Author: Don

• 07:24 Purposely getting off to a late start this morning. 2nd-last discussion section for skool & I’m just not feeling it. #
• 08:39 is on page 275 of 320 of The Drowned Life by Jeffrey Ford. "The Dreaming Wind" had me so lost in the writing, the worldbuilding aspect w … #
• 11:34 Feeling the 1,000-yard stare and it’s not even noon yet. #
• 11:38 That’s still no excuse for not getting another page of MS edits for the #wip at lunch. #
• 14:49 Didn’t get as much done as I wanted at lunch. Spent time committing Freudian slips…pics to follow. #
• 19:11 RT @drmabuse RT @jafurtado Yahoo is closing its GeoCities personal home page service. RIP Geocities! is.gd/uagO #
• 19:21 twitpic.com/3uyd5 – "Sometimes a lollipop is just a lollipop?" Pfft. Sometimes, someone’s just got issues. #
• 19:22 twitpic.com/3uyft – Analyze this. #
• 19:39 is on page 290 of 320 of The Drowned Life by Jeffrey Ford. "The Golden Dragon" has some powerful, compelling realism w/just a hint of th … #

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• 08:41 is on page 255 of 320 of The Drowned Life by Jeffrey Ford. Forced myself to finish "In the House of Four Seasons" & was glad I did. 4* #
• 08:47 Body was up and moving for an early start this AM. Had to mainline my red-eye to wake my mind up, though. #
• 08:48 #wip revision playlist: HOT STREETS by Chicago #
• 09:18 "And he’s stone cold Hollywood / Standin’ in front of you / An emperor without a stitch of clothes on." #lyrics #
• 09:41 4 MS pgs of strikethrus, copyediting marks, & a couple new sentences–that’s progress, right? #wip #
• 11:52 Wow…5 more lectures left for me in the skool year! #
• 12:18 Want to read: Olive Kitteridge: A Novel in Stories by Elizabeth Strout – tinyurl.com/dfov88 #
• 14:26 Seems to be an abundance of free food at work today, and I seem to be eating all of it :(. #
• 18:04 Looking forward to a night of a just a bit of #wip revision and a whole lot of slack. And GHOST HUNTERS. #
• 20:36 Want to read: You Must Be This Happy to Enter by Elizabeth Crane – tinyurl.com/c2qs8n #

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• 07:35 Dragging this morning, feeling totally unmotivated. Still recovering from hellish last week. #
• 07:57 Learned a new term from the interweb: thesaurus rape. Gonna try to use it in crit group critiques 😀 j/k! #
• 09:01 "Lied to ourselves to live/Chump reasons that we give/Time’s up before you know you/Give up the ghost and learn it’s love…." #lyrics #
• 11:10 One more printout of one new draft to go over one more time for what’s sure to be one more revision, rinse, repeat, &c. #wip #
• 14:59 #wip revisions in the sun at lunch today. It was even productive :). #
• 17:42 The "Craigslist Killer" gets a name when he was just out to rob? IMO, you shouldn’t get a name unless you’re really psycho, like Son of Sam. #

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• 07:59 is on page 235 of 320 of The Drowned Life by Jeffrey Ford. Loved how "The Bedroom Light" started but ending left me asking, "WTF?" 3* #
• 08:08 RT @gtdguy 90% of life is cleanup. Grow up. Deal with it. Get used to it. #
• 08:09 RT @gtdguy Cleanup = get closure on what u create/produce/allow…. #
• 08:26 Having a hard time getting back on the horse because of my weekend of slack. It was still worth it, tho :). #
• 09:13 Just watched someone walk past the cafe window in a black cloak. I wanna wear my black cloak, now. #
• 11:37 Fingers crossed that work doesn’t get any more hectic while we’re down 1/2 my coworkers :(. #
• 12:18 Cold, wet walk to skool today. I was in a t-shirt two days ago!! #
• 13:27 @strikethru I would never go to any bar that would turn its nose up at "Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’." #
• 17:07 Not a pleasant work day, but it could’ve been *so* much worse on so many levels. #
• 18:03 "Pull my chin, stroke my hair, scratch my nose, hug my knees / Try drink, food, cigarette, tension will not ease…" #lyrics #
• 18:05 Want to read: Shakespeare Wrote for Money by Nick Hornby – goodreads.com/review/show/53387074 #

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• 09:01 Can’t believe that, for a microsecond, I considered skipping crit group to watch game 4 in the Tribe/Yankees series. #
• 09:03 To be fair, Indians love/Yankees hate is a powerful combination. #
• 09:55 is on page 219 of 320 of The Drowned Life by Jeffrey Ford. Buildup of "The Scribble Mind" was so good I was almost disappointed when the … #
• 17:38 Found out Cleveland lost to the Yankees, but that’s not even the worst news. JG Ballard dying–*that* was the worst news :(. #
• 17:54 Now that I’m back from crit group, I can slack again for the rest of the day. #
• 18:00 zomg! Almost forgot that tonight’s the L&O:CRIMINAL INTENT Season 8 premiere. #
• 18:12 For kicks and giggles, got my hands on the first episode of L&O:UK, starring Jamie Bamber (BSG) and Freema Agyeman (DOCTOR WHO). #
• 21:06 Season 8 L&O:CI FTW! Sticking with the old, bombastic 80s throwback L&O:TRIAL BY JURY theme–Fail. #
• 22:09 Damn. Kept the TV on a second too long. Now I’m into season 2 of IN PLAIN SIGHT. #

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• 08:17 is on page 173 of 320 of The Drowned Life by Jeffrey Ford. Forgot that I’ve read "What’s Sure to Come" before until 1/2-way thru. Still … #
• 09:42 Something just not right about tweeting from the Farmer’s Market which is why I’m doing it >:). I’m enjoying the contemptuous stares, too. #
• 09:46 Wish I’d brought the Flip or at least my real camera. Pics from my cell just won’t look as good. #
• 10:00 Listening to pompous ass swearing to his pompous friends about how the only TV he watches is PBS and 30 ROCK. #
• 10:03 Furiously typing some of the other things this guy’s spewing. Just can’t make up dialogue like this!! #
• 10:20 Pompous ass shows just how pompous he is by grossly mispronouncing the word "Appalachian." #
• 10:48 At the library to charge up the netbook and dump the pictures I’ve taken. Gonna wander thru downtown in the sun and snap some more. #
• 11:07 twitpic.com/3ivrz – Oh yes, the breakfast burrito place is back at the Farmer’s Market!! #
• 11:08 twitpic.com/3ivu1 – Parading my spoils up and down the market! #
• 11:09 twitpic.com/3ivx5 – No! Can’t have any! Go’way!! #
• 11:15 is on page 183 of 320 of The Drowned Life by Jeffrey Ford. Flabbergasted by "The Way He Does It." 5* #
• 11:44 twitpic.com/3iyjr – Screw it–think I’m just gonna slack for the rest of the weekend & take pics like this. #
• 12:20 RT @gregvaneekhout Seem to be kicking back and listening to old Elton John more than writing…. [With me, it’s 80s Chicago.] #
• 12:36 Wondering if I want to be inside in a movie theater on a day like this to see SUNSHINE CLEANING. Have 2 hours to decide. #
• 13:27 Got a haircut, a cold drink, & am sitting outside listening to record store blasing Soul/R&B music. Just what I needed today! #
• 16:42 Saw SUNSHINE CLEANING. Was pretty good but the ending killed it. It jumped the narrative track to wrap it up. #
• 16:58 Watching Cleveland stomp on the Yankees like a red-headed stepchild. ‘course, it’s only the top of the 3rd. #indians #
• 18:18 All right, at 20-2 at the top of the 6th, I think I’m ready to flip the channel, now :D. #indians #

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• 07:59 Stuff to do this AM before work. No rest for the wicked :(. #
• 08:00 Fondly remembering last weekend of slack. Am >this close< to clearing my weekend calendar and playing hermit this weekend. #
• 08:03 RT @ColleenLindsay Today is #Queryday! Click here for rules about how to participate & ask questions: bit.ly/pp4Ox #
• 11:11 You know, I think I am going to take the whole weekend off. #
• 12:17 Day just keeps getting better and better. #
• 13:39 RT @drmabuse New Podcast! The Bat Segundo Show #280: Laura Lippman… tinyurl.com/cukcv4 #
• 14:19 Walking back to work in the sun improved my mood. A bit. #
• 15:50 Knocking on every piece of wood I can find so that ingsthae at orkwae stay ietquae. #
• 16:27 Listening to Steely Dan on the work CD player. Makes the PM a lil’ smoother. #
• 17:05 Avant garde jazz piano on the CD player, now–nice and dissonant, like my current headspace. #
• 17:42 Of course, of *course* the work emergency has to come after business hours. Of. Course. #
• 18:55 Work emergency dealt with. At PM writing spot (on purpose) to reclaim lost sunglasses. #

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• 07:47 Forgot to finish a skool problem set for today. Just whipped thru it. Feels like I almost understand this stuff :). #
• 07:49 is on page 155 of 320 of The Drowned Life by Jeffrey Ford. I’ll never be able to write a story like "The Dismantled Invention of Fate"-E … #
• 11:30 Watching my pre-planned writing time between now and Saturday slowly drying up :(. #
• 11:47 Unanswered #amazonfail question No. 5: Since sales are restricted to over-18s anyway, who are you protecting? tinyurl.com/dbgrku #
• 12:00 Only takes one person to ruin for the rest of us! community.livejournal.com/newyorkers/4975358.html #
• 12:53 I should be out in the warm sun for lunch, but hiding out seems very, very appealing. #
• 13:34 I’ve compromised with myself. I’m hiding out, but sitting near a window. Isolation (in a crowd) with sun–best of both worlds ;). #
• 15:04 Lost track of how many paper cuts I’ve gotten today. People might start thinking I’ve gone all emo or something. #
• 16:00 By the Power of Greyskull!!! Nope, still feel exhausted. #
• 17:33 AIR on the work CD player. Makes me smile. 🙂 #
• 17:58 Bwahhh-hahaha! Cleveland beat the Yankees in their new house!! tinyurl.com/c35omj #indians #
• 18:57 If I hadn’t fallen asleep on the bus home, I wouldn’t be in my PM writing spot right now. Of course, doesn’t mean I’m writing necessarily. #
• 19:11 RT @ColleenLindsay #Queryfail is now #Queryday: click for details and rules: bit.ly/pp4Ox (understand the name change, but still…) #
• 20:29 Grr! Forgot my sunglasses at the writing spot, dammit! #

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• 07:55 Taxes are officially a taboo topic. Srsly, I’d rather discuss your politics or sexual kinks instead. Anything but taxes. #
• 07:57 I’m actually going to start the morning getting skool problem sets out of the way. #
• 08:41 Getting What You Want the #LEVERAGE Way by Aldis Hodge tinyurl.com/cw9xn9 #
• 11:03 "The years start coming and they don’t stop coming/Fed to the rules & I hit the ground running." ("years"="decompensating students") #lyrics #
• 13:36 My first whiff of spring in the walk between work and skool: mulch. Bleh. #
• 16:00 Having that conflicted "eye of the hurricane" feeling when you’re enjoying the momentary peace while being hypersensitive to stress. #
• 19:16 SHAZAM!! Nope, didn’t work. Still feel exhausted. #

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• 08:09 is on page 125 of 320 of The Drowned Life by Jeffrey Ford. If the last story had the least genre elements so far, "The Manticore Spell" … #
• 08:13 All right, time to get the game face on! Stuff to revise, work day to slog thru, taxes to finish up! RAWR! #
• 08:23 Rewriting playlist: Nerina Pallot, Cassandra Wilson (y’know, to get Yvonne Elliman off my mind). 🙂 #
• 09:18 I’m not bothered with having retweaked my story ending 4 times. I’m bothered that it’s taken me 4 times to get it (almost) right! #wip #
• 09:25 is on page 131 of 320 of The Drowned Life by Jeffrey Ford. "The Fat One" is the FUNNIEST story I’ve read in ages! 5* #
• 09:40 RT @ColleenLindsay Amazon is still not addressing the policy letters that some authors received…. #amazonfail #
• 10:45 RT @victoriastrauss Got wireless? Technology is making certain classic narrative plot devices obsolete: tinyurl.com/c8ul4q #
• 12:07 Avoiding taxes by writing + avoiding writing by skool problem sets = one f’ed-up line of thinking. #
• 13:38 Amazed at how, when you give yourself permission NOT to do something out of low motivation, you slowly start to get motivated (??). #
• 16:55 To think my day started off so quietly…. #
• 17:37 Cassandra Wilson on the work CD player makes me happy :). #
• 17:57 "Now that I’ve found peace at last/Tell me Jesus/Will it last?" #lyrics #
• 18:06 Batting cleanup at work while catching up on @totn podcasts. #
• 19:39 "BLAKE’S 7: Terrorists fight government, die." (Uncomfortable Plot Summaries tinyurl.com/djagte) #
• 19:40 "DOCTOR WHO: Elderly man serially abducts young women." (Another Uncomfortable Plot Summary tinyurl.com/djagte) #

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