Thursday, May 25, 2006
Got three teeth drilled today, so I’m having a tough time concentrating enough to write anything coherent. Been watching the most recent MST3K collection. The movies are…bad. Which goes without saying, you’d thionk, except that MST3K always had two kinds of movies: cheesy movies and bad movies. The cheesy ones are entertaining in their own weird way; they plot may never go anywhere, […]
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
And I did it. I managed to finish everything I wanted to last night, without feeling exhausted. It was tiring, though; I can’t do that every single night. Need at least a bit of total relaxation. In a fit of brain activity while mourning the death of my Syllable laptop, I did manage to hook up another computer and install the latest version of Syllable on that. So, huzzah! I finally have a system with which I can support the open-source […]
Monday, May 22, 2006
It’s a perfect day. Weather-wise, at least. About seventy degrees, sunny, with just enough clouds to provide gilding for the clear blue sky. You could walk or run and not feel the least bit like sweating, or you could stand in the shade in a t-shirt and feel comfortable. What’s better than that? Well, obviously, a few things: Deep love. Honor. Respect. Chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream. Mmmm. (You […]
Enough
Had a great date with Mandy on Friday, where we started out with dinner at a sushi restaurant. I’ve had sushi only twice before in my life, and both times myself and those with me were novices. Mandy knows what she’s talking about, so I was able to thoroughly enjoy every delicious bite. There’s something about the way it all comes together that just makes for an amazing […]
A Fairly Productive Evening
Let’s see. What have I done lately? It’s been a tough week at work. I finished up a major delivery, which was the first time I’ve had to do this particular process. I felt like I didn’t know what I was doing, but I amazed myself by actually doing it, and with no outside help whatsoever. So it ended up being a confidence-booster, but an exhausting one. Spent Wednesday night […]
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
All sorts of ideas and things are swirling around in my head to write about, but all of them require some time to do full justice to, and I just don’t have the time to write them out in that sort of detail. Which is a good thing, really; it means I’m doing a lot. For once, this is due mostly to circumstances beyond my control. I worked late today finishing up a lot of things […]
Not Sayin’ It’s Good, Just That It’s a Poem
Honeysuckle lies heavyOn emerald leavesSet amongst pearl raindrops Comments: animom Beautiful picture. I can almost smell the honesuckle!
Saturday, May 13, 2006
Last night, after a wonderful date with Mandy (I cooked up some chicken stir-fry and we delighted to Spirited Away), I turned off my morning alarm. This morning, I woke up when I wanted to, and the day stretched out before me like a meadow of flowers, ready to be explored and enjoyed. Been quite a while since I did this. Feels real good. And I need it so I can be productive later. […]
Finished, For Now
I just wrote the 19,495th word of the rough draft of my young adult novel. It was the final word of the draft. Praise be to God for giving me the strength to finish it. May he give me the strength to continue through the rewriting and polishing that comes next. Here’s the last paragraph. Obviously, I might completely rewrite it before I’m done polishing the novel, but I like it. He awoke to the scent of moss. His […]
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
This week is shaping up to be a bruiser at work. Lots of work to do, all of a sudden. I arrive home and, while I can take care of a few things—making dinner, checking e-mail—my more creative pursuits just aren’t getting done. So nothing to talk about there. I did collapse on the couch and veg out to Once Upon a Time in Mexico, which is about as thoroughly entertaining a flick as it is possible to be. […]