Wanted to let you know – the new job I thought would be great wasn’t, and I left it last Friday. More under the cut but in short, I’m doing OK. Surprisingly well, really.
what i mean: i haven’t written a single word about this. in fact i haven’t held a pen since 2015. every day when i take the train i maldaptive daydream about the possibilities of this fic and how the characters would interact, specifically when they have long intense heated glances across a busy room with enough raw yearning force to set off a jet plane and blueball me into oblivion. yes i have a ‘writing prompts’ tag for no fucking reason. no i can’t spell maladaptive
The guy on the left is awarding Ellen with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. That’s an award given to American citizens. The guy on the right is giving a veteran the Presidential Medal of Honor, an award given to soldiers who serve their country.
Obama gave out Medals of Honor to dozens of soldiers. So it is really weird that they chose to use a photo of him with Ellen instead of one any of those. It’s almost as if they were intentionally making an unfair comparison in order to confirm the biases of the uneducated rubes who trust Facebook memes more than actual news.
Fun Fact: That veteran served in Vietnam, a war that the current commander in chief deferred from serving in FIVE TIMES because he had painful “bone spurs.”
The president heroically overcame that obstacle the second the draft was over, and now he can even play golf 2-3 times a week instead of doing the job he was elected to do.
See? You can learn something from memes. It just takes a little digging.
– John Marcotte
this is the best post
Ok, trying this a second time…HELLO, EVERYONE!
HOW ARE ALL OF YOU???? Because gosh, it’s been a while since I’ve been here. Nearly two weeks! And even then it was pretty sparse, due mainly to work. But I truly have missed all of you! Missed talking with you, missed seeing your posts, missed reading your stories and updates–EVERYTHING! I’ve just missed everything
Things have truly been crazy and busy at work, which has kept a bulk of my attention away from tumblr and all things fandom-related. And sadly, it looks like things aren’t going to let up soon, as my superviser/colleague/friend (who was pretty instrumental in getting me this job last summer) told me today that he’s planning on leaving in mid May. He’s feeling really burned out by everything, and believes for the sake of his health (physically, mentally, and spiritually) it would be wise for him to step down. While I do understand where he’s coming from and wish him the very best, I can’t deny I find this news rather daunting, considering that I still very much feel like the “new kid on the block” and the one strong connection I had when I first came here, is now getting ready to leave. So I do find myself wondering if that elusive “down time” will ever come my way, even as we get closer and closer to summer?
But as I was discussing the other night with Mr. YC, I really, REALLY miss being on tumblr, and I really, REALLY miss writing. I haven’t posted anything since January, and I haven’t really had the chance to sit down and write anything since February. I want to change that, I don’t like not being able to engage with my friends online, or doing something that I love about a fictional couple I still feel very passionate about. So…I don’t know the “hows” exactly, but I’m working on a plan, a plan to find balance between work and relaxation, between writing and reading. I want to get this plan figured out and put into action by next month at the latest, because I hate leaving so many stories in limbo and I do believe, finding that time to write will be good for my own health as well, as odd as that might sound :oP
So anyway, I just wanted to make a little post, updating anyone who wondered whatever the heck happened to me, that YES, I am still alive and I am still here :o) and like I said, I REALLY DO MISS ALL OF YOU! So I hope this will be a positive change in the tides for my life :o)
Musings of a Yankee Countess 