a night out

I went to see The Last Oz Story put on at my college for well probably the first time anywhere seeing as our new music director did all the music and a local wrote the musical. It was very cute.
( Oz )

( Day Nine: Favorite female character in a drama show )

( day 171, caturday, the pink noses say hi )

writerly ways

I have nothing much to say this week. My brain is fried. However, I want to whine a bit about editing. I know it's an absolutely necessary part of writing. I know we've talked about it before. So far nothing I've tried has made me like this any more than I have before.

Any suggestions for making it less of a chore.

I guess it's on my mind because I have 2 big bangs to edit.

I DO have something from you from my friend, B. new markets Since B is a romance writer most of her market news links are heavy on that but there is at least one speculative fiction market at this link.


I am writing but too slowly for my tastes. I do have to get seriously working on that space pirate story and now I have that Roaring 20's steampunk to write.

What I DO need speaking of editing, is a faster method than my writers group to get eyes on my two YA novels that are nearly done. Sigh.

Yearly word count -

19484 / 125000 words. 16% done!

Space pirate -

1377 / 10000 words. 14% done!

Roaring 20's - got names for them.

weight off week 14

Well I think I might have lost a pound. The scale is on crack so who knows for sure.

I did start up a little tai chi this week. Not really going to get me moving but it I hurt so much doing a program aimed at 70 year olds (the dvd, not tai chi in particular) then I need this step to get active again.

I was going to link up to a cool weight loss site but it's broken at the moment.

ital_gal might be by with a recipe later too but in the meantime here's another healthy one from me.

( Fresh Pea Hummus )

so not ready for this

the sun heated this apt up to 78. Right now it is nearly 80 in my freaking apt. I'm sweating to death. Seriously. I practically need a coaster to sit on to protect the furniture. I do not want to go from heater to a/c with no in between.

It's made me ill all day. I've been on the couch nauseated. i'll adjust to it won't be this bad but it's terrible. My uncle has the same issues. He was so swollen up from the heat that he had to have benadryl.

And thanks guys for everything earlier. I appreciate it.

I did have some good news at Krogers. Between Krogers card and coupons, I had 35$ worth of coupons. Whee. Mom always does say I could squeeze the buffalo off the nickle. I took the money and got a bissel sweeper for bare floors at Big Lots.

1. I needed this since my other bare floor sweeper is at a min. 15 years old and isn't sucking well and the cats fling litter everywhere.

2. Bonus to Bissel for using formed cardboard that's recycleable to package and NOT styrofoam.

3. Found out why it was 30$ at big lots....i need to be sure there isn't more paperwork blocking up the works but it doesn't work any better than the 15 year old one. might be going back.


To Do List from Hell.

1. Write space pirates
2. write Roaring 20's steampunk for wintersqueen
3. Edit FMA bigbang
4. edit Saiyuki Bigbang
5. Write drabbles/short stories for a host of people on fmagiftexchange which is slowly picking up speed for the vgift drive
6. write NCIS story for marlex I have a page. go me
7. start my stupid remix story

8.whatever the hell I'm forgetting right now goes here.

( Day Ten: Favorite female character in a scifi/supernatural show )

( Day 173, back to South Side )