Just busy work :)
Well, I feel refreshed!
As some of you may know, I'm in the middle of my busy season and I've spent most of May and June gigging like crazy. But it's all paid off. I'm not just caught up on bills, but should have my July bills, including rent, paid by Sunday, leaving everything else I make this month to go to savings and some wishlist items (I have this long wishlist). I'm happy about that.
I spent the last three days, except for a birthday party Monday night, just vegging and watching stuff on the net and giving myself a full break.from singing or even talking much and just doing busy work.
I've spent this time redoing my CDs as the newest version of Audacity comes with some built-in tools that helped me improve some tracks I wasn't happy with. They sound much better and, whenever I do a third CD (hopefully before the end of the summer), it will be even better with that new mic I got for my last birthday. I'm both looking forward to and dreading using it. I sort of hate recording myself as it takes a lot for me to be happy with it or let go of things I see as flawed (my lateral lisp is a constant annoyance).
I've also been sorting my lj scrapbook into albums -- to be further sorted and it's an annoying process, but sort of addictive when you get started. Incidentally, I have a question for you paid account people...
I know the paid account gives you room for more pics/userpics, but does it offer a better interface for sorting your existing pics?
I always toy with the idea of getting one, then don't because I don't see it as giving me anything more useful than what I'm getting. But that would be nice.
Also, I have caps from stuff where I'm like "what entry is that from?" Just as an example, some wank-related screencaps from the old war-torn days where I couldn't for the life of me find the entry it was part of.
Then I also went over some old entries and found some I started, but never finished and posted, then I read over some for the memories and found deleted comments. That made me sad as I couldn't even remember who the person was and was wondering if I've lost a friend here and there, but then couldn't think of who's missing as I know a lot of people have taken their toys to tumblr. But it made me all wistful for when this place was more active.
I also spent this morning catching up on my flist and your entries (I've been way less behind on that since I've resolved to post here and catch up once a week).
I still have MASSIVE fic guilt, but I will get into it tonight and over the next few days -- now that bills are caught up and things have normalized. I find that I can't make myself write when I've got other stresses hanging over my head. Also, NGL, not smoking as much has made it sort of hard to concentrate as I've gotten really used to it as a crutch, especially when writing. I feel like I need something to do with my hands to keep my mind free, but am finding it hard to find a good and healthy replacement. I've tried toothpicks, but they just aren't doing it for me.
The wellbutrin has been helping me as far as not craving one in some ways and I barely think of it when I'm busy. But I start writing and my hands just itch for them. And, unless I have them in a different room, I will mindlessly reach for them. Even with them in another room, I have to force myself not to get them or to do something busy, which breaks up my flow anyway.
I'm thinking of going to an Ecig store with a little budget and trying a few and seeing if one seems like a good alternative. Maybe I can start with more nicotine and gradually lower it. The wellbutrin is only helping to an extent and I just need a little something else.
Anyway, yeah. Nothing much more to say. I've got a little gig this afternoon, so I'm just going to spend the rest of my morning cleaning and chilling and hopefully get some writing done this evening, smoking or not.
As some of you may know, I'm in the middle of my busy season and I've spent most of May and June gigging like crazy. But it's all paid off. I'm not just caught up on bills, but should have my July bills, including rent, paid by Sunday, leaving everything else I make this month to go to savings and some wishlist items (I have this long wishlist). I'm happy about that.
I spent the last three days, except for a birthday party Monday night, just vegging and watching stuff on the net and giving myself a full break.from singing or even talking much and just doing busy work.
I've spent this time redoing my CDs as the newest version of Audacity comes with some built-in tools that helped me improve some tracks I wasn't happy with. They sound much better and, whenever I do a third CD (hopefully before the end of the summer), it will be even better with that new mic I got for my last birthday. I'm both looking forward to and dreading using it. I sort of hate recording myself as it takes a lot for me to be happy with it or let go of things I see as flawed (my lateral lisp is a constant annoyance).
I've also been sorting my lj scrapbook into albums -- to be further sorted and it's an annoying process, but sort of addictive when you get started. Incidentally, I have a question for you paid account people...
I know the paid account gives you room for more pics/userpics, but does it offer a better interface for sorting your existing pics?
I always toy with the idea of getting one, then don't because I don't see it as giving me anything more useful than what I'm getting. But that would be nice.
Also, I have caps from stuff where I'm like "what entry is that from?" Just as an example, some wank-related screencaps from the old war-torn days where I couldn't for the life of me find the entry it was part of.
Then I also went over some old entries and found some I started, but never finished and posted, then I read over some for the memories and found deleted comments. That made me sad as I couldn't even remember who the person was and was wondering if I've lost a friend here and there, but then couldn't think of who's missing as I know a lot of people have taken their toys to tumblr. But it made me all wistful for when this place was more active.
I also spent this morning catching up on my flist and your entries (I've been way less behind on that since I've resolved to post here and catch up once a week).
I still have MASSIVE fic guilt, but I will get into it tonight and over the next few days -- now that bills are caught up and things have normalized. I find that I can't make myself write when I've got other stresses hanging over my head. Also, NGL, not smoking as much has made it sort of hard to concentrate as I've gotten really used to it as a crutch, especially when writing. I feel like I need something to do with my hands to keep my mind free, but am finding it hard to find a good and healthy replacement. I've tried toothpicks, but they just aren't doing it for me.
The wellbutrin has been helping me as far as not craving one in some ways and I barely think of it when I'm busy. But I start writing and my hands just itch for them. And, unless I have them in a different room, I will mindlessly reach for them. Even with them in another room, I have to force myself not to get them or to do something busy, which breaks up my flow anyway.
I'm thinking of going to an Ecig store with a little budget and trying a few and seeing if one seems like a good alternative. Maybe I can start with more nicotine and gradually lower it. The wellbutrin is only helping to an extent and I just need a little something else.
Anyway, yeah. Nothing much more to say. I've got a little gig this afternoon, so I'm just going to spend the rest of my morning cleaning and chilling and hopefully get some writing done this evening, smoking or not.