1. Friday I slept in until almost 7:30 (heresy!). Did a lot of writing, which was a good thing as I had a smallish fic due today for the clever_claws fic exchange. I wrote about 3,000 words of my 3,400-word fic between 9 a.m. Friday and 1 a.m. Saturday *pats self on back* It's good to know I am actually still capable of writing anything. I also found time to ( Read more... )

1. So I'm in a pretty good mood today. The two fics I wrote recently are done, beta-read, and I sent the second one off to the ficfest last night. So I'm ahead of deadlines on both of them, which is a new thing for me. *pats self on back* Thanks to the folks who beta'd for me - I really appreciate your help and suggestions. Now that I've actually ( Read more... )

1. Stolen from filkertom, whose flist is a lot different than mine so I really MUST pimp this myself, here is WHORHYTHMICS:

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2. Birthdays! Wheee!!!

Happy birthday, rosina_alcona!!

I hope you're having a wonderful birthday, including some personal time *cough* with Kipper :D

3. Internet Drama and You, or How to avoid looking like a crazy drama queen (king) in ( Read more... )

1. Darling Daughter felt ill last night; she WENT TO BED at 5:30 p.m., woke up at 8 p.m. and went back to bed at 10:30 p.m. Then she slept until 6:40 a.m., when she got up (without being awakened) and threw up. So she had to stay home from school today. All 6th graders in Wisconsin are taking standardized tests this week, so she missed today's test ( Read more... )

1. I just heard that my sister Jane's husband, Jim, who is 49, is hospitalized in New Orleans with pulmonary embolisms (blood clots in his lungs). He had surgery maybe 10 days ago for an inguinal hernia and seemed to be recovering well, then suddenly took a turn for the worse a couple days ago and went to the E.R. So now he's hospitalized and being ( Read more... )