Author: Don

• 07:53 On page 142 of 192 of Break It Down: Stories by Lydia Davis. "Once a Very Stupid Man" is a very recursive tale. 4* #
• 08:00 With no skool to distract me, this week, it’s Revenge of the Writer! 1st project up is to send off a contest entry. #rotw #wip #
• 08:02 This morning’s Revenge of the Writer playlist: The Blue Nile #rotw #
• 09:20 Revenge of the Writer, Phase 1 complete: Contest entry submitted!! #rotw #
• 10:24 Google Gears installed on my USB. This is gonna enhance my writing productivity somehow. Not sure how yet, tho. #gtd #
• 10:27 Trying to figure out which #wip gets to be Phase 2 of Revenge of the Writer. #rotw #
• 11:46 RT @melvingibbs Chicago Street Gang Calling Cards from the 70’s & 80’s ff.im/-2ZjnQ #
• 12:08 "You have a sense that you were born with/ You’ll find a way to make things right." #lyrics #charsketch #
• 12:10 Part of me is still physically and psychically detoxing from last week’s skool final zombie apocalypse. #
• 13:00 Going back through (outdated) story submissions logs & firing off query emails to anyone whose rejection I’ve missed ;). #
• 13:53 Just got some *possible* good news in response to a story submission query–will wait to squee ’til I’m sure, but I’m excited anyway!!! #
• 14:40 Second piece of yet-to-be confirmed good news: Looks like I managed to skate thru my class w/a solid B! #
• 16:01 @charlesatan If my contest entry makes it anywhere, it’ll be 3 😉 #
• 16:50 Everyone seems sorta melancholy at work today for no real reason. Even me, despite the good news I’ve had today. #
• 18:11 You know that feeling that had me sleep for 12+ hours last Friday nite? I’m feeling it again. 🙁 #
• 19:39 Need to caffeine myself up to get some last minute groceries. I was trying so hard to taper off. Well, not really… 🙂 #

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• 00:09 Because of the excessive amount of sleep I got today, I sense some insomnia tonite. What to do, what to do…? #
• 04:09 "Four in the morning/ Came without a warning…" #lyrics #
• 08:54 Forced myself to get out of bed, lest I sleep for 7 more hours like I did yesterday. ‘Course, I still haven’t ruled out that option zzzzzzz. #
• 09:09 Up, but definitely not at ’em. Crit group today… but I’ve nothing to be critted… *yawn* #
• 16:39 Crit group done. Now I can go back to being pleasantly lackadaisical :D. #
• 17:38 Okay, maybe, *maybe* before new L&O:CI comes on, I might take the time to polish and send that contest entry. Or nap. Either one :). #wip #
• 18:32 twitpic.com/5e402 – Scene from breakfast this morn–um, afternoon 🙂 #
• 18:33 twitpic.com/5e42x – Wrote a brief #charsketch on these innocent folks. #
• 19:23 Casually getting around to my neglected inbaskets. It’s not pretty. #
• 19:25 On page 136 of 192 of Break It Down: Stories by Lydia Davis. "French Lesson I: Le Meurtre" was a little gimmicky for me. 3* #

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• 08:04 Home Alone this weekend. I think I’m gonna sit and be lazy thru most of it, after the week I’ve had! #
• 08:06 twitpic.com/5a3s2 – Still reeling from the Regie Cabico show last night. #
• 08:27 #blog Thoughts about last nite’s show. bit.ly/Bp3fz I think it’s time for some breakfast, now. #
• 13:31 OMG, how sleep-deprived was I?? Went back to bed, closed my eyes, and now it’s 5 hours later?? #
• 14:19 Still in my PJs, finding it incredibly easy to ignore the voice in my head that’s reciting my todo list. Haven’t even had coffee yet. #
• 14:37 Couldn’t stand it anymore. Showered and changed and stir crazy enough to ignore the severe t-storm warning. #
• 16:10 Just as I thought I was going to escape before the t-storm hits, guess what happens? #
• 17:01 I want to read: Booklife: Strategies and Survival Tip… by Jeff VanderMeer – tinyurl.com/qjlrhq #
• 20:01 Wow, I got absolutely *nothing* done all day. Felt good, except for my caffeine detox headache. Think I’m gonna rectify that, now. #

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• 08:23 Errands before work, work, then slam poet show in the evening. This is what happens when you plan a day under the influence of red-eyes :(. #
• 11:21 And the long day continues. When am I gonna have a chance to do that thing with plots, characters, & lots of typing–what’s it called again? #
• 11:47 #blog ‘Cos I know you’re all dying to know #whyitweet bit.ly/SnDrS #
• 12:14 #followfriday Some writers whose stuff I can’t match on my best day: @Danchaon @S___Elliott @tinytempest @susiebright #
• 13:04 Dumbfounded at just how deep I’ve let my vr and rl inbaskets get during finals week. *Still* processing. #gtd #
• 13:39 I really, really need the weekend to start for me. Like, right now. I feel a dissociative fugue coming on…. #
• 17:37 Pondering dinner options before tonite’s poetry show. #
• 17:42 My boss’s boss’s boss suggested I watch THE SIMPSONS on Hulu for the rest of my work day. Filed that away for future reference. #
• 19:28 Love how ubiquitous the intertubes are in this town. No need to be bored waiting for folks & for theatre box office to open. 🙂 #
• 22:40 Regie Cabico’s UNBUCKLED, UNCENSORED at the Kitchen Theatre was a fucking blast!! If you’re local, you need to see this! bit.ly/iZ5m6 #

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• 08:21 Trying to take it easy after the final despite unprocessed email boxes, overflowing inbaskets, and the 500+ RSS feed items I’ve ignored. #
• 08:27 RT @drmabuse Proof again that Oprah, as I’ve told many, is savvy but fairly gutless. bit.ly/dqQYz #
• 08:38 To busy studying to find out was #bookblockade was all about, until now. Jeezus, only in the PI…. bit.ly/1593pK #
• 09:19 On page 128 of 192 of Break It Down: Stories by Lydia Davis. "Therapy" in about life in therapy i.e. the life of a person in therapy. 5* #
• 09:22 Did a braindump this AM. Am utterly stunned by the list of things I’ve left undone because of the damn final. Gotta keep processing. #gtd #
• 11:28 Barely made a dent in the unprocessed 500+ RSS items I had stacked up, and I’m even doing a lot of skipping. Still, it beats studying :). #
• 12:20 It’s not often I find writing exercises interesting enough to attempt, anymore. fairmer.livejournal.com/499049.html #
• 14:58 Is it possible to feel pleasantly burned out? Or am I just burned out past the point of not caring? 🙂 #
• 16:50 I’ve decided that I am pleasantly burned out. Today’s attitude, to quote Lady Chablis: "Two tears in a bucket, motherf**k it." :). #
• 19:39 Going to see a slam poet tomorrow nite. bit.ly/iZ5m6 According to a coworker, "You’re a hipster." Couldn’t make her take it back :(. #
• 20:20 Still slogging through my RSS backlog. More painful than cramming for the final hehe. #
• 21:32 Filed under: thunderdome. A Boy Scouts affiliate is training kids in counter-terrorism and border security. bit.ly/161ANt #

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• 08:04 T-minus 11.5 hours to the final! How prepped am I? Prepped enuff to watch YouTube clips of SHAOLIN VS. WU-TANG before I finish reviewing. #
• 08:46 Okay, can’t get cocky. I took the day off work to study, not watch clips of SNAKE IN THE EAGLE’S SHADOW. 🙂 #
• 09:58 RT @sarahw The FDA claims that Cheerios is actually a drug: bit.ly/bxnih (via @ColleenLindsay) #
• 10:07 @melvingibbs If the bruhs in the park were right about that, maybe the end really *is* near and I need Jesus after all ;). #
• 11:07 Studying to West Coast/Bay Area AOR music (Huey, T.O.P., Sons of Champlin, &c.) really works! Pretty much done w/T-minus 8 hours to final! #
• 16:07 T-minus 3 hrs to the final! Oh, the things I’m going to do once it’s all over… :D. #
• 17:40 T-minus 1.25 hrs to the final. Taking a quick overview w/CHICAGO 13 piped thru the headphones. #
• 22:44 Pwned the final! I think. I must’ve gotten the 74% I needed for a B in the class, at least! If not, then I’m just a waste of oxygen ;). #

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• 07:14 T-minus 1 day to the final!! I’m almost kinda sorta prepared. Still have a little ways to go, though. #
• 07:51 omg, I’m just sitting here staring at my books. Red-eye is of absolutely no help whatsoever. Not good. #
• 07:58 Screw this–time to get the game face on! Study playlist: El Michels Affair, ENTER THE 37TH CHAMBER. #
• 09:15 My body refuses to cooperate with me. Gonna pack in the studying for now. I don’t have high hopes for the day job today ;). #
• 11:42 Banging my head against 1 chapter. Trying to keep self-loathing in check. Gotta remember I’ve got the other 4 down & 34 hrs left to study. #
• 12:53 I want to read: McSweeney’s Issue 28 by Dave Eggers – tinyurl.com/pyov6p #
• 12:54 I want to read: McSweeney’s Issue 29 by Dave Eggers – tinyurl.com/q5b6bl #
• 12:59 Mentally, I know I need lunch, tho the body *thinks* it’s doing just fine thanks to the appetite-suppressing effects of caffeine. #
• 17:14 Wondering if it’s premature to take a preemptive study break and watch STAR TREK tonite…? #
• 17:57 Who am I kidding? No TREK tonite. Should at least catch up on sleep and detox some of this XS caffeine out of my system. #

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• 07:58 I want to read: The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye by A.S. Byatt – tinyurl.com/pgf8xw #
• 08:00 I want to read: Collected Stories by Ruth Rendell – tinyurl.com/ouwxax #
• 08:00 I want to read: Tabloid Dreams: Stories by Robert Olen Butler – tinyurl.com/oqz3ts #
• 08:06 On page 114 of 192 of Break It Down: Stories by Lydia Davis. "Sketches for a Life of Wassilly" was exactly that in a literal and literary… #
• 08:07 On page 116 of 192 of Break It Down: Stories by Lydia Davis. The 1st line of "City Employment" could’ve been written by Fran Lebowitz. 5* #
• 08:10 On page 119 of 192 of Break It Down: Stories by Lydia Davis. "Two Sisters" seems more of a broad character sketch. 3* #
• 08:11 On page 121 of 192 of Break It Down: Stories by Lydia Davis. "The Mother" succinctly paints a sad life in a few strokes. 5* #
• 08:14 Slept in. Messing around before work. I’ve earned it. Will finish cramming tonite. Even if I don’t, still got T-minus 2 days to the final. #
• 09:09 I want to read: One D.O.A., One on the Way: A Novel by Mary Robison – tinyurl.com/q67nt5 #
• 10:49 Came into work in the aftermath of, as the story goes, a series of unfortunate events. Batting cleanup, now. #
• 12:03 #blog Mr. Spock isn’t supposed to say "dickheads!" bit.ly/sSsWO #
• 14:34 Will weakened by intense studying yesterday. Spent study break at the Book Sale. At least I didn’t spend a lot. www.booksale.org #
• 14:36 Made lunchtime progress. Have 1 chapter left to review + an overall review, and 53 hours to get it all done! Then, I’ll finally be free! #
• 17:01 Dayjob front door closed for the day. Gonna see if I can sneak in some more skoolwork in the 90 min. I’m stuck here. #
• 18:21 Failed to get any studying done on the d/l. Gonna have to use some of my own time tonite ;). #
• 20:44 Not getting studying done as fast as I’d like. But then, the night is still young ;). #

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