The state of things
Two links to start:
Via
mortalcity, until the end of March, Scrivener is 20% off with coupon code “Grak”.
It'd been sounding more and more like the X-Files revival was really going to happen, so I wasn't surprised by the official announcement, but seeing the news posted on
GillianA's account made it feel real. My feelings are probably going to be conflicted up until the episodes actually air, but apparently the one thing that will never change is that anything X-Files that has Gillian Anderson on board is something I'm gonna watch. [see also: why I stuck out the ENTIRE SHOW to the horrific end.]
Ginny flew safely back to Toronto yesterday. Alas, her flight out was delayed by three hours, which means she got up at Oh Hell No o'clock for no reason. *shudders* (Especially awful since she landed in Toronto and went straight to work.) But safe travel is the key thing.
Ginny's last Halifax visit. The end of an era. Just over three months until she moves here!
And I now have two days until Casual Job resumes. Today I caught myself saying, with all sincerity, "I need a vacation." Hilarious, self. (By this time next week my daily affirmation will be "I'll sleep in July.")
Tomorrow, among other things, I need to type up the few pages of handwritten style notes from work that have accumulated over the last couple of sessions. If I forget, it won't get done until the fall session. >.< And my handwriting is atrocious, so having it all typed would be very handy.
There is no way I'm getting a haircut before going back to the office (awkward; I think the last time I got it cut was before going to Toronto last August?), but with luck we can get it dyed tomorrow night. I generally have a standing hangout date with
wildpear on Wednesday evenings when Casual Job isn't on, but since tomorrow's my last evening to prep, I don't know what the odds are of that happening, either. :/
The rewrite that was due this Friday has been bumped to being due Monday (with finished chapters getting turned in sooner if possible), since I proofread two volumes last weekend. I have another rewrite (for my super-wordy series, naturally) due a week from Friday. And I'm also going to be doing some more proofreading for Sparkler Monthly (not due until May), which is an exciting change of pace from my usual freelance stuff. I wish a change were as good as a rest, since April's probably going to be ridiculously swamped, but a) the proofreading should be fun and b) the payment for it should just about cover airfare to the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, which I didn't manage to attend last year and which is both the only chance I ever have to see Lianne Sentar anymore and the closest thing I do to professional networking. So. Yay!
(Note that I'm not sure about TCAF, but I'm now optimistic about getting to go. By which I mean justifying it to myself.)
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Via
mortalcity, until the end of March, Scrivener is 20% off with coupon code “Grak”.
It'd been sounding more and more like the X-Files revival was really going to happen, so I wasn't surprised by the official announcement, but seeing the news posted on
GillianA's account made it feel real. My feelings are probably going to be conflicted up until the episodes actually air, but apparently the one thing that will never change is that anything X-Files that has Gillian Anderson on board is something I'm gonna watch. [see also: why I stuck out the ENTIRE SHOW to the horrific end.]
Ginny flew safely back to Toronto yesterday. Alas, her flight out was delayed by three hours, which means she got up at Oh Hell No o'clock for no reason. *shudders* (Especially awful since she landed in Toronto and went straight to work.) But safe travel is the key thing.
Ginny's last Halifax visit. The end of an era. Just over three months until she moves here!
And I now have two days until Casual Job resumes. Today I caught myself saying, with all sincerity, "I need a vacation." Hilarious, self. (By this time next week my daily affirmation will be "I'll sleep in July.")
Tomorrow, among other things, I need to type up the few pages of handwritten style notes from work that have accumulated over the last couple of sessions. If I forget, it won't get done until the fall session. >.< And my handwriting is atrocious, so having it all typed would be very handy.
There is no way I'm getting a haircut before going back to the office (awkward; I think the last time I got it cut was before going to Toronto last August?), but with luck we can get it dyed tomorrow night. I generally have a standing hangout date with
wildpear on Wednesday evenings when Casual Job isn't on, but since tomorrow's my last evening to prep, I don't know what the odds are of that happening, either. :/
The rewrite that was due this Friday has been bumped to being due Monday (with finished chapters getting turned in sooner if possible), since I proofread two volumes last weekend. I have another rewrite (for my super-wordy series, naturally) due a week from Friday. And I'm also going to be doing some more proofreading for Sparkler Monthly (not due until May), which is an exciting change of pace from my usual freelance stuff. I wish a change were as good as a rest, since April's probably going to be ridiculously swamped, but a) the proofreading should be fun and b) the payment for it should just about cover airfare to the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, which I didn't manage to attend last year and which is both the only chance I ever have to see Lianne Sentar anymore and the closest thing I do to professional networking. So. Yay!
(Note that I'm not sure about TCAF, but I'm now optimistic about getting to go. By which I mean justifying it to myself.)
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