stuck in the middle
Yesterday I had an early morning eye exam. My intent was to go to work after that, but the bright lights shining in my eyes gave me a terrible migraine and I fled for home to sleep it off.
The problem was I slept for about four hours and thus couldn't sleep last night. I tried to sleep in my office, and, well, at one point I had a snoring dog sleeping on me and a snoring husband across the hall.
Proof of the dog snoring
I didn't record the husband, although I was tempted.
Meanwhile, in other news:
The tattoo is continuing to heal--I didn't realize they took so long! The one on my ankle I don't remember well enough to remember the healing, and the one on my back didn't really give me any problems although sanders was really good about making sure she put lotion on it. I've been putting lotion on my arm a few times a day, and it's definitely on the mend, but not quite done yet.
I have a list of ones I want, as I mentioned before. I want the paw print, and I am considering the Star of David. And I do think my right arm needs ink to go with the left arm, and that quote would be "write like you need it to survive". But that's going to wait a bit, because a) tattoos aren't cheap; b) I want one to heal completely before I consider more; c) I'd like my memories of how much this one hurt to fade a bit.
They're addictive, yo. Morgan despairs.
Writing is going phenomenally well. I've written so much in January I'm into March for my GYWO progress, and I've got a few days left. I am, needless to say, thrilled.
Well, about 2/3 of it has been on a new project. I started a Trek 21st century AU, in which I turned Khan into a genius billionaire, kind of like Elon Musk or maybe Jeff Bezos. The other crew show up as various things, although the only one who's made an appearance on the page so far is Jim. I don't know what I'm going to do with it but the words are really flowing, and I'm in a slog with WC at the moment so this is really refreshing.
But a lot of it is I think the word wars I've been doing. It is incredible how much writing I get done in 30 minutes if I sit down, tell myself to ignore the outside world (mostly) for that time, and just write. I can usually average between 1000 and 1500 words in a war, and I can usually--if I'm lucky and time is smiling on me--get a couple of those in a day. Lately it's been less but, like, I still wrote almost ten thousand words last week so hey, I'm okay with it.
Sadly it is difficult to war alone. I've tried and failed. And GYWO has a dearth of West Coast people.
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The problem was I slept for about four hours and thus couldn't sleep last night. I tried to sleep in my office, and, well, at one point I had a snoring dog sleeping on me and a snoring husband across the hall.
Proof of the dog snoring
I didn't record the husband, although I was tempted.
Meanwhile, in other news:
The tattoo is continuing to heal--I didn't realize they took so long! The one on my ankle I don't remember well enough to remember the healing, and the one on my back didn't really give me any problems although sanders was really good about making sure she put lotion on it. I've been putting lotion on my arm a few times a day, and it's definitely on the mend, but not quite done yet.
I have a list of ones I want, as I mentioned before. I want the paw print, and I am considering the Star of David. And I do think my right arm needs ink to go with the left arm, and that quote would be "write like you need it to survive". But that's going to wait a bit, because a) tattoos aren't cheap; b) I want one to heal completely before I consider more; c) I'd like my memories of how much this one hurt to fade a bit.
They're addictive, yo. Morgan despairs.
Writing is going phenomenally well. I've written so much in January I'm into March for my GYWO progress, and I've got a few days left. I am, needless to say, thrilled.
Well, about 2/3 of it has been on a new project. I started a Trek 21st century AU, in which I turned Khan into a genius billionaire, kind of like Elon Musk or maybe Jeff Bezos. The other crew show up as various things, although the only one who's made an appearance on the page so far is Jim. I don't know what I'm going to do with it but the words are really flowing, and I'm in a slog with WC at the moment so this is really refreshing.
But a lot of it is I think the word wars I've been doing. It is incredible how much writing I get done in 30 minutes if I sit down, tell myself to ignore the outside world (mostly) for that time, and just write. I can usually average between 1000 and 1500 words in a war, and I can usually--if I'm lucky and time is smiling on me--get a couple of those in a day. Lately it's been less but, like, I still wrote almost ten thousand words last week so hey, I'm okay with it.
Sadly it is difficult to war alone. I've tried and failed. And GYWO has a dearth of West Coast people.
This entry was originally posted at http://blueraccoon.dreamwidth.org/1363304.html. Please comment there. |
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