Take A Little of This and A Little of That...

....And you put that shit together to make yourself a post. :) Man, you ever have one of those weeks where you can't wait for Monday to come so you can hit the reset button and release the baggage of the past seven days? Yeah? I got one day left to go...I can't remember the last time I was so glad to see a week end. lol I could complain about each problem individually and in great detail (don't think the thought did not cross my mind...it did...) but because I like and value my pals here in the world of blogs, I'll do a shorter condensed version. Ready for it? Deep breath...
It started with a fight (nothing good follows that in my world)...and then a makeup (aha...so you think right now shit might get better and you set your standard for the week higher than you should)...and then someone very dear to me decides to drop off the face of the planet (maybe not the planet as a whole but my little slice of it) and because this person has a...how shall I put this?...colorful history my mind has gone over a million negative possibilities for what might have happened. However, because this same person also has the tendency to drop off the face of my planet for a few days (though not usually this long) I am probably being paranoid so I've decided to stop thinking on that. Then grandpa went back into the hospital and he's been none to happy about it which made grandma unhappy and let me tell ya something, folks, when grandma aint happy aint NO BODY happy...then some events transpired that have left me with a choice that isn't much of a choice at all concerning my life...then my ex's first child's mother passed away unexpectedly. Now, while this is quite sad (she was young, had three children, and died of a heroin overdose...very sad indeed) and my heart goes out to her family, in my mind there was no reason why I should have been contacted by everyone who knows us both (including my own mother) about this bringing up that entire part of my life that I do not want any ties to anymore....my body has been a bitch...my mind isn't helping things....BUT....
Silver lining to every cloud, ya know...
I have written somewhere between fifty and sixty pages of Rapunzel this week and I am so close to the finish line I could almost smell it (if my nose was about twelve feet long). We've made it into the 20th century at least. Won't be long now before the proof-reading begins and then she goes out into the world and I...well...I get another book to promote, another blog to start, and a whole new query letter to write. Well hell. I was excited for a minute. haha No, seriously, this is good news. I am ready to finish this book (again...only for good this time) and start Beauty and the Beast. So far I've had only a small introduction to my new set of characters, the made up people I will be spending the next year or so with and I am ready to know them better, to see where this story is going to go. So as long as I stay productive and my writing keeps flowing, it aint all bad. 
In other news...You like music? I LOVE music. And in the past two weeks two tours have been announced that have caught my attention. The first is Staind and Godsmack (Godsmack I could totally do without but I would probably grit my teeth and sit through a Justin Beiber concert as long as Staind would follow him) and Staind (Or, more accurately, Aaron because he is the one who keeps doing this with his damned solo dates) has literally gone complete around the state of Ohio. So if I want to see them this year I need to come up with the money and a ride either to Lexington Ky. or Huntington WV. Their new video is terribly flashy and they are playing roughly one hundred miles from me...the band isn't earning any points for being epileptic friendly these days. hahaha Anyway, Rock on the Range, which is a pretty big deal here in Ohio, has finally announced their line up this week and Marilyn Manson is going to be there (so is Godsmack...but not Staind...even though they are touring together at that time...go figure.) The Staind show, if I go to the one in Kentucky, is on the fourth of May and Rock on the Range is May twelfth. That gives me three months to figure out if I am really going to attempt on a shoe string budget to see both shows and if I am...how. I haven't been to a concert since (get this!) 2003. Nine friggin' years, man! I think it is time. Plus I've been all psyched anyway because last year Staind, Seether, and Evanescence all released new albums. And....best part of all...in my opinion they were all bad ass.  I will give you one guess who I would have put on a tour together if I ruled the world...lol So I have a goal and now all I need is a plan. That shouldn't be too hard for a Neurotic Type A Personality like me, right? I'll be sure to let you all know how that works out for me. 
So, my week overall? Not great. And I hope yours was better, my friends. But it's all good because I hold tight to Scarlet's theory with her overly dramatic "Because tomorrow....is another day!" It is. Always. And if I need further inspiration to remind me to let it go and look ahead there is always this song:

Makes me smile (and get the hell over myself) every time, man. :) So here's to tomorrow...

I've Spent My Morning in the 17th Century...

See, writers can get away with crazy post titles like that because muggles assume we're insane anyway. Oh? Am I randomly mixing in Harry Potter terms? I apologize. I haven't slept yet. Funniest part of all? Except for the books I read to my baby sister, I am not even a Harry Potter fan...hahahaha The title actually isn't so crazy, though, as I've spent the past few hours working on Rapunzel and that happens to be the part of the book "we" are currently in. Rapunzel is tearing up hell during the English Civil War of that period just as she tends to tear up hell every where. Have I ever mentioned that she is one of my favorite characters to ever come from my warped mind? No? Well, she is. haha 
My grandfather is doing better. He is off of ventilators and talking although the doctor is telling us he now has what is known as ICU psychosis which, simply put, means that because of all the time he has spent not knowing whether it is night or day or what day it is, all of the time he's spent away from us and all that is familiar, he is developing symptoms like agitation (that has been his main symptom so far) and paranoia (he thinks the nurses are trying to kill him...yep, I think that qualifies) and he is very confused (yesterday he thought he had a load to deliver because he is a retired truck driver and he told the doctor that he is twenty four years old though the latter might simply have been to screw with the doctor because he's good like that). Still, he is making improvement and that is the best news my family has had in a week.


As for me? Well, I spent half of last night voice chatting with a great guy (yes, my fellow broken...soul?) and the other half tearing up hell in 17th century England with Rapunzel so it could be worse. As long as my mind is busy, as long as I don't try to sleep until I know I will close my eyes and be gone for a few hours, I am just fine. :) Yes, this is how I deal. And in this moment, I'm ok. So alas! I think it works. haha


Music I've been Writing to:

And last but by no means least:

These songs are taken from the soundtrack of my favorite French film, All the Mornings of the World (Tous Les Matins du Monde). No, of course I don't speak French (though I've always wanted to learn). I use subtitles like everyone else. lol But if you don't mind subtitles(or you do speak French), I recommend this movie one hundred percent. I thought it was AMAZING!!!!!

You Might Have Noticed a Few Changes to this Blog

The explanation for this change is simple. The posts I deleted? Parts of my life that I've left behind. The new blog name? A better representation of me (it is actually one of my personalities...the most pleasant one...go with it, people. :) ), and the change in content that I intend to implement? That's pretty simple too. I have this blog, it is supposed to represent the me that I am when I am not pushing my book, and it was so boring that I was afraid to share it. Now, yes, my life may be a bit of a bore at times but I have very diverse interests and some of them others may even enjoy seeing little snippets of. So we, my beloved readers and I, are going to test that theory. Not in this post, though. Nope, in this post I am laying out the 'what you can expect' portion of the blogging program. Now, please don't let the "witch" in the title freak you out. First, I happen to be a good witch ( </:) I'm Wiccan...or...as Satanists like to explain when talking of my religion, the people that are all fluffy like bunnies...tree huggers...dirt worshipers...hippies with pointed hats....I'm sure you get the picture and if you have questions never EVER hesitate to ask. I am hard to offend and an honest question will always get an honest answer. Period.) As I said, the title refers to my happy side (DJ Dr. Ke is my music posting side...you'll see her in this blog on more than one occasion as well), plain and simple. Now, if I read a good book about Wicca or Magick or something along those lines, if I learn something new and interesting, or if I have something I want to address pertaining to that aspect of my life, I will throw it in a post. I may even do a whole post on something "witchy" but if I do I can add a disclaimer so if you subscribe to this blog and you are not interested, you don't have to waste your time finding that out for yourself. Yes, I am nice like that. But most of the blog will probably be posts about music, about what is going on in my life and in my always busy head, about what good or not so good books I am reading, maybe what I am writing or what I would like to write....fairly typical blogging stuff, ya know? I want it to be fun, diverse, amusing to write and to read....I want it to be more like me. That's the point, right? And maybe if I enjoy writing it, I will post more than once every three months. So I promise not to freak you, my beloved readers, out if you promise not to abandon me while I try out this new idea. Deal? And as always...have something you want to say? Never hesitate. That's what the comment box is for. I love hearing from anyone who takes the time to read what I write....even if you think it sucks. :) Until the next time...

Yeah, I love that song. It makes me smile. Did it make you smile? I hope so. :)


Oh, and a PS from The Happy Hippie Witch? Last week, I finished The Help. I gave it four stars as I found it to be a good read. So, if you are looking for something to read and you put yourself on the library wait list today maybe you'll get to read it by next month. lol