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Feb

The one about my pee

February 21st, 2010

I hate bloggers who think that because you visit their site, they can tell you really gross stuff about themselves, things they haven’t really typically done before. Like, they get daring and want to wow you with their ability to talk about poop. I’m not that kind of blogger. This entry is about my pee, and that’s an important distinction.

So at 3 am, I wake up and realize I have a bladder infection. While peeing, I call my doctor, get a prescription called in to a 24-hour pharmacy, and my superhero boyfriend gets on his bike and rides over to pick it up. For the first time ever, I also get this stuff called phenazopyridine, (google it), that does little else except turn my pee dayglo orange. It’s a dye that’s supposed to limit the effects of a bladder infection, the burning, the constant need to pee, all of that, while the antibiotics do their thing. keep reading »

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Dec

Thanksgiving

December 2nd, 2009

There are a lot of things to be thankful for, and this year, I’m making a list.

1. Love. This year, more than any other before it, is full of love. Platonic, brotherly love, familial love, romantic love, it’s the trifecta.

2. Faith. I’m not faithful, in the sense that I conventionally subscribe to any one religion, however, there’s an acceptance and respect for the quiet faith; faith in humanity, faith in the world, faith in the universe. I’m tremendously grateful for being permitted to be myself, quirky, unconventional, and altogether human.

3. Hope. Nothing is easy, nothing is simple, and after a long, dark decade, we’re finally seeing some light at the end of the tunnel. After war, terror, death and the absolute ugliest side of humanity, we’re able to brush ourselves off and still hold out for the better part of humanity. We can accept that part of being human is being terrible, but there’s another side to humanity, one worth fighting for and hoping for.

4. Thrust. You thought this was a serious entry, didn’t you? You really did. It is serious, but come on now.

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Jul

Coping when a partner has lost their job

July 24th, 2009

It’s true, men are losing their jobs with greater frequency than women. However, U.S. News & World Report did a great job of missing some fundamental points in their recent article, Recession Tips for Wives.While it does a good job of pissing off men and women alike with its stereotyping, (hey women, your jobs – or job loss – is not as important or devastating as it is for a man, since you’re really homemakers anyway).

While I’m irritated at the advice offered in the U.S. News & World Report article, mostly because it makes a lot of nasty assumptions about the people involved, (men don’t talk about their feelings, can’t function on their own without a woman to do their thinking for them, and women are judgmental harpies who will withhold sex when no money is coming in), at its root, it does try to pass along some truly valid advice. keep reading »

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You're writing a book? For real?
Yes. It's a crazy undertaking, but no one else is going to write it, which certainly puts a somewhat flattering amount of pressure on me to commit the words to page.

What is the percentage based off of?
A completely arbitrary number: 76,944, which is also the number of words in J.K. Rowling's first book.

Why does the wordcount/percentage fluxuate?
I do a LOT of rewriting. Recently, I began writing the book from scratch, with strong notes, taking a lot of the work I'd already done verbatim, or using it as an outline to flesh out from. Consequently, the word count is not entirely accurate as a full account of everything written, but a literal inventory of the number of words in current chapters of the current incarnation of the book.

That's insane. How the hell do you manage to do that much work?
I literally think about this project all the time. I have to consciously stop thinking about it and literally deprive myself of paper and computers for designated periods of time (like my friend's wedding, as a perfect for instance) in order to shut off, but the rest of the time it's nearly impossible. When I'm too burnt out to think about the books anymore, I zone out by looking at real estate and IKEA furniture. No, I am totally not joking. Did you know that Minneapolis is enjoying a fusion of industrial chic mixed with upscale country living as an interior decorating trend? It's bizarre.

Do you have a deadline set?
Yes and no. I try to get a certain amount of writing done per week, but requiring a set word count or a hard date would be unfair at this point, simply because it's not about that. For me, it's about the process, enjoying writing the story as it comes. That being said, my goal is to have the book complete in its first draft form by the end of the year.

Will you try to get it published?
Probably. Right now, it's enough simply to be writing a book, but if I do complete it which looks pretty likely at this point, it would be silly not to try and get it published.

What's the book about?
Adventure, magic, time travel, love, friendship, loneliness, piracy, witches, and which dragons have the worst breath, regionally.

Why do you keep blogging about your book?
Mostly because it's what's on my mind right now. It's hard not to talk about it, or writing, or other stories I've been interested in, be they great television shows or books I've read. There are so many wonderfully talented writers (both of screen and page) that I admire and think about when creating my own characters and stories.

What will you do if you don't get published?
Keep trying, probably, but I'm not that concerned about it at this point.

What will you do if you do get published and make it really, really big?
Hey, anything's possible. While a part of me has always been wary of celebrity, I'm sure that if I make it really, really big I'll figure something out. My bucket list of things to do if I win the lottery, or make a fortune somehow is pretty much the same as the one if I didn't. I want a nice place to live, I want to redecorate our bedroom, and I'd like to get a dog. It would be nice to have some extra cash to pay off loans a little faster, and maybe travel a bit.

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