weapons of massdistraction

It’s been a couple of years since I’ve actively participated in NaNoWriMo, but I still receive (and read) the emails, and totally adore Chris Baty. His latest missive is essentially about new year’s resolutions, but with a better spin on it. 2008 is already shaping up to be a BFS year for me. Not sure [...]

This Christmas has been a mixed bag, as usual.
Highlights:

Trying on some of my Dad’s riot gear on Christmas Eve, with my stepbrother’s son.
Made a few QOOP calendars for family (a year’s worth of little man photos). They were a big hit, and super easy to make too.
Keeping in touch with friends who have gone home [...]

The little man decided to write a letter to Santa this year, all on his own. He wrote out his list, stuffed it into an envelope, addressed it to “Santa at North Pole” then handed it to me and demanded I place a stamp on it. That same day I drove him down to a [...]

Night falling by 5pm? Not a fan. I fight the urge to crawl into a cave, or my bedroom, to hibernate until spring. But being so sleepy doesn’t prevent me from having wicked insomnia. After last night’s unplanned evening nap I was up for a manic midnight cleaning sesh. Tonight I’ve fallen into the same [...]

I’ll be the first to admit…I can be an attention whore. I think today was the first time one of my photos landed in the flickr blog (interesting to see how that’s affected its interestingness). And seeing my name in print only fuels the fire. Sometimes these look-at-me tendencies lead to good things. Like how [...]