this is my aunt ilene. i took a new jersey transit bus out to visit her and my uncle and my cousin. i thought it would be really stressful to schlep all my shit out to new jersey, but it was not stressful at all. thumbs up, would do again if necessary.
a couple of months ago, i suggested to heather osborn a huge lot of different promotional items for the tor romance list. one of those items was m&ms. now they exist, and are delicious.
this is michelle-sparklyfabulous and a giant piece of cake. my cell phone takes crappy pictures in low light. oh well. tonight i wanted to hang out at angels and kings, my favorite bar, except it turns out that when it’s not reserved for a private party playing music off my ipod with a hot bartender [...]
today i headed out of my mother’s house early and met up with shira on 28th street, grabbed her keys, and hit her apartment. i was joined by diana and jozelle; while shira ran around, i hung out with diana and jo, and once they abandoned me, i wrote 4,000 words of story. i wish [...]
my mother’s neighbor’s cat had kittens, and one of them was adopted by jozelle. she came by to pick it up today. his name is henri. everyone calls him “henry”. he’s really cute, and makes me want another kitten, but i think three is more than enough. later, i had the best sangria i’ve ever [...]
today, for my sister’s birthday, we went to medieval times. it was weirdly exhausting; i slept the whole way there and the whole way home, and was ready to go to bed again at 10 pm ny time, which is 9 pm st louis time. i am tired but i can’t focus enough to fall [...]
we’ve had this plate as long as i can remember. i don’t know where it’s from or what the hell the words mean (aside from what they actually mean, that is), but i love it anyway. i am in new york. i do love st louis and all the thngs i do there and the [...]
by mark skipper at cheap trx i would love to write a long thing about this tattoo, but i can’t. it fucking hurt, and i am exhausted. mark rules.
this is elizabeth’s cross stitch project. it’s more than a little amazing. it kind of makes me want to take up cross stitch again, but i think i like the concept of cross stitch more than the actual practice. in fact, i don’t think i’ve ever finished a cross stitch project. i get about halfway [...]
this has been kind of an amazing week. there’s a long list of cool things that have happened. one thing that happened is that a book deal is in the works. it is far from being a definite thing, but it exists, and that’s exciting — but also causing me a lot of anxiety. it [...]