
January 2011
163 posts
Angst Countdown: Attire
Wes: Your shirt is wrinkled.
Me: Yes?
Wes: It's REALLY wrinkled.
Me: And?
Wes: People will notice.
Me: *Shrugs*
Wes: I noticed. It looks bad.
Me: And?
Wes: Don't you care about how you look?
Me: It's not that I don't care about how I look; I'm just SECURE about how I look. Wrinkled shirt or not.
Wes: Oh. Well.
(I knew there was a reason we didn't really get along.)
This girl in my wildlife management classes prints the slides in full-color and one per page. It’s painful to watch.
“When you write down your ideas you automatically focus your full attention on...”
– Michael LeBoeuf (via libraryland)
Angst Countdown: Salutations
I’ve found that a good judge of a person’s character is observing how they say goodbye.
My first semester of college, it was a breezy, self-conscious “Laters!” I attempted to seem like a sunny, lackadaisical teenager. Now that I was out of my small town, I could try my hand at reinvention. I eventually lost most of the ‘sunny’ in my disposition, but I kept all...
Me after Black Swan: “I am about to vomit, and I mean that in the best possible way.”
#ff @JackieMorseKess for creating something both fantastical and honest. She’s unafraid to tackle the subject of anorexia masterfully.
#ff @boudreaufreret for his hilarious (and more pertinent than we would like to admit) #BadWritingTips.
Of Age.
I wandered into the bookstore after dinner with my family. I was searching for something. Titles and authors did their customary dance, my fingers trailing down the spines, but there was no familiar tug of a story at my sleeve.
I searched all of the shelves, making a selection, only to put it back minutes later. I waited patiently, retracing my steps, hoping for that telltale surge of excitement...
likes Hope In the Air by Laura Marling on Ping http://t.co/vz7sIRI #iTunes
"Maybe I should be an editor instead," he said,...
purchased The Wicked Flee by Carter Burwell… A masterful start to a delightful film. http://t.co/Ra2YagU #iTunes
The Hunger Games movie will be released on my twenty-first birthday! I win, internet. I WIN.
I owned Rock Band 3. “Owned” being slang for “singing off-key and flailing.” It was epic.
Just got @gripemaster’s book in the mail! Can’t wait to dive in.
RT @dinajames: Dear Future Reviewers of My Work, If you ever use the phrase “emotional grammar” in relation to anything by me, I’ll stab …
So I’m walking back to my dorm with my milkshake and random boys keep striking up conversations. NOT. EVEN. JOKING.
Pitchfork: Poptimist: Poptimist #28 →
When audiophiles and bibliophiles collide.
Trusted Rooms Only!: ANOTHER PET PEEVE →
akumyo:
Regarding fantasy writing:
Am I the only one who hates being overloaded with fantasy terminology?
I.E. Star Wars prequels referring to children as “younglings” (To be fair, I think everyone hated that except for the biggest of nerds)
Gor is another example (if you are unfamiliar with this awful…
This post alone merited a follow. SO TRUE.
My crazy Saturday night (AKA hiding behind some...
In lieu of a steampunk convention in Dallas, I did a favor for my sister. In the end, I guess it was as much of a favor for me. She threw a surprise party for one of her friends and put me in charge of the music.
That may or may not have been a mistake.
I made the best tactical decision of recent months and asked my best friend to accompany me, because I (accurately) predicted that I would need...
