tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5930195135921732761Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:29:47 +0000What it becamehttp://www.brightandbeautiful.org/noreply@blogger.com (Laura Motta)Blogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5930195135921732761.post-4839088292547866243Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:26:00 +00002009-04-10T17:29:47.586-04:00There is a man standing in my bedroom. I will recall the silhouette of him, black against the yellow light in the hallway, until the day I die, the outline of his hat, which gives away his identity in seconds, but still not fast enough to quell my terrible, screaming fear. He is not a burglar or a crazed drunk or a rapist, which are my first three thoughts as I tumble out out of bed, hair askew, http://www.brightandbeautiful.org/2009/04/bad-friday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura Motta)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5930195135921732761.post-480427390444544225Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:06:00 +00002009-03-25T09:07:07.948-04:00writing portfolioThe first piece of anything I ever published on the internet was a 40,000-word piece of fanfiction in the spring of 1998. (Prepare to be horrified. It’s still here.) Since then, I have posted enough blog posts, essays, short stories, poems-in-disguise, and status updates to fill six novels, and have written bibles of poorly-compliant, mostly-obsolete code.Among the more recent wreckage, you’ll http://www.brightandbeautiful.org/2009/03/pedagogy-before-we-begin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura Motta)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5930195135921732761.post-1340744666443249913Sat, 07 Mar 2009 15:40:00 +00002009-03-08T10:09:03.865-04:00That I've been obsessed with at one point or other in my life. No particular order. There are probably spelling mistakes.1. Dear Prudence - The Beatles2. Wolfman Jack - Todd Rundgren3. Get Up and Go - Hanson4. Superstition - Stevie Wonder5. Fly - The Dixie Chicks6. April Fools - Rufus Wainwright7. Kate - Ben Folds Five8. Shadowboxer - Fiona Apple9. Joining a Fan Club - Jellyfish10. Ballad of a http://www.brightandbeautiful.org/2009/03/100-songs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura Motta)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5930195135921732761.post-6027127852383188366Sat, 21 Feb 2009 23:28:00 +00002009-02-24T09:39:07.965-05:00performanceinnermonologuesreadingNeed some Laura facetime? If you're in New York, come see me this week at the Inner Monologues reading series. I'll be reading about... um... evangelism. The details:Inner MonologuesBar on A170 Avenue A (at 11th St.) [ Map]7:30 pm, no cover, no minimumTheme: Mixed Blissingshttp://www.brightandbeautiful.org/2009/02/performance-anxiety.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura Motta)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5930195135921732761.post-7262959754160647905Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:24:00 +00002009-02-15T19:24:46.590-05:00Just wanted to test this with an image. So I did.http://www.brightandbeautiful.org/2009/02/this-is-whats-happening.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura Motta)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5930195135921732761.post-1396057764894744085Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:53:00 +00002009-01-24T17:56:15.884-05:00I am still sorting out how this will work, but in general it works like this:Le Blog Laura is updated with a piece about Corsica. Stay tuned, as always, for more writing.http://www.brightandbeautiful.org/2009/01/new-writing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura Motta)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5930195135921732761.post-1946287551413840738Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:57:00 +00002009-01-13T22:03:49.133-05:00Hello.My name is Laura and I'm the proprietress of this web site. I've been the proprietress of this web site for like a decade, which you'd think would mean I'd know how to use it and build things on it. But I kinda don't. I'm in the process of fixing it right now, which is why it looks like this. You know what's funny about that statement? Six years ago, I put up a splash graphic and a list of http://www.brightandbeautiful.org/2009/01/oh-stay-tuned.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura Motta)0