fuvenusrs, posting in neworleans:
Hey;

I'm a full time bar tender in New Zealand and considering moving to New Orleans for a change of scenery.

What's the employment market like over there? I've had a hunt around on the web and there doesn't seem to be much advertised. Is there a website that you could direct me to that could give me some hints on scoring bar work over there?

glimmer17:

I wish Mom and Dani didn't watch t.v. all night and have it blaring loud that it goes all the way up to my room in the night and I'm trying to sleep through it. I wish Dani wasn't an inconsiderate ass-whole. I'm still tired, I was trying to role play yesterday and kept falling asleep. I think I have something wrong with me, I also wish that when I try to go downstairs to the bath room people didn't follow me....

I wanna draw and color today, but sadly I am to tired.....I think I'll go back to bed.....

Aaron called me about 11 or 12ish at night, I may have been sleeping when he did, but it was great to hear from him, I missed him, and he said he missed me, so he called, I'm glad, I was scared once he left that he'd stop talking to me as much, which that idea, sorta made me sad, but trying not to get emo, he said he doesn't want me like that while he's back in AZ, he's trying to think of away to get me to AZ for awhile to be with him....I'd love to see him again.

~Glimmer/Fenrir

viki_101, posting in mission101:


Monday last was the final day of my 1001 days...

The final score is as follows:

Complete:




Failed/Unfinished:


There's a couple of unfinished tasks that I'm disappointed about - but they will be making their way on to my next list, which is almost complete and I hope to write up by the end of the weekend :)

So much has happened in the last 2 and a bit years that I'm quite interested by how different my second list will end up looking in terms of what is important to me now.

And now I have a target of 79 to beat next time around!

Final version of the completed list is here.

Good luck everyone :)

yuuago:

Today was absolutely, completely unproductive. Aside from a little laundry, I did nothing. Absolutely nothing. I'm actually kind of annoyed at myself for it. On the other hand, I think I really needed this day to recharge. The previous week was kind of... a little... well, you know.

Well, okay. I lie when I say I didn't do anything today. I did go to the cafe and do some writing for a while. This is the first time in weeks that I've been able to sit down and write, and it felt really good to do that. I finished the draft of a short gift-fic. When I originally wrote it, I wasn't happy with it at all, but re-reading it, I think it's pretty okay. There's a slight issue with it, in that full understanding of it requires the reader know what a palimpsest is, but I'm pretty sure that someone can at least get the idea from the text itself. I need to do some editing on it, of course, and might add some other stuff to it, but for all intents and purposes, it's done.

I also worked briefly on the Sweden/Norway union fic. Yes, I'm still working on it, and no, I haven't given up on it. It's just... coming very, very slowly. It's hard to sit down and write it. ( And now I'll talk about that. )

Anyway. Aside from writing and laundry, today = nothing. At least I got to relax, though. But because I took a break today, it means I'm definitely back to the grindstone tomorrow. Sigh. It never ends!

nidoking:
I made another Final Fantasy 10 song, but nobody's commented on it. Oh well. It was fun to make, anyway. Maybe I just need someone who can actually make music to make the song from my lyrics instead of trying to record myself singing.

Gaming-wise, I didn't do much. I decided to finish Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction so I could start on A Crack in Time. Fortunately, I was at the final boss in the former, and had just obtained the RYNO IV, which makes the whole experience as trivial as I'd been told to expect. No sense making things harder for myself when it was just a means to an end. The second game seems to have the familiar tie-in mechanic of offering the weapons at a discount if you have a save from the first game on the same hard drive. I like the new idea of flying around space and finding planets to explore, rather than just choosing them from a list like in previous games in the series. Even when some of those planets are dinky, it's still a nice feature, and gives something to do during load times. I also got to test my new video streaming and recording setup... it took some doing, but I got everything I need for a good video, and the only remaining issue is putting the parts together. Surprisingly harder than I expected, but I didn't devote much time to trying.

I finished the second season of Dexter, even though I wasn't eating for much of that time. That was quite an ending. Now I'm taking a break to watch some MST3K before moving on, partly because the third season is on Blu-Ray, which will require the PS3. Also, it's bedtime and then some.

karcy:
1. A Scorpion Considers
I should ban myself from talking about gay anything and Christianity; it never fails in making me depressed. I feel like the scorpion in the parable of the scorpion and the frog; I may promise not to sting and do not intend to, but I do -- and I sink both frog and self into despair because, even if I have plenty of affection -- I cannot but sting because it is my true nature.

2. Islam(ization) and Malaysia
I was chatting with my EO leader the other day after catechical classes. He didn't seem that upset about the story of the 15,000 Bibles that were seized ("this happens all the time; people will protest a while, then they'll let go"). He also didn't seem very bothered by Islamization in Malaysia. Probably because he lived in Kuantan, where he grew up very much close to Islam as a way of life. Coming from Kuching, the kind of sudden dominance of one religious group is really quite intimidating.

Right now, Islam is a real political card. My prediction was right: if Malaysia were to declare itself an Islamic country tomorrow, the first thing that would happen is not a crackdown, but groups of people coming up and fighting with each other to define Islam.

( Depressing Stuff! Extra depressing if one is Muslim, or, what happens when people start arguing over theology and throwing people in jail at the same time )

-
MEH! Talking about local politics is ALSO depressing. I'm going to take a nap.

corrosion_nola, posting in neworleans:
Corrosion presents the silent hill blackout party. Nov 25th at 1135 Decatur. Doors at 10PM $3 cover. An award for the best costume will be given at 2AM. We ask that no one comes as pyramid head, he will be making his own guest appearance. The bar will be equipped  with infra red lamps so no flash photography please. Digital cameras from the 90s will be able to pick up the infra red. Also Sony digital cameras with night code will work as well.

( flyer )

( click here for video )

officialgaiman:

http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2009/11/final-reminder-for-bookshops.html

A quick reminder (as I was just asked) that today is the day that the bookshop Graveyard Book party reports have to be in to Harper Collins. By 9 pm PST.

http://files.harpercollins.com/Mktg/HarperChildrens/PDF/GraveyardContest_rules.pdf are the rules and info for those who lost them.

Hi Mr. Gaiman,

I was disappointed today to read you won't be part of the judging for The Graveyard Book contests. My not-wealthy, middle-of-nowhere bookstore just sent in its entry, and something we're concerned about is the fairness of judging.

For example, independent bookstores like Powell's (I'm sure you know) easily have enough money and are in a convenient enough location to ask you to come at one time or another. Against stores like that, who were able to put more money into their parties, we stand little chance.

I don't think that it's a lost cause for us; we were very creative. I'm just nervous to know you won't be judging. Can you tell me whether you think the judges will take things like size and location of bookstores into account? It would make me sleep a little easier until the results are announced.

Tusen takk,
Allison

Well, per the rules, the judging is based on:

(i) Overall creativity of the Party, as demonstrated by the invitations, signage, decorations, activities, entertainment, and refreshments.
(ii) Customer attendance and response (i.e., enthusiasm, costumes, participation).
(iii) Ability to capture and represent the spirit of The Graveyard Book.
...specifically to reward creativity, and not the ability to outspend other shops. (That was also why the party had to actually be at the bookshop, and not at another location.)

I asked my editor, Elise Howard, and she said,

Gosh, yes. Here's what we think is happening. We are looking at all the entries. On Monday, we'll send you the best 11, from which you will choose the Grand Prize Winner. The rest will get the first-prize package. So the short answer is that you ARE helping to choose.

The longer answer is that we will be very fair and will consider creativity, which includes work done with available resources, along with pure execution. (Don't you think? We haven't done anything yet; still waiting for more entries to come in.)

...which means that

a) I was wrong and will be the ultimate judge, from the shortlist. (Damn.)

and

b) everyone's on a level playing field.

Does that help reassure you?

PS -- Widgett's Graveyard Book Dessert competition winners have been announced over at http://www.needcoffee.com/2009/11/06/graveyard-book-dessert-challenge-winners/.

This one had NOTHING to do with me at all. But lor' the winning desserts look tasty...

amanda:

So, this week started off bad and ended good!

I was still in a LOT of pain at the start of the week. I went to the doctor on Wednesday and came home with what felt like half the pharmacy. I was feeling really sorry for myself and spent a little while whining at kamara and legomymalfoy about stupid pain and stupid meds and generally feeling sorry for myself.

Before Wednesday, this is what I was taking for my arthritis:

Methotrexate - one injection per week
Diclofenac - 1 tablet 3 times a day
Dihydracodeine - 2 tablets 4 times a day
Paracetamol - 2 tablets 4 times a day

And this wasn't even touching the pain.

So cried at the doctor on Wednesday and he has changed my arthritis meds to the following:

Methotrexate - one injection per week
Naproxen - 1 tablet 2 times a day
Tramadol - 1 or 2 tablets 4 times per day
Paracetamol - 2 tablets 4 times per day
Dihydracodeine - IF needed, no more than 1 tablet 4 times a day and ONLY if my body can handle the codeine and the tramadol and I have to make sure I DO NOT take the codeine at the same time as I take the tramadol

He also gave me some sleeping pills to help me get a full night of sleep - but again, I have to watch that my body can handle that along with the tramadol.

Also, he's putting a referal to Occupational Therapy for me to see if they'll come out and do a home assessment to see if there's anything else they can do to help me.

So you can see why I was feeling sorry for myself, right?

Anyway, I get home and have something to eat, then take 2 of the Tramadol. And WOW. I felt a bit sleepy and it did really funny things to my brain. Honestly felt like my brain was sinking in quicksand or something. But HOLY FUCK it made a HUGE dent in the pain. I took one more pill before I went to bed at night, and got a good few hours of sleep - woke up, and I only had a slight ache in my hands. Whoo.

To start with, I figured that I wouldn't need to take 2 Tramadol 4 times a day, but could just take 1 tablet 4 times a day, and only take 2 if the pain got really bad again. So yesterday, I did just that, but by the end of the day, the pain was creeping back again. Blah.

So today, I took 2 this morning. Then I took one at lunchtime. I took another 1 at suppertime. And I'll take 2 at bedtime. Let's see if that combo works. And let's hope my brain adjusts to them quickly, so that I can have effective pain relief and not be a zombie. I'm hopeful that this will happen. \o/

In other non-health related news, my desktop pc died the other week. It just will not boot up. It would seem that the hard drive has failed. I could just replace the hard drive, but since I don't have Windows discs, I'd also have to obtain Windows somehow.

Having said that, the desktop is about 5 years old. So really, in computer terms, it's really quite dated. Which wasn't a problem, as it really was just a backup incase something went wrong with my laptop - we all know I had problems with my last laptop. So I wanted to get the desktop fixed anyway, but I was also silently wishing I could afford to just buy a new desktop.

Well, my wish has came true! My dad called me last night and I told him about my computer. And he said to go check to see if I could get a new computer for a reasonable price and he'd pay for it. He said he'd planned to give me and my brother some money anyway, since he just sold his old flat and made a tidy profit.

So I browsed PC World's website last night and found this one and omg, want. And it was a fairly reasonable price too. Although I still wasn't sure my dad was thinking about quite that much money.

I called my dad this evening and told him about it and told him how much it was and he said 'you're sure you want that one?' and I said yes, but if he wasn't planning on that much, then it was ok - he could just give me what he'd been planning to give me and I'd figure it out from there (either settle for a cheaper one or pay the difference if I could afford it). He said 'get your arse down here and I'll give you the cash tonight'. Woohoo. So all I have to do now is take the cash to the store and hand it over!

The only thing that might change my mind about that particular computer is whether or not I can upgrade the graphics card. If it will only work with the integrated card, then I'll have to rethink it, as that's an older graphics card and if I can't upgrade it, then the computer will get old fast. So I just need to make sure there's a slot in the machine for it, and I'm good to go. \o/

oceanica:

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glimmer17:

This is how I see me and my forms the full wolf/dog form, and the dragon full form, (I'm guessing abit on the dragon part since I never really saw it in dreams yet, other then it's color, and I don't remember what it looks like yet.) And in the middle is my most human-ish looking form. Sometime from my mind's eye, the humanish form alot like the neko in anime sorta, it's like a boy with, long brown hair, star on head, white eyes, and the animal like ears, I keep getting a negitive about me having in a tail or any of that in my most humanish like form so I left it out.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v63/estar/glimmmmernew.jpg

Prob through it up on DA as an ID. *crosses paws*

~Fenrir/Glimmer
(Fenrir's just another name I go by anymore)

jbradley, posting in neworleans:
Hey y'all.  I'm J. Bradley, author of the new poetry collection Dodging Traffic (Ampersand Books).  I'll be in town this weekend doing some shows as part of the 8th Annual New Orleans Bookfair and to promote the book.  Here's where I'm gonna be.  Can't wait to meet y'all.

Saturday, November 7 @ 12:30 pm – The Apple Barrel (609 Frenchmen St).  This is where one of the two venues the 8th Annual New Orleans Bookfair is using for its readers.  I’m doing a set from 12:30pm to 12:50pm.  The readings start at noon and end at 6pm local time.

Saturday, November 7 @ 11pm – Neutral Ground Coffeehouse (5110 Danneel St). I’m doing a late night set out there for an hour.  This should be interesting.

Sunday, November 8 @ 5pm – Zeitgeist (1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd).  I’m doing a full set of poems from and not from Dodging Traffic.

You can find out more about me through my blog, Failure Loves Company, at iheartfailure.net
 

demiraks_world, posting in mission101:
Again, not much progress this month. Entire list can be seen HERE.


Completed:

* Go to a Wild game Completed 10/21/2009

* Use up all my Gift Cards Completed 10/31/2009 (Technically I have one left but I'm not sure I'll EVER use it!)



In Progress:

- More Yarn projects - Use up (or Donate) 50% of yarn stash In Progress



Not much progress at all.
There's at least one thing coming up before the end of the year. And there are a couple things I could do it I just put my mind to it and got it done, but I never seem to have the time any more!

glimmer17:

I been thinking alot about myself as an otherkin, myself without the influence of Seth, since he's been rather absent. I know I have a wolf/dog full form, I know I have this werewolf looking form, and a dragon full form, and a were-dragon like form, and then I know for certain I feel, and saw myself have a very human looking like form in dreams, but inside I know it's not human, and I knew it wasn't Seth, I know me and Seth are two very different souls (even if we was merged before). I know that now, but I been thinking about this form of mine that I KNOW looks very human, but I just know inside there is differences in it making it look more 'wolf'-ish, and I know I thought this before, but I feel like maybe my must human-like form is much like the 'anime neko' thing. I'm really leaning towards thinking my more human looking form looks sorta like a neko, like a human looking creature with animal like ears, and possibly a tail...and that it looks like a very young human boy with these animal fertures on it. Sorta like Ritsuka from Loveless, but of course, with my look, long brown hair, the star like scar on the forhead, fuzzy looking dog ears, and maybe a tail, maybe smaller wings, but looking mostly like a human, although I know it's not, and then from there I shift to the other forms, on the astral plane. I feel like I should draw this, and update my profile to my self discoveries of the time.

I'm not sure if Seth will return, I feel like I helped him with whatever he needed, so I'm not sure if he's going to be staying with me anymore....I'll try and draw my picture of my must human looking form, so that I can update my profile to fit the 'me' I am today and know myself as. I just know the form looks like a young feminine boy with long, long, brown hair, short, and has the markings.

I miss Aaron too, been checking my messager to see if he wrote anything, but I guess not. I'll check it later, he doesn't have net where he's at either so....I wonder, how the up coming year will go...

~Fenrir/Glimmer

emo_snal:

   Yesterday we visited the Cairo citadel and market. By now we're getting so used to the scammers that we're starting to even flout the "cardinal rule" of "don't even acknowledge them" and respond with saucy answers such as "what would I do with THAT?" and "definitely not!" I'm not big on souviniers but I bought a little metal cup for 15 pounds and then asked its price at several other shops and was pleased to find most of them were unwilling to go as low as 15. Additionally I bought a picture of an Egyptian boat on papyrus for 45 pounds that had had an asking price of 400 at the place most of the others bought papyrus prints. When it comes time to haggle prices I just turn it over to Mark though because he's very good at it.

   Got scammed out of 5 pounds on by a bathroom attendant (in making change for my 10 pound note when I tried to give him the obligatory tip for handing me paper towels) but it actually amused me more than anything (see the new section I added to last entry for a fuller description).

   Flight to NYC. Finagled three glasses of shitty wine. (:

   Abrupt goodbye to the others as they headed towards "connecting flights" and I headed for "ground transportation." Was hoping to end up somewhere with resources but it just dumped me into a parking lot. Made my way to Manhattan and am now in an internet cafe

Uploaded some pictures of Sinai. Was gonna post one here but have 25 seconds left. Cheerio!

Edit: In the famous words of Dr. Seuss... Could you? Would you? With a goat? (Image posted via emotional blackmail by whirled, so if I get it wrong, don't blame emo_snal!)

wilwheaton:

http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/2009/11/on-the-hunting-down-of-ideas.html

glimmer17:

I figured just in case I ever change my bio in my profile I'd make a post of what I made it as at the moment since I was really informative on myself in it here it is in post form:


Name: Fenrir/Glimmer Star
Otherkin: Wolf/Dog Dragon
SoulBonder
Hippie
Vegetarian (Works to be one.)
Music: Goth, Heavy Metal, Classical
Favorite Bands: Deathstars, Wednesday 13, Murderdolls, Slipknot, Disturbed
Fashion: Goth (most the time.)
Favorite Color: Black (kinnda goes with why I where black alot.)
Likes: Gothic things, Wolves, Dragons, Angels, Animes, Video Games, Role Play's, Stories, Musics, Family, Aaron (My BF <3), Food, Drawing, Art
Favorite Video Games: Kingdom Hearts II, Metal Gear Solid (all), FF8, FF7, Bloody Roar 4, Tekken, Sonic the Hedgehog.
Favorite Foods: Tea, Chinese, Beans (when I make them), Apple Pie, Chocolate, Wheat Cereal, Noodles with Broccoli, Steamed Veggies


I believe my soul does not originate from Earth and that I am a spirit from the astral plane or somewhere from the stars, and chose to be born in a human body on this planet for now. My spirit form is not human, though my form does change and varies, it is most similar to that and a mix of a wolf/dog, dragon, and a humanoid like creature. I have dreams where I can shapeshift like a werewolf/weredragon, and I have shared my spirit body, and human body on Earth with an dark angelic spirit named Seth. I might have chosen to be on this planet to help Seth my angel friend who had shared the body with me in mind space, but I'm still not sure as of why I am here, but I am sure there was a reason. I believe I have/had vampiric tenancies usually in the fall, but I believe it might have been due to the dark angel Seth who might have been in a loose of energy being a fallen and decaying angel at one point. Beyond myself being an otherkin spirit, I am a soul bonder, this means that I channel and talk with "fictional characters" I believe they are real in their own worlds somewhere in the multi-verse, a parallel universe, another dimension, another realm ect. ect. I think 'anything' is possible somewhere and that their truly is no fiction, just that someone channeled events in another place human's on this planet may never get to see in physical time. I believe my spirit has always existed in the universe and that time it's self is not measured on the astral plane's, that it is only measured with the physical worlds. I think my spirit has jumped between times, and time has never effected it till, I was on this planet. I also believe in reincarnation, I never been born before to my knowledge, but this time, but I believe in it. I believe each planet has it's own 'life stream', I also believe in astral projection, and I believe I experience this while on this planet, that even as I am here I still visit 'home' the stars and see my 'soul bonds' on their plane's.

My personality is that of a little boy's I believe! My emotions I can experience to extremes at times, my emotions are full, I can be emo to just really hyper and playful. I'm really playful actually! :3 I love video games, animes, drawing, and role play's, (but as a reminder this journal *is not* any sort of role play). I love toys, fun, and childish things, my imagination never seemed to fade as must adult's do, (this makes it hard for me to function in the 'real world'). I feel like mentally I never grew up past the age of 12 sometimes to age 16. I feel like I barely change in personality as the years roll by, I feel like I stayed the same growing up as all my friends changed so much, it makes me feel 'stuck' in the same time, as time moves past me so fast. It makes me feel ageless at times, spiritually I feel I am, but physically I know better for 'the body'. Spiritally though, I am much like a 12 year old boy, sometimes in dreams I even feel my most 'human' like form is about that size and appears about that age. Though usually I take the form of a creature similar to a wolf/dog and sometimes a tan/redish colored dragon. I *do not* think I'm a wolf from Earth or any creature from this planet.

From my dreams and memory's I know my wolf-like form is brown, with white glowing eyes, the star on the forhead can glow white when the eyes do, the ears are actually sort of fuzzy and abit floppy like a dog's, my back is very fuzzy. My dragon-like form is tanish, much like a Western Dragon, and this is all I know of it, and lastly I have a humanish like form, it's like a boy as stated before, and has long brown hair, I believe it has animal like look to it and the star like a burn in my forhead. These three forms can combine, and shift between them all. Seth also had his own form with mine, when combine with me in my most human like form we had blond hair, the star, and angel wings, when Seth is separate he looked about age 17, and had short brown hair. When we was/are merged he could use my wolf and dragon forms and shapeshift along with his dark angel form. I always felt he was more mature then me.

On this planet Earth, physically, the body is a female, with long brown hair, and at the moment is age 21. I usually dress the body in black, and am sort of gothic, I'm mostly vegetarian, and sort of a hippie. I don't believe in corporate ways, and the 9 to 5 life style, I feel the world could better it's self, and human's could do something to improve their lifestyles. I love relaxing and watching candles burn and listening to classical music for an escape into peace, but on the exact opposite I love listening to heavy metal. (It's Seth's fault, I swear he got me into it.)

~Fenrir/Glimmer

officialgaiman:

http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2009/11/note-to-self-nights-are-for-sleeping.html

Still trying to get back onto a diurnal schedule. (And, I should add, failing.)
And, of course, although I posted it before, it bears repeating that you can watch the film that Steven-Charles Jaffe made of the "Dark and Silly Night" comic Gahan and I did for art spiegelman and Francoise Mouly's Little Lit at the New Yorker site, or here:



And if I'd been here for Hallowe'en I would have posted it here then. Which reminds me, The Graveyard Book party season is over. Over thirty independent bookshops had Graveyard Book parties (The ABA's Bookselling This Week reports on thirteen of the parties -- and the shops -- at http://news.bookweb.org/7149.html.) The very best one of all will get me in their shop doing a signing in December and, looking at these thirteen, I am very glad I am not any kind of a judge for the awards.

My only hope is that the shop that wins will be somewhere warm. But most of the places on the party map will be just as cold by December as my house. (Vague and only climate-based relief that HarperCollins said No to Alaska in the rules mingles with vague and selfish disappointment that they also said No to Hawaii.)

It looks like the CBS Sunday Morning profile on me is going out this Sunday, the 8th, 9:00-10:30 AM, ET. According to this website:

Correspondent Serena Altschul visits author Neil Gaiman -- the tender-hearted master of the macabre -- whose books, including Coraline and The Graveyard Book have topped best-seller lists for 25 years.

.. which left me wanting to go "I am NOT a tender-hearted master of the macabre, I am in fact VERY SCARY INDEED," but I suspect I would convince nobody.

Thrilled to see that Odd and the Frost Giants was listed as one of Amazon.com's Best Books of 2009. While I was in China The Graveyard Book was listed as one of the ALA's teens top ten for 2009 as well, an award voted on by over 11,000 teens. (And I made it onto the list with lots of other good people.)

Also, Fragile Things was awarded the French 2010 Les Grands Prix de l’Imaginaire Award for translated short fiction. My thanks to the judges, but mostly to the translator, who in this case is the incredibly talented Michel Pagel. If I ever look good, do well, sell books or am popular in a foreign country, it's because of the translators, and they never get enough thanks or acclaim. And I think I'll post the cover here, because I never have.

You're welcome. I think this link has everything for sale in the auction: http://shop.ebay.co.uk/scrawldog/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686

deadpets, posting in neworleans:
Im leaving for new orleans this morning (if my ride will ever get here!!! GRR) and I am wondering where I can find good oysters rockefeller for an affordable price. I ate some there a couple years ago but cant remember the name. and it wasnt a big expensive place.
Also looking for a goth club in the french quarter, or somewhere close . We are staying at the holiday inn french quarter.
Thanks!

yuuago:

Today started off badly. I woke up full of absolute irrational rage. In my half-awake state just before rising, I'd been contemplating various issues that made me angry - I can't remember if it was because of a dream or not - and that resulted in me feeling rather not-good, to say the least. A brief conversation with someone before I went to school did a lot to lift my spirits, however.

I was exhausted in CanLit class; kept falling asleep, in fact. I hadn't finished my homework, either, and so wasn't able to turn in the assignment. Ugh. I ended up speaking with professor Roy after class - basically she just wanted to check up on me, I suppose, and ensure that I realized I was forfeiting that mark by not turning something in. That's fine. I understand. We ended up having a short conversation about the novel, in terms of form and its commentary on historiography. And we spoke - briefly - about this one guy in the class that drives me nuts. He's very... conservative. To put it mildly.

Today he was going on about morals. Not only do I think his points in relation to the novel were completely wrong, I was also very put off - even angered - by some of the stuff he was saying. Whose morals are you talking about? Don't go assuming everyone at the table has the same morals as you do, or even the same definition of morals. Don't go assuming that everyone at the table is a conservative Christian. At one point last week, when we were studying Green Grass, Running Water, he was quite butthurt over the novel's critique of Christianity as an institution, and said a ton of things that pissed me the hell off. You're the majority, buddy. You people have the power in this country. Your whole system isn't going to be dismantled by someone criticizing what has been done to people in the past in your god's name (and whether he approved of all that is certainly another, unrelated question).

... Anyway. I spent the rest of the day sleeping, mostly. And that would be why I'm now awake. Ugh. I'd intended November to be a fresh start, but I still feel like I'm slipping, so much. On the other hand, I don't feel bad enough. I know I am trying, and if I keep at it, things will get better. It's just hard, sometimes, a little. But I have to keep at it.

I feel the need to be social. Maybe I will go to the communal coffee time tomorrow.