lathriel | The World Spinning Round

Life is good! I know it has its ups and downs, but god damn- it's fucking beautiful! :D

I just feel so inspired lately... so happy... so care free. I shouldn't feel care free at all, logically- but I hate logic, don't you? It makes us think awful things.

There are so many ideas in my head- so many projects to work on- alone, with friends, and family. So many exciting things ahead! There's the Salem pilgrimage in a few weeks (a road trip with 3 of the most awesome ladies ever; whale watching!; the fantabulous New England coast, and all the wonderful energy it brings with it; and the general magic that I feel in that touristy little town ;D). And Heather might be coming to visit me before summer ends! THAT will be epic! She and I are awesome- together we're mind-blowingly awesome. I don't know if Buffalo can handle us. Plus, I just have a feeling... things are happening. My third and fourth chakra tell me so. Nothing as huge as the hand that reached out of my solar plexus when I went to the study abroad fair, but definitely something.

Also, new projects- totally new! I've still got my fantastic novels to work on and query agents about, but there's non-fiction projects now! The Buffalo travel guide, and another secret collaboration... And there's the rock opera, which has had some developments in the past 24 hours (I don't want to say just yet, I'm letting it settle in my brain for now)! And, an old project, a website Sarah and I thought of last year... I'm really feeling it now. Plus, I want to redesign my own website to make it more user-friendly, and get my blog on there/The Poppet and the Lune.

Heeeee. I love it when this stuff happens.

Leave me a comment and I will give you a letter.
Then, write 10 things that you love starting with that letter.
Post the list in your journal.
Give out letters to your commenters in return.

Jenn gave me "S"

1.) STORYTELLING Hellooooo! I will never be able to fully express how meaningful that act is to me (ironic, eh?)

2.) Sarah :) I wouldn't be half the storyteller I am without her encouragement, love, patience, magic, inspiration, and endless compassion... *is so grateful for her friendship* ;.;

3.) Sea I absolutely love the sea. It's a deep, certain, fact that I am profoundly affected by the sea, it's lore and myth, and stories. I don't romanticize it, and I don't often speak of it. Take this quote, and replace "Heathcliff" with "the sea," and that's pretty much how it is: "My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath- a source of little visible delight, but necessary. [...] I am Heathcliff- he's always, always in my mind- not as a pleasure, any more than I am always a pleasure to myself- but as my own being..." Although, I do find quite a bit of delight in the sea...

4.) Stories Well, of course if I love to tell them, I love to hear/read/see them! Stories are what makes life worth living, whether fact or fiction, realistic or fantastic. If we didn't have stories... well, nothing would ever happen, and we'd all stop existing...

5.) Salem, MA I can't say my love for the place really has anything to do with it's history- there's nothing lovable about that- but, mostly with my own memories associated with it: three fantastic trips in the past three years (about to be 4!), with three fantastic people (about to be 4!), and, just, an amazing energy.

6.) Smiles I would have said "smiling" but there have been too many times my face actually started to hurt from smiling (damn tmj). Besides, seeing other people really, genuinely smile is just as wonderful, if not moreso- you can only experience yourself smiling one at a time. And smiling is nothing compared to making other people smile :D

7.) Spontaneity Hells yeah! There's nothing quite like the thrill of a random act of awesomeness...

8.) Synchronicity Do I really have to explain this one?

9.) Surprises I have a bad tendency to ruin it when people try to surprise me, so when someone succeeds, I'm sure it will be awesome! Also, surprising myself, surprise endings, gifts from the universe, compliments, places, "happy accidents," levels of enjoyment... surprise works on so many levels. I love it!

10.) Splendor Okay, so this is a cop-out. But it's true. I love the splendor of a great many things, not the least of which is stars, starlight, sunlight, sunsets, sunrises, seasons, satisfaction, success, sensuality, solitude, sorority, sweets, savories, smoke, sin, sand, soul mates, secrets (yes, secrets!)... and many more things that don't begin with the letter "s" ;)