''To dream the impossible dream, to fight the unbeatable foe, to bear with unbearable sorrow, to run where the brave dare not go, to right the unrightable wrong, to love, pure and chaste, from afar; to try when your arms are too weary; to reach the unreachable star. This is my Quest---to follow that star, no matter how hopeless, no matter how far, to fight for the right without question or pause'' (The Impossible Dream - lyrics by Joe Darion, music by Mitch Leigh)
1. I have a son now. He's five.
2. I have an agent now. She's awesome and is working on selling Dead Man Stalking.
3. Dread Queen is still not done.
4. Neither is our basement.
5. Purge is still at his "new" job.
6. I'm at a new job, but I still go into the law firm on weekends for extra cash.
7. I'm still at the Dudley Farm on weekends and selling well -- jewlery, beads and scarves.
8. I don't play Warcraft anymore. I don't play anything anymore really except for Facebook games. Castleville lately.
9. I don't read as much anymore. But I'm glad to know where I left off in EE Knight's series and Jasper Pforde's series by reading the archives.
10. I still read Ladies #1 Detective Agency. I've got his new book on my kitchen table as I type this.
11. Gus is dead. He had to be put down for attacking my father.
12. Tish is dead. She died in her sleep curled into a ball on my bed.
13. The paralegal course was a waste of money.
14. I tweet: #jamiekswriter
15. I facebook: jamie k schmidt
16. I rarely livejournal
17. I lost 60 lbs in six months on a radical, medically supervised liquid diet last year.
18. I gained it all back in three months after emotional eating gone out of control after my son had to get stitches near his eye.
19. My grandfather is gone now, but never forgotten. He got to meet and play with my son. I can't remember if he ever got to hold him or if he was too scared.