When I was in kindergarten, the teacher had us write stories. It was the first time I had ever done such a thing. It was a revelation. A mind-blowing, life-changing moment. Until then, it had never occurred to me that stories had to be written down before they could beContinue Reading
Kids (and kids in church) like to tell stories with weird superstitions and urban legends and dark rumors and wacky conspiracy theories. I remember being highly skeptical of this stuff. It seemed to me that kids were kind of gullible. I didn’t want to be gullible. So if some kidContinue Reading
When I was a kid, church seemed pretty much like school. Adults made me go. People told me stories and showed me pictures. Sometimes they asked questions about the stories they told me, and if they asked questions it was important to tell them the right answer. Church was differentContinue Reading
One of the things I never do anymore is skip church. That used to be one of my favorite things to do when I was a kid. I couldn’t do it on my own — it had to be because my parents had decided we were going to skip church.Continue Reading
Last night I had another of those recurring anxiety dreams where I go to the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland and they’ve completely remodeled it. Every time I have this dream it’s a different remodel, but the common theme is, the remodel sucks, and I feel lost, cheated, abandoned. Last nightContinue Reading
I went through a lot of pain to watch this episode. After watching the season premier at MikeK’s, and successfully Hulu-streaming episode 2 with no issues, I tried to Hulu-stream this one and it was all herky-jerky. (Is that how you spell that? Is there a right way to spellContinue Reading
The obnoxious jerks standing on the corner near Planned Parenthood with their stupid anti-abortion signs. They were out there again, yesterday, when I went to pick up the pills that keep me from needing an abortion (let’s hear it for modern medicine). A man with a pro-adoption sign that wasn’tContinue Reading
During the annual Whedonverse panel at Vcon, (the lovely and charming) Tanya Huff and I had a bit of a debate over the premise of Dollhouse. She was squicked by the rape implications of the premise. I allowed that the premise is, indeed, squicky, but actually much closer to prostitution.Continue Reading
It’s pronounced "molay," not like the animal. I made this dish for cjot‘s birthday a couple of weeks ago and meant to post it, but then I got really busy helping paulcarp with Vcon and didn’t do it. Mole is Spanish for "sauce" but in US Mexican restaurants it usuallyContinue Reading
The very first scene of The Vampire Diaries pilot showed a lot of promise, because it’s actually a horror scene. Country road! Night! Fog that comes out of nowhere! Raven! Then the boyfriend disappears out of the frame, up. When vampires can fly, I hate actually seeing them fly, becauseContinue Reading
Okay, so, the final verdict is in: our Halloween party is a Day of the Dead party on November 7. That way we can go to Steamcon and World Fantasy. I have a fountain pen that got busted when I let somebody else write with it and they pressed downContinue Reading
I have been rearranging and cleaning out stuff in the house to try to make it easier to deal with, and also in anticipation of the Halloween party (October 24! Write it down!). This is the sort of task that seems really exciting at first and then after I’ve beenContinue Reading
According to my pictures, I went for crepes in the old section of town, met some nice writers, and then went to a hippie party where Paul fell asleep and got decorated by aliens.Continue Reading