Browsing All Posts published on »December, 2011«

I Make an Excellent Deity

December 15, 2011 by

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Danni: Christening was anti-climactic. Me: Was there crying? Sometimes there’s crying. Danni: Really? There was no crying. To be honest, I’m not sure that priesty dude knows what he’s doing. Me: Perhaps that’s where the lack of excitement comes in. Also, there usually aren’t rocket launchers. Which, you know, would liven things up. Danni: I […]

This is a Blatant Lie*

December 14, 2011 by

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Arkem: I feel like I’m getting tireder just sitting here with you. It’s like you’re projecting your exhaustion. Me: No. It’s the other way around. I’m leeching your consciousness. Eventually it’ll all be gone and then you’ll fall asleep and so will I. Unless Paul comes in here… I may or may not have spent […]

How Not to Pacify the Savage Beast

December 13, 2011 by

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Yesterday I didn’t get to sleep until after Rick’s alarm went off at 5am. By nine I was awake again. Which makes for a grand total of 14 hours in the last three days. I just thought that I should tell you that. In case I start screaming incoherently or something. And while I’ve been […]

Suspicious…

December 12, 2011 by

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You may note that I’m being suspiciously absent from here of late… “Suspiciously”? … “Noticed”? Well, maybe neither of these two things! However, I have. Just to say, “no I’m not dead, and neither is my part in Platform Thing.” But! My ‘downtime’ is taking over for a while: marking essays, tutoring and writing for my other […]

Let Me Give You This Story, This Book, This Habit, This Addiction. First Taste Is Free.

December 12, 2011 by

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I keep saying, I can hook you up lately. And okay, I’m talking about words. But I’m still beginning to feel like a drug dealer. Let me give you this story, this book, this habit, this addiction. First taste is free.* Maybe it’s because I think of stories as visceral things. A story can exercise your […]

I Demand Retribution. Or Justice. Or Something. Will Settle For Having 2011 Back.

December 9, 2011 by

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Rick: It was me. I did it while you were sleeping. Me: Oh come on, what are the odds of that happening? Rick: Not good? Okay, I knocked you out. Me: You actually think you could get away with that? Rick: I’m a ninja. Me: And you think I wouldn’t notice the concussion when I […]

Happy Whatever Shut Up Now

December 8, 2011 by

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Generally I like this time of year. Everyone stops working at the same time. Except for those that don’t. And Paul S., who actually volunteers to work over the holidays. Okay, so ‘everyone’ might be an exaggeration, given I can’t even say ‘everyone in my house’… Well, I like the songs that you only hear […]

Two Steps Forward, Eight or Nine Steps Around the Mulberry Bush and a Couple Down the Rabbit Hole

December 7, 2011 by

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There was a moment — and it was an awesome beautiful moment — when there were only four tabs open in my browser. And for that brief instant (okay, it was Wednesday, most of Wednesday) I thought I’d somehow gotten it together. That I was not in fact drowning, despite the whole ‘it’s December’ situation. […]

My Laptop and I Are Fighting Again

December 6, 2011 by

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Me: Pan and I are fighting again. Claire: What does he want this time? Me: To drive me insane as far as I can tell. Paul S: It’s working. Me: Thanks. (sigh) At least you didn’t say I’m already insane. Which I thought was quite kind of them given they’d been hearing screaming and assorted […]

France, 1525

December 5, 2011 by

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I spent some time yesterday looking for something in one of my old notebooks. Which made be a) wish I had time to transcribe them, b) wonder a little about myself, c) laugh out loud regularly and then try to looking innocent and uninteresting when the boys demanded to know what was so funny. I […]

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