Echoes in a Hollow Space

Random quote of the day:

“[Man] is asked to make of himself what he is supposed to become, to fulfill his destiny. In every act of moral self-affirmation man contributes to the fulfillment of his destiny, to the actualization of what he potentially is.”

—Paul Tillich, The Courage to Be



Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Key and Peele, Celine Dion, or Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

Random quote of the day:

 

“The world is a jumble of men and women who have failed to find their destiny.  They are like hungry rivers that never reach the sea.”

—Nina FitzPatrick, Daimons

 

 

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

From the Simile of the Day Generator: Destiny is like a loaf of bread.

My parse: The more you eat, the less you have.

Or perhaps: Slather it in butter and you won't care.

Maybe: The Universe takes the loaf and leaves us the crumbs?

It's a good thing I don't do this every day or I might go insane(r).

The other thing I'm wondering on this alternately sunny and rainy day is why it is that we're here in December and most of the major cable networks have new "ghost" shows on. October I could see, but December? And SciFi (won't use the ridiculous new name) is running a Ghost Hunters marathon on Christmas Eve. Very festive. Here's the roundup:

• Haunted Homes - It's hard to decorate when poltergeists are flinging your froufrous, but Martha has tips for decorating and clearing ceremonies. (Plus, she pretty scary herself.)

• Paranormal State - Do paranormal infestations cause acne, I wonder?
• A Haunting - In which A&E attempts to prove that demons are everywhere. Paranormal State has something of the same vibe.
• Extreme Paranormal - Geeky and fey guys acting all macho with the dead folks.

• Ghost Lab - Texas is big—and so are its paranormal investigators. Also, loud, bullying, and disrespectful. Disclaimer: I know for a fact all Texans are not like this. Most are good people.

• Ghost Hunters, Ghost Hunters International, Ghost Hunters Academy - That's one hell of a franchise.

• Ghost Intervention - From the producers of Ghost Hunters: how to get rid of the pests that GH proves you have.

• Celebrity Ghost Stories - Ridiculous, yet kind of creepy. Especially the one David Carradine did three months before he died. It involved a haunted closet and an eerie experience with a tie. I'm absolutely serious.
•    Ghostly Encounters - Short, Canadian, and truly eerie.
•    Psychic Investigators, Psychic Kids, reruns of Haunted History - Ghosts are a great schedule filler at Bio.

• Haunted History - Old, moldy, and venerable. Also, Ghosts of Gettysburg, and many another one-short ghost-themed show.

• Ghost Adventures - This show has replaced Most Haunted on their line-up, which was far and away the most ridiculous show on TV. I'm not sure Ghost Adventures is much better—far too much testosterone going on—but it is a slight improvement.

• Haunting Evidence - Because crime is worth exploiting in every possible way.

Ghosts are like...where's a simile generator when you need one?

I don't know how near, but at last I can see the end of Charged with Folly looming on the horizon. And it caught me all unawares!

I've been worried the last month because it seemed I was veering off onto another one of my infamous tangents. I wasn't at all sure how it related to the main body of the story. I kept writing, hoping that I would either quickly find its relevance to the story, or it would become evident that I'd tricked myself. If I had tricked myself, it would mean chucking a lot of work, but fighting this thread of narrative wasn't working, either. When I fought it, I got stalled. I just had to go with it.

Then late last week everything fell into place. I knew where the tangent was taking me, how it related to the larger story, and, it turns out, it wasn't a tangent at all, but an integral part of the puzzle. Once I saw that, the ending rose out of mists and dark waters—and it's not all that far away!

There may yet be snags ahead, but right now it looks like "Land ho!" and clear sailing to port. Arrrr!


Random quote of the day:

"We have a habit of turning out to be what we're supposed to be, regardless of whether we like it or not, or know it or not."

—K. J. Parker, Shadow

Note: Until I did a google image search to illustrate this quote with filters off, I did not realize how many online porn stars were named Destiny. (Do not try this at home unless you really do want an eyeful.)