Árstíðir - Heyr himna smiður (Icelandic hymn) in train station

Listening to this gave me unbelievable chills.

My Daughter Made A WWII Veteran Cry

My Daughter Made A WWII Veteran Cry



I read this and I cried.  I read this and I am still crying.  Everyone needs to read this.

It goes a little something like this...

Here's the conversation:

P.S. This is how I see the world ALL THE TIME.
"A wild imagination" from dArtist thatoneangelfish

G. has been given the impression that E. is a man-hating shrew.  So he spends all his time dreading having to talk to her, just knowing that her sharp tongue is going to flay him alive.  The scene is them working together on a project.  E. starts to doze off, and, afraid he's going to join her, G. runs to Starbucks for some coffee for them both.  When he returns, he has to wake her up so they can finish their project.  When he wakes her up, he discovers that she is a far cry from what he expected, and actually quite erudite, if a little linear in her thinking.  They discover that they actually have a lot in common.

However, this is not one of those "meet-cutes" which leads to hopelessly falling in love, happily ever after, everybody lives on in romance and rainbows and unicorns.

In fact, E. is still as anti-marriage as she ever was, G. is somewhat bemused but still loveable, and there are some crazy aunts, a hopeless romantic or two, and a couple of men try to lay down the law on their women (and we can all guess how well that goes).

In short, there is chaos in my head, AND I LOVE IT!!!

What did you do this weekend?

Eureka!

You know how, when you're writing a story, and you're not entirely sure what the drama is going to be or where the characters are going to end up, so you just start writing scenes and hoping that somewhere, they'll start to resolve themselves?
I hit that point today.  I was just doodling, filling space with a Sunday dinner, scene, and all of a sudden, it came to me, and I was like, "Eureka!"
Okay, so I didn't actually shout Eureka (nor did I in any way say it out loud), but I had my 'aha!' moment, and it was good!  I am officially on my way to finishing this book.  I'm so happy!

I know I've found my writing "groove" when I start to have trouble separating myself from the characters when I stop writing.  This is the point I have reached.

It feels like my birthday again!

I logged into dA this morning, and look at what I found!

I just about had a heart attack.  I mean, Brooke has done this character for me before, but never in color, and never so...so...and the wonderful things she said about my girl!    I love it when people draw my characters.  I love it even more when people love my characters.  And Brooke is one of those artists I love anyway, so it was even more insanely AWESOME!

Monday is my three year anniversary at work.  Isn't that insane?  I love my job.  I love this company, too.  It's just phenomenal, how wonderful it is to work for a company that appreciates its employees.

In fact, today just feels good.  I feel like I've accomplished a lot, even being at work.  We've listened to music and looked at photo books and gone for a walk, and my client has taken two naps, so I had the time to write a little character sketch and balance my checkbook.  Always nice when that happens. :)

Welcome to an awesome Friday!

Marines singing frozon let it go

I love these videos, of people singing Frozen songs.  Also, Marines!  Just AWESOME!!