I can't get enough of Bruno Mars.

I think he's officially the greatest singer/songwriter/producer I've ever come across.

*looksforKanye*

The Huffington Post - 11 most surprising books banned

I read this expecting books like 1984, The Diary of Anne Frank or even the Da Vinci Code, which all have been banned at one time or another.

But surprising is right. Included on the list:

- Merriam-Webster's dictionary (This is creepy to me. Isn't this what 1984 was about? which as I said, was banned, too?)
- Roald Dahl's - him again? :) - James and the Giant Peach and The Witches
- Louisa May Alcott's Little Women !

Read the others and the reasons at
Link : http://huff.to/e5h3Hu

I think

I'll write a spec script for Raising Hope for the Disney Fellowship.
That show is hilarious - I hope it doesn't get cancelled.
Also Garrett Dillahunt...*drool*

Version Française - On life

La vie est le point de confluence de paradoxes entremêlés de façon inexorable -

Tout comme l’ecstase ne se connaît pas sans avoir connu le désespoir, la gloire ne se définit que par le prisme de la défaite -

et ainsi de suite -

Les uns sont incapables d’exister sans les autres -



I wrote this poem when I was younger. It's not finished but I'm not a poet. This is as far as I'll ever get.

“To all the secret writers,

late-night painters, would-be singers, lapsed and scared artists of every stripe, dig out your paintbrush, or your flute, or your dancing shoes. Pull out your camera or your computer or your pottery wheel. Today, tonight, after the kids are in bed or when your homework is done, or instead of one more video game or magazine, create something, anything.
Pick up a needle and thread, and stitch together something particular and honest and beautiful, because we need it. I need it.
Thank you, and keep going.”


– Shauna Niequist (Cold Tangerines: Celebrating the Extraordinary Nature of Everyday Life)

Read me

Vintage dictionary word necklaces from Etsy. Too cute.

"Necklaces are custom made with your word of choice. In the message to seller at checkout, please leave a 1st, 2nd and 3rd word choice option. In the event that your 1st choice is not available I will choose your 2nd or 3rd word choice.

Please keep in mind that the word must be 6 letters or shorter or it won't fit under the glass."

Link: http://www.etsy.com/listing/61206397/vintage-dictionary-word-necklaces

Novel extract - The story takes place in a desolate and empty world.

Nostalgia, or something like it, is tangible, interwoven in the very fabric of reality. Everywhere is blue, a dark Prussian hue. From the low sky to the rocky terrain and the deep abysses pockmarking the ground, everything is blue nostalgia. The atmosphere is leaden, like a storm waiting to happen. Depression thrives here, with mortality as its constant, oppressive companion.

- In Dreams Begins Responsibility - in progress

Creative clutter

http://flavorwire.com/151458/desks-of-the-rich-and-famous-workspaces-of-highly-creative-people

Susan Sontag - American author
Yves Saint Laurent - French fashion designer
Milton Glaser - American graphic designer
Albert Einstein - German physicist
Tina Fey - American writer, comedian
Marc Johns - American artist
Woody Allen - American screenwriter, film director
Al Gore - American politician
Roald Dahl - British novelist. (fun fact: his parents were Norwegian. He could speak English, Norwegian and, apparently, Swahili)

- If clutter is a good gauge of creativity and talent, I'm at least as good as Ayn Rand, Aaron Sorkin or God.

On school break for two weeks. Going to (aka need to) -

- get a headstart on rewriting my book
- get a headstart on my goddamn thesis (school has an annoying way of always being around when you have plans)
- get a headstart on my screenplay entry for the Nicholls Fellowship
- save up for California ticket. Air fare is 800 euros. Need to get that soon before the rates increase.
- figure something out with this blog so I don't delete it every couple of months

Submission - Runner up

One of my old short stories placed runner-up in a competition I entered back in October 2010.
I'm not ashamed to say I found out after googling myself - the PG kind.


This makes two :)

Link to the story: http://www.twisted-tails.com/winners/autumn2010/files/Deana-Mundell.php