and it's the Internet. I feel like it was designed just for us introverts. ( read more )

Work has exploded this week. From thinking I'd have 4 days off, I ended up doing three shifts instead which is very good news for my bank account. Have another 2 this weekend to take me to 5 ( Read more... )

After stressing out big time that I may have trouble paying my rent (without resorting to the dreaded credit card, something I've never had to do in 20 years of renting and something I'll do pretty much anything to avoid) due to my hours being cut to 2 shifts a week, I've just picked up an extra 16 hours in relief shifts this week. Add to the 7 ( Read more... )

I really think I've found THE show that will help get me through the long, cold months ahead before SPN's return on Oct 7. I've watched the first two episodes twice and am hooked and can't wait for next week's ep and the all the ones after that. Of course, I'm also praying desperately that it doesn't get cancelled ( Read more... )

It's 10.45pm on May 1st, the deadline for first drafts for the spn_j2_bigbang  is midnight and my fic sits on my laptop in a state of utter messiness and unfinshed scenes and scraps of action and dialogue that begin great and lead nowhere and it's not going anywhere. I decided about a week ago not to submit even the first draft and only now with just over an ( Read more... )

12, 348 words down, only another 7652 to go! And I'm still coming up with fresh ideas and outlining scenes. Chapter 1 is coming along great but still needs a lot of fleshing out, expanding scenes and writing transitions (at which I suck). With as well as Ch 1 is progressing I'm thinking I may be able to drop some of the weaker scenes where I really ( Read more... )