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Little girl, little girl, why are you crying?

2009-05-14T03:01:00.000-07:00

With a thesis/novel finished, and a "summer vacation" with which to find a way to pay the college loans off, expect a lot of new updates.

Through the process of the thesis defense, we decided that "The Suits" is not yet a final project, and so: I'm letting it sit on the shelf and am going back to work on the werewolves for the time being, now that I have the luxury to choose and take a sort of break from the non-stop process of the other "novel".

About time I started getting things back in order after all that chaos.

The power of four?!

2009-04-28T12:05:00.000-07:00

I officially loathe April. This month has been ridiculously busy, and I haven't had time to report that not only have I finished the manuscript for The Suits (at 314 pages, huzzah), but I defended the thesis about two weeks ago.

It all started with Metallica and ended on Twilight. All in all, it could have been much worse.

After talking with my advisor about it, though, we've come to the realization that I actually have about 4 different books sitting in this manuscript. Which all need to actually be written, instead of split up into nicely formed consistent breaks within the book. Mrg. But it'll be better this way. Hopefully. I might actually get to everything I wanted to the first time.

But first: finals and graduation.

And it begins...again

2009-03-08T16:05:00.000-07:00

Today marks the first day of editing. Okay, so this should have happened several days ago, but I've been trying to catch up on the schoolwork I'd neglected because of trying to finish the thesis--and then keep up with the current stuff.

GAH. I can do this. I know I can. My brain just feels very slushy at the moment, and I CANNOT wait for Spring Break so I can...actually take one.

Like, I'm in the middle of course work which is expected, and my thesis which is also expected, but also trying to find a job in a job market that doesn't have any, and an apartment without a job. I'd never been serious about the "starving artist" moniker, but karma and irony may be catching up with me in equal strides.

And graduation is coming far too quickly. As is this thesis deadline. I have none of my painting done, and they can't even decide on a date for me yet. Yipes. They've had to change dates on me several times, and I have a feeling it may happen again. I had to be the student with all of the difficult professors who all have schedules that don't meet up. LAME. But I have to do this defense. I HAVE TO. So...it'll get figured out, won't it?

I'm also starting on Robert's book again, which may help in putting me in the right frame of mind again--I've been so checked out with the thesis that I haven't wanted to write anything, much less look at the 300 page monstrosity to edit it. [Sigh]

Things'll get done.
They have to get done.
Even if it's a little different than I planned.

Hooray!

2009-02-02T21:37:00.000-08:00

PART TWO IS FINISHED. TAKE THAT, THESIS.

You will be conquered!

I'm Gonna Show Them Who You Really Are...

2009-01-23T11:58:00.000-08:00

It's been a while since I'd seen fit to post over here, but it seemed pertinent today, so here we go with today.

I've made it to nearly the end of part II of The Suits, THANKFULLY, which leaves me currently somewhere around 250 pages (or 61,000 words? Something like that anyhow), and things are starting to move along again. Which is fantastic. Characters and plot are finally coming together, and really, I love to see the process all coming together, even if it can be a total pain in the butt at times. It's worth the hair ripped out and the lost hours of sleep, really.

But I've also been taking this class on the Rhetoric of Harry Potter (which should really be called the Rhetoric of the Quest Narrative), and I now see that I could make this story go in so many different directions. I've been thinking about the "formula" in class, and how I could twist it to fit my purposes and...

Well, let's just say I have a sort of vision for the second draft's direction, which is a VERY VERY good thing to have at present (since this project is due by the first Friday in April). The rough draft, though, the one I'm working on now, is officially due in a month--which is the terribly daunting thing. If I can find time to squeeze in on this project every day, I SHOULD be fine, but should and will be have always been distinctly different.

Which means I should probably stop blogging at the moment, but I have my meeting with my project advisior in about 20 minutes, which gives me more free time than workable time. Whatever. What gets done gets done--but the goals have been set, and things are finally getting laid out and...

I'm totally stoked.

Brr, It's Cold, and I'm Not Turning This into a Cheer-joke

2008-12-22T19:37:00.000-08:00

After a few billing kinks, I think we're back online? Huzzah.

Well, after the end of tonight (hopefully), I will only be 13 chapters from the end of this monster? My projected goal was 2 chapters/day, but I think one should be sufficent, and doable for the most part. Huzzah. I'll be finishing 25 tonight, I think. And starting on 26, if I can get it done.

Wish me luck?

Also, why do I not own a coat when I live in Idaho and Oregon? This is total FAIL on my end, BRR. Perhaps I should work on that before the week is out.

And Merry/Happy Christmahannakwanzakah, since we're only about 2 days away from Christmas now. If I'm early/late for other holidays, it doesn't mean I don't still love you.

And everyone who reads this: do yourself a favor and get a copy of Sharp Teeth. If you like werewolves even just a little bit, it'll be one of the best things you've ever done for yourself.

(And expect a new layout come January.)

Tales of Seminal Interest...or something like it.

2008-12-21T00:20:00.000-08:00

Just a few notes:

1. I just renewed the domain for another year. Yay.
2. I need to be putting up character bios for The Suits like I did for Nocturnal Melee, because even I'm getting lost without them.
3. I need to stop trying to call Sebastian by the name of "Sparkles" when I'm snarking at him. Not all vampires are as ridiculous as the not-so-vampires of Twilight. I've just spent so much time trying to set the record Meyer screwed up straight that it's an engrained reaction now. All vampires except Dracula are "sparkles." NO MORE.
4. I have two-weeks until my projected finish-date. CRAP. And I still have way too much to do. Good thing I don't want to go out due to terrible weather and psychotic drivers. Almost being hit 5 times on the way to go get coffee only to find out that the coffeeshop is too full? Yeah, no thanks.
5. Rivka's art continues to make me happy. She's just finished the pieces for the Queen of Chaos/Order, and I'm astounded at the awesome. <3

Hppy holidays, if I don't get around to it.

HOLY UPDATES, BATMAN!

2008-12-06T03:55:00.000-08:00

Holy cow, it's been a long time since I've done a hardcore update. I hadn't realized just how much of my time this thesis project was actually taking until...well, until it's the 6th of December, and I'm wondering where the time went.

Even when the last 4 months have left so much to be desired. Hrm.

Let's just hope I can get more like this done over the holidays, hmm?

SPAAAAAAAAAAAARTA!

2008-11-29T15:01:00.000-08:00

Every year. Every damn year. I find myself wishing that NANOWRIMO wasn't November. I always want it to fall in the middle of summer, when I'm not pulling my hair out at finals, or holidays, or drama. I suppose, though, the idea alone was enough to encite a little work, and that's nothing to sneeze at. But officially, my NOWRIMO (ie: not national) is December. Or, really, the three weeks that we call Christmas Break.

And at least those three weeks won't be creativity leeches.

I need the large amount of open space. I've just barely started to introduce angels, and still have to explain so much backstory that my head wants to explode. And the next chapter is going to have me in tears, and it won't even matter if I'm writing it or not--it's just...well, I know I'm going for authentic if it has my stomach in knots, right?

Also, whoever at Liongate decided that REPO! The Genetic Opera needed to be a limited release needs to be hit. Very hard. I can go to a big theatre and see shit, but when what they deem is a "shit" movie is actually fucking fantastic? No, you have to fight Persian hoards for it. SPARTA! Yeah, I went there.

Also: Thank you, Mr. Gaiman, for being sane. Gods, if that sticks, they could arrest almost anyone who collects. That's fucking scary as hell.

Folklore-Dorkery

2008-10-11T15:29:00.000-07:00

The fey have names. The fey have names. Thefeyhavenames!

It's an exciting moment. I'm finally getting to a major plot point--the characters have been almost as lethargic as I have, and the names were a big deal. I even managed to sneak a bit of Celtic-mythology-dorkery into the Queen's name of "Ainestacia"--Aine being the Celtic queen of the fairies. Ahe, faeries. She'd smack me for getting it wrong.

But now I need to write my proposal for the Dean and hope to whatever diety is watching that it gets approved. Because otherwise, this was 200 pages of work for pretty much nothing but my own masochistic amusement. As long as I focus more on style and less on plot, I should be fine, but here's to hoping anyway.

Sebastian had just get off his happy ass, walk through the door, and into faerie court so I can beat on him a little more. MRG.

And to think I was going to get such a massive amount of homework done this weekend... I still need to read three books and get a seven-page essay on The Jungle Book written. Wish me luck?

Let's see how far down it goes

2008-10-01T19:25:00.000-07:00

The thesis is behind schedule, and it's annoying the living hell out of me. Apparently the moment anyone brings reporters into fiction, they slow everything down. Jargony bastards. And you'd think I'd have it down, since I'm in journalism. Of course, assumptions have been getting me nowhere thus far. And I need character motivations done for my thesis advisior by Monday. So hopefully I'll get some of the stuff on Nocturnal Melee updated so that it's not information from the first draft 10 years ago. Ha.

Anyway, I'm back to the Alice-esque rabbit hole. And this could prove to be fun. We get to meet the faeries, and the Fey get to be Switzerland. It should be grand.

My plan is to have that done by the weekend. Here's to hoping, right?

And there's another crank thrown in: I'll be away this weekend. AGAIN. First it was Forks, then Ashland, and now Seattle. I've been all over the damn place this semester, it's surreal.

But I get to go see Neil Gaiman, and I'm stoked, and NOTHING (and when I say it, I mean it) could dampen the exhilaration at the moment. Friday cannot come soon enough, oh Gods. The fangirl in me could die a rather happy death come Friday evening (save its anger at no San Diego Con yet...). Haha.

So, writing. And then the dinner party for Shawn. And then more writing. Dilligence?

the lamenting of their women...

2008-09-17T16:11:00.000-07:00

I hit 40,000 words on the thesis last week, and I have my second real critique on Friday morning.

If I keep going, I may be able to get this finished, at least draft-wise, by Christmas. Which is when the whole project, as the first draft, is due. MEEP. It's made so that I supposedly have 4 months to edit it and have it "finished" as it'll be by presentation time.

And then hopefully I can start getting letters out, and then start working on Nocturnal Melee again, which, after being read by a friend, wasn't as finished as it should have been to warrant sending out to agents. SO. The book has been reoutlined again, keeping 80% of the integrity of the product finished in February, and expanding on it so much that the ending of the manuscript is now about half of the book instead.

Things will work out. I have to keep telling myself that. NM may not end up being the debut novel I had intended it to be, but it'll get done. And The Suits will get its ass in gear.

At least the process actually calls for and instigates the growth I'd always found so hokey when writers talked about it. Yay for maturity, or something of the like.

Also: Stephenie Meyer Day in Forks? Full of hilarity.

Hello, Ladies and GentLEmen

2008-08-28T12:37:00.000-07:00

As I'm working on getting Part II started on this thing I call the new book, I found that a little introduction to my methods would be in order. Since this is my writing blog. Imagine that!

1. Do you write fiction or non-fiction? Or both?
I only write non-fiction in the form of research papers, though my original senior thesis was going to be a look at Anime and Japanese Post-War culture. Normally, I write fiction, and most of it is fantasy at that. I like finding real life in an escape. Otherwise, I'm still living my life as I write--I'm not writing.

2. Do you keep a journal or a writing notebook?
For the most part, yes. But it's all over in bits and pieces.

3. If you write fiction, do you know your characters’ goals, motivations, and conflicts before you start writing or is that something else you discover only after you start writing? Do you find books on plotting useful or harmful?
Generally, I will try and start with an outline. I like to know my characters well enough to know what I'm doing with them. Sometimes they'll surprise me, but for the most part it's like having a best friend--you know them almost in and out.

4. Are you a procrastinator or does the itch to write keep at you until you sit down and work?
I procrastinate a bit, but I don't always have to have a BURST of inspiration to write. I can sit myself down and make myself do it, unless it's a particularly bad case of writer's block.

5. Do you write in short bursts of creative energy, or can you sit down and write for hours at a time?
It depends on the day. I can sometimes be a burst of energy person, but I can do it the other way around too.

6. Are you a morning or afternoon writer?
Afternoon. I can't do anything productive in the morning, unless we count the 4 am bedtime. Then perhaps something will get done before bed.

7. Do you write with music/the noise of children/in a cafe or other public setting, or do you need complete silence to concentrate?
Silence is almost too distracting for me. My mind wanders, and I find myself not able to concentrate. Which is weird. I do a lot of my best stuff in coffee shops, but a well made iTunes mix helps too.

8. Computer or longhand? (or typewriter?)
I used to do everything in long-hand before I got a laptop. I still do a bit in long-hand, especially if I have no computer on me.

9. Do you know the ending before you type Chapter One? Or do you let the story evolve as you write?
I know a basic outline of the ending, sure. A vague place where I want things to tie up. And basic places that I want to go before I get there. But the rest of it is rather fluid and open.

10. Does what’s selling in the market influence how and what you write?
No. I write what I'd want to read, and what I love doing. I'm already resolved to the fact that not everyone becomes a best-seller, so even if only one person takes faith in what I do, so be it. It's about the art, not the fame. Money would be nice, but...I don't like compromising myself for the sake of that.

11. Editing/Revision - love it or hate it?
It has its pros and cons, really. I can add and take away, like the creation of my own Earth. One where Eve wouldn't automatically be labeled a sinner, either. But really, sometimes it's just tedious, monotonus, and makes me bleary-eyed. I like general content revision, but I hate technical revision.

You see these shackles, baby?

2008-08-16T12:28:00.000-07:00

Wow, July and August sort of melded into one giant super-month of epic Metatron proportions. My apologies to the actual readers here, expecting a real update. The closer school gets, the more chaotic everything else seems to be.

I'm half a chapter away from the end of Part I, which excites me. Hopefully I can get my room all...finished, and then begin the backstory that is an entirely new mythology.

And let's all pray that THAT small task doesn't cause my brain to start oozing out of my ears in a viscous form that only a psycho-scientist could identify. Mmm, brain matter. It just must be time for lunch. Ha.

And TDK on IMAX may be the big event of tomorrow. Holy crow, this causes some ridiculous excitement, I can barely contain it. Leah knows. She witnessed it first-hand when she first suggested it.

For now, I'm off to put on my Utena fanmix and finish setting up my room. Perhaps then you'll all get a real update AND some writing? OOOH. It'd be like Christmas, only on the internet. XD

The Great Outdoors of Withdrawl

2008-07-26T22:01:00.000-07:00

I leave in 12 hours for a 3-day camping trip. Wish me luck in not having internet withdrawl. Oh, how lovely the techno generation is...

But I've packed The Vampire Lestat and all 3 Twilight books, PLUS I still have this thesis to work on.

Speaking of, I just finished the anxiety chapter. It needs more auxillary detail, but I don't even want to look at it right now. However, it does mean that I only have one chapter until this monster that is Part I is FINISHED. *rejoices* (And hopefully at 150 pages too. XD)

And the redone query letter is almost finished. I apparently just needed to tweak it and add a bit more plot detail as I'd left it a bit too ambiguous. Hopefully I'll get those sent off before the Breaking Dawn release party on Friday.

Additionally, I still need to email the eBay seller about the still MIA holsters for my costume. Also, I was told by the manager of the campus bookstore that the new books would FINALLY be listed "next week"--hopefully while I'm gone so that I can come home to some good news.

We Are Tonight's Entertainment

2008-07-23T15:00:00.000-07:00

I just had a panic attack, ladies and gents.

From something I wrote. Not even something I read. Words I dictated. How in the hell is that possible? My brain's the one moderating what I say, and yet the event almost gives me asthma?

WEIRD.

I don't think that's ever happened before.

No clever titles here!

2008-07-15T15:43:00.000-07:00

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That's right. I started the post off with a stare. What now? :P

Let me just suffice it to say that I got something done other than costume work today. Astounding, I know. You'd know my pain, especially if you follow my livejournal, as it's turning into a single-man cosplay central. Hrm. I'm rapidly trying to finish a Thurman-esque accident-era Poison Ivy for The Dark Knight on Thursday, I was finishing up a volume 3, pre-Rio Alucard for the Twilight vampire prom, and I'm still finishing the jacket for Utena for Kumoricon.

And my holsters need to arrive in the post. Please?

Anyway, even though it sounds like I've been quite busy, it almost doesn't feel like it. I haven't gotten any writing done for at least the last two weeks (unless, of course, we count today, as I'm having fun writing a character with a bit of dimentia). I've barely gotten any reading done (though it doesn't help that I'm reading Dracula, The Vampire Lestat, and Twilight all at the same time--and I totally don't have a vampire fixation right now, I have no idea what you're talking about).

Additionally, mom had surgery, and I've been trying to help her out. AND Tony's birthday is on Friday and I had to mull over what to get him. Mrg.

So, instead of my summer goal being all the way done with The Suits, I think that having Part I, at the very least, finished is about all I can strive for, now that it's the 15th. But hey, that's 125 (and counting) pages of work in one summer--that can't be anything to sneeze at, can it? Can someone other than my brain set a deadline for me? I seem to work better with deadlines.

I need to get to work on finishing this costume for Thursday. Perhaps I'll put on some more Doctor Who (Number Nine style, biatch) and get cracking. XD

Making plans

2008-07-02T04:03:00.000-07:00

I have one goal for tomorrow. Break out the envelopes and stamps. I'm going to go through, edit my query letter, and send out another batch of them. I believe there's quite a few people left on my list.

And I wonder if there's protocol for resubmitting a query? I should look that up.

Plans for Kumoricon '08 have changed a bit. I'm doing only two cosplays instead of 3, but the second is actually shaping into something. Especially now that I have a new sewing machine. Hopefully it'll turn out. *crosses fingers*

Additionally, I now have plans to save money and take a trip down to Dallas next May for A-Kon, which will be rather spectacular. My goal is to save a minimum of $500 for the trip, as I've figured out basic cost (Likely $150 for the plane, another $150 for the two nights in the hotel, and $30 for the pre-registration). EXCITEMENT!

And the book is going MUCH slower, which is not pleasing. I don't know if my drive is running out, if the characters aren't working for me anymore, or if the thing has been flawed from the beginning. I need to kick my ass into gear though. I wanted to have 90% of it done by the time I moved back to Portland, and I'm almost to something like 33%. Not anywhere close. Grr. But at least I can send it to my prof. once Part I is finished. Three more chapters, Kaitlyn. You can do this!

Punishment, too, is a form of beauty

2008-06-23T16:16:00.000-07:00

I've been beating myself up over this chapter since yesterday. I know that this is what I want to do with it, but I'm not sure the product came out right. It seems too blocky and glazed, and I'm not sure what to do with it...

Anyone want to Critique it for me? You'd have my eternal gratitude.

I know this is shameless pimping, but damnit, sometimes it just must be resorted to.

Ode to Wikipedia

2008-06-22T03:02:00.000-07:00

This next chapter is going to be EPIC. At least if it turns out the way I envision it. Thank you, Wikipedia, for providing me dirt on what kids in English classes call "dead white guys." The 19th century was seriously one literary orgy. Every author seemed to know each other, whether or not they were involved romantically.

What happened to that kind of literary community? It's never talked about if it DOES indeed still exist. Can we go back to this? It sounds like it was pretty awesome (aside from the fact that everyone's lives were rather unfortunate).

And HIS life is perfect for the story I want to emphasize.

Oh, BTW: The Sammus Theory is the best live show you'll ever treat yourself to. I'm not kidding. If they're in your area, even if you haven't heard their music, it's well worth the admission. Do yourselves a favor.

Sam's such a sweet kid too. XD

Le ick.

2008-06-12T18:36:00.000-07:00

I finished American Gods on Tuesday, before getting terribly sick with a 24 hour flu yesterday.

The first was actually rather good in terms of my project, though it makes me feel vastly inferior. But, I suppose, I can only learn from this instead of dwelling on it. And "The Suits" is only in the first drafting stage, so I've got some time to let it develop.

The second is absolutely horrid. I hate being sick with every fiber of my being (and every one of those fibers ACHED yesterday). I had to resort to Powerade, as the carbination in Sprite was giving me a headache. OH JOY. And I've had one for the majority of the day today too. Lame. And, it's also made me reconsider being cheap in accordance with the university's offer for health insurance. If I don't sign up for it during the year, I MUST do it when I get the "after college job"--whatever it may be. I'm not a pleasant sick person. I'm relatively helpless, and can get really whiney. Urg. So being able to see a doctor when I need to is a definite on my to-do list.

Though you'd think I'd be immune to influenza as often as I get it--at least twice a year. Oh, and the chicken pox that I had three times? I should be dead, really. So a doctor could be a really good thing, yeah?

I think I'm off to see if I can pound out some words today, as being sick yesterday put me even further behind. <3 for all of you.

Try, try again.

2008-06-08T15:33:00.001-07:00

I'm actually getting internet in Barnes and Noble today, so I'm going to make the most of it, before it disappears.

I finished the rough version of Chapter 8 in The Suits today. Hurrah. But I'm still behind on my 750/day goal. I'm not terribly concerned, as long as I keep up with the writing. I'll likely be fine tuning chapters 7 and 8 tonight and updating those on Writers' Cafe so that I can get a little bit of feedback. I like knowing that I'm still headed in a good direction.

Though some of the things about Christian Dogma that have been coming out recently may very well inspire my college to burn me at the stake. Hopefully I can meld it into something less harsh (as the idea is a new myth, not the total obliteration of Christianity) by the end, or that the ending attitude is a bit different than the beginning's animosity. It probably will, since I think it's the first person immersion into character that's producing the harshness, rather than an outright bad attitude on my part.

We'll see how it turns out. And there's always the editing process to consider.

I also got rejection letter #8 this last week. But it was a nice one, in which the agents told me they were positive that someone else would want the book. That could just be a form letter (and it likely is), but coupled with Kelsey finally finishing it and telling me that she loved it, made me feel a little bit better about Nocturnal Melee as a finished product the way it stands. So, I may send out letters to the rest of my list (which, I believe, consists of about 5 or 6 more agents), and I'll wait out letters #10-16. If those are all rejections THEN I will likely seriously move on with the rewrite of the project.

And Janet Evanovich's confession about having several first books that were never published made me feel a bit better about the process of getting an agent--it isn't the end of the world. Though I really do enjoy Nocturnal Melee, especially as a reader--it doesn't feel like I wrote it. Especially when I compare it to The Suits. The tone is so different, it astounds me at times. But whatever. The break will come sometime. It HAS to. I just have to keep at it. Perserverance is a virtue, isn't it?

Also, They Might Be Giants is likely one of the best musical artists to write to. This is a new discovery as of today. And it produced a whole chapter. I just hope the random music that is the background for this book doesn't effect the tone too deeply. Hah.

Over and under-whelmed

2008-06-07T21:55:00.000-07:00

First note: I have kicked the crappy-layout funk in the ass. Huzzah! Everything should theoretically be up and working, but let me know if something's still off?

Second note: Yard sales wear me out. Or, perhaps, less the yard sale, and more the cleaning that leads up to it. A large majority of my Star Wars stuff is gone, and most of the other "collectible" crap that wasn't really collecting anything bust dust is too. I still have quite a bit of storage in the living room closet, but once I get a curio cabinet for the after-graduation apartment, I should be fine, and even have a place for everything. And having a place for everything is half the battle.

Stuff, by definition, is evil. Idol worship, I say! Hehe. But at least the collector in me is being a bit more frugal about things.

Also, this soundtrack is amusing to me at the moment. I haven't seen the movie in forever, but the soundtrack makes me giggle. And Code Geass rules me right now. Can I have the DVD? PLEASE? Serious Crispin Freeman love.

And anime girls are very eye-roll inducing sometimes. It shouldn't surprise me that I gravitate to characters like Integra and Cardinal Sforza. LOL. The high voices and obsessions over OMG so-and-so is dating so-and-so drives me nuts. Give me action over sappy romance ANY DAY.

Writing has been rather slow in the last week and a half, but I've finally finished reading Twilight (and subsequent sequels), and I've started on American Gods which is rather similar to the idea of "The Suits," which amuses me, since I started it before I started seriously reading Gaiman's novels.

Your friendly neighborhood PSA

2008-05-30T02:04:00.001-07:00

I have just a couple of quick notes this morning:

I'm working on a new layout. I haven't liked anything so far, though, so it may take a bit. But I promise I'm working on it.

Pandora's name is now (tentatively) Cassandra/Cassie--which still fits my Greek dorkiness. But now we don't know if we're going to keep it, as the kitty is a hellion and attacks Athena. D:

The Suits is still coming along. I wrote about half of chapter 7 today, and a bit of what's to come in 8.

Letter #7 was not only a rejection, but a total waste: The agency is no longer accepting new writers. I don't think I'll count this as a rejection, but a mistake. But either way, I'm still at 7 letters and no good news.

BUT I was thinking while watching Underworld. I may be restarting the book, again. And totally dropping the "tapes" idea. Perhaps the macabre funeral thing will work with something else?

I wanted to dislike Twilight on the pretence of it basically being yet more paranormal romance. But, in wanting to prove everyone wrong on how good it is, I borrowed it from my sister, and was 80 pages deep 45 minutes later. All 495 were finished in about 4 total hours in the last two days. Needless to say, I didn't dislike it afterall.

I'm already 2 chapters into New Moon. The bandwagon kidnapped me. Help?

Money in 4 days. Tony comes over in 2/3. Hurrah, human interaction! And I get to be computer saavy!

Feist is amazing, kthx.

My physical writing portfolio is edging on being as thick as my skull, just FYI. :D

This blog post was almost pointless. XD

Summer plans...I sound like a musical

2008-05-24T13:43:00.000-07:00

First off: Ni90 has been kicking my ass into shape. Which is good, because otherwise the project will never get done. Even if some days getting the words out is like having a root canal. But something's getting done, yeah?

Also, people need to stop trying to ruin Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls for me. No, I have not seen it yet. I plan on seeing it next week when I can fit into a theatre without feeling like a sardine. Also, I missed the after-credit stuff for Iron Man, and I'm slightly miffed.

I need to remember that I need to get my pass for Kumoricon this summer, I need to renew my Livejournal, I need to pay for the next six months here, and I might be hitting Warped Tour and The Sammus Theory. Let's hope I can do all of that on no job this summer. *crosses fingers* Likely, I'll end up dropping Warped, paying for 2 months on my LJ, and then going from there.

Oh, and we got a new cat. Athena is angry at the usurpation of space, but has generally been ignoring the fact that there's a new cat in the other room. At least thus far. When the door opens, she does rush to get in, but otherwise she ignores it. Oh, and the kitty's name? Pandora. Gods, I'm a Greek nerd.

And the Loki thing figured itself out--and no one has pointed it out as a weak point in the new chapter so far, so I suppose I tweaked the legend enough to fit without decimating it like Troy's adaptation of the Iliad. Bully for me.

Lunch calls. Feed me, Seymore. Rawr.