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Persuasion

2009-11-16T08:47:23Z

I must be one of a relatively small number of people in the world who have seen three different film interpretions of Jane Austen's Persuasion.

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all thumbs

2009-11-11T09:38:20Z

Maybe I ought to write an entire book this way, by thumb, on my phone. I could call it *The Phone Book.* James Merrill crafted an epic poem from the sputterings of a Ouija board. That French guy blinked out his opus, then died. Theoretically, at ...

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the syllabus of life

2009-11-07T08:24:21Z

Sorry about last night. I actually did get up, believe it or not, and worked on that child's speech until 4 a.m. Which is crazy, of course. And wrong. I do realize this. But it was only a draft. She'll have to write the final draft herself. Mos...

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Tired

2009-11-06T07:47:01Z

Tired It is tired. I am. You? I promised to proofreader the speech but I am deliriousing, about to fall asleep in my bra, which makes me feel sort of ... institutionalized. Free the boobs! Arm the torpedoes! Spare the rod and spoil the child! S...

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Tired

2009-11-06T07:46:55Z

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overscheduled

2009-11-05T22:48:23Z

Wanted to post yesterday to keep up with my pledge, but Dingle was on the computer until after I went to bed, trying to do her English class "DEJs," or double-entry journals, on To Kill a Mockingbird. She said she was supposed to turn them in for ...

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Three for three

2009-11-04T08:05:37Z

Today--ok, yesterday--was my birthday, and for some reason exhausting, which is why I am lying in bed, typing into my phone with one thumb. Just because I don't want to ruin my streak. Look at me, I'm three for three!

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to tat or not to tat; I tot I taw a puddytat.

2009-11-02T07:53:15Z

I signed up for NaNoWriMo and one of my Facebook friends said she is doing NaBloPoMo (I had to giggle at this mouthful, though of course NaNoWriMo must have seemed just as bad the first few times I encountered it) instead. While it's true I have n...

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Paris

2009-10-21T19:15:28Z

I've been to France, but I've never been to Paris. I have to go to Paris before I die. But that's not all. I want to live in France. For a couple of years. Maybe five years. There must be a way I can do this. If I am diligent, and cheap, and sav...

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this peach is ripe

2009-08-02T10:26:17Z

The truth is, I have everything I need to write. I have time, in the form of two weeks' vacation (almost), I have new headphones, with which to drown out the rest of the universe, and I have the bathroom floor, which will accommodate me should I f...

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