An Homage to White Cocoa

Listening to: Ma’aya Sakamoto’s “Saigo no Kajitsu”
Eating: My hair. Ack! Must cut!
Reading: Nothing, atm
Watching: The Next Karate Kid (Srsly. Go, Mr. Miyagi!)
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It’s 8:55 AM on a cold Sunday. Really. It’s 28.5 Farenheit out there. Brr!
But I’m nice and cozy, in bed with NB. I’ve never noticed this, probably because I was sleeping at [...]

How quick this year has passed!

Listening to: “I So Wanted” by Rie Fu
Drinking: Coffee
Reading: Diana Gabaldon’s The Fiery Cross
Watching: The Patriot
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Oh. Christ.
I can’t believe it’s already the 28th. Holy hell. Where’d the time go? (and yes, any self-respecting clergyman would be offended by my casual blasphemies)
Seriously though. In just a little over a month, it’s going to be [...]

Cheating on historical romance and the lack of sex

Listening to: “Tsuki Akari” by Rie Fu
Drinking: Caramel Macchiato
Reading: Diana Gabaldon’s The Fiery Cross
Watching: The Simpson
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Is it just me or has sex in romance gotten, well, seriously overrated? It’s like writers are purposely trying to push the limits, trying to see how far they can go before people actually say something about it. [...]

The scent of a summer long gone…

Listening to : Do As Infinity
Drinking: Dark Chocolate, um, hot cocoa
Reading: Katherine Kingsley’s Once Upon a Dream
Watching: The Lake House
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Thought I’d share my current love song: Enrai by Japanese acoustic band, Do As Infinity.
Enrai by Do As Infinity
Enjoy and I hope everyone’s having a great Thanksgving.

I’m calling the fracking tow truck

Listening to: Do As Infinity
Drinking: Coffee
Reading: Lynn Kurland’s My Heart Stood Still
Watching: Toradora
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It’s the end of November and there’s still mosquitos in this godforsaken country. /rant
Managed to do a fair bit of writing yesterday and reading. Okay, okay, so it was only about 1.3k, but I did finish Redemption and my only comment [...]

I adore f-ed up characters

Listening to: Ayaka Hirahara
Eating: Twix
Reading: Carolyn Davidson’s Redemption
Watching: Brokeback Mountain
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I love messed up heroines/heroes. Seriously. Give me one with a serious handicap and I am all over them. I’m currently reading “Redemption” and it’s awesome. Well, not the whole “Oh, I can’t play the piano anymore and be Billy Joel anymore, boo hoo [...]

“A nutless monkey could do your job.”

Listening to: Akiko Kawakami
Drinking: See’s White Chocolate Caramel Cappuccino
Reading: Lisa Kleypas’s Worth Any Price
Watching: Tropic Thunder
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I tried watching “Tropic Thunder” last night. ‘Tried’ would be the operative term. It was just too, too stupid by half. Sure, it was definitely funny, but after the first thirty minutes, I just got sick of it. [...]

I hate boring heroines.

Listening to: The Brilliant Green
Drinking: Coffee
Reading: Lisa Kleypas’s Worth Any Price
Watching: Nodame Cantabile Paris Edition
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Well, it’s official. I’m finished with Nano. Ah well. It was good while it lasted, but come on, me + word puking can come to no good. I should know. I’ve got a 35k manuscript that makes absolutely no [...]

Goodbye Nano. Helloooo, Sven!

Listening to: Rie Fu
Drinking: Espresso…and desperately in need of another cup
Reading: Amanda Quick’s Reckless
Watching: The Simpson
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Yay for disfunctional families.
With that said…
I’m quitting Nano. Seriously. And no, I’m not quitting because it’s kicking my butt. I’m not quitting  because I think my WIP sucks ass. I’m not quitting because I’ve got a buttload of [...]

Nano ate my soul

Listening to: Atreyu
Eating: Red bean buns and black coffee
Reading: Dorothy Wood’s The Cross Stitch Book (Yep…it’s that time of the year again)
Watching: Chuck
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Gah. Tired.
And for reasons completely beyond me, since I failed to do any writing yesterday and got about 7.5 hours of sleep. Hrm. Okay, granted, I did wake up a few [...]