*paraphrases Al Swearengen* Advancements, none miraculous

[hiyacynth]

I've been almost silent on the LJ front for a while now. I continue to have nearly nothing to say fannishly and for some reason have developed a thing where I feel weird about talking about my personal life here. Part of it, I think, is because LJ has always been primarily about fandom for me, and through fandom I've found these friends with whom I

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Re: Huzzah for you, Cynth!

[hiyacynth]

You know, it's so weird. I'm almost superstitious about things going well--waiting for the shoes to start dropping. But fortunately life does also dish out various annoyances to prove that it's not just all good or bad, which is an important thing to remember.

Health stuff is a pain in the butt. I have to call my doctor next week and ask him to a referral to an OB/GYN and hope that I don't offend him by doing so. I like him a lot, but I want to talk about a sort of laundry list of GYN-centric questions... ergo: GYNspecialist, right?

Fear not, I don't have any plans to fly the LJ coop. I'm just in this weird stealth mode lately. Nice to know I'd be missed, though :-)

p.s. I love how versitile your icon is!

[shanghai_jim]

I've missed you. But it sounds like you've got something really good going on. And it really doesn't help if we're trying not to think about children to think of the utterly adorable concept of geekspawn. like little tadpoles in cosplay. eee so kewt

I want to start reading again too. I mentioned I was reading Steinbeck's road memoir. I read in an article on Glimmer Train (one day I'll get a story published by those chicks I swear) from this guy who runs writing classes? And he talks about how some people are always upset that they have to go through all this work reading and critiquing other people when they themselves don't get the reciprocal attention. They ask, "How can I become a better writer if I don't get good feedback?" His reply: you become a better writer by giving good feedback. Close reading of someone else's structure, character and word choice exercises the skills necessary to produce good structure, character and word choice from your own experience

[hiyacynth]

Nice to be missed. And, yeah, this feels amazingly good. Well, the good stuff does. The annoying and stressful, not so much.

Re: Geekspawn adorability. I tell ya, I have to deliberately not think about it lest I burst into spontaneous pregnancy.

I must completely agree with the writing teacher. Examining other people's stuff definitely makes me consider my own choices. And yes, I am impressed at your being chastened :-)

The other thing I'm finding cool about this class is that it's teaching me a new way of thinking about books (being, for this discussion, an all-inclusive term for "stories in any format, read for pleasure"), helping me learn a new vocabulary that describes what people like about what they like and interpret what they say about it (because the average Joe/Jill isn't going to walk up to you and list the specific appeal terms he or she seeks). And in doing this, it's made me assess my own preferences and prompted me to pursue and expand them.

[hiyacynth]

Aw, you're sweet. The uke's advancing very slowly right now, due exclusively to my not practicing very much. But I'm not giving up! Just have to re-readjust my schedule and make time for it every night.

The low-drama factor with Marc is definitely hopeful :-) So far, I've been the one bringing teh freak to the table because of past baggage (both about my past and my assumptions about his because of how/why his last one ended). I get all worked up about talking about it in case it causes a meltdown... But then we do, and nothing melts, and it's just... neat. Weird, but neat. ;-)

[shadow_of_doubt]

It is so great to hear from you! I've been thinking about you this week and about how long its been since I've seen you around.

[hiyacynth]

Hey you! I've been skulking around, adding very little to any conversation but observing many of them. As usual, your con reports are fantastic!

In slight conflict with my uber-cheerful icon... I thought of you last weekend--Marc and I drank sea breezes in Andy's memory. So sad, but we thought we'd try to remember him in as cheerful a way as possible.

[shadow_of_doubt]

That is a wonderful way to celebrate Andy. I'm sure he would be pleased. I'm still just heartbroken over his passing.

[abyssinia4077]

Hey you! and YAY! to the good stuff and very YAY! to you getting to take another class from that awesome professor!

(I miss our fangirl nights!)

[hiyacynth]

I'm very pleased about the YAY! I'm a little bit worried that Steve thinks I'm stalking him.

(You and our fangirl nights are sorely missed here, too. When's your next pass through this area?)

[abyssinia4077]

Eh, I think most professors are flattered by the kind of stalking that displays itself as "I want to take more classes from you!"

(You and our fangirl nights are sorely missed here, too. When's your next pass through this area?)

and that is the million dollar question.

right now I'm eyeballing the second-to-last week in August (to overlap with the Chicago Creation Con because AMANDA WILL BE THERE). I'd like to come out sooner (we have a family friend who I've known my whole life getting married in Milwaukee in July) but I'm flying to LA (my 5 year alumni! how did that happen?) first weekend of May and I'm eyeing going to San Francisco in June to visit Leigh during PRIDE and I'm just really, really tired of traveling. If only we had transporters already.

[hiyacynth]

Yeah, I think it started out that way, but then I went to all his lectures this spring and totally accidentally ended up at the same restaurant as him and a group of VIPs, and I noticed last time I saw him that he was kind of standoffish. Oh well. He's got no choice but to suffer my presence in his class :-)

Hmmm. Travel is stupid. Transporters would be greatly appreciated. I should be around that week in August, though there's a strong possibility that The French Kid will also be there. I'm gone the first two weeks in July. Anyway, point being: When you figure these things out, please to let me know so we can arrange time in one another's presence.

Okay. More work now. Fun times. Love you!