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| Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 | | 4:50 pm |
| | Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 | | 5:08 pm |
| | Thursday, March 26th, 2009 | | 7:48 pm |
Gaaar! I keep trying to post, but haven't had much online time lately. Except for being out of town last week, I've been hanging w/ grandma since her fall at the beginning of the month. It has actually turned out to be a surprisingly positive thing. We were never very close, she and I, but I guess we've bonded some through this experience, or have at least become more comfortable in each others' company. Sadly, she has no internets, hence my lack of posting, but she does have the Sci Fi channel, hence my increase in Stargate: Atlantis watching. I've tried to get writing done while there, and have managed to accomplish some. Not much, mind you. Just..."some". My new goal is to have the rough draft finished by June 1st. Finished. In other news, have had this random song in my head for about three weeks: Current Mood:  determined | | Saturday, March 7th, 2009 | | 10:30 pm |
Erum, came on to post, and changed my mind. Had a long week. Now craving something sweet, like cookies or a doughnut. Have applesauce. Do not want. Current Mood:  where's my cookie? | | Saturday, February 28th, 2009 | | 10:32 pm |
Squeee!
Went to see Celtic Woman last night. Awesome. Seriously, excellent show. Expensive, but tewtally worth the price. Woot!! Current Mood:  happy | | Thursday, February 12th, 2009 | | 9:45 am |
My Seeester!
Here's my big sis in a music video. It's home-made, obviously, and the piano was not in tune, but still, she wrote this song for her church back in Chicago, somebody recorded it, and here 'tis: (Oh, and she's the cute one on the guitar, not the piano lady.) Woot! Current Mood: mellow | | Monday, February 2nd, 2009 | | 1:46 pm |
| | Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 | | 8:46 pm |
| | Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 | | 9:30 am |
| | Thursday, December 18th, 2008 | | 6:53 pm |
| | Tuesday, December 25th, 2007 | | 8:17 pm |
new ideas
Yipee! With the in-laws for Christmas. Hubby's siblings couldn't come, so it's been a quiet visit. Doesn't really feel like Christmas without the others here, but I can't complain, cuz I got tons of writing done yesterday and today. Had a new idea pop into the noggin recently--one I am super excited about--so I am writing out plot notes, character notes, and a few of the dialogues, all to work on more at some point in the future. Am learning to accept that I cannot be the full-time writer I want to be...not right now. I must keep working at the moment and that's that. I do want to stay home and write...of this you have all heard me complain many times. But...whether I ever get anything published or not--whether it turns out I can actually write worth squat or not--I still want to try, and have wanted to for most of my life. For the present, however, I remain Career Woman. *cape flapping in breeze* I am, I have to admit, tired of hearing myself talk about it; tired of wishing I were doing something other than what I am doing. So, I'll just have to squeeze in what scribblings I can until the Writerly Path opens up more widely for me. If it opens at all. Oh, hey, Merry Christmas! *anime face* BEEAH!! Current Mood:  exanimate | | Thursday, October 25th, 2007 | | 1:02 pm |
YAY! Showed a movie in morning class...easy...and have discussion for afternoon class to do...also easy. Have a sleepiness headache which coffee will help cure, and the sun is out, which makes me go, woo! Weekend is pretty busy, but it's mostly fun stuff. Have to take grandma out to lunch for her birthday, but mom and sis will be there for backup and emotional support. We'll all be in it together, that kind of thing. Hubs will be there too, which helps tremendously. He's at home today writing his General Exam Paper for the Master's portion of the degree. Once that's done, well, the world is his oyster. Actually, he hates oysters, but at any rate, he'll feel on top of the world. Until it's time to write Mr. Doctoral Thesis, of course. Then the world will be very complicated; no oysters involved. I'm reading A Little Princess again, just for fun. Kids' book or not, it's such a well-written, adorable little story. I love it. Took a break from P.G. Wodehouse, but for a very silly reason: they were all hardbacks, and I didn't want the extra weight in my bag as I drag it all over campus. I feel that I'll be re-re-reading Evelina very soon. It's a favorite, and I just have to pick it up every now and then. That's the problem with me and books: I so fall in love with them that I read the same ones over and over and over again, and then I don't branch out enough. It's like a sickness. Somebody stage an intervention for me, pls k thx. Current Mood:  silly | | Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007 | | 8:31 am |
Yay! Finally pulling ahead a bit on the lesson plans! I've been putting in about ten hours of preparation time for ever two hours of class, which is really, really irritating. I don't get paid enough to be working this hard. :) In other news, I'm trying to work out a few plot kinks right now, but haven't had much time to sit down and really think about it. I figure if I work like a dog on lesson plans for all of October, then maybe come November I'll have enough time to do a NaNoWriMo challenge. I'll probably keep working on my current thing (thus I'd do the challenge unofficially), but I am tempted to actually register and start scribbling down a sci-fi idea that's been floating around in my head for a while. Problem is, they always say to write what you know, and while I've been reading historical fiction my whole freaking entire life, I have only recently picked up a few sci-fi novels on the side. So....experience in the genre is lacking. :P Also, I wanted there to be a romantic interest between two of the characters in this sci-fi thing, so I tried writing a scene for them just as an exercise, and it came out really, really cheesy. I mean, gag-o-riffic. The kind of romance that shows up in my current thing is all in a context where people are very reserved with their feelings and actions, so touching a hand, offering a hankie, walking together, and things like that can be very romantic. But in a totally different context, where romance needs to be more actively...romantic...I have to admit that I'm at a total loss. I can imagine the scenes just fine--can picture how tones of voice and facial expressions are coming across--but describing those things without making people wretch? Not a strength, apparently. In other other news, I should be working. :) Current Mood:  busy | | Thursday, July 26th, 2007 | | 10:12 pm |
Keep cleaning out my wardrobe and finding things I'd forgotten even existed. Anybody want some ill-fitting clothes? My sis-in-law stayed with us last night, and we had a nice visit. Mom-in-law was down here today to fetch her, so the whole lot of us had lunch at Old Bag o' Nails Pub. No, I did not order fried pickles or beer *hangs head in shame* but only because my tum-tum was a bit active. The hubs and I are having a quiet evening, which is nice. Haven't looked at the story today, but that's prolly good because I sometimes get lost in what I'm doing and can't step back and get a good look at it...can't really explain what I mean, but I'm sure all you writerly types understand what I'm talking about. Can't quite figure out what I'm doing with my hero. *raspberries at hero* My bedroom smells like a fart. Been watching Rurouni Kenshin on DVD...awesome. He's so pretty. *bats eyelashes* Um...thasall. Current Mood:  awake | | Monday, July 23rd, 2007 | | 8:52 pm |
Wheeee!
Got to have an Anime viewing with ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) ryokogal last night, and sat around gabbing about writerly stuff. Been making more progress on the story...feel like I'm finally finding my "voice". This is the absolute first serious, not-for-school thing I've ever worked on, and never thought I'd ever write fiction EVER--only non-fiction, and that way, way down the road--so there's been lots of learnin' along the way, and many ups and downs. May post samples for comments later on, but everything is still very raw and fledgling at this point. Still, it's fun to create! Yipee!!! The hubs has been an invaluable editor, and has lots of good ideas. Woot! And that is all. Current Mood: writerly | | Tuesday, July 17th, 2007 | | 1:54 pm |
What? Am I POSTING? RAWR. I hate drama. I hate people who create drama. Long story behind those words, and it's not a very interesting one to either tell or read, so I will spare us all the aggravation. Found out that I have TWO classes for the Fall! Yipee! The schedule is all messed up, so there's no guarantee that I'll have any students left on my roster by the time everything is straightened out, but technically, I have two classes available to me to teach. Hoo-freakin-ray! :) Am totally obsessed with Kenshin right now. Reading nothing for a change, but am getting some writing done for once! It's slow progress, but progress nonetheless. No other news, which is why I haven't bothered posting in a while. D'oh! Current Mood:  blank | | Monday, May 14th, 2007 | | 9:57 am |
My great grandma had her 101st birthday last week, and we had a party for her on Saturday. She doesn't know who we all are anymore, but had fun anyway. There were balloons, of course, and people bought her some stuffed animals (she loves them) and she ate a big piece of cake. She's weak, old (obviously), and confused, but nothing else is really wrong with her--she's not on any medications--so we're all starting to wonder if she's going to outlive the lot of us. My sister was there with her baby...SO CUTE!! We just kept dangling the baby over grandma for her to see, and she was completely entertained. Sis and her hubs are moving back this way in June, but only until said husband finds a job someplace else. *sigh* I only have about three weeks left in the quarter. It's gone much better this quarter than last, except that I think they've been a bit bored at times. It's hard coming up with new and different activities to keep them entertained. :) The weekend was nice, so on Sunday, we threw a frisbee and ate frozen custard, which are two of my main delights in life. And that is all. Current Mood: content | | Saturday, April 21st, 2007 | | 6:17 pm |
hats off to bad sci-fi
Been sick as a dog this week and coughing my lungs out. Total hours of sleep in five days: dunno, actually...was too tired to count. Hubby took me out today for a bit to see the sun, eat an Italian Ice, and hold baby bunnies at the pet store. It sounds silly, but was really nice. The trip ended in a horrific coughing fit, but was worth it. Have been watching Andromeda on DVD from the local library. The first five episodes were SO BAD that I have no idea how the series survived, but they get better as you go along. ("I got better!!") Of course, the first entire season of TNG was a disaster, but they got better, too, so I guess we just tolerate the bad along with the good. Anyway, there's something fun about cheesy sci-fi. The worse it is, the more pamusing. :) Finished chapter 2, maybe...there's a part I'm not happy with, but I'm moving on anyway. I want to introduce a new character soon, but am not sure when to bring him in. I wanted it to be a bit later, but can't think of anything interesting to happen in between now and then, so he may just pop up anyway. Reading P.G. Wodehouse again...his style is fun, and his stories, though completely ridiculous, are really funny to read. Very light and enjoyable. Highly recommend them. Current Mood:  swearing | | Tuesday, March 27th, 2007 | | 10:17 am |
Update
It got hot and humid very suddenly, so I have nothing to wear and my legs are too pale to be shown yet. Must go to fake-n-bake before I bring out the skirts and shorts. Spring quarter started today, and I once again have only three students. I'm almost beginning to wish my class were required! Then people would have to make time to take it. Bwahahahaha. Our classroom is an oven, and the windows are nailed shut. (Of all the stupid...) I've been in this room before, and it's hot and stuffy no matter what time of year it is. Students can't concentrate when they literally have sweat running down their faces! Their brains turn to mush... my brain turns to mush...it's a very bad thing. The good thing about having such a small class, though, is that we can easily meet at Panera instead. Whoopee! I found some old episodes of Inspector Gadget on Youtube, and they make me so nostalgic. I have almost finished chapter 2; cleaned it up a bit (deleted about two pages of description), but am stuck on a little plot point I can't quite work out, nor can I move on much until I've worked it out. *pout* Think I'll go to a park and mull it over. Hooray! Current Mood: Spring-like | | Thursday, February 15th, 2007 | | 8:51 am |
Write-o-rific
The last two days have been snow days, so I've actually gotten some writing done. Not much, only about six pages, but it was six pages I didn't have before, and since starting over I've been in a bit of a slump as to how I should begin, so...wheeee! And that is all. It's zero degrees here; I'm freezing my butt off. *looking at butt* (I wish some of it would really freeze off.) Current Mood:  okay |
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