Author: lizardek

13
Nov
2005

IN WHICH LIZ IS GLAD TO GET HOME

oh, it’s an insidious feeling…it’s the same sort of thing that happens sometimes when you’re standing on the edge of a cliff or driving. The urge to hurl yourself off a precipice without looking back. Can you fly? I think not. Although, in this particular instance, the feeling is more one of NOT taking action than of doing something impetuous and deadly. It’s what happens when you haven’t written for several days and the principle about a body at rest tending to stay at rest makes it hard to imagine being able to start … the … ball … rolling...

10
Nov
2005

RHAPSODY

books books books books! I love books! And you know what else I love? Talking about books! Reading them! sniffing them…mmmm…paper! I love all those little black squared off rectangles that are made up of letters and words and sentences and paragraphs and chapters and books books books books! I love that little creaky noise a book makes when you first crack it open and I love the whiiiifff of the pages when you flip through them. I love reading prologues and acknowledgements and author’s notes and blurbs. I love looking at the back side of the title page and...

09
Nov
2005

WHERE I AM IS WHERE I AM

Late yesterday I started a post that was essentially a run-down of where I’ll be for the next few evenings. Then I deleted it because, really, do you care? I seem to have this weird compulsion to explain when I know in advance that I’m probably not going to be posting, due to evening activities and being out of town. It’s the same compulsion that brings me to call my husband and read him my calendar over the phone so that I’m sure he and I are in sync and that one of us won’t be left at home, having...

08
Nov
2005

WE WAS ROBBED!

I was more than a little upset last night, and I’m afraid my husband will think I’m mad at HIM, but I’m not…I’m mad at his job. *swears up a storm* We had plans earlier this year that when Anders went on his planned business trip to St. Louis in November, the kids and I would tag along, visit my sister (who just moved to St. Louis) for a week, and then head up to Michigan to spend Thankgiving with my mom and extended family. But his company slashed the travel budget several months ago, and the trip was cancelled,...

06
Nov
2005

SOMETHING SOFT OR SPONGY OR SHAPELESS

What do you all think about the increasing use of advertising on all kinds of blogs? I find they make sites with good content hard to read and full of distracting ugliness. I can understand why people feel compelled to move in that direction, especially if it’s true that the advertising really does pay for the webhosting costs, or more, but I think it’s a real shame. Some of them I can read on my LJ friends page thanks to their RSS feeds, without the annoying and ugly advertising, but others only give a few lines and I still have...

05
Nov
2005

TO CHASE THE GLOWING HOURS WITH FLYING FEET

I opened the back door and beheld my husband, mop in hand, bucket at the ready, rugs and paraphernalia up off the floor, preparing to scrub. “Mmmm…” I said, “there’s nothing sexier than a man with a mop!” Deadpan, Anders answered, “Are you referring to my hair?” Friday was a halfday, due to Alla Helgonsafton and I had left the office just after one o’clock to speed home and help finish grocery shopping and getting the house ready for our dinner party, to find that during the morning, he had dusted and vacuumed and was now finishing up with the...

03
Nov
2005

GOOD THINGS THURSDAY

1) Whipping through the remainder of my project list at work and finishing up exactly when I had to be out the door to be… 2) Going to the airport to pick up my separated-at-birth-kindred-spirit-friend Kathey and her husband Russell, whom I haven’t seen in 2.5 years (because they live in Sydney, Australia) and… 3) Bringing them home where they are going to be staying with us for a week and later… 4) Making a run to the 7-11 in Lund for BEN & JERRY’s ice cream… Russell: How many should we get? Me: Four. Russell: Four?! Me: Well, there’s...

02
Nov
2005

BETTER TO LIGHT ONE SMALL CANDLE

It’s not exactly light when we leave the house in the mornings now, but it’s definitely dark when I’m coming home. After a month of sunny autumn beauty, fall is sliding into winter in real-time. When the skies are clear at night, they look like black, black velvet, diamond-studded and pure, another world high overhead. When they’re overcast, the darkness is impenetrable; coming down around on all sides, a blanket fort. A grey heron flies across the road, his kink-necked, sword-billed head ridiculously far from his feet. The trees have dropped their summer pants, they look silly and half-dressed. The...

01
Nov
2005

OMG I AM SO BORING

I can’t even imagine attempting NaNoWriMo. You people are all nuts. My stomach is upset, from what I can’t imagine. But my headcold seems to be about gone. Jackie Jernigan’s* collection of short stories and essays is a complete delight. I’m halfway through and loving every page. Her brain is amazing, and her storytelling gift is as big as the sky. Go buy it, it’s worth every penny. I just burped and now I feel better. 😛 I was really craving sushi tonight, but there was none to be had. Inspiration is absent. Yoo hoo! Inspiration! Where are you?? As...

31
Oct
2005

SO THEN WHAT HAPPENED?

Our email program just stopped working a few weeks ago for no apparent reason and we’ve been wrestling with it ever since trying to get it to work again. First me, then Anders, then me, then Anders, with no luck. Trying every possible combination, removing all accounts and re-entering the info. Turning options on and off. ARGH! I hate this sort of thing. Suddenly, something worked and now we can get emails again, and we DON’T KNOW HOW WE FIXED IT. If it stops again, we won’t know what we did that made it come back to life. *grumblestupidcomputersgrumble* I...

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