Hi. I'm Ducks, and I desperately need someone to enforce my self-imposed deadlines.
First, Happy Birthday kyria!
Regarding today's headline, I was going to say, "I need someone to discipline me," but I know one of you kinky bitches would totally volunteer. *G* What I need is someone to MAKE ME PUT MY ASS IN THE CHAIR AND WRITE! I keep saying I'm going to get busy, make myself work, and yet it never really seems to happen. I'm going to try and start taping my soaps again and hope I can avoid that distraction, at least until the fall when nighttime TV comes back. I'm thinking about heading over to Romance Divas and see if I can get a writing partner, or start setting goals with other writers again. I need to be beholden to someone in order to force myself to put the nose to the proverbial grindstone.
So I'm shopping around for a layout for my Insane Journal. I've never had one before that wasn't provided by the serve, because I know NOTHING about CSS or design. I really liked the one over at LJ (the crow one), but those are copyrighted and I wouldn't know how to copy it over anyway. If you can recommend something similar... and maybe help me out with setting it up, that would be GREAT. *G*
I did download one called Rubber Duckie from HERE, by lilbreck. It's adorable, but I don't know if it's really me. You can see it in action at http://sionnach-ayame.insanejournal.com/. What do you think?
Of course, while fooling around with layouts, I came upon this one that I rather like. Yeah, that's right. I like pink! What of it! *glares*
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I am happy and proud (and also bored. *sigh*) to discover that of all the Big Blog servers, only Insane Journal is NOT ROBUST! *celebrates* I can't read posts on GJ, LJ, or Journal Fen! Which is a damn shame, because I hear there's some great drama in all of those places to boggle at.
Oops. Never mind, I spoke too soon. IJ just went all robust after all. *sigh* But at least it comes back, which makes me think squeaky is working on things. LJ, on the other hand, shows no sign of functioning properly again, EVER. To my friends over there whom I owe replies to, I'm sorry, but I can't get in to post to you! Come on over to IJ... it's nice over here. *G*
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You know, it's funny. I say a lot of things that could be called controversial... or just plain rude, and could easily get people upset and start fights. I mean, I confess, I'm a loudmouthed bitch. I piss people off. It happens.
Imagine my surprise when the most contentious thing I've had to say lately concerned my question about whether the Geico Cavemen were actually funny enough to rate a sitcom. I mean, it was an honest question -- I really wanted to know. Apparently, a lot of people do find them funny -- hence the sitcom, I suppose. Go figure. ;)
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Well, I got a TINY bit of writing done yesterday -- nowhere near what I needed to, but close to my BARE MINIMUM goal of 1000 words. I wrote 426 words of my first 50_elements piece, and re-wrote about 900 on Nocturnal Landscaping (which only counts as about half that much, as opposed to when I do initial writing.)
My goal for today? 2000 words on any project. I honestly don't know what's wrong with me lately. I just can't seem to sit down and make myself write. It's not good. And it's beyond being uninspired, because I had begun to train myself to write even when the story didn't speak to me. But now... just, nothing comes. And what does come BLOWS half the time. Ugh.
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Wow. Fast Times @ Ridgemont High was TWENTY FIVE years ago. That was the first real "teen" movie I remember being aware of, even though it was a few years before I really came of age. My best friend's older sister was a freak for that movie, and it holds a place of honor in my 80's classics collection right alongside the John Hughes oeuvre. Twenty five years, man!
Something else that's 25 today? Compact Discs! It still blows my mind to know there's two generations of kids who never owned a cassette or an album. Let alone a 78. How many people on my FL remember 45's and 78's?
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What is the MATTER with people? And how come it seems to be so much more acute among pro athletes? Is it that they have more opportunities to get into shit? A sense of infallibility? Or are they really not worse than average people, but scrutinized more carefully, and thus more likely to be caught?
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In soaps today... OMGYAY! Luke and the new guy finally kissed! W00t!!!! *dances* I mean, of course, the new guy isn't out in any way, and is, in fact, dating Luke's female friend, so this is bound to cause massive drama, but isn't that what Soaps are for?
I'm so excited. I don't think I've ever seen two guys kiss in Soap Land before!!! I was afraid that CBS had decided to dump the whole Luke Finally Gets a Romance thing, since they've done nothing about it all summer, but now it looks like the drama is ON! Whee!
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I need to go write some Faith porn. Excuse me, won't you? *runs off to work on Girl's Night In and/or Astrea*
Thanks to my delicious thenyxie for Faith's BREASTS OF FIRE!
Regarding today's headline, I was going to say, "I need someone to discipline me," but I know one of you kinky bitches would totally volunteer. *G* What I need is someone to MAKE ME PUT MY ASS IN THE CHAIR AND WRITE! I keep saying I'm going to get busy, make myself work, and yet it never really seems to happen. I'm going to try and start taping my soaps again and hope I can avoid that distraction, at least until the fall when nighttime TV comes back. I'm thinking about heading over to Romance Divas and see if I can get a writing partner, or start setting goals with other writers again. I need to be beholden to someone in order to force myself to put the nose to the proverbial grindstone.
So I'm shopping around for a layout for my Insane Journal. I've never had one before that wasn't provided by the serve, because I know NOTHING about CSS or design. I really liked the one over at LJ (the crow one), but those are copyrighted and I wouldn't know how to copy it over anyway. If you can recommend something similar... and maybe help me out with setting it up, that would be GREAT. *G*
I did download one called Rubber Duckie from HERE, by lilbreck. It's adorable, but I don't know if it's really me. You can see it in action at http://sionnach-ayame.insanejournal.com/. What do you think?
Of course, while fooling around with layouts, I came upon this one that I rather like. Yeah, that's right. I like pink! What of it! *glares*
~
I am happy and proud (and also bored. *sigh*) to discover that of all the Big Blog servers, only Insane Journal is NOT ROBUST! *celebrates* I can't read posts on GJ, LJ, or Journal Fen! Which is a damn shame, because I hear there's some great drama in all of those places to boggle at.
Oops. Never mind, I spoke too soon. IJ just went all robust after all. *sigh* But at least it comes back, which makes me think squeaky is working on things. LJ, on the other hand, shows no sign of functioning properly again, EVER. To my friends over there whom I owe replies to, I'm sorry, but I can't get in to post to you! Come on over to IJ... it's nice over here. *G*
~
You know, it's funny. I say a lot of things that could be called controversial... or just plain rude, and could easily get people upset and start fights. I mean, I confess, I'm a loudmouthed bitch. I piss people off. It happens.
Imagine my surprise when the most contentious thing I've had to say lately concerned my question about whether the Geico Cavemen were actually funny enough to rate a sitcom. I mean, it was an honest question -- I really wanted to know. Apparently, a lot of people do find them funny -- hence the sitcom, I suppose. Go figure. ;)
~
Well, I got a TINY bit of writing done yesterday -- nowhere near what I needed to, but close to my BARE MINIMUM goal of 1000 words. I wrote 426 words of my first 50_elements piece, and re-wrote about 900 on Nocturnal Landscaping (which only counts as about half that much, as opposed to when I do initial writing.)
My goal for today? 2000 words on any project. I honestly don't know what's wrong with me lately. I just can't seem to sit down and make myself write. It's not good. And it's beyond being uninspired, because I had begun to train myself to write even when the story didn't speak to me. But now... just, nothing comes. And what does come BLOWS half the time. Ugh.
~
Wow. Fast Times @ Ridgemont High was TWENTY FIVE years ago. That was the first real "teen" movie I remember being aware of, even though it was a few years before I really came of age. My best friend's older sister was a freak for that movie, and it holds a place of honor in my 80's classics collection right alongside the John Hughes oeuvre. Twenty five years, man!
Something else that's 25 today? Compact Discs! It still blows my mind to know there's two generations of kids who never owned a cassette or an album. Let alone a 78. How many people on my FL remember 45's and 78's?
~
What is the MATTER with people? And how come it seems to be so much more acute among pro athletes? Is it that they have more opportunities to get into shit? A sense of infallibility? Or are they really not worse than average people, but scrutinized more carefully, and thus more likely to be caught?
~
In soaps today... OMGYAY! Luke and the new guy finally kissed! W00t!!!! *dances* I mean, of course, the new guy isn't out in any way, and is, in fact, dating Luke's female friend, so this is bound to cause massive drama, but isn't that what Soaps are for?
I'm so excited. I don't think I've ever seen two guys kiss in Soap Land before!!! I was afraid that CBS had decided to dump the whole Luke Finally Gets a Romance thing, since they've done nothing about it all summer, but now it looks like the drama is ON! Whee!
~
I need to go write some Faith porn. Excuse me, won't you? *runs off to work on Girl's Night In and/or Astrea*
Thanks to my delicious thenyxie for Faith's BREASTS OF FIRE!