Posting this just because I have no idea when they invalidate your account. Don't really think I'll start blogging again. Have made too many promises in the past.

Okay, I have almost finished my helpless animal story, but what with Blue dying I don't feel much like putting the finishing touches on my animals getting torn apart. I'm just not in the right mindset.

So I'm posting links, the last refuge of a lazy scoundrel. Lord Aos already posted this, but I swear I found it first!

FCC and Pretty Redheads

And also, this great combination of Firefly with music from the musical of Wicked by Greg Maguire. This is actually being posted for Pixie for her birthday.

Wicked Firefly

Just had to share my dad's poem that I received this morning. Better than Shakespeare, no?

Roses are red
Violets are blue
My daughter’s cuter
Than Winnie-the-Poo
My only desiaa
Is to communicate
Once in a whila
For a belly-laugh
Or even a (surprise) Boo!
Maybe it’s because
Her dad makes a livin’
Cleanin’ up poo.
Happy Valentine
Love, Dad

I plan to come back to blogging by sequentially writing short stories that are the opposite of the the overused plots that Pixie identifies below. The following is copied directly from her blog.

Top Ten Overused Plot Lines in Children's Literature **

1. Boy (or girl - less common but equally overused) discovers latent magical powers.

2. Cliquey popular girls get their comeuppance.

3. Kid's single parent starts dating again, they freak and try to break them up but are inevitably thrown into a situation where the adult helps them out and they are forced to come to grips with the new person in their life.

4. Identical twins switch places and learn a lesson about loving themselves.

5. Girl is so busy falling head over heels for the "perfect" guy, she fails to notice sweet, sensitive guy next door/best friend until too late. (Also overused in the reverse)
6. Kid's ((insert relative here)) was actually a member of ((insert secret/elite organization here)) and left behind an ((insert object here)) for them to use in finishing their life's work.

7. Orphans. 'Nuff said.

8. "But little did he know that he was destined for epic adventures and great things. How could he, a poor, ordinary boy have known that truly he was destined to save them all?"

9. Warrior animals of any kind, really. (Except hedgehogs - for some reason nobody has written about the terrifying lives of Hedgedevils)

10. Young children see the clues that adults miss and solve mysteries.


** Disclaimer: My opinion that these specific plotlines are generally used too frequently does not mean that I have never seen them done well. There are some very well-done iterations of these ideas in children's literature but I feel that, as a general rule, they are overused.

Okay people, here's the new sitch:
I'm dropping out the MA
I'm having sex with a good friend and I'm feeling markedly better about the world
I'm off to Costa Rica in 3 hours for a 10 day retreat with Rachel Brice (most amazing belly dancer in the world right now).

I will be back with stories, trust me.

My internet at home has been down since Saturday. This is day 5 people. I'm not sure if I'm going to make it much longer. If you never hear from me again, you'll know I've taken my own life due to depression caused by internet porn withdrawal.

Okay, I'm starting to get a little flustered with summer plans that keep intervening with eachother. Tomorrow I will start figuring this all out.

Meanwhile, one thing that has worked out was that Nibblet did come to visit and fucked me into sweaty, spineless oblivion for 2 days and he's coming back on Monday to do it again!

Please join me in thanking whatever power you believe in for 27-year-old boys from small town Saskatchewan who didn't have anything else to do in their teen years but learn how to make women scream.

I'm sore in places that haven't been sore in ages, and smiling for no reason at odd points in the day, and more content than I have been in months. 10 months to be exact. It was a long haul people, but I've pulled through.

Hallelujah.

Oh and go check this bukowski/charlie brown thing out from Devon's blog. It's delicious.