Hello LJ, My Old Friend...

Jul 20, 2011 00:24

About a month and a half since I made my last public update.  Yeeeeesh.  Okay, what's been going on since then?

1)  Kneeling Before Zod.  I have been submitting, and submitting, and submitting again.  The two main horses are (of course) Salvation and Lottery Odds, and I have been flogging those two literary equines for everything they are worth.  I'm going to do a bit of a rewrite on my credits section, listing some of the titles of stories I have had published in the past, but other than that it's business as usual on that front.  I don't think it helps a bit that I'm trying to do this in the middle of a giant economic dump and the publishing industry seeing people like Border's go out of business, but it is what it is.  Life is a matter of timing, as I have said a million times, and I can't just sit on my hands because things are a little wonky right now.

2)  Home Improvement.  We have finally finished the bathroom, and goddamn, I love how it looks.  It's like peeing in the middle of a Japanese garden.  We've also gotten our dining room painted and part of the living room done as well, cream walls with deep garnet red accenting.  It looks much better than the white accenting and pale blue walls and ceiling that it was previously, and I have to give much of the credit to Lady Jade for doing such a great job or not only executing, but planning as well.

3)  Operation Healthy.  In recent years, I have... oh, fuck it, there's no polite way to say this so I'm going to just come right out and say it.  I fell off the wagon, health-wise.  I became fat.  I got myself up to a poundage level that I was not okay with, as is explained more in-depth in this audio bit by comedian Louis CK, and decided a couple months ago that I was going to do something about it.  I have been walking like a fiend, getting in rollerskating sessions when I can, and since my wife is going to try out for the Sac City Rollers (our local roller derby squad), the least I could do is support her.  And since that means I'll be going to every match, why not try out to be a much-reviled zebra, the referees that call fouls in the matches?  Yes, I may be a roller derby ref.  I'm going to try, at least, so wish me luck.  And hey, I've lost almost 25 pounds and my wife says my ass looks much better, so go me!

4)  Schedule Bounces.  In the past six weeks, I have had three different regular runs, including a few days on the dreaded extra board at the bus company.  The less said about my recent time on time off adventures, the better.

5)  Writing 101.  Yes, I have been working on new material.  Remember how I said that I had a few projects in mind?  Well, I went with Zero, the second-least-likely candidate of the bunch.  So here's the Progress Bar of Doom, sparkling and new:



6174 / 90000 words. 7% done!

I'll try to be better about updating in the future.

been a while, the war at home, zero

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