User:	netizenron
	Date:	2009-11-15 10:36
	Subject:	Unearthed, Potential
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I haven’t been keeping up with NaNoWriMo like I wanted. As soon as I took a day off, my “plan” went all to heck. It’s been a challenge to catch up and keep up. I should be able to hit the 50k by day 30. Fingers crossed.

Even though I’ve been writing I decided not to post the story any longer. Partly because it’s no longer sequential. I’ve ended up writing scenes that I want to use in the final book as they come to me, not necessarily following any order or pattern. Definitely not linear and posting as I write would only confuse any potential readers. I guess that’s what I get for not having the outline done before Day one of the project.

Also it’s possible this is going to end up being more than one book. I always knew the story would be open ended at the end. Not because I wanted to do a sequel, but as a writer I like leaving the reader with a thread to wonder about. Something that lets them speculate and possibly build their own conclusions.

This has been my best NaNoWriMo yet. Perhaps after 40 years, I’ve finally matured or maybe realized that — yes — I can write on a schedule.

As we close in on the New Year — yet another — I’ve got plans to finish and make public UNEARTHED and my previous novel in progress TERMINAL.

Thank you for the continued support.

	User:	30sevenplace
	Date:	2009-11-15 01:27
	Subject:	A Brood of Many Vipers
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Teacher sits us down and tells us not to fear.
Hell will not see one soul in his school.
Was he a skeptic and did he believe?
The world was child, like me, in Creator's tummy
He has love for all and I believe in salvation.

Teacher sits us down and puts the fear of God in us.
Some in this room will see the gates of Hell.
So you better be careful, because salvation is selective
I prayed for selection one thousand times.
And you
Can't
Tell me
That
Christ
Counted.
I want to sue you for my scars

(As I forgive those who trespass against me.)

It's all my fault, the fear of God in your eyes.
It's all my God damned fault.
I wish I could take it back,
Take it all back and take you with me.
But I feared God's love
Would not reach a Catholic.

(Forgive me my trespasses)

	User:	carrieaki
	Date:	2009-11-14 21:14
	Subject:	lj neglect is so sad.
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	Mood:	weird
	Music:	classical radio in the lobby

halloween was fun times! my doc crew friend, diana & i went to the excelsior and hung out with the cute old people that we've been talking to for the film. (an 80 year old man in a penguin costume is ADORABLE. he had the cute penguin feet!! hee) they gave us apple cider, and we trick or treated a little while and then went to a small party, thrown by a really nerdy guy in my doc class named josh (who dressed as a mad scientist and brews his own beer in a closet). we watched some awesome videos he made. and his friends shared THE MOST ENORMOUS blunts that i have ever seen. :O
diana was a bee with a cute stinger on her butt, and i was a sparkly princess, wore my dress & tiara to work, and all the hotel guests loved it :D and i left a lot of glitter on my office chair, from my dress. (photos will be HERE when i use my laptop. they are also on facebook but my work blocks it)

i finally saw twilight and it was so baaad it was good. totally porn for girls. the closeups of edward cullen's EYES, haha. everyone in the movie is just so damn attractive. i loved the vampire baseball game. and that robert dude is supreme eyecandy. mmmmm pale boys with lipstick and eyeliner. mmmmmm. and kristen is a hottie too. i watched it with diana and maleka, and maleka is so hilarious when we are watching anything, she totally talks at the screen and sometimes she squeals at it too.

saw the who's "tommy" which was sad & disturbing but it was great of course. except the theater had blown out the speakers on one side, so we only heard it from the left.. and the onstage band's music drowned out some of the vocals. but it was still good.

in other news
life = aaaauuuuggghhhh!!!!!!
etc.

last week was hellish. felt like some evil spirit was deliberately fucking everything up.

(random quote: "spirit is an awesome neutral word. there are spirits that bake you cupcakes, and there are spirits who toss you off a cliff.")

1) laptop internet was off for hella days (until ian figured out the STUPID EASY solution).

2) kevin from my doc group deleted everything on my ipod by putting a video on it and syncing it to his computer EVEN THOUGH I TOLD HIM that would happen, but he ignored me and told me not to worry about it... uh huh. i was pissed but i'm over it now.. except a lot of the music wasn't saved on my computer, so i have a lot of re-downloading to do.

3) muni sucked a lot. i had horrible timing and had to run for my buses/trains FIVE TIMES in one day. one driver saw me and started to drive away, but i kept running alongside the bus and he let me on at the next block. and then i got stuck on the underground muni due to a switch problem. i finally took bart instead. i should do this more often; my monthly pass is good for both bart and muni... but with bart, i have to take yet another bus back home, whereas the M gets me straight to campus in one ride, and i don't have to wait outside for a bus that may take 20 min to come. but sometimes at night it's a half hour wait for the M. so i take either the L or K and then the 17.. oh well. the bright side is that this gives me dedicated time for reading. yum.

4) a gross guy harassed me in a muni station.. asked for money repeatedly, i said no, and he ruffled my hair and walked away. :O i should have fuckin' reacted and kicked him in the nuts. but i'm a gentle & nice person so people fuck with me all the time.

5) some assholes attempted to break into my apartment 3 times, on friday and sunday. i'm on the ground floor. they apparently (almost?) got inside once by ripping out the screen of my bedroom window and the window was open - but they didn't take anything, THANK GOD. my laptop, my ipod, my camera, my xbox.. i had a lot of valuables. the guys upstairs heard them trying to get in, and scared them off. but then they tried to get back in an hour later... when my roommate was obviously home & lights were on. two days later, they came back.. and again, my roommate was home. she saw them, but they got away. the campus cops took all the info and said they will be patrolling the area but they can't put up video surveillance and we didn't get a sketch artist or anything like that to identify them. so we are just keeping the windows locked :/

6) i barely ate most days i worked. one day i only had chicken nuggets and a granola bar. another day i only had some frozen egg and sausage breakfast sandwiches. mostly because i don't give myself the time to prep anything. and i didn't have many food options. but i went grocery shopping with holly a couple days ago, bought lots of good food!

7) feeling ridiculous, emo, hopeless and LAME, all the time.

but things are getting better this week finally. i'm looking forward to editing the doc. it's really coming together.

oh and i have a dude who digs me maybe?????????? he has a cool name and he lives upstairs and we are f-book friends and we have some important things in common, and he is indeed my "type" if i have one, i suppose i am intrigued... my roommates think he likes me and we would be cute together. after the first night of break-ins, he and his roommate hung out at my place and we played rock band forever. it was fun. a few days later we all hung out again and i was a totally shy and awkward spaz, i have no idea what i want and i think i am in no position to be in a relationship .. but that's how these things always seem to begin, eh?

0_0

	User:	plasticframes
	Date:	2009-11-14 20:58
	Subject:	good
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Introducing Dad to Arrested Development. Just ate Mexican food. Sitting at Abby's.

	User:	demongoldfish
	Date:	2009-11-14 15:36
	Subject:	one panel 3 one but two..
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	User:	jenni_talula
	Date:	2009-11-14 14:50
	Subject:	Movies I've seen
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	Mood:	weird

http://jennitalula.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/surrogates-2012/

	User:	primavera
	Date:	2009-11-13 17:41
	Subject:	weekly shill
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Check out what I have for you on ebay this week!

First editions:
1 in Three Investigators lot
4 in scary lot
14 in horror lot
Leonard lot (second listing)

OUT OF PRINT:
Sesame Street lot
10 in scary lot
16 in horror lot
Hunt lot (second listing)
5 in kitten lot
Cedar River Daydreams lot (second listing)

Lots:
3 Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators
8 Sesame Street
14 scary kids' books
28 horror (rare Stephen King story!)
3 Cassie Perkins PBs, Angela Elwell Hunt (second listing)
6 picture books about cats and kittens
5 Alexander McCall Smith
5 Elmore Leonard (second listing)
9 Cedar River Daydreams, Judy Baer (second listing)

Other stuff:
Dexter in the Dark by Jeff Lindsay, hardback

Please look!

I missed two days this week because of elbow problems.

	User:	plasticframes
	Date:	2009-11-13 16:35
	Subject:	Dad's in town!
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We went to the book store and cooked and watched movies today. Whee!

	User:	dainys
	Date:	2009-11-13 15:07
	Subject:	Travel morning
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Nothing fits the mood.
The sun off the hotel across
the street. Invisible hands
gathering water in their palms,
the windows out the window
pool the light in a smear of color,
subtle flashes of other colors

that only exist at this hour.


Inspired by this video:

	User:	stereotypist
	Date:	2009-11-13 13:58
	Subject:
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	User:	the_wretching
	Date:	2009-11-13 14:31
	Subject:
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I like the way she looks at my mouth.

	User:	benchilada
	Date:	2009-11-13 12:19
	Subject:	SPACE IS SO GODDAMNED BITCHIN'
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	Music:	Water of Jangce River - Color lamps melody | Powered by Last.fm

Which leads us to the inevitable shout of:

	User:	limbodog
	Date:	2009-11-13 12:07
	Subject:	How to get gouged by Verizon Wireless
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as if you needed any help

	User:	boxbrown
	Date:	2009-11-13 07:31
	Subject:	Bellen! Tv vs. Reading
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Life sucks and then you die. Smarter words were never spoken until someone else said, “No. Life’s a bitch and then you marry one.” Hardee, har har. Har, indeed.

	User:	johnnypurple
	Date:	2009-11-13 22:19
	Subject:	Yuletide Letter
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( You are about to view content that may not be appropriate for minors. )

	User:	lil_deth_cukie
	Date:	2009-11-13 00:06
	Subject:	New painting
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	Mood:	good
	Music:	family guy

it's some sort of chola-esque disney villian or something.

I've painting a lot but i hardly ever take pictures, however I have a new camera so I'll be posting more often.

here's a picture of my palette, I just I think palettes look cool :)

	User:	demongoldfish
	Date:	2009-11-13 18:12
	Subject:	one panel part 2...what?
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	User:	desar
	Date:	2009-11-12 21:09
	Subject:	My latest Video Diary for 11-12-2009
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	User:	himynameisjamie
	Date:	2009-11-12 16:56
	Subject:	Hovember
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Maybe I should have waited for Hovember.

	User:	limbodog
	Date:	2009-11-12 13:49
	Subject:	Job thingies
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Had the 1st initial HR phone interview with Perot Systems. I knew the HR guy from last time, he knew my history (believe it or not, that's a good thing) and seemed to feel I'd be excellent for the spot. But (and here's the good part) it'd not be the same old role, I'd be under IT rather than customer service. This is what made me leave the company the first time around, because being stuck in CS left zero room for growth (or padding of resume). So there's that. It'd be a pay cut. $6,000 a year cut. But the commute would be 10 to 20 minutes shorter, and it wouldn't be to motherfucking Burlington. I don't know the hiring manager. I think he's new. But I have heaps of positive contacts back at the company and I can name-drop like a hollywood producer.

So possible good news. If I only have to spend a week or two out of work, it'll be like it was just a vacation. (and one I think I needed)

For good luck, the new maneki neko icon.