On Life and Love

Whatever is making or breaking my day.

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    Diagnosis: Depression

    Yes, I’ve been so rude as to not respond to email. No, I haven’t been posting here. Yes, I can barely get out of bed in the mornings. There’s not really much more to say than that. I’m alive, but tired, frustrated, and very likely to take a mallet to the face of anyone who crosses me, most especially my dear WO. (After all, he’s often within arm’s reach.) Oh, and I put out two kitchen fires last night. …Within five minutes of each other. In good news, my phone interview with Teach for America went well, I think. I want more private time than I can get, hence the…

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    This Week’s Del.icio.us bookmarks

    Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Irrsinn YouTube – Pachelbel Rant — This is just too funny. Poor cellist. Tagged as: [music humor] Elf M. Sternberg – Utterly bizarre college speech policy — Anti-discrimination to (and beyond) the limit. Michigan State University is suddenly looking extremely unappealing. Tagged as: [academia society discrimination] Elf M. Sternberg – Pornography vs. Erotica: I have the answer! (as a writer) — A nice viewpoint. Tagged as: [writing erotica pornography] Compassion Over Killing > Easy Vegetarian Recipes: Delicious, Animal-Friendly Fare from Compassion Over Killing — Yum, food! Tagged as: [food cooking] Someday-Is-Now: Oh, fuck it. — "[D]ieting is the process of creating an eating disorder where…

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    Erasers

    I’ve always wanted to finish a block eraser. To use it until I had a little piece too small to be used. But I always lose them before I get to the end. I have two erasers now that I’ve managed to keep for almost a year each. …I think I may be able to do it… One of them is one of those brown Able Rub erasers that leaves huge shavings behind when you erase. That’ll be the winner, I think.

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    This Week’s Del.icio.us bookmarks

    Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Irrsinn jaylake: An answer to Justine Larbalestier on how to write a novel — A more organic style of writing. Tagged as: [writing] Justine Larbalestier ยป How to write a novel* — This is simply amazing. I found this courtesy of Elf Sternberg, I think. I’m trying her spreadsheet approach. Tagged as: [writing] How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP — Whee. Tagged as: [windows-xp] Access Denied to old hard disk moved to newly built system — Nice to know. Tagged as: [windows-xp software] Ze Frank on TED Talks — A very good performance. Tagged as: [comedy creativity art] The…