I am allergy ridden.

[lithera]

Lord, with the sneezing and the coughing. Can it rain now? I would really like it to rain since that would help clear up some of this general sniffly sneezy junk that is happening to me right now. It feels like it has been waiting to rain for days and days. Yeah, I know there were sprinkles over the weekend but that isn't what I'm looking for.

I had a good weekend with good friends. Lots to think about, as per usual. It is good to have friends who make you think.

I find I am envious of people with a calling. I am even more so of people who have a calling who can make money with it. (Calling may or may not be the best word. I want something stronger than talent but less ordained than calling sounds.) It amuses me to think that in some sort of way station before birth everyone gets to spin this gigantic wheel of choices. "You... you will be good at hamster racing, yodelling and spinnging hay into gold. Good luck!" These are all wonderful talents, I'm sure, but what are the chances of discovering them, you know? (And, yes, I know a lot of these also involve hundreds and thousands of hours of work to hone.)

I find myself to be privledged to know some pretty freaking awesome people.

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[sharkcowsheep.livejournal.com]

10% chance of rain today, 60% chance tonight! Don't know about tomorrow but I'd guess chances are better than average.

I, too, am losing my mind due to lack of rain. It is not NATURAL. I would also like to stop sneezing grey.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

Bleeehhhh.

The weather is teasing.

[sharkcowsheep.livejournal.com]

It's been teasing for the last four days! IT MUST PUT OUT NOW.

Seriously. Rain or shankings.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

Not shivings?

[sharkcowsheep.livejournal.com]

DOUBLE V's ARE AN ABOMINATION. THEREFORE: SHANKINGS.

"shivving". "shivving". It's yet another one of those English words that sounds absolutely fine when spoken but gets all weird in print.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

*laughs*

I USE ONLY ONE V!

[sharkcowsheep.livejournal.com]

THEN YOU ARE SHIVE-ING WOMAN

YOU HAVE NOT BEEN CLEARED TO SHIVE AT THIS TIME

[lithera.livejournal.com]

*peers at you*

[sharkcowsheep.livejournal.com]

...

...

...so Sig's pretty cool, huh? :D

[lithera.livejournal.com]

That he is.

*nods*

[jameel.livejournal.com]

If you figure how to turn comic book trivia into profit, be sure to let me know.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

You will be one of the first people I call.

Though it seems to be you could be selling badassery lessons, sir.

[aylara.livejournal.com]

I think part of figuring out that I was actually a writer was realizing that nothing holds my attention for too long.

I will always have some obsession. Sometimes I will spend a few years on the obsession, and then, when I feel there is nothing left to learn, I find a new obsession and drop the previous one.

The idea of doing the same thing every day for 20 years scares me.

This is the perfect mentality for a writer, who needs to spend a whole lot of time engrossed in a project, and then move on to the next thing, eventually. Writing is always different, depending on what you're working on.

It took a long time to figure this out though -- my husband was instrumental in this regard. I didn't think I was creative, I was "crafty." I thought I was only good at nonfiction. I thought I was an editor, not a writer.

I was wrong. :)

[lithera.livejournal.com]

*chuckles*

I too get those obsessions but I've never really been a writer. I am very good at finding out information but I don't have story or plot ideas knock on my mental doorstep at all.

[aylara.livejournal.com]

I am the same way. That is why I have a writing partner! My strength lies in character and dialogue. My husband is plot guy.

Besides, look at all the blogging you do. I started off as a journalist, and you don't need to make up stuff for that sort of writing. I think that's why plot and story ideas are still my weak point.