What Are You Doing?

Doing a load of laundry, as my group is not on tonight. Blasted bank holiday.

 

It `s a bank holiday? Is it just an Ireland/UK one or I`m I even more disassociated from society then I thought?

Been moving rather slowly along for the first half of the day. Took a nap after lunch and my exercises. Or I think I did, I laid down and then tome progressed and I don`t remember napping in between but I also don`t remember not napping. So either I napped or was abducted by aliens. Hoping to be more straight up productive now. The comebacks always in the second half, right? That`s how sports work? Just gotta do, it`s four already...already four, only four. Semantics.

What am I doing? Descending into mad ramblings apparently.

 

I'm thinking about my favorite uncle who just passed, worrying about paying for a flight ticket to attend his memorial this weekend, worrying for my grandmother and my aunt, wishing my husband were home and not gone for six weeks at school, wishing I could have known my uncle would be dying this exact year and month so I wouldn't have already paid for family to visit me, and wishing all of this wasn't happening in the midst of prepping for a move overseas.

So, basically, I'm laying in my bed.

 

Or you could always grab a book. Just sayin'.

 

It's a writers' forum not a readers' forum you twat. No one gives a fukk about anyone else's opinion. Did I think or say that?

 

Thinking I would love to see a Karl Pilkington and Jordan Schlansky travel show where it's those two on the road, maybe one being prodded by Ricky Gervais and the other being prodded by Conan O'Brien IDK, I'm thinking if we saw them travel through Italy (a country near and dear to Jordan's heart) could be a good episode, but, other countries too.

 

Shhhh! You'll queer the deal.

 

Sitting here with a Negroni and watching the sun set over the ocean in Santa Monica.

 

So nice.

 

Neither, you wrote it!

 

Writing a story and feeling very guilty about it. I should be working at my day job instead, but I'm motivated right now to write, not work.

 

I'm thinking about taking Neil Gaimans masterclass, next month. I've never taken any writing courses ever (except the ones in school, but they were completely irrelevant to writing fiction) and I think that maybe taking some guidance from one of the masters in storytelling is worth it. I feel kinda intimidated about it though. I got about a decade upon collecting free writing advice and lessons from the internet mainly, from various sources (you too guys and thanks a lot! You rule. ), which were and are definitely eye opening, but never from an artist whose work I like so much. It's just... weird... in a good way.

 

I've been thinking about taking Margaret Atwood's and a couple others, but have yet to pull the trigger.

 

Slowly poked around all day then got a sudden surge of productivity from six to now where I`m waning a tad. Got all my applications out, took care of the misfits, cleaned a tad, got ready for the week mostly, did three coding exercises, cleaned up my MOOC courses, did dishes but then made food and need to redo them, and did almost everything I set out to. The voice mails still giving me trouble, and I`ll do the grow plan later in the week. Wanted to catch up here more and do some light writing haven`t yet. Gonna shower than see what happens. Latest I`ll let myself stay up is three. May just make room for it tomorrow if I can.

 

Let's just go for it and pull that trigger!
... but next month. I need dem monies first. Furthermore, if I understood correctly, it's fairly cheap to take all of the masterclasses. I will have to decide on that one too.

 

I need the time. My hours have been a little more full lately than usual.

 

I'm quite the opposite. This month has been a little too relaxed although I know that soon I'll be on the run again. When I got the money, I don't have the time and when I have the time I lack the money. There's imbalance in nature. Anyhow, the fee can be annual so I guess I'm gonna make the time at some point. Sacrifices will be made.

 

... starting with Tobby.

 

John-John, how is it that when the entire plot of your fantasy novel, The Fallen God, revolves around trying to revive said ancient god to strike back against an oppressive faction....

You just *forget* that part and focus on the civil war? Why you do dis? D:<

 

Avoiding writing my second nook. Deadline? End of April.

 

Sounds like me every time I play Skyrim.

About to run out the door to a job interview, and then come home and do some housekeeping. Literal and otherwise. The Interviews at Lowes (chain hardware store, Walmart of hardware for non Americans..though are they international?) I know jack all about hardware, so I don`t know how this will go but I`ve got plenty of retail experience and can learn I guess.

Slow waking up this morning, but did it pretty effectively after. Laid clothes, and packed bag the night before. Gotta go run towards the bus now, hopefully, it`s a good day. If I miss this bus because I stopped to post here I will hurl myself into traffic.

 

Discovering that I can get cinnamon & salt toothpaste, as well as coconut toothpaste from a company I trust.
I was hoping they sold hairbrushes too, but apparently not.

ETA: Just waiting for @Iain Aschendale to come along with a picture of the 2001+ varieties they have in Japan.

 

LOL... But we only have one flavor of sports drink. Many companies make a Gatorade-equivalent, but they're all grapefruit flavor for some reason. Just like toothpaste in America is almost always mint.