Jen was right. A while back she posted about how sad House of Sand and Fog was. I watched it anyway. Damn, I was traumatized and I still am. I blubbered like a heartbroken child, tears soaking my face. And I like to think of myself as someone who ...
Posted by LadyLitBlitzin at 05:21 AM
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All right, I don't bitch about my day job much. This isn't really bitching about it either, actually. It's more... bitching about people's ability to bitch other people out over the Internet. Basically, two months ago I wrote an article that really ...
Posted by LadyLitBlitzin at 05:06 AM
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I have another 2nd-baby baby shower to attend tomorrow. The 2nd-baby shower is a trickier beast than the standard first-baby shower. I have no problem getting gifts for a first-baby shower, because ...
Posted by Summer at 08:39 PM
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My literary reading has taken a bit of a hiatus, as I'm currently reading Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis. Hebdomeros beat me to the punch in reading it and gave it a good review, and so far I wholeheartedly agree. I have to give Kiedis credit for ...
Posted by LadyLitBlitzin at 12:57 AM
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As soon as I'd typed the title for this entry, the phone rang. It was my neighbor's girlfriend, asking me for advice on where to get her hair cut. I was flattered that my haircut inspires such ...
Posted by Summer at 09:54 PM
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So here's a writerly question. For those of you who have gotten published, do you ever feel like some of your friends actually don't want to read what you've written? Don't get me wrong, I have several friends who are VERY supportive and good about ...
Posted by LadyLitBlitzin at 03:32 AM
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The hero of the day is my cousin. Even though he's got a two-week-old baby at home, when he heard about our plumbing problems he came out after work to help us fix the trainwreck that is our shower. ...
Posted by Summer at 02:35 AM
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Check out this story from The New York Times. The upshot is, literary novelists "finally" address 9/11.I find that weird ...
Posted by LadyLitBlitzin at 12:48 AM
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Two rejections came in while I was away. A slightly late, impersonal rejection from Tin House and a personalized rejection from Night Train. The latter gave me some nice suggestions for the story in question and invited me to submit another piece in ...
Posted by LadyLitBlitzin at 01:17 AM
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I have to admit, I fell in love with New Orleans from the first. Despite the fact that it takes a bit of adjustment to get used to the pace of the place. It's intense... just in terms of so much to see, so much sensory stimulation. But I loved it... ...
Posted by LadyLitBlitzin at 12:33 AM
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Three Sundays ago, Vince and Dorian went to Home Despot to purchase the materials to fix the shower. "It's a start," I noted to my mother the next day. "Now that he has the materials, ...
Posted by Summer at 02:56 PM
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We fixed the bathroom mirror, and we fixed it good. We fixed it by ripping it off of the wall. Those big-tooth tiles were too firmly stuck to remove, so I ...
Posted by Summer at 05:23 PM
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I managed to get through the Rodney Yee Power Yoga DVD without stopping, falling on my head, or cursing (much). I then took some arnica (which is good for overexertion and muscle strain, as well as ...
Posted by Summer at 02:57 PM
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Well, I left work today with quite a feeling of well-being, seeing how I got all my work done so that I could safely go on vacation to New Orleans tomorrow (Thursday). I'm not much of a traveler, and I don't think I realized that there would be a ...
Posted by LadyLitBlitzin at 04:59 AM
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All right, I found the voting site for the StorySouth Million Writers Award -- here's where you read the stories and vote. (In case you forgot, one of my stories was nominated, but didn't make Notable Stories, nor the Top 10, obviously.) Sooo... ...
Posted by LadyLitBlitzin at 01:24 AM
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Jen's lit mag is up for the spring... and it looks great! It's good to know that spring is here, even though we've had quite the blast of winter today here in the DC area... (although for the most part it was a no show). Check it out if you get a ...