First: I'm making a book (not really for publication, just to have) and the last thing I'm hung up on is a cover. If anyone's up for it, just for fun, would you want to make a cover? I just want a sketch of a black bird with a white background. Sweet and simple! You can add details like the ground or a branch or whatever floats your boat, but you don't have to.I can't pay anything, since this...

Trying to do this whole "self-improvement" thing. A little. Starting with my diet! I'm no longer buying anything which can be eaten immediately (so no chips, cereal, cookies, etc.). Any food I buy must at least require microwaving/chopping (though actual cooking is preferable), because just having to put it in a microwave makes me way less likely to bother eating if I'm not hungry. Stuff like...

Do you know what I did today? I woke up, and I made myself some pumpkin spice tea. Then I dressed in a nice warm sweater, skinny jeans, and flats, wrapped myself up in blankets, and watched Hocus Pocus in a bundle of blankets on the couch.My roommate walked in (wearing a short dress and flip flops, sweating a little bit from the ungodly heat outside), saw the blankets/sweater, smelled the tea,...