Ay Tariray

Dear Dr Angelou I'm going to be cheesy for just a moment. Sorry, my bandwagon is going to hitch up with all the others for today, how can it not? You were one of the greatest, most shining of writers in this world, and have left us all the poorer for it.  I know you're in a better place, wherever it is you wanted to go after this life.  I know that despite your absence, your work will speak to the next generations and hopefully forge new thinkers, new speakers of peace the way you were. Maya Angelou, you saved me, or rather, your poem 'A brave and startling truth' saved my life. And you'll have to forgive me, this rant will ramble and have absolutely no structure (which would be a shame because you structured your poetry so beautifully and subtly…) I have always teetered from being too sad to formulate words on some days and on others too happy to bring myself to believe that anything could ever go wrong.  Such is the way so many of us...

Oh my god, Its May... I AM SO SORRY. (ok, maybe not SO sorry, but I am sorry...) So, so, sorry Can I use 'I've been busy' as an excuse? because I have been, really, for realsies. I feel a little stretched thin nowadays, which probably isn't good but on the other hand, I enjoy being able to fill my days with something to do. I am filling my hours with house chores and arts and crafts, and I have decided to be really really silly, and have decided to compete in this competition so i can win sweet sweet BPRD lootz.  I am really hoping to get something really nice done and get a tad of attention from someone in the magical cosmic world of... something. Also, I just really really want Mignola-Senpai to notice me. I have been also completely overwhelmed with family things, my niece and nephew are the cutest things that ever patootied and my Sundays are usually spent driving to Cherrybrook (please note, I can drive, doesn't mean I like doing it), so i ca...