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...the Real is a construct it's the raw nerve's private zone it's a personal sunset you drive off into alone -- from Passing Strange, Stew/Rodewald/Dorsen Use blood for ink, and write the world anew: The untouched line, the story without end. The sacrifice on which all tales depend. Upon your skin, write out the book of you. Each moment, hour and day scribes who we are, The unmarked page unknowing what's to be, The future writ in words we cannot see, The past blocked out, unchanging as a scar. Bind up your life in memory and dreams, And for the spine, choose all that you desire, The touch of ice, the bitter kiss of fire... The tale is yours. Yours also are the seams. Use blood for ink, and write the world anew: Upon your skin, write out the book of you. -- "The Book of You," Seanan McGuire, 2005 How I read the journals I "friend," and how I rather hope you will read mine: "It's your journal, after all. What you share is your prerogative; what we see is our privilege." -- volund, July 2003 I maintain that "friends list" is a misnomer; think of it more as a reading list, gathered together for convenience's sake. What it says about the people here is that I read their journals in one group. There are other journals and weblogs that I read regularly that are not grouped here. (You might also want to read these -- http://roadnotes.livejournal.com/343349.html, http://roadnotes.livejournal.com/387751.html, http://roadnotes.livejournal.com/469203.html, and http://roadnotes.livejournal.com/528262.html -- for some of my thoughts and feelings about the "friending" process.) Given those parameters... I am a woman of a certain age, born and raised in New York City, who has moved (as of April 2011) to the Pacific Northwest. I read, I sing, I contemplate the world around me... and I try to make myself a receptacle for the transcendent, for joy, and for good, because I am on the side of Good by accident and happenchance. This is the online equivalent of a personalzine, and should be in no way mistaken for a complete person. What I write here is only a fragment of what goes through my head, and is translated twice: first into words, then out of my personal language and into more standard English. Contents may settle. Dilute! Dilute!
5th dimension
aimee mann
al stewart
anaïs nin
aslan
ayn rand
babel-17
baldanders
barbes
binderized nibs
bisexuality
bondage
bronze chrysanthemums
brooklyn
burgundy
café tacuba
café tacvba
carol queen
changes in wallingford
chris butler
circlet press
cobalt blue
covered in bees
cspc
cursive italic nibs
darden smith
david ignatow
dodie smith
dorothy allison
edna st. vincent millay
elliott smith
emma bull
erotic fantasy
erotica
etty hillesum
evil herbivores
fernando pessoa
fountain pens
gene wolfe
gilbert and sullivan
gilbert sorrentino
ginger
grant mclennan
greg aaron schlotthauer
greg brown
gregg swann
gregson and collister
grey
harmony
harriet the spy
henry threadgill
i capture the castle
italic nibs
janis ian
jessamyn west
joan armatrading
joel forrester
john coltrane
john d. macdonald
john m. ford
john wesley harding
joni mitchell
josephine baker
julia fordham
june tabor
karaoke
kate and anna mcgarrigle
kate bush
keri hulme
kirsty maccoll
kristian hoffman
l. frank baum
laura nyro
leering drunken stoats
leo sayer
livingston taylor
local hero
louisa may alcott
m.f.k. fisher
margaret atwood
marilyn hacker
mark aaron james
mary maclane
musical theater
narrow-ruled notebooks
neil gaiman
new york city
next to normal
november project
october project
p.g. wodehouse
pamela dean
parsnips
passing strange
pat califia
patricia a. mckillip
patrick califia
patti smith
paul taylor
people like us
peter blegvad
piano bars
pilobolus
polyamory
port
power pop
pretentious british art rock
radical sexuality
rainbow flava
richard thompson
robyn hitchcock
rose's turn
ruth m. arthur
sake
samuel r. delany
seattle
sexual freedom
sexuality
sherry
shirley jackson
single malt scotch
small batch bourbon
spoon
stephen sondheim
stephin merritt
stew
sushi
suzy bogguss
the beautiful south
the bone people
the book of disquiet
the dismemberment plan
the go-betweens
the magic garden
the magnetic fields
the negro problem
the thirteen clocks
the well
theodore sturgeon
ursula k. le guin
weird romance
wesley stace
william browning spencer
xtc
zenna henderson
zilpha keatley snyder
jennifer_brozek
Jennifer Brozek
emerge
Fire In The Rain
Fire in the Rain, Singer in the Storm
ilipodscrill
the wallet biopsy
Drawn to the Margins
schmidtybooger
what a curious life we have found here tonight
this girl's life
autodidactic
glossolalia black
telesilla
relax, I know how to make cement
orien
Gabriel
Angels and demons--
zookeeper_tales
Zookeeper Tales
temujin9
Nathaniel Eliot
Adamant Times
schpahky
Euphonia, Sorceress of Inks
I Own Every Bell That Tolls Me
misiamanners
Misia Manners: Social Lubrication for Modern Living
rockradar
Just A Fool's Impression
filkerdave
FilkerDave
Do I contradict myself?
callunav
Calluna V.
There Is No Safety In This World
annafdd
Anna Feruglio Dal Dan
Anna's Journal
gloriajn
Anime Bullock
Army of Me
bensong1
poeticalpanther
A Ferocious Urban Panther
Asymmetrical Flickerings of an Untuned Mind
earlofgrey
Jack Grey: Celestial Teapot
Aesthetic Tea.
aliceinfinland
Alice In Finland
mjlayman
Marilee J. Layman
quarkwiz
prosicated
Luminous mind, bright devil
big life; small space
tikva
Jacqueline Russell-Terrier
I am the fountain of affection.
tdanaher
agrumer
Avram Grumer
Avram's journal
Soren deSelby Bowen a/k/a Scraps
Autophasia
wherdragon
Wherdragon
Caffinated Musings
ambar
Ambar
popelizbet
beloved of monsters and women made free
wolfchylde
Pyter De Winter
The Lair of the Evil Wolf
gaaneden
Jennifer
Apocalypse Girl
madmanatw
Madman Across the Water
You can be anything this time around
alanro
Alan Rosenthal
In Suspect Terrain
glossolalia
Sunday's Clown
Glossolalia
beelavender
Bee Lavender
foment
spreadsothin
love, me
yes, and?
kibbles
Kibbles
nancylebov
Input Junkie
seagoon
Chas Dean
The Seagoon Memoirs
xopher_vh
Virtuous Heathen
kalypso_v
Kalypso
Life on Ogygia
striped
Striped
The light changes
fuguewriter
Michael R. Brown
lasivian2
Lasivian
brithistorian
BritHistorian
Big Answers to Small Questions
irontongue
unquietmind
hysteric glamour
counslr_tragedy
armoire_man
Ricardo non-Montalban
Moving
stonebender
Guy, now with cognitive thought processes!
Vague Wisdom
7br
Seven Bold Rabbits
bindyree
Brin Marie
Halfway To The Stars
mallorys_camera
Every Day Above Ground
Mallory's Camera
farragoblog
Farragoblog
cancerchronicle
Cancer Chronicle
rozk
Roz Kaveney
Silence Exile and Crumpets
fledgist
Mountainside
lyonessnyc
Meanderings
ultrabithorax
Adam Stein
LOVE is anterior to life
diatryma
Diatryma
Things Happened
randy_byers
Randy Byers
Dry Ice Factory
katestine
Viola of Messaline
Else what's a heaven for?
light_of_summer
Karen E. Summerly
Moving Toward Sustainability
anaisdjuna
Oh yeah... I said that....
folk
curiousangel
Michael
aviatrix18
Aviatrix18
vflig
Once in a lifetime
missfairchild
Alison
In Perils Oft
elisem
Lioness
Honour Your Inner Magpie
stealthpup
Clay
Maze of Twisty Passages
fimbrethil
Lady Oak Sleeper
I Was Searching For a Place Called Confidence
blackperson
freaky like the daughter of a pastor
we made love and then laughter
almeda
El. Almeda Mason
A Fishdragon's Ramblings
palabritas
Little Big Word
sun_set_bravely
"my work is loving the world"
how it is that we live forever
fractallyhappy
gothgeekgirl
I've got the younger man- now where's my sports car?
kvaadk
It only looks random ...
mamadeb
Mama Deb
MamaDeb's Notebook
p_m_cryan
Patty Cryan
Patty Cryan's Blog
rysmiel
Angelic Eye for the Gendered-Species Individual
Stained Glass Wings
airspaniel
the prettiest girl in the bingo hall
perhaps this will be a lesson to you in the value of compassion.
sassafras_siren
The Iron Fist in a Velvet Glove...
I, Siren
driqa
endogenousardor
Endogenous Ardor
otherwise_nyc
Rose
Home away from blog
crazysoph
Package Deal
lusty
Lusty
beaq
opportunity refund
a sensorial urn
adpaz
Obey the Hat
Wondering through the World
scarbaby
Betty Wrong
Sometimes I Can't Tell the Difference Between Awesome and Awful
fastfwd
Ceci N'est Pas Une Blog
scott_lynch
Scott
The Dork Lord, on His Dork Throne
xiphias
Xiphias Gladius
Bartender Geek
diskerror
Reid
Disk error, bad Reid.
wild_irises
Debbie N.
Gossip Consciously
readwrite
Robert
kip_w
Copious Free Time
deebeazy
judge
siriosa
croneitude
Croneitude
rmjwell
Mayor of "There"
Derek Flint's mind in Victor Buono's body
zoethe
Zoethe
The Fucking Bluebird of Goddamn Happiness
nickelchief
Nickel Chief
the face at the edge of the banquet
insomnia
Insomnia
slit
my downstairs laura
america this is quite serious
editrx
Editrx
THE RED PENCIL DIARIES
tamingkate
arkuat
humblepie
Adventures of a Silly Girl in Chicago
brododaktula
this is violence and holy words
19_crows
19 Crows
blue_by_you
Anois Blue
Rain With A Chance of Sun Breaks
pecunium
Terry Karney
Better than salt money
fredcritter
Fred A Levy Haskell
Little Chromium Switch
who_is_she
LilRed
tnh
Teresa Nielsen Hayden
volund
Mark William Richards
Tired, But Hopeful ...
michaelnolan
Finish Strong!
cz_unit
Musings from the CZ unit
Pull the switch, Igor!
ladypeculiar
Negameister
A Burning, Gemlike Flame
kuangning
Cairsten
Hegira
big_girl
The Queen of Sheeeba
Complete and Utter Drivel
ceciliatan
pennae aquilae
kylecassidy
kyle cassidy
if you can't be witty, then at least be bombastic
akycha
Other Rose
Shadows and brittle imaginings
quodlibetic
I'm worth a million in prizes
You think you're so smart, but I've seen you naked.
pir_anha
piranha @ dreamwidth
piranha's tank
ericthemad
Eric
~Ten Leagues Beyond The Wide World's End~
ravenna_c_tan
The Raven's Quill
celestialabyss
Diann
Falling into the Celestial Abyss
sujata
Molly
I'm a Hazard to Myself
rikibeth
Rikibeth
living breathing talking love
ephany
Ephany
A Girl, A Chick, A Beat
seductionjunkie
weapon of mass seduction
All these moments will be lost, in time...like...tears...in the rain...
guttaperk
Stumbling in search of precision and grace
jbsegal
JB's Incredibly Occasional Ramblings
tactisle
Skyler
Bode Hall Leaning Annex
seanan_mcguire
Seanan McGuire
Rose-Owls and Pumpkin Girls
patashoqua
Sykii
tamiroff
TAMIRoffal
greytweed
A Quinn Martin Production
dania_audax
Dania Audax
Dania Audax's House of Wonders
kimberly_a
Kimberly
deluge in a paper cup
darkrosetiger
Darkrose
you are so good to me eggplant mike
songwind
Songwind
If you want to read the mystic story written in your future
intelligentrix
Intelligentrix
Life is Not a Zero-Sum Game
scarlettina
Scarlett Letters
harriet_m_welsh
Harriet the Spy
jactitation
The past may not be past, but this pretty much is.
sillylilly_bird
theferrett
The Ferrett
The Watchtower of Destruction: The Ferrett's Journal
envoy
Envoy
The Adventures of Ludicrous McGuffin
sculpin
a head full of bees
dyfferent
exit wound in a foreign nation
jenett
Surrendering to the mystery
This is the sound of one voice
georgiamagnolia
Maggie, or sometimes Georgie...
Welcome to the MagnoliaVerse... Life and Comix
headgardener
Judith
ruth_lawrence
Ruth Lawrence
Ruth Lawrence's Journal
red_frog
Magi
How Red_Frog Got Her Groove Back
peake
Through the Dark Labyrinth
triesticity
pigeons on the grass alas
i don't wanna be a jet airliner
matociquala
it's a great life, if you don't weaken
throw another bear in the canoe
redstapler
A Punk Rock Joan Holloway Trying To Be Ianto Jones
"Goodnight, ladies. I'm off to go be part of another story."
shrtncurlygrrrl
Ruth Lawrence's Dodgy Journal
larivee22
Beaucoup Books Blue Stocking's Bag
decarnin
Atomic Cakehole
riverrocks
Lane
People and Places and Things, Oh My!
sartorias
Sherwood Smith
Oached Pish
evilrooster
Evilrooster
holyoutlaw
Luke McGuff
wauwau
Wau-Wau
Waking Up to a Post-35 Life
hlw
Howard
A trip to madness
kizlj
Kiz
stakebait
Mer
Largely Composed of Hay
saltbox
her other side
coyotegoth
Coyote
a sort of deranged charisma
artemitis
Artemitis
Where are we going...
kaffy_r
Grasping at Grace
orobouros
Caoimhín
Apophasis
roozle
Plan for Pandemonium
supremegoddess1
Yes, I Have One
I am a Figment of my Own Imagination
gordonzola
Gordonzola
baron_elric
Elric
sagefemme11
Windi
My Magic Carpet Ride
sophie_love
Let me kiss you until the dawn
nisi_la
Nisi Shawl
fangorn
Erik
nightcrawler
bibliofile
A monstrous rambling
Ironie, egalité, absurdité
ninjacodemonkey
i think i saw my inner child on the side of a milk-carton
bizetsy
Betsy
Slow down fast train/
beetiger
Bumblebee
neonnurse
Susan the Neon Nurse
The Neon Nurse's Nebulous Natterings
megancrane
Megan Crane & Caitlin Crews
tsenft
Terri Senft
pnh
Patrick Nielsen Hayden
madrobins
Running Air
kristenj
To say nothing of the cat
daystreet
Mike
DAY STREET
elthar
Stomping Grounds
bart_calendar
Drunken Expat Writer
silverfae
Redheadfae
Third Culture Woman of a Certain Age
maryread
Jae Leslie, aka MaryRead the Pirate Queen
The Pirate Queen
tinywarrior
Cate
alg
anna louise genoese
Viva Love!
badger2305
Victor Raymond
Limits of Sagacity
evilelfling
Tsarina Bitch
spiralflames
Coeur de Lys
Objects in your Past are Closer than they Appear.
adrian_turtle
Adrian Turtle
Better Living and Chemistry
cinema_babe
Easy Wind and Downy Flake
watashi
Watashi
Always Starting Over
cygnoir
Halsted M. Bernard
swansong
miss_mimsy
Rachel
Snarks, Boojums, and Borogoves
daisydumont
Vicki
arachnejericho
Arachne Jericho
S∂ at LiveJournal
gravitrue
mary_wroth
Uncle Catherine
Fuck Station Zero
lawnrrd
Unfrozen Caveman Patent Lawyer
Jon
pameladean
Fighting Crime with a Giant Dandelion Since 2013
czarchasm
Bryan, Unofficial Holy Man (in training)
An Unofficial Holy Man™ with No Answers
katyakoshka
Quiet Climate Refugee
Fresh Fields of Textual Ignimbrite
but_the_sea
But the Sea Does Not Change
cjsherwood
Cubby J. Sherwood
Justin's Musings
tendaberry
my happy-ending November song
Stranger than Fiction?
reive
irrational number, fissionable material: reive
skylarker
Skylarker
Sky Writing
rhondak
RHONDAK
RHONDAK - Funny Bar Signs, Mermaids..More.
wrayb
nostrangerer
words first
kenhighcountry
Ken Highcountry
Grab your coat, let's get out of here
gtrout
GrandfatherTrout
The Pool of Radiance
ladymondegreen
Lady Mondegreen
Radio Mondegreen
replyhazy
Reply Hazy, Ask Again Later
thebratqueen
Tuesday Has No Phones
TBQ's LJ
wouldyoueva
Eva Whitley
A relationship without truth is like a broken cell phone
cadhla
The Rain King
tla
ξενική μὲν, χρησίμη δὲ
adventures in academia
sirensvoice
the voice of reason
letter_d
Eclect-o-mat
tbonejenkins
LaShawn M. Wanak
bheansidhe
where have my words been?
taking pictures and then giving them back
jonbaker
Jonathan
fgty
Tortilla Montpelier
Tortilla's Mudflat Pejoratives
pegkerr
Peg Kerr
Peg Kerr's Journal
teramis
Teramis
The T Report
lydy
Lydy Nickerson
Lydy's Anarchist Revival Meeting
bluevelvet
Blue Velvet
I Spy Apocalypse
circumspectly
Nope
A heart fulla Hell...
dadafountain
O Lordy Begordy
chickenfeet2003
Kitten Kommissar
The Kitten Kommissar
dhole
Alter S. Reiss
Look out! Octopus!
striped_slashed
Zebraslash
striped, slashed
_evalution
After all, this is the story of a girl and her map:
kalyx
The Book of Secrets
liminal_skin
red_queen
Red Queen
Reeling and Writing and Fainting in Coils
bugsybanana
Christine Quinones
jonsinger
Jon Singer
ADDenda & Incorrigenda
nex0s
nixtoatl
Rainbow Rocketeer
e_compass_rosa
Orb
soloadventure
The last thing you should do
louiseroho
Pagan Mom
ophiuchus999
s00j
spaces between notes
hanneblank
Drawing A Blank
dreamking00
Obsessed with Reality
cattitude
Big Purple Cat
davidlevine
David D. Levine
I Aim To Misbehave
trifles
Cassandra
think nought a trifle, though it small appear;
rezendi
it's a vain pursuit but it helps me to sleep
shelly_rae
A Rae in the Sun
paft
Forever Isn't Over Yet
bohemiancoast
rubylou
Needs No More Cowbell.
serenejournal
Serene Vannoy
Serene's LJ
aiela
Angie
Drink Deep If You Want To, Daughter...
chr0me_kitten
Crescent Fresh
the chr0me kitten
mrissa
Marissa Lingen
Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway
hajime
Hal
baiacou
crazy in an economy-sized package
an infinite deal of nothing
zingerella
Zabaglione and Zeitgeist
suecochran
Sue Stuff
polyfrog
Both, And...
When tautologies are outlawed
elionwyr
..there are squirrels in my head...
...there are squirrels in my head...
askeladden
Mirabai Knight
Vellicated By Some Sharp Serosity
perldiver
Diver's Pursuits
amilori
Ami Legare
annie_r
annie
could be meat, could be cake
singsomelyrical
some lyrical shit
damnitnicole
...and a cute argumentative girl to wrestle with
The butterflies in my stomach have flown up through my throat and learned to love the open air
lolliejean
Left of Center
juliansinger
Kate
Aposiopesis
marydell
Mary Dell
Torrefaction
i_dread
.::Beat An' Blood::..