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| Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 | |
| 5:36 pm | Bwuhuh? I had a very "bwuhuh?" moment just now . . . was reading the zee versus zed wank on ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif){kind=small} otf_wank and say someone say that ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} chintimin was "asking for it", quoting what he'd said. . . . chintimin? is my best friend. Zed. I linked him at the zed not zee wank last night and he commented on how "it's zee, dammit!" but didn't mention that he'd commented in the post. Slightly surreal to see his name pop up in the comments, but I think this particular offense is forgivable. I mean, come on. His name really is Zed! |
| Monday, November 3rd, 2008 | |
| 1:23 pm | NaNoWriMo is at 11496. My birthday is in twelve days. I'm going to be twenty-one. |
| Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 | |
| 6:52 pm | It's been almost three months, so I guess I ought to say something? Maybe? Maybe. Um. Numbered post, I guess, because I can't seem to organize my thoughts otherwise: 1). I broke up with Brian about midway through July (it was a long time coming, we're still sort-of-talking, since I'm busy with school and hence not around much anymore), and I've been dating. Most of my dates have been pretty Hellish, but hey, they provide entertaining stories. 2). I quit my job at the end of August, right after school started—I couldn't balance school and work, and I was having issues with one of my coworkers. 3). My online friend Zed came down and hung out with me toward the beginning of July; we clicked really well in person, and hanging out with him was a lot of fun. Probably the high point of my summer, actually, as hanging out with him/introducing him to all of the people he'd met via the 'net but not in person was a lot of fun. 4). I read Twilight, and was surprised at how not-bad it was. I didn't like it (I thought the pacing sucked, and yeah, it lacked a lot of plot), but I can see why members of the target audience would like it—if I was fifteen again, it would have been on my "favourite books" list, probably. That's . . . about it? I suppose if you're terribly curious about what my life is like, your best bet is to check out my LJ ( kickthehobbit), otherwise . . . well, yes. I'm going to make chocolate zucchini cake tonight. It's going to be good. P.S.—Just because I haven't been commenting doesn't mean I haven't been reading, etc, etc. Oh, and threegoldfish, I ♥ your fish mugs immensely. I kinda want to buy one, but I can't decide on which. :x |
| Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 | |
| 8:59 pm | We recently changed scheduling systems at work. The new schedule, instead of being organized by name, is split into departments, which means that everyone is listed, oh, EVERYWHERE. I'm on two pages; one of my coworkers is on three, and the managers show up in four different places. Brill. Because the names show up every which way, I was a half-hour late to work today. I thought I was scheduled at 9AM—nope, was scheduled at 6. Showed up at six thirty, after my manager called and asked where I was at 6:10. I felt pretty terrible—I hate being late to work—and even worse after I had to leave at 10-ish (nauseated, dry-heaving, manager sent me home). . . . until a few minutes ago, actually. Devin called me to bitch at me. Apparently, he was an hour and fifteen minutes late to work today, because—ta da!—he misread the schedule too. Yay! It's not just me! |
| Monday, June 30th, 2008 | |
| 9:09 pm | FISH! Devin called me today. His guppies had babies, and he wanted to know if I could take them (his tank is full). I asked how many there were—he said, "Oh, maybe five, tops." All right, I had room in my ten (there's one dwarf platy in there now), I said I would take some of them. Yeah, there were like ten? He sent me home with all of them. The nameless dwarf platy started chasing them immediately; I'm hoping he'll eat most of them, but Jesus. That's a lot of guppies. Part of me is tempted to throw them in my 29 with the barbs (who would probably be very happy to take care of the problem), but, meh. Devin was very firm that I wasn't to let Ted (the big Red Glass in my 29) anywhere near his "children," so. We'll see, I suppose. There's a 20 I can set up if I have to, but I like having just my two small tanks, I don't want a third. |
| Friday, June 13th, 2008 | |
| 1:40 am | This may just be the best thing ever. (Linked via one of my friends. This apartment contained a scavenger hunt.) |
| Monday, June 2nd, 2008 | |
| 5:25 pm | At work yesterday: Stupid Woman: Where are your chillids? Me: You mean cichlids (pronounced sick-lids)? Stupid Woman: I pronounce it chillids. You say tomato . . . I smiled, nodded, and moved on, whilst adding mentally, "You say chillids, I say, 'You're a fucking idiot.'" For Christ's sake, the only "ch" is in the middle of the word. Pronouncing it differently doesn't make you look zomgspecial, it makes you look like a dumbass. Also, funny: after I made the post about stupid linux users joking about Windows, my laptop died—as in, literally died, and I had to wipe the hard drive and reinstall Windows. Lovely. |
| Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 | |
| 11:16 pm | That time again, eh? Well, at least it's not smug Mac users this time. |
| Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 | |
| 6:16 pm | Dor re-wrote the Zork article on TV Tropes. (The original article was a one-line joke off, "you are likely to be eaten by a grue.") . . . my boyfriend is awesome. |
| Tuesday, December 25th, 2007 | |
| 10:13 am | Happy holidays, everyone. |
| Thursday, December 13th, 2007 | |
| 10:59 pm | I can't decide if this is the best or the worst headline ever. |
| Thursday, December 6th, 2007 | |
| 11:10 pm | |
| Thursday, November 29th, 2007 | |
| 8:44 pm | I finished NaNoWriMo. I have a little graphic and everything, but I'm feeling lazy and don't want to post it. It's been put on SendSpace here, if you're feeling masochistic and wish to download it. Um . . . aside from that, I have finals in about a week, and I'm looking forward to being done with this semester, because I'm taking Creative Writing next semester, and it will be grand. That's all. |
| Thursday, November 8th, 2007 | |
| 6:15 pm | Also: I was slightly wanky today. Woe is me. But: ( I GOT COMPARED TO MR. ROCHESTER'S WIFE AS AN INSULT TODAY. WIN. ) Current Mood: vaguely amused |
| 1:43 pm | Dude, wait, what? Look very carefully at the URL. fandom_wank DOES NOT EXIST. Current Music: Happy Town--Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer |
| Wednesday, November 7th, 2007 | |
| 6:17 pm | |
| Sunday, November 4th, 2007 | |
| 12:46 am | Oh look, I've got a graphic now. The boyfriendtypecreature has joined NaNoWriMo.org. He's writing a typical fantasy story. He uploaded that one horrible photo of himself where he looks like a sailor. I am wincing internally. ETA: Also, I hopped into the NaNoWriMo chatroom for a few minutes. Never. Again. "We're having a Word War!" "Word War starting in two minutes!" "Maybe we should clarify the rules for the newbies?" "Let's clarify the rules for the newbies!" "Okay, newbies, we're clarifying the rules for you!" "We're clarifying the rules!" "Yeah! We're doing it!" ". . . I can't think of anything I want to fix, can you?" "No." "Newbies, you're on your own!" . . . gah. Also, if there's anyone that doesn't want to hear about NaNoWriMo, please tell me, and I'll make a filter that doesn't have you on it. Bolded so people have a chance of seeing it. |
| Friday, November 2nd, 2007 | |
| 12:18 pm | NaNoWriMo is not killing me, surprisingly. 10211. I'm calling it a night. |
| Wednesday, October 31st, 2007 | |
| 5:58 pm | 1. Happy Halloween, everyone. 2. Oh my God, six hours till NaNoWriMo. WHY? |
| Monday, October 8th, 2007 | |
| 10:41 pm | I made sure to log into the NaNoWriMo site (registered as wfr1587) and whatnot today. I know what I'm writing about already; I posted a tl;dr summary in the wankas_write post. It's the same basic time travel story that's been knocking around my head for over a year now, but instead of setting it in the distant future, I'm writing it as alt history. It'll be easier that way, actually, and I can still have it end the way I want it to (damnably vague; the protagonist and her love interest find one another, despite never having been born—or do they? you have to decide). Plus, alt history means that I don't have to invent loads of "this is what happened that led to the US becoming a police state" backstory, which is nice for me. Dor and I actually discussed it, and worked out what would have to happen, historically, so . . . yeah. And, just to prove that I haven't been dead, writing-wise, these are the last two bits I wrote. Not stories, exactly . . . one's in second person, one's in first, they're in no way related, except in that they deal with failed marriages. ( 1: Maybe it happens during dinner one night, or maybe you wake up in the night and can hear her, but no matter how it happens, you stumble in on her in a private moment, crying. ) Annd ( Number two. Short, weird, no quotation marks--I'm turning into Cormac McCarthy. ) I don't know how I feel about these. I don't usually know how I feel about any of my writing, but I've been stuck on a theme lately, especially with the freewrites, and . . . it's hard to gauge what's good and what's not. I wrote a short story about a woman that poisoned her husband (because he was going to poison her). I thought it was good, while I was writing it—there was some dialog I liked—then I went back and read it, after I'd finished writing it, and no, it was horrible. Really too stiff and formal, without a believable premise, and it didn't flow well. I showed it to Dor, and he agreed—not up to my usual standard. If I have a usual standard. Anyway. I haven't been writing much lately, but it hasn't been for lack of trying. I seem to have developed a bad case of writer's block, which, when you're only writing freewrites as it is, sucks. . . . and I just realised that I never talk about my actual day to day life in here. Um. Yes. I don't think anyone misses that, do you? If anyone reads this religiously, that is. ETA: I just clicked something my boyfriend linked me to on icanhazcheezburger, and there was an ad for PetSmart at the top of the page. I CANNOT ESCAPE. |
