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So, just now, couldn't sleep. I decided, what the hell, try to write.

I wrote 1045 words in a bit over half an hour. Lately, I've been lucky if I get 800 words in a *day*. I've exceeded that already and the day's just started.

Damn. Also, that seems to have worn me down to a point where sleep seems possible, yay.

ETA: In the course of my musings, I also found the end. Not in the form where it's ready to be written, but I know what happens which is so awesome since it really bugged me that I had no clue before. I think both characters were a tad embaressed by it, for which I really can't blame them.

Les Miserables

Second topic for splix, because it's another easy one.

In my sophomore year of high school, the drama dept was putting on the musical of Les Mis. I was in Drama I at the time and was not involved with the production. However, as I was really getting into theater, I knew I wanted to see it. Also, I was in French at the time so added bonus. However, I'm one of those people who has to read the book before seeing the adaptation.

The library had an abridged copy (still in the area of 800 pages if I recall). I'll be honest: I don't remember much. It's been too long and I've read a lot inbetween. All I know is I fell in love. I missed most of the movie my French class watched, but I own it now (haven't watched it due to it being VHS and my VCR being psychotic).

And of course I saw the musical. I actually saw it with Bri, the first of...I think three shows we went to together in the time we were both at Central. We had craptastic seats (anyone who went to CHS--the orange bars, all I have to say), but it was still breathtaking. So that's what comes to mind when I think of Les Mis--the musical and how fucking aweswome CHS did. So really, Les Mis was what enamoured me with the school's drama department. I'd heard amazing things, but until then I didn't believe.

Also, Les Mis gave me my introduction to the French Revolution...and contains abut 80% of all I know still, heh.

Doing this topic makes me remember *again* that I don't have the soundtrack. I'll have to change that, and maybe I'll find the time to read it again.

Je suis Chevalier D'eon

This...just, wow...

25th Annual Queer Issue
By Elizabeth Cline

Transmale Nation: Remaking manhood in the genderqueer generation

( With a hankercheif stuffed in my pants... )

Tonight's the night I'mma feel all right...

Very very random...but I think I've finally found a genderfucky name I'm happy with.

Adelay.

True, it's not exactly a name. It's a shortened version of the name my birthname is derived from. But I've been rolling it around in my head and I really love how it sounds.

Would I ever make it my name legally? Hmm, that's still up in the air. But...I might start asking people on campus to call me it next semester. I won't expect Bri or any of you people to call me it *unless you want to*. It' just something to make me feel good about me. For a long time now, my birth name hasn't felt right. And this feels so, so right.