ALL THE THOUGHTS.
I'm in a bit of a Hyperbole-and-a-Half mood tonight. I got home and I was like: I shall blog and post ALL THE THOUGHTS. But I know me, and I know that half-way through writing the gargantuan post I was planning on writing, I'll give up and move on to something else, but let's try and get the important stuff out of the way first, shall we?
For organization's sake, this post comes in parts.
1. Part the first: Financial and employment situation
So, there was some kerfluffle in July-August-September. You may not remember, so I'll run it down for you. I moved from Manhattan to Lawrence and was crashing at the pad of my friend Michelle and her then-wife, Ashley. Ashley was cheating on Michelle, the marriage exploded, and I ran 30 minutes away to my folks' house. While I was there, I was working at a low-income daycare center where the economy had really hit the place hard. They were chronically (verging on criminally) understaffed. The facility was not clean (but not in a way that you could call the state on them. I strongly suspect there was a mold presence there because I immediately became ill and remained that way for the entirety of my one-month tenure there). It was too far to drive my folks' to Lawrence, so I quit that job.
Well -- fast forward. This whole time I'm looking for any job that will get me out of childcare. I was a little burnt out on toddlers (and still am) and the only people calling me back were people looking for toddler teachers. Then I had several interviews for preschool positions, and I took this position at a school up in Leawood, KS. It's... ridiculous.
For legal reasons, I'm not going to say much more but I will say that it's definitely the nicest facility I've ever worked at and I'm finally getting paid decently. And yes, I am working with preschoolers.
2. ALL THE THOUGHTS. TV.
So, I watched Criminal Minds last night with Mom and Dad as it aired. So we're watching this episode which more in depth deals with the whole Prentiss-was-not-really-dead plotline that really interests me and the only character pissed off is Reid. And I kept shouting at the TV things like: "Yes! You stand up for yourself! Tell her!" at the Tv. Cause, um... I'm insane? And my parents are looking at me like, "institution, y/y?"
Anyway. I'm still so mixed up about how I feel about that whole mess. I will say that I think they're pushing JJ/Reid vibes? And I can't emphasize how much I DNW that.
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If you are on my flist and you are a friend because you have a shared interest in Bones with me, and your question is: Are you super-stoked about this season? I say to you: mostly yay!
All of these things coming out that SN is saying about "oh, of course we're not going to see Booth/Brennan naked together" originally stirred up some Feelings in me about being sex-positive (i.e., sex isn't just something "dirty" and "illicit" couples do with each other, that it's a positive step in a relationship and is a powerful and intimate experience), but I'm letting it go. I'm sure once Emily recovers from her pregnancy they'll probably show some realistic scenes of them getting called into a case late at night and all that jazz.
Am I, however, going to be writing tons of fic while I wait? Eeeh. Probably not. I took another look at The Senator in the Scarecrow last night and I wrote a few paragraphs.
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Doctor Who: Not sure how I ultimately feel about Closing Time. Craig was a nice one-off character, but I don't know that I was as enthralled with him originally (or this time out) as I was supposed to be. Plus, I'm with earlgreytea68 in that plots where villains are defeated through the power of Tru Luv in a totally unironic way kinda make me roll my eyes. In the words of the immortal Tom Jones: everybody loves somebody sometime.
3. Part the third: Writing
I had made all these plans to publish the original novel electronically and skip the trad-publishing experience, but now writing has slowed way down as I am gainfully employed again.
I am still, however, nearly done with the fourth draft. I took a quick detour to write a related short story. I think I'll shop it around to short-fiction magazines, again, and see what comes of it.
Sorry for the long-ass post, flist. It's just been a while. How are YOU doing?
For organization's sake, this post comes in parts.
1. Part the first: Financial and employment situation
So, there was some kerfluffle in July-August-September. You may not remember, so I'll run it down for you. I moved from Manhattan to Lawrence and was crashing at the pad of my friend Michelle and her then-wife, Ashley. Ashley was cheating on Michelle, the marriage exploded, and I ran 30 minutes away to my folks' house. While I was there, I was working at a low-income daycare center where the economy had really hit the place hard. They were chronically (verging on criminally) understaffed. The facility was not clean (but not in a way that you could call the state on them. I strongly suspect there was a mold presence there because I immediately became ill and remained that way for the entirety of my one-month tenure there). It was too far to drive my folks' to Lawrence, so I quit that job.
Well -- fast forward. This whole time I'm looking for any job that will get me out of childcare. I was a little burnt out on toddlers (and still am) and the only people calling me back were people looking for toddler teachers. Then I had several interviews for preschool positions, and I took this position at a school up in Leawood, KS. It's... ridiculous.
For legal reasons, I'm not going to say much more but I will say that it's definitely the nicest facility I've ever worked at and I'm finally getting paid decently. And yes, I am working with preschoolers.
2. ALL THE THOUGHTS. TV.
So, I watched Criminal Minds last night with Mom and Dad as it aired. So we're watching this episode which more in depth deals with the whole Prentiss-was-not-really-dead plotline that really interests me and the only character pissed off is Reid. And I kept shouting at the TV things like: "Yes! You stand up for yourself! Tell her!" at the Tv. Cause, um... I'm insane? And my parents are looking at me like, "institution, y/y?"
Anyway. I'm still so mixed up about how I feel about that whole mess. I will say that I think they're pushing JJ/Reid vibes? And I can't emphasize how much I DNW that.
**
If you are on my flist and you are a friend because you have a shared interest in Bones with me, and your question is: Are you super-stoked about this season? I say to you: mostly yay!
All of these things coming out that SN is saying about "oh, of course we're not going to see Booth/Brennan naked together" originally stirred up some Feelings in me about being sex-positive (i.e., sex isn't just something "dirty" and "illicit" couples do with each other, that it's a positive step in a relationship and is a powerful and intimate experience), but I'm letting it go. I'm sure once Emily recovers from her pregnancy they'll probably show some realistic scenes of them getting called into a case late at night and all that jazz.
Am I, however, going to be writing tons of fic while I wait? Eeeh. Probably not. I took another look at The Senator in the Scarecrow last night and I wrote a few paragraphs.
**
Doctor Who: Not sure how I ultimately feel about Closing Time. Craig was a nice one-off character, but I don't know that I was as enthralled with him originally (or this time out) as I was supposed to be. Plus, I'm with earlgreytea68 in that plots where villains are defeated through the power of Tru Luv in a totally unironic way kinda make me roll my eyes. In the words of the immortal Tom Jones: everybody loves somebody sometime.
3. Part the third: Writing
I had made all these plans to publish the original novel electronically and skip the trad-publishing experience, but now writing has slowed way down as I am gainfully employed again.
I am still, however, nearly done with the fourth draft. I took a quick detour to write a related short story. I think I'll shop it around to short-fiction magazines, again, and see what comes of it.
Sorry for the long-ass post, flist. It's just been a while. How are YOU doing?