ok folks, this is the last day of submissions, so get your work in.

Chick Flicks Ezine

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I was just about to start building my ark. it's been raining here for several days off and on, but mostly on in the last two. we need the rain, but man, it's soggy outside.

big yahoo to my girl, Saf, for appearing in the newest edition of Smokelong Quarterly. it's well deserved! most editors are afraid of Saffy's work. she's a little too dark for most tastes i suppose, or a little too honest for fiction, i haven't figured out which one yet. one day though, they're all gonna be eating their words ("not fit for our publication") she'll be laughing all the way to the bank.

as for me, my writing isn't going too well. i'm trying, but *sigh* oh well. but i'm not down. i've got lots of non-writing(yet artistic) projects to keep me occupied. i know everyone will pish posh me, but sometimes it's best to realize that you're good but not great. i've known that for awhile. i'm not upset, because regardless of whether i ever make any head way or not, i've just got to write.

now onto uh domestic stuff. our public school systems suck. and however bad you northerners have it, believe me it's worse down here. example...a neighbor of mine taught in a small town school just down the road. he was from new york and tried six times to pass their teaching test, but to no avail. so he moved down south and took the test, passing it the first time. what does that tell you?

well, most politicians will complain that there's no money to put into public education. consequently, we rank at about a middle school level when compared with the rest of the world.

well, i might just be a simple southern gal, but i've found lots of money the government could use towards public education. here's an idea...why don't we stop giving the armed forces all that money to advertise? i mean, do they really need to? a few high school job fairs, and an occassional commercial would do just fine....not spending millions of dollars on sponsoring a nascar(about three out of the four branches sponsor either a Busch or Nextel Cup car). what a waste of money. as is the spiffy custom painted $100,000+ Hummer the marines take to x-games exhibitions and summer music festivals.

and then we wonder why most of our population is illiterate. hmmmm, i wonder why?

ok, i'm done bitchin and moanin. for now anyway. but don't worry, i'll be back...i always am.