Well that was a waste
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cornerofmadnessAfter a night of bad sleep, I had to get up very early. I was floating between dreams and waking most of the night. At one point I felt someone pull back the covers and get in bed with me (dream) and I remembered being in my living room where I saw two fluffy black kittens which were mostly feral. I tried to pick them up when Mom, a long haired black cat, came hissing out of nowhere, scratching me to hell and gone. A long haired calico was there and equally violent. I locked myself up in the bedroom where I first felt that person in the bed and then I felt the cats on the bed. It felt so real. You know that feeling of a pet walking on the bedding. I reached out and grabbed one and it was one of those kittens which immediately began biting me. Then of course the feral mothers materialized and the savaging started again.
I was glad I woke up to go pee to be honest and even more glad when the alarm went off. I drove 50 miles to the clinic and realized no one had told me where to go. I tried to park by the imaging area I was in last time but a) there was nothing there and b) it didn't feel right. I did finally park somewhere and it was the right spot.
However, I went all that way for nothing. He didn't inject me. I was annoyed as shit with his nurse who goes 'why are you here? It's not in the notes.' WHich I knew had to be bullshit. I said I don't know. I know it's for an injection but I don't know the name of the procedure (I was even MORE annoyed when she wrote, 'patient doesn't know why she's here' in the notes.
Anyhow as he and I talked, he thought my symptoms weren't classical for the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve impingement and sounded more like a radiculopathy (which is what I thought but okay, out of my strike zone) so long story short he wants to administer another test, the EMG before injecting me. Luckily he'll do it in Jackson in 2 weeks. As he was leaving he asked where do you teach and I told him. He brightened up and asked 'do you know DM (Nursing Dean).' I said I'm friends with here. DM is his mother in law! Ha. Everyone here is related to everyone else. I wondered if I had his wife as a student (I asked DM later that day, yes I have and she's going to tell him to be nice to me!)
So I was done way early and planned for it (Since I only work afternoons on monday) I got the laundry done and got to class and now I'm tired.
Can I say I'm enjoying the new X-Files? It's not fantastic but it's still pretty enjoyable. I'll also say Dana looks better hair down and I can't believe Skinner doesn't look a day older. Must be like Patrick Stewart, aged prematurely then looks that age for decades.
I need to get a damn recorder. Too many things I wanted to see. Missed the premiere of Lucifer but saw the two hours of The Magicians on SyFy and really liked it. I can see it's going to be dark but I'm hoping it's not unrelentingly dark like some of SyFy's current offerings that are just too dark for me (and I like dark stuff...)
To go along with yesterday's writerly ways, we're having a conversation on my author's mailing list that started out a tad annoying about someone whining the publisher isn't helping with promotion other than a blog post and I'm like when have they ever (this person has published a lot with this group so I'm like outside of sending out review copies what have they done other than blog postings) Maybe it was a reference to the fact they are no longer doing twitter take overs or facebook take overs. It wasn't my imagination. No one was buying from those.
Anyhow, the one thing that came out of that was approaching reviewers on our own. I don't do that well. I need to do better. I got sources and ideas so it made it worth wading through the whining.
How about some writing links? Some are from my friend ES and others from my lists. Price Promotions. Doesn't help me since I don't self publish but for those who do...
aritsts evolve.
And two from Chuck Wendig 25 hard truths & mid career writers
I was glad I woke up to go pee to be honest and even more glad when the alarm went off. I drove 50 miles to the clinic and realized no one had told me where to go. I tried to park by the imaging area I was in last time but a) there was nothing there and b) it didn't feel right. I did finally park somewhere and it was the right spot.
However, I went all that way for nothing. He didn't inject me. I was annoyed as shit with his nurse who goes 'why are you here? It's not in the notes.' WHich I knew had to be bullshit. I said I don't know. I know it's for an injection but I don't know the name of the procedure (I was even MORE annoyed when she wrote, 'patient doesn't know why she's here' in the notes.
Anyhow as he and I talked, he thought my symptoms weren't classical for the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve impingement and sounded more like a radiculopathy (which is what I thought but okay, out of my strike zone) so long story short he wants to administer another test, the EMG before injecting me. Luckily he'll do it in Jackson in 2 weeks. As he was leaving he asked where do you teach and I told him. He brightened up and asked 'do you know DM (Nursing Dean).' I said I'm friends with here. DM is his mother in law! Ha. Everyone here is related to everyone else. I wondered if I had his wife as a student (I asked DM later that day, yes I have and she's going to tell him to be nice to me!)
So I was done way early and planned for it (Since I only work afternoons on monday) I got the laundry done and got to class and now I'm tired.
Can I say I'm enjoying the new X-Files? It's not fantastic but it's still pretty enjoyable. I'll also say Dana looks better hair down and I can't believe Skinner doesn't look a day older. Must be like Patrick Stewart, aged prematurely then looks that age for decades.
I need to get a damn recorder. Too many things I wanted to see. Missed the premiere of Lucifer but saw the two hours of The Magicians on SyFy and really liked it. I can see it's going to be dark but I'm hoping it's not unrelentingly dark like some of SyFy's current offerings that are just too dark for me (and I like dark stuff...)
To go along with yesterday's writerly ways, we're having a conversation on my author's mailing list that started out a tad annoying about someone whining the publisher isn't helping with promotion other than a blog post and I'm like when have they ever (this person has published a lot with this group so I'm like outside of sending out review copies what have they done other than blog postings) Maybe it was a reference to the fact they are no longer doing twitter take overs or facebook take overs. It wasn't my imagination. No one was buying from those.
Anyhow, the one thing that came out of that was approaching reviewers on our own. I don't do that well. I need to do better. I got sources and ideas so it made it worth wading through the whining.
How about some writing links? Some are from my friend ES and others from my lists. Price Promotions. Doesn't help me since I don't self publish but for those who do...
aritsts evolve.
And two from Chuck Wendig 25 hard truths & mid career writers
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Date: 2016-01-26 11:30 am (UTC)And I'm definitely enjoying the new X-Files. And you're so right about Skinner.
Sorry about your doctor's appointment but yay for getting other things started afterward?
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Date: 2016-01-26 02:35 pm (UTC)Missed X-Files.
Liked the writing links. Thanks!
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Date: 2016-01-26 05:38 pm (UTC)you're welcome
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Date: 2016-01-26 05:40 pm (UTC)I am too. Yeah Skinner looks like he did 20 years ago. Spooky
eh, I'd rather have made prgress at the doctor's
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Date: 2016-01-26 11:57 pm (UTC)I'd be lost without my DVR. Tonight is my busy night. There are often 3 shows I want to watch at once during each of the main broadcast hours on Tuesdays. Thank goodness some of the cable network shows re-air later so I can record those.
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Date: 2016-01-27 02:19 am (UTC)