Category: Uncategorized
-
I apologise in advance for this post
Opposite my building at work, & in front of a church, lives a bum. He likes to sleep late, this bum, & this morning I noticed that beneath the grubbiness & general filth of his blanket is a huge red & black image of Spiderman. I almost wanted that blanket. ‘Cept that would be crazy.…
-
Self-Doubt Inc.: Apply Within
“Being an artist/creative is like wearing funky clothing. Every year gets a little bit harder. After a while it just looks stupid. Eventually the stupidity reaches critical mass and the late-night tailspin begins. At a midtown Irish bar at 2am, while I’m drawing this picture, these things no longer seem to matter.” See “DOROTHY” EXPLAINED…
-
Ouch
LiveJournal finally back online after 2 days! And look, Anne Taintor has made a card about it: http://www.annetaintor.com/images/Cards/37059.jpg
-
Tense, very tense
Today I write shit. Yesterday I wrote shit. Tomorrow I will write shit. Eh, that’s not even true. Yesterday I didn’t write at all.
-
Things I hate #8,972: TV Programming Conflicts
How is it the only things I like on TV are on at the same time? Like ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT and WEST WING. The comedy of a dysfunctional but somehow utterly believable family — vs. — The drama of a fully functional & therefore thoroughly UNbelievable government. Ah, heck. I never did understand what they were…
-
Wah, I wanna be Incredible, too!
What is the line, I wonder, between recognisable & cliche? Why do I find the family in THE INCREDIBLES endearing? Why do I laugh along with father Bob’s stiff back, & nod good-naturedly at the warring children, grinning while their mother tries to hold it all together by keeping the kids apart? Why is that…
-
Anti-procrastination trick for writers #1083: Get a bluetooth mouse.
Bluetooth connections fall apart just often enough that if the dang thing is working, you’ll be inclined to stay at your desk. Leave your desk for longer than twenty minutes, come back, have to re-pair your supposedly wireless mouse with your computer. My bluetooth mouse was about a month old before a bleating blue light…