Well, after Smallville was over last night, I had a difficult time getting back on track with my writing.  But I did struggle through and got to a grand total of 8,687 before saving and going to bed.  Which, you know, not bad!  I got to within >1,500 of my goal for that day and wrote over 5,000 words.  Even though I didn't get caught up all the way, I'm very pleased overall, and know that between today and tomorrow I'll get myself caught up completely. 

I don't want to go to work today.  But I think it'll give me some good planning time for the next stages of my story, considering I had no time to plan anything specific as I wasn't even planning on writing this.

dfsjlafdjlksas, I don't even know.  I feel a little brain dead to be quite honest.

I should probably start getting ready for work or something.

The results of my poll the other day suggest that Food Network was lying to me the other day when it said that the vast majority of people prefer white sandwich bread over wheat. Some rightly remarked that breads like challah are not advisable in whole wheat form, but most of you go for wheat bread.

(Of course, the real winner is Ticky.)

Meanwhile, I'm trying not to spam you guys too much with Nano details, because I'm sure it's already getting old for those of you who aren't insane participating, but I think on Saturdays I'm going to post my word count, just as a quick update on how I'm doing. And man, I'm doing better than I anticipated. (The minimum pace of 1667 words per day would have me ending the day with at least 11669 words.)

( I was hoping you'd tell me about your kryptonian heritage because you trust me, but this'll work too. )

I feel rather emotionally drained after this episode.  It was very heavy and sad. 

I liked all the character interactions of this episode:  Clark and Chloe talking about Lois, Clark and Chloe and Oliver working together, Clark and Ollie talking about Chloe and their dead parents.

Great episode.  I'm getting comfortable with the new high standards I have for this show... I don't know if that is good or bad or what.  Anyhow, back to writing. :)

I took a rather large break after John got home, making dinner and hanging out with him, then I managed to get up to 7036 words total before taking a break now to watch Smallville.

So only 3000 words behind schedule.  I'm pretty sure if I stick to it, I can get that done tonight after Smallville is over.  How very productive of me. :D

6003 words.  Time for a Reeses break.

Now I'm starting to get into the real drive(plot? beginning? crux?) of the story.

THAT'S RIGHT, THIS GIRL.

I'm going to blame my aunt and uncle who are in town right now, as John and I went out to dinner with them on Wed after I got out of work and then played tour guide all day yesterday (well, not all day, but a lot of the day) and man was that exhausting. 

So yeah.  I have all day today to get back where I should be...  with breaks for doing the dishes, cleaning the litter box and making dinner somewhere in there.

So yeah.  7,000 words. 

If I go crazy because of this, I just want you all to know that I love you. 

:p

Also, it's kind of dreary, cloudy, and rainy out, which is lovely and sort of my ideal writing weather so I may as well try to make the most of it. 


ETA: 1:40pm.  I started with 3404 and now have 5073.  That's good.  Halfway to my goal of 10k before the day is over (aka midnight).  Going to take a quick dish-washing and tea-making break before hopefully getting back to work around 2, 215, but definitely before 230.

( More presidential adorableness! )

And now, to horrify you. (Totally work-safe. Just a disturbing piece of merchandise.)

Even though I should definitely know better than to EVER listen to Rachel C. or take anything she ever says seriously, she really hurt me tonight. 

We hung out last night due to work having to be shut down and then worked together tonight.  Being girls, of course a lot of the discussion was on boys.  

However, after me pointing out dudes that I found attractive, especially my jail-bait Gershwin-whistling freshman, Rachel just surmised "Ew god you're into really ugly people."

Thanks a lot, Rachel.

Two fics in one day, despite being loopy and in pain.  Go me!  (Unless they suck, in which case I have no idea where they came from.)

Title:  The Importance of Being Constant
Pairing:  Kenshin/Kaoru
Prompt: Rurouni Kenshin, Kenshin/Kaoru: Discovering your boyfriend isn't human (anything but a vampire or a werewolf)- Some days it didn't pay to get out of bed, this was one of those days.

There was a stranger in her kitchen, claiming to be her boyfriend.

This is a very important poll.

Poll #1481471 Bread
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 30

White or wheat?

Ticky?

Title: Caught Between
Fandom: Reboot
Rating: PGish
Character/Pairing: Bob/Dot
Summary: Sometimes you can ask for what you want. Sometimes you just have to take it.
Author's Notes: I admit, a lot of this was brought on by the fact that mekosuchinae has posted a number of Reboot drabbles in the last few days, and, well, that just made me want to join in the fun. My OTP could use a little more schmoop, don'tcha think? Post-series, idk wtf happened with the Hunt, make up your own thing - suffice it the say that SHIT WAS RESOLVED AND THEY COULD GO ABOUT BEING HAPPY TOGETHER.

( 'Dot,' he said, for what felt like the tenth time in only twice as many nanos. )

Second Springkink prompt down!  Hopefully, it suffices for the prompt.

Title:  Resisting Temptation
Pairing:  Cloud/Tifa
Rating:  M (no graphic sex, but plenty of references and innuendo and implications thereof)
Prompt:  Final Fantasy 7, Cloud/Tifa, The trick (an action/catchphrase/item/cue that prompts immediate (sexual) action)

I blame anything that's wrong with it on the pain of bursitis and the loopiness from the meds.  ^^;

Bananas were evil...

In no particular order:

- Hubby is supposed to have the day off today but got called in to work at 6am- emergency exercise. :(

-We are pretty much over our jet-lag. :)

-I'm thinking very seriously of opening my own cloth diaper shop here, so I can share pocket diapers with Japanese mamas. So I'm doing research into setting up an online shop and import taxes and what-not.

-We have waaaay too many diapers now. The first step is admitting you have a problem. I should upload a stash pic so you guys can see the fluff.

-I love, love, love Castle. Which reminds me, I should be downloading it. :)

-I'm spending all my free time doing the Great Cloth Diaper Hunt nowadays.

-I have a LLL meeting that I have to leave for in about half an hour, but Akari is asleep on my lap. Sigh.

-stop_plagiarism wasn't able to do anything about the person who ripped off Full Circle. :( Oh well.

I had a conversation with Rachel last night about PPG fic inspired by some of the romantic creepy moments in Twilulz. This the text conversation that happened as a result:

Rachel: I listened to the clarks all the way there and back. And thought about ppg
Josie: ...*gleeeee*
Rachel: I REALLY might want to write the fics with brick watching blossom sleeping
Josie: That's hilarious. I totally support that.
Rachel: He's going to think about how pretty she is and how he wants to smother her in her sleep
Josie: Brick is a weirdo. I love it.
Rachel: Then blossom is going to wake up and kick his ass like a sane girl
Josie: She knows what a healthy realtionship looks like. Even if she can't see the symptoms in hersefl.
Rachel: He BROKE into her house to watch her SLEEP. Creeper.
Josie: Rofl. He wants to see his baby mama?
Rachel: If brick knew then that blossom was going to be his baby mama he DEFINITELY would have smothered her in her sleep

Happy Bonfire Night!

Hey!

I just wanted to make a quick post of encouragement to all you NaNoWriMo participants on my f-list.  It's a huge commitment and you're all AWESOME for signing up.  laura_josephsen , yuenmei , genkisakka , and amethyst_key , this means you in particular, but also for anyone else who is participating.

Keep it up! 

Okay, so since I'm using up all my letters on NaNo, I'm going to do a numbers post before I head off to AASL in Charlotte, NC, today. (Kindly pray that my head doesn't explode while on the plane since my sinuses are all clogged). So here are the rundowns on some numbers currently influencing my life:

Age I'll be on my next birthday, Nov 18: 28

Number of e-mails I received and replied to in October: 4,165
number of e-mails from Scholastic in Oct: 47
number of e-mails from my agent in Oct: 24

Word count for my NaNo novel so far: 6,673

Number of LiveJournal comments replied to in Oct: 389

Number of my husband's tropical fish I killed in October: 11*

Number of friends added on Facebook in October: 306

Number of harp strings I strung by hand last week: 32

Number of messages received on Facebook in October: 105

Number of wall posts received on Facebook in October: 646

Number of nostrils a human breathes through at any given time: 1**

Number of weeks SHIVER has been on the NYT Bestseller List: 14

Number of people living on the smallest of the Scilly Isles: 90

Days on the road for SHIVER in October: 12

Hours of driving logged in Loki: 11

Number of giant snails featured on my blog: 2

*I did not mean to kill his fish. I merely added some water at a perfect 72 degrees to the tank. And they came over all dead-like the next day. And the day after. And the day after that. And the day after that.
**I discovered this while looking up remedies for stuffed up nose (saltwater rinse works awesome, by the way). A person only breathes through one nostril at a time (put your finger 1/2 inch under your nose to see which nostril you're using), and which side is dominated by the hemisphere of the brain that is currently active. Left brain: right nostril. Right brain: left nostril. Unless you're stimulating your brain to use one side of the other, each hemisphere dominates in cycles that last from two to four hours. You can also clarify your thinking and balance your brain by using the yoga technique of pinching one nostril shut and breathing out of one side and then the other a few times. Cool, yes? Okay, so it's not. but now you've learned something against your will.

And now, number of bags I'm off to pack for my flight? 1

So today I was watching Cash Cab(TV trivia game show) and the question was, "Called potato gems in Australia, what tasty treat was made in US by Ore Ida?" I bounced up and down and said, "TATER TOTS!" I felt really smart when the contestants missed it and I got it right. ;)

Hope you're having fun wherever you are now! :D

Okay, today I still got up on time, but with decidedly less 'huzzah' I'm glad I'm closer to the end of the week than the beginning. I haven't even changed clothes yet because it's cold and pantyhose are so tedious. Sleeping in on Saturday will be a welcome reprieve, and I may take a writing break on Sunday if I still feel I need additional recuperation after Saturday. Or write on Sunday so that I can take a writing break on Monday. We'll see.

Also, I'm expecting a visit from Bob today, so that doesn't make things easy.

Friday-ho!!!

Now, off to conquer the pantyhose and figure out what to wear after that.

For those of you not awesome enough to be a facebook friend with me, I must share with you a most awesome quote that my professor said in class today.  The subject matter was on gender roles in film and how it's changed over the years and how Hollywood ladies nowadays look like mutants. 




"Then there's Uma Thurma, which I think - I mean, that would be like making love with a stork, you know?  I mean, who would want to fuck Madonna? I would rather fuck a Heinz ketchup bottle - I mean, Heinz, it's at least a brand that's been around for 50 years, so it's at least respectable." ~ Jean-Pierre Gorin

*points up* As Laura's husband Ryke commented on my Facebook word count update the other day.

Behold, indeed. I have gotten out of bed at 5:00 for three mornings in a row. And I've gotten to bed early the nights before. This, my friends, is nothing short of miraculous. Monday after work I went to Panera. Tuesday to Starbucks. Tonight to Borders, and then I'll just keep going in a circle. This is where my left-brain side and my right-brain side come together into glorious creative productivity. Almost every move I make right now is devoted to helping my Nano endeavors, either directly or indirectly. I write 3,000 a day like clockwork, in the same part of the day. When it's time to write, I write. When I'm done, I'm done. No random bursts of inspiration that drive me crazy until I can make it to my laptop. Precise, organized, methodical. Is it weird that this is my process of creation? But it works, and it only works for Nano. It's kind of unfathomable.

In other news, Ohio voters passed a constitutional amendment yesterday to legalize gambling and build 4 monstrous casinos in our major cities. I'm disappointed but not surprised. I don't think in a healthy economy that it would have passed, but I didn't really expect people to be able to resist the siren song of the "Creates more jobs!" sales pitch during this recession. I'm just sad because, with intimate knowledge of how addictions can rip families apart, I hate to see the door thrown open all the wider for people to feed themselves with what will kill them (in body or in spirit). I know it's a free country, etc. etc. but don't condemn me from wishing I could protect weak people from themselves.

Admittedly, I can't complain too loudly because... I didn't vote. Whoops. I was going to and then I was just so preoccupied that I totally forgot on my way home. Stupid Nano. Well, next year will still be Nano but I won't have homework also wrestling for a piece of my attention.

I'm doing really horrible on Nano btw, lol.

Title: Flutter
Characters: Ursa, Mai
Rating: G
Drabble

( Ursa, there's someone to see you. )

Honestly, I'm not even sure where that came from... thoughts?