aristophanes

Apparently the post that's drawing the most visitors to my Goth Blog is the one where I recount an ancient Egyptian remedy for anal pain caused by demons.

I wonder if any of them actually tried it.

Knowing it was that time of year again when I can start applying for translation grants, I went to check on the info I'd need to put together. To my horror, the NEA has changed their requirements for the translation grants. They require that you have published a translation already, and now they have changed it that specifically, you cannot have self-published the translation. So,...
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Looks like Im probably going to be moving -- once again the family couldn't pay the rent here and I think the landlord's are sick of it, as well as we on our end coming to the final realization that things are just not going to improve and this crap's going to go on forever. So... don't know yet just where we are moving to,...
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So weird to be in a position where you have a sex life to talk about. Met with a mutual friend of myself and of the villain who couldn't be bothered to call before moving to a new country, and did relay details of our personal encounters. She giggled and said, "He'd be so mad right now if he knew we were talking about this!"...
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Well, I believe that the son of a bitch has about 3 or 4 hours to go before departing the country, and has not spoken to me in a week.

So much for "no pressure" -- it just seems to be wholly against my nature to take a relationship lightly.

Holy shit. I seem to have ended up with some kind of three week boyfriend. (He is about to leave for Dublin to go to college for 4 years.) But a punk rocker Old English speaker seems to have been a bit too much for me to resist. And I suppose, given my awful history of love, that a relationship with no hope of really...
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My God, I am so unhappy. So I think I posted before about this, but if not, I summarize: I'm on the Board of Directors and the Grounds Committee for a graveyard, it's all volunteer work, no pay or glory from it. The graveyard has a really awful caretaker, over whom I was put in charge of "supervising." However, this duty includes no actual ability...
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Ever dreamed of having your own painted oil portrait?

Well, folks, I'm giving you the chance to live the dream!

I am able to paint oil portraits. I also, currently, have a spare 8 x 10 inch canvas. So, for the low price $60 I am willing to paint up a portrait for you and ship it out (yes, the price includes US shipping --...
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