Well, they say winners never quit and quitters never win. In an effort to prove this maxim, I am quitting NaNo, and therefore not winning it. I’m at a bit over 30k words, and there is no feasible way on this planet for me to write 20k by tomorrow midnight. So I quit.
Sigh. Go go [...]
Archive for November, 2009
so it goes
Posted in Uncategorized on November 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
thanksgiving in gracetopia
Posted in Uncategorized on November 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Happy Thanksgiving!
This is my favorite holiday. Hands down. Food and football, friends and family. No stress about presents. (I’m looking at you, Christmas.) The cooking’s not really too bad except for the hour at the end when everything has to be finished at once. And then there’s lots and lots of eating and drinking and [...]
happy saturday!
Posted in Uncategorized on November 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Hi kids! Miss me? I’ve missed yoooou.
This week has been odd. I’ve just been… dead. I honestly would not have been able to make it through this week without the massive quantities of Red Bull that I consumed. I don’t really know why. Guess my rock star lifestyle is catching up with me…
Anyway.
Things I have [...]
.
Posted in Uncategorized on November 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Okay I obviously can’t do NaNoWriMo and blog at the same time. Or, really, do anything that is not NaNo and work. Not that I am doing NaNo particularly well. sighhhh.
Also I wish the person next door who is drumming really loudly on a Saturday morning would go bother someone else.
I need this.
Posted in science fiction, tagged awesomeness, star wars, tauntauns on November 6, 2009 | 4 Comments »
No really.
I need this.
That’s right, folks. A tauntaun sleeping bag.
If you don’t know what a tauntaun is/why this is awesome, you may not be nerdy enough to be reading this blog.
the most recent victim of swine flu
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged poor piglet, swine flu, winnie the pooh on November 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
it’s a wiiiiilde wednesday!!
Posted in books, history, tagged aubrey beardsley, oscar wilde, wilde wednesday on November 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Aubrey Beardsley illustrated Oscar Wilde’s Salome, creating one of my favorite books ever because omg Beardsley is a genius illustrator. However—and perhaps not surprisingly—the two ended up not getting along very well. Wilde complained about the art, and in retaliation Beardsley drew this cartoon, responding to Wilde’s claim that he never did any research.
Why is [...]
i have no words to describe this
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged christopher walken, lady gaga, music, poetry, poker face on November 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
welcome to gracetopia
around gracetopia
archives
meta
-
