June 2011
34 posts
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Creative Process
In case I haven’t mentioned it lately, I really, really enjoy writing sex scenes. Of course, one’s work can’t be all sex scenes, but when the time is right (and sometimes when it’s wrong), I find it easier to get into the flow when writing about sex.
And, it’s realistic sex. If I can’t make my legs do that then it isn’t as, well, sexy. I need to be...
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Better Than the Original
During my not-quite-awake/not-quite-asleep time this morning, I made a mental list of covers that I prefer to the original artist’s version. Here are a few:
Blue Monday — Orgy (For years, I thought this was the original)
How Soon Is Now — Love Spit Love (Sure The Smith’s rock this, but the Love Spit Love version is so smooth and sexy)
Love Song — 311 (Yes, I...
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My Pollyanna-mous Friend
I took a detour today and visited Mariposa (my college roommate). Since I’ve known her, she’s been “the glass is half-full” to “my glass is half-empty,” and lately, I need someone to show me that spin on my life. (Really, I’m being an enormous ninny-head, to use one of my mother’s phrases, but this is how I am, so whatever.)
I haven’t seen...
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Some people make me want to puke.
But, there are probably plenty of people who feel the same way about me.
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To the People
I just wanted to do a quick post to say, “Hi, everybody,” and ask “How are you all doing?” to those of you who aren’t bots. (For some reason, I thought Tumblr was immune to this brand of “user”.)
I haven’t been writing much these last few weeks/months. Recently, my life has taken a turn for the stressful, and to help chill out, I’ve been...
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Dill Pickle Potato Chips
Right now, they’re something that makes life worth living.
Blood Drawing Room
The nurse directed me into the room, and there I stood, wondering which of the three stations she meant for me to take. I had my purse and my bag of CheezIts and apple juice for the aftermath of having a tourniquet around my upper arm and a needle in my vein. There was a printed poster on the wall that proclaimed “FREE!” and under it was written “Now that I have your attention,...
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Aussie Alien Attack - starring Buddy Blanc
The dream I remember from last night…
I flew into Melbourne, planning to see some sights, one of which was Buddy Blanc. He met me at a bistro where I had a kangaroo burger with Vegemite (am I a tourist or what?). We hung out for a while, walked around, and then he walked me back to my hotel.
This place was a mammoth of a building - some conglomeration of hotel, convention center, and...
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Summa Softener
I never used to cry at movies or music, but a few years ago, I must have had a wild hormonal shift that turned me into a girl.
Tonight, I watched Juno, and as I have every time I’ve seen it since the first time, I cried at the end when she and Bleeker sing to one another.
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No TMI Tueday questions from me this week.
I feel like refried shit.
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Same as it ever was.
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What *he* said...
Hedley Lamarr: My mind is aglow with whirling, transient nodes of thought careening through a cosmic vapor of invention.
Taggart: Ditto.
[…]
Hedley Lamarr: My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives.
Taggart: God darnit, Mr. Lamarr, you use your tongue prettier than a twenty dollar whore.
I don't wanna.
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Non-existent
Two nights ago, someone called me looking for my former brother-in-law. “Hello! May I speak to Derek Kennedy?”
“You have the wrong number,” I said.
“You don’t even know a Derek Kennedy?”
“I divorced his brother five years ago.”
“Oh, well, thanks.” <click> I was left wondering, if only for a moment, what the hell he got...
Charlie Brown: I hate goodbyes. Why do we always have to say goodbye? I hate goodbyes. I need more hellos.
— from my book and record version of “Snoopy, Come Home” by Charles M. Schulz
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Yawn
Last night, I had the most boring dream ever. I clipped my toenails. No pedicure, no massage, just me clipping my toenails into my bathroom trash bin while sitting on the edge of the tub. I wasn’t even naked.
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A Beach Tumblubber
We sat in plastic chairs on the back porch, watching beams of flashlights dart erratically in an attempt for the wielders to locate white sand crabs. My brother was down there, somewhere, with his wife and son. Not me. I hate sand crabs.
We each had a glass of Santa Rita Sauvignon Blanc, not too sweet, not too woody. The moon was still rising, and since it had rained, the air was clear...
burningbrooklynbridges asked: tmi backstory: i had a dream (that i, unfortunately, barely remember) with all our tumblr friends and you were there with a lady body but that shiny bald icon head. it was awesome!
okay soooo: what was the weirdest, grossest, or sexiest dream you have ever had. (this is like a choose your own adventure tmi tuesday!)
okay soooo: what was the weirdest, grossest, or sexiest dream you have ever had. (this is like a choose your own adventure tmi tuesday!)
TMI Tuesday Prompt
Thinking about food a lot lately…
My ex used to wrap a peeled banana with a piece of yellow American cheese and eat it for a snack. ::check gag reflex:: So, today’s question focuses on your secret (or not so secret) gross food indulgence.
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F*ck you, MTV.
You have ruined Teen Wolf by casting terrible actors and making the main character a whiny douche.
Yes, you gave me Daria. You gave us Beavis and Butthead, but they aren’t enough to compensate for this aberration. This that was awesomeness in Technicolor that you’ve washed out to almost black and white.
Maybe it’s the generation you’re targeting, and that’s why...
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buddyblanc replied to your post: :(
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I just realized that I used faulty research in two novels-in-progress. The rewrites won’t be too difficult, mainly a lot of carefully reading to find and remove a few scenes and some dialogue. But damn! It just goes to show the importance of properly wording a question for Google.
Sunday Morning
I spent an hour this morning looking up the benefits provided by my health insurance. More to the point, I was looking up exclusions of benefits. I was relieved to find that what I need wasn’t excluded, and at the same time, I was entertained by what is excluded. Here are some examples:
1. Injury sustained while skydiving, parachuting, hang gliding, glider flying, parasailing, sail...
Record Time
4.5 hours
Traffic could not have been much better, even on the dreaded I-10.
It was good to go back, to see how the gulf is recovering from last summer. Tar balls still wash ashore, mind you, but they aren’t sticky, gooey blobs. Now, they resemble something like smoothed volcanic rock — dark, light-weight, filled with tiny holes. They smell like asphalt and creosote. There seem to...
Can I go home now?
Hey, Errybody
I’m daily contemplating the murders of various family members.
How are you all?
Thoughts, Prayers, and Vibes
Think of me tomorrow when I’ll be driving for six hours down two-lane highways through Stephen King-esque towns in order to spend a seven-day vacation with my family.
If you pray, pray that this year, my father won’t shout, “Comedy Central is a bunch of asshole liberals!” at me, and I won’t scream, “Bill O’Reilly is a fucking idiot who never lets anyone...
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Ignoranuses
I follow @someecards on Twitter, and one of my favorite things they have on their site is Facebook posts (statuses and pictures) that have misspellings and the hilarious, mean, sarcastic, and/or clever responses to them.
One person’s status was, “People are such ignoranuses,” but I think that’s an awesome new word! It’s a great way to call someone an ignorant...
It’s strange times.
Right, you shits. →
philroland:
My Kickstarter project is up. Click the link to go the project page and give me all of your money. I have two months to raise $7,500. All of you will help me reach that goal, or there shall be no limit to the times I will break into your homes at night to stare at your children while they sleep.
This being the single most important undertaking I’ve yet to attempt (save for the...
somebarebones asked: What's your favorite book and why?