regarding weight loss

I’m taking a page from . I’m going to start using this journal, mostly for the friends-lock aspect of it, so that I can talk, mutter, bitch, whine, and hold myself accountable on my weight loss. There’re a variety of reasons for doing this. One is that I sort of assume the entire world’s not interested in my daily struggles, so I don’t particularly want to post it on my regular journal. Another is that I’m feeling the need to try to hold myself more accountable for what I’m eating,…

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DONE.

CARDINAL RULE author alterations are FINISHED and SUBMITTED, a whacking two days ahead of time. The pile of thinks to do is *finally* getting *smaller*. Next, despite having completely failed to get my act together enough to send TBF to people for commentary, I will do my last-final-final revisions on *it* tomorrow and send *it* off. It is due “in the middle of August”. This is still the middle of August. *determined look* Then back cover copy for TBF and CR, and then, By God, I Am Going To Catch…

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Idiosyncratic? Me? Nah.

Deborah tagged me to do this five idiosyncracies meme thing, so here we go: 1. I believe everyone likes me. If they don’t, I regard it something being wrong with them, not me. 2. I appear to be naturally wired to do the sorts of things that they write books about doing if you want to succeed. I usually see the good in the bad, and believe there’s a way to get something positive out of almost any situation. 3. My favorite way to wear my hair is with a…

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school shopping

Could I go school shopping, please? I would like J. Peterman’s toile blazer (which is no longer on the website, but I have a CATALOG, ahahaha) and a cravat shirt to go with it; I would like a magnificent geometry skirt, only in a color that would suit me better; I would like the white blazer and a pair of the pink-striped seersucker pants; I would like the Newport dress and the Nob Hill dress (although I think the latter ought to be a coat rather than a dress); and…

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