07/02/00 -- Beware the Overzealous Auto-Flush Toilet
*flush* Hello! *flush* I'm
your toilet! *flush* I'm happy to help today! *flush*
Imagine having that conversation with a toilet
... only without all of the words. Just the flushes. You've
got the toilet in the ladies' room in Van Hoosen. It's
frightening. Er, unless you're Linda. If you're Linda, it
ignores you. And I guess that's just as frightening.
But enough of that.
I was having a weird dream this morning. I
discovered yesterday, on the way to/from seeing Titan AE that WCW Thunder
is going to be here the ... er, well, the 19th of July. So in my
dream this morning, I dreamed of an alternate Clarion. A Clarion in
which Bill Goldberg was one of our fellow Clarionettes. It just got
weirder from there.
Thankfully, however, David woke me up by knocking
on my door to see if I wanted to join him and Nalo for breakfast somewhere
on Grand River. I hopped a quick shower and did just that. We
wound up at this little diner type place and watched some weird MTV dance
contest while we waited for food and while we ate. Truly
strange. Like watching a train wreck... Or, as Nalo said, like
picking a scab.
On the way back, we wound up at the MSU student
book store. I contained my impulse shopping instinct. I did
not by the $27 spiral bound notebook with black pages and a black velvet
cover. In fact, I didn't buy anything. Huzzah!
Back on campus, I wound up trying to edit my
story. The one that's probably way too long for anyone to really
want to read. Then dragged it and the stories for critique down to
Van Hoosen for what was theoretically going to be a pizza party. But
there is nowhere in East Lansing (almost) that you can order pizza from
before, say, 4pm. It was 2:30. Suffice it to say the notion of
pizza wound up canned and a half-dozen of us went off to have food at IHOP
and then hit Meijer's.
Fun, eh?
Back on campus, I wound up hanging out in Van
Hoosen where it was air conditioned and thus cooler and much
less muggy than anywhere else. (Saw Chip for a few minutes before
then, too! Mary had brought him back to campus after a lunch with
him and Tananarive to pass the ba-ton or somesuch, I'm sure.) I
edited my story, re-read Goblin Market, edited my story s'more, put it
down and read/critiqued the three stories for tomorrow, then went through
another editing round. Oy!
Wound up chatting with David, Nalo, and Stuart
for a while, then going out to Chili's with them for a late late
dinner. Entertaining, yes. Fun, yes. Edible?
Perhaps. Depends on which of us you talk to. :)
While we were eating/finishing, a thunderstorm
snuck in. I thought that one of the street lights just had
flickering problems. No, it was lightning. Lots of it.
The storm came down pretty damn hard while we finished and paid, and then
on us while we raced across the parking lot to the car.
I dropped folks off at the dorm room, then
parked. Thankfully, the storm had let up a bit so I didn't wind up
too soaking wet on the walk back to the dorm from the parking lot.
While I like my haircut, it's weather like this that makes me kinda hate
it... most especially when I have gel in. The gel runs down my
forehead and into my eyes. Ouch.
So I finished editing my story. Entered all
the changes. It's about time for me to print it out and go to
bed. It'll probably take all night. It's 44 pages,
total. @.@
I've gotta remember to bring Lansing down for
critique tomorrow morning. (Critiquing "Switched to
Overload" ... Aiee!) Probably him and not grumpy Pikachu.
Lansing's easier to hide behind.
Anyway.. Say g'night, Aynjel.
G'night, Aynjel.
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Okay, so other
folks are talking about their productivity here. I decided I
may as well, too.
This list (and my productivity) is subject to change without
notice. :)
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Title
|
Word Count
|
Finished
|
Critiqued?
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"Where
the Blood Roses Grow"
Week one, first story. Wahoo. And I was worried that
something wouldn't come. |
5000 |
6/13 |
6/15 |
"Uprooting
the Tree"
Will probably change the title at some point. |
3400 |
6/16 |
6/19 |
"Mockingbird
Girl"
I think I'm happiest with this story, so far. |
2800 |
6/19 |
6/26 |
"Poor
as Paupers, Rich as Royalty"
My challenge story from Sean's week. I hated writing
it. It gave me a toothache. |
2000
|
6/22
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| That
fucking first person narrative (not yet complete) - May never be
completed. Don't I feel like an idiot... |
(400) |
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"Switched
to Overload" (That
other fucking first person narrative)
Actually, I like this one better than the one above it ...
Even if it did wind up being two first person narratives in one
story. o.O |
4900 |
6/27 |
7/3 |
| "Sweeter
Than Honey, Stronger Than Wine" (My
Tananrive Due challenge story. Write a story in the style of
an author whose work you admire. Aieee! It was sort of
supposed to be in the style of Tanith Lee. I'm not sure I
hit that. But it's definitely got a Christina Rossetti
influence.) |
9200 |
7/2 |
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