NaNoWriMo is over, and I ‘won’ it with ease*. Writing many, many words has never been an issue with me. In fact, when I used to write for ABLC, someone coined the phrase ‘pulling a Minna’ for writing any article over 2,000 words long. That’s like a sneeze for me,** so I don’t do NaNoWriMo… Continue Reading
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Truly, Madly, Deeply, Part V: Taking a Chance on Love
‘Lo. I’m back with the fifth and final (I think) installment of Truly, Madly, Deeply: JAZZ HANDS–er, a tale of a grrl and her ape. Before I start, though, I have to regale you with a funny/cringe-worthy anecdote about my mother. She’s here visiting for a month and a half. She called two days before… Continue Reading
Truly, Madly, Deeply, Part IV: An Ode to Joy
Hello! You know the drill by now. Go read the previous posts of this stories, especially part III in order to be caught up with this thrilling tale of love, danger, espionage and–oh wait, it’s mostly about love. Where was I? Oh yes, musing about having Idle in my life. More on that later. For… Continue Reading
Truly, Madly, Deeply, Part III: Love, Actually
Hello, my gentle readers. Before we return to the enthralling saga of our heroine (moi) and her ape (Idle), I have a housekeeping note. Astute readers will realize that I changed the title of this series. Instead of attaching these new posts onto the old series, I decided they deserved a series of their… Continue Reading
Truly, Madly, Deeply, Part II: The Strange, Sweet Story of a Grrl and Her Ape
So. In my last post, I dropped the bombshell that I had met someone. If you haven’t read it yet, take five ten fifteen how ever long you need and look it over. Go on. Do it. Otherwise, this post won’t be as full an experience. Done? Good. As we last checked in with the… Continue Reading
Truly, Madly, Deeply, Part I: Friday I’m in Love
Hello, all. It’s been awhile, hasn’t it? Three months. Damn. There are cobwebs all over the place, and I’ve never been a good housekeeper. Hold on a second while I tidy up. Yes, that lamp goes there and this table needs a good dusting. There! I’m ready to post now. Last thing I wrote about… Continue Reading
The Changing, Part IV: Minna 4.0 Manual Complete*
All right. Back to the software upgrades. Go read the other parts of this series if you want to be au courant on the subject, especially the last post. Minna 4.0 is more stable in functioning. The downtimes are briefer, and maintenance is not as intense. In addition, her firewall is stronger. The earlier… Continue Reading
The Changing, Part III: Realizations Big and Small
Minna 4.0 is not easy to run. There are bugs, and at time, the program suddenly freezes up. Then, I have to shut her down and start her up again. Sometimes, it’s a simple ‘file not found’ error or a ‘low disk space error’, but on occasion, it’s the blue screen of death and… Continue Reading
The Changing, Part II: I Got a New Attitude, Bee-yotches!
Listen up, bee-yotches. In my last post, I gave a eulogy for the past incantations of me. It was surprisingly hard to do especially as I’m in the midst of grieving for her/them/the past/all the years lost/winter being over, but I needed to have some temporary finality on the subject. And, since I’m a writer,… Continue Reading
The Changing, Part I: A Eulogy for the Broken Minna
Dearly Beloved: We are gathered here today to mourn the passing of someone very dear to me: Me. Oh, I know I am still alive, so obviously, I am not mourning the actual physical passing of me, as fascinating as that may be. No, I am mourning the passing of the girl/woman I used to… Continue Reading