am not wakeful
am not creative
am not productive
am not able to consume
am a little hungry
am a little headachey
am not willing to get out of bed
am not willing to lie down
I think the word I'm looking for might be "restive." Or "restless." Bit of both, I should think.
Need to get back to writing tomorrow.
Wow. 42F, according to the clock thermometer. I can feel those cold blankets now...
- Mood:
three pairs of PJs later...
I thought I understood small towns. I went to college in Ithaca — a town listed as “rural” in my college guidebook. But the tiny college town of Fredonia makes Ithaca look like a bustling metropolis.
At first I was shocked by the general lack of necessities. (By “necessities” I mean: book stores, coffee shops, and movie theaters. There was one of each, although for a while we’d thought the theater had closed.) But despite the lack of essential businesses, the town was utterly charming. I loved the architecture most. I loved the old houses with wrap-around porches, with candles in every window, with honest-to-goodness yards.
| From 2009 Photobook |
Chris gave me the grand tour, and I wanted to jump out of the car and take pictures of the abandoned drive-in theater he used to frequent as a kid. I saw Little League fields, the SUNY Fredonia campus, crisp streams carving their way between snow banks, and the mighty (and mighty cold) great Lake Erie. It felt like a trip to another time, not just another place.
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Sometimes, when I don't know how a scene goes or what it's doing, and I keep writing, I end up getting stuck because the words wander into a dead-end, or onto a path that the book doesn't want to follow. That happened to me last week, and it took me several days to regroup.
Sometimes, when I don't know how a scene goes or what it's doing, and I keep writing, after some blundering through the underbrush, I come out onto the path, and it's the right path, the place where the book wants to go. That happened to me tonight.
Trouble is, you can never tell which one it's going to be until afterwards.
- 10:19 Still soaking from the walk to work. Umbrellas never do as much as you expect them to, given the inconvenience of having to carry one. #fb #
- 11:00 It's funny how we still compare X-Mas loot just like we did as kids. #fb #
- 11:02 Except now you can blog/tweet/FB your gifts in real-time. Back in my day, you had to wait until you got back from Christmas break. #fb #
- 11:03 @4rilla Mr. Boston vodka? Gotta show some regional pride! #
- 13:18 @amandapalmer What, you don't think YouTube users like "x_ExposeZionistLies2009_x" have valid opinions about musical technique? ;) #
- 13:20 Meatball parm for lunch...good noms! #fb #
- 13:41 At least the rain as stopped so I ca wonder around outside. #fb #
- 14:29 Gotta replace these sneakers soon. twitpic.com/vhc5p #fb #
- 15:49 RT @TomBrevoort Support #ChangeYourAvatarToTheMaster, add a #twibbon to your avatar now! - bit.ly/8OBp6y #
- 15:53 Support #ChangeYourAvatarToTheMaster, add a #twibbon to your avatar now! - bit.ly/8OBp6y #
- 15:54 Did this work? #
- 15:58 HAHAHA! #
- 15:59 Is it just me, or have all the NFL teams been wearing throwbacks for like half the year? #fb #
- 16:11 Seriously, if you wear them every other week, it ceases to be a special thing and just becomes a really ugly third uniform. #fb #
- 17:53 is only in it for the money. #fb #
- 18:24 gots to get paid, son. #
This is my first year as Coordinator for The Gathering, which takes place on the Friday of WisCon, from 1-4pm. At The Gathering, you can greet old friends and make some new ones as you peruse the many tables and activities available for your delight and amusement.
Of course, in order to have activities available, we need people to host said activities.
Please write to gathering34@wiscon.info with any offers you might have to host activities (with a description of said activities). Write there also with any questions you might have.
Thanks!
- 22:31 Review of Sherlock Holmes filed for Tor.com #
- 22:48 Have *you* seen the climax of my novella? #
- 09:17 This bed and these cats have a huge gravity well this morning. #
- 12:47 RT @jay_lake The battle of Pellenor Fields, in candy - bit.ly/l8riW - the world's most awesomest geek gingerbread house. #
- 12:52 It's odd and interesting writing Sebastien in a situation he's not in charge of. Never done this before. #
- 21:19 @wilw Somebody today said" "Strip, Sterilize, Sedate, and Strap 'em In." Who needs to be conscious to fly? #
- 21:27 @tobiasbuckell @wilw precisely. Still trying to figure out what to do with it, though. #
- 21:33 @jaybushman I have so totally given up on Doctor Who it's not even on my radar anymore. #
- 21:33 @jaybushman Although it's hard to imagien anything scarier than a timelord gamma #
I have never cooked using a crock pot before. I have two (A little dipper and a 6 qt) from my bridal shower, along with a Crock Pot cookbook. I want to make one of the recipes: Turkey Piccata. I will be substituting chicken for turkey.
The recipe calls for it to be cooked in a 5 quart slow cooker. I have a 6 quart.
Will I need to change any of the measurements in the recipe? Or how long that it's cooked for?
Thank you in advance! ^_^
- Mood:
curious
1 medium sized head of red cabbage
2 cups of white sugar
2 cups of white vinegar
3 cups of water
Shred the cabbage, mix all ingredients in the crock pot. Six-eight hours on low should do it.
Enjoy and glædelig jul!
Well, guess what my fiance gave me for Christmas this year?
Yes, that's right, a new Crock Pot! It's 5.5qt and it came with a Little Dipper! :)
I'm putting photos below the cut.
( The old one and the new one. )
Now I just have to find ways to use the Little Dipper! (No worries, I have located the tag for it here in this comm!)
**Not sure how to tag, sorry.**
- Mood:
cheerful
WFC apparently is refusing to do any on-line registration. You have to download a pdf form, fill it out, write them a check/credit card #, and send it via USPS.
Guys, I know WFC marches to the beat of its own bagpipe, but WTF? It's 2010. Most of us do things on-line whenever possible -- yes, really. We enter in the credit card and we hit "send" and we don't print out fiddly bits of paper and mail them and then wait to hear if it's been received or not.
Or am I missing some great backlash against on-line commerce?
There are also no hotel rates listed. Hopefully that will be remedied in the next few months, so I can deal with Budget Issues...
*I'm not doing Readercon because I'll be teaching @ Odyssey the week prior and fully expect to be exhausted. WorldCon is yet to be decided -- have to see a) how the finances work, and b) if I can really afford to take the time off, when I'll then have to turn around and head to France for two weeks the next month. The cats would kill me. Although I am willing to hear arguments....
- Mood:
annoyed
You can read
Item the second: Climbed tonight with
- Mood:
contemplative - Music:KT Tunstall - Hold On
so here's maybe a silly question.
we all know that crossing into your own timeline is a fussy issue as was evidenced in father's day and mawdryn undead and the fact that the Doctor can't go back into the Time War since it's Time Locked &c &c &c.
Now, ( in the End of Time... )
that last bit isn't *important*, per se, because the episode writing plays out the way that it should play out. just trying to bring out some discussion and theories and what not. i feel like it brings out one of the problems with time-travel and... urgency, for lack of a better word. If you're able to travel at any point in time, then any sense of urgency until you arrive at a particular point in time and become a part of those events is false, yes? it's like you're at the start of a race and have the leisure of starting whenever you want. in this particular instance, the fact that the Doctor becomes aware of a Crisis that's in a timeline outside of the context of the actual Crisis should make the sense of urgency pretty minimal?...
I read The Maltese Falcon this week. I am not over the ways in which that book is completely fucking awesome and I hope to never be over it. And yes, I picked up The Thin Man this afternoon.
This has been not a book report, but a *glee*.
- Mood:
dorky - Music:Isobel Campbell/Mark Lanegan -- Revolver
