There is no subject, just rambling.
Wow, so two months since I posted here...I am really falling behind on my lj-ing. To update you, I succeeded at NaNoWriMo. I actually wrote something like 8,000 words in the last day because I had been falling so far behind, but I did finish! It wasn't too good, in my opinion. I don't even know if it is salvageable. It might be, but it would involve a plot transplant. But I like the characters and the world, so we'll see. I started trying to do some serious revision of "The Mad Queen" (2008's nano story) but then I spilled water on my keyboard and have been keyboardless for quite some time. But I have a keyboard again, at least a temporary one until I can get (read "afford") another ergonomic one (because they ftw!), so now my plan is to print out my current draft and retype the whole thing, which is one of the suggestions that I read from one of my writing text books. It will take a while, but not only will it allow me to get the whole thing in my head again, it will definitely undergo changes as we go, and the benefit of that is the changes will be streamlined and coherent (as opposed to making a change and then trying to remember all the places that change affects and going through and rewriting just those scenes, like a patchwork).
Anyway, we are also moved! I don't know how many of you knew we were moving, but we now live in Boise (Namio's old house, if that means anything to anyone other than Melissa). It is quite a drive to work and back, but other than the price of gas, it is actually kinda nice. I get to listen to my music, and just drive, which I enjoy doing. But I am thinking about putting in a transfer request to one of the stores over here, or looking for something else, which could have limited success with the way things are right now.
Currently reading the Dark Tower series by Stephen King. Am pretty close to being done with the third one. I had forgotten how intense it was. I have only read the first three all the way through, and then the fourth one got somewhere around half finished. It was during high school, and I reached a part that felt like it was dragging, (which thinking back may or may not be true, and may or may not have been the point) and I had also just found out that the fourth wasn't the last (as I had thought) there were actually three more and they hadn't even been written, and there were no idea of when they would be written. So I put it down and never picked it back up. But now, all seven are done, and I own the first five, and have easy access (relatively...woot! half.com!) to the last two. Which reminds me, I should order those soon. But yeah...
I was overnights at work for a week setting the spring toy's and the seasonal valentine's shelves. It wasn't bad. I am never really opposed to going over nights, it is the coming back that kills me. I switch to living at night like I was turning on a light, but trying to reverse it and returning to living during the day...I am obviously a night person, but seriously!!! I was sleeping only a couple hours a night and those were usually spread out like whoa. Lying awake for hours when you known you should be sleeping is no fun.
I am absolutely loving Heroes this season!!!! The last couple eps have just been phenomenal. I won't go into it too much, because I don't know how many people watch it and haven't seen them yet, but seriously. If you don't watch Heroes, why not?! Go watch! But start with the first season because if you don't you will be all fuckered up.
Also, Bones!!! Yay Bones!!!
And Supernatural just came off the mid season hiatus and I have to go to bed so I can't watch it yet. Damn it. Ah well, such are the wonders of DVR.
Anyway, I think that might be it...my paid account ran out, and as much as I want it, I just can't justify spending the money on it, and not something else. It makes me sad, because I will miss my icons, but I will just have to live with it.
Anyway, we are also moved! I don't know how many of you knew we were moving, but we now live in Boise (Namio's old house, if that means anything to anyone other than Melissa). It is quite a drive to work and back, but other than the price of gas, it is actually kinda nice. I get to listen to my music, and just drive, which I enjoy doing. But I am thinking about putting in a transfer request to one of the stores over here, or looking for something else, which could have limited success with the way things are right now.
Currently reading the Dark Tower series by Stephen King. Am pretty close to being done with the third one. I had forgotten how intense it was. I have only read the first three all the way through, and then the fourth one got somewhere around half finished. It was during high school, and I reached a part that felt like it was dragging, (which thinking back may or may not be true, and may or may not have been the point) and I had also just found out that the fourth wasn't the last (as I had thought) there were actually three more and they hadn't even been written, and there were no idea of when they would be written. So I put it down and never picked it back up. But now, all seven are done, and I own the first five, and have easy access (relatively...woot! half.com!) to the last two. Which reminds me, I should order those soon. But yeah...
I was overnights at work for a week setting the spring toy's and the seasonal valentine's shelves. It wasn't bad. I am never really opposed to going over nights, it is the coming back that kills me. I switch to living at night like I was turning on a light, but trying to reverse it and returning to living during the day...I am obviously a night person, but seriously!!! I was sleeping only a couple hours a night and those were usually spread out like whoa. Lying awake for hours when you known you should be sleeping is no fun.
I am absolutely loving Heroes this season!!!! The last couple eps have just been phenomenal. I won't go into it too much, because I don't know how many people watch it and haven't seen them yet, but seriously. If you don't watch Heroes, why not?! Go watch! But start with the first season because if you don't you will be all fuckered up.
Also, Bones!!! Yay Bones!!!
And Supernatural just came off the mid season hiatus and I have to go to bed so I can't watch it yet. Damn it. Ah well, such are the wonders of DVR.
Anyway, I think that might be it...my paid account ran out, and as much as I want it, I just can't justify spending the money on it, and not something else. It makes me sad, because I will miss my icons, but I will just have to live with it.