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[sophiaserpentia]

It is unusual to have thunderstorms in New Orleans. Mostly we just get rain, sometimes lots of it. This thunderstorm brought with it a large upward change in temperature, though; and so the clash of hot and cold air led to lightning and even for a while sleet. The rain was bad enough that people parked on the neutral ground last night. Thunder here is remarkable because it just rolls and rolls on, much longer than it seems to do anywhere else I've ever been.

I don't have internet at home any more, and it might be quite a while before that changes, and some new pressing projects have come to me at work; so I might be a bit scarce on LJ for a while.

Last night I finally started work on a fiction project I've wanted to work on for a long time. I've always been shy and secretive about works in progress, a habit I've had since childhood, so don't be offended if I choose not to describe it here in any way.

Edit. Oh, what the heck. I'll mention that the new project is a fictional account of what Jesus' life may have been like if my ideas are correct. Whether it will ever be finished, published, etc., remains to be seen.

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[tay-en-pointe.livejournal.com]

as a friend of mine pointed out to me a few days ago, regarding my submitting a story to a contest, "if you dont do it, you wont even get to just sit on a shelf collecting dust." good luck with it (secretly hopes you do share some too!)

Thunderstorms and sleep

[metalmadchen.livejournal.com]

Last night was the perfect weather to help me finally get a great rest. I loved it!

[serena-bliss.livejournal.com]

I relate to keeping mum about works in progress-- somehow telling the secret releases the creative energy for the idea. But sometimes I need some encouragment that the project has a future in order to keep working. It is a balance.

I mentioned a while back that I was hoping to move to New Orleans... depending on my partner's job search. Well, a temp/one year teaching position just opened up there... hopeful me!

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[sophiaserpentia.livejournal.com]

Oh... well, good luck with it. Don't hesitate to ask if you have questions I might be able to clarify for you.

[ex-rosabel-b372.livejournal.com]

I would LOVE to read your fictional account of Jesus' life when you're done with it. I read Norman Mailer's The Gospel According to the Son and it was fantastic. I love reading non-traditional accounts of Jesus' life. I'd also like to read Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal.


I miss the amazing storms I experienced while living in New Orleans. There are a few that were so wild I will never forget them. It's also amusing to read the term "neutral ground." It's not a term heard anywhere outside of the context of New Orleans, and brings back memories of when I was 12 and first moved there, and was completely baffled by that, and many other, regional colloqualisms.

[azaz-al.livejournal.com]

"It is unusual to have thunderstorms in New Orleans."

What?