the simple things

[cornerofmadness]

My students told me about a sushi place in Jackson. I stopped today. It's small with a limited Chinese menu but a more extensive (and expensive as per sushi usual)sushi menu. I went with a lunch bento of fried gyoza, rice, soup and garlic chicken which was tempura with a sweet garlic sauce. It was actually good. Granted it's more $$$ than usually seen in Jackson and it's in a crap location so it'll probably fail but I like it. I'm thrilled.

I finished my grading. Thank God. Monday I'll have to go in and do the final grade calculations but the hard work is over. I did read chapter one of Machiavelli Moon in between grading essays. I can honestly say I hate this chapter. Not because it's bad. But because I've read it so many times. It's now EIGHTEEN years old. Literally. I need to go make it really 1990's so people get it. It's not today. It's retro... I really just want to make head way on this. I'm so tired of getting to about ch 6 or 7 and just petering out and starting over at chapter one a year later. BUt it was interesting to finally look at the comments the professor put on them a year ago and find out she enjoyed it a lot. I only glanced at them last year. I've sent it off to a couple of people to look at.

I'm starting to sink into the depression that is very common for me this time of year. I haven't had a good holiday in years.

And I'm at a total loss as to what to do with fmabigbang this year. I'm so close to just saying fuck it. I won't since hopefully the artists have invested some time into it BUT I think I have to be realistic. I can not tell the story I want to tell in the time that is left. There is just no way. I'm going to have to sacrifice a huge chunk of the subplot and that makes me miserably unhappy with story. I could write a fourth story with it but it's not going to be the same and I'll always know that. It would need more time for me to do it as I envisioned it. And it's no consolation knowing others are in the boat with me.

But in happier writing news I came across this Open Call for Submission It's looking for stories about geeks. I figured this flist might appreciate that. I wonder if I could redo that elf at an anime con story I already have done... I might have to tone down the sex (or maybe not, it's not the whole point)