Author: Don

• 07:56 Looking forward to a 14-hour day today: writing, work, skool, & being camera meat. #
• 07:57 First thing’s first (after the cafe opens so I can get my coffee): assessing the damage with a hard copy of the #wip. #
• 08:06 Writing playlist: Soundtrack to THE VIRGIN SUICIDES by Air. #
• 08:39 RT @matociquala Oh, screw it. I don’t care anymore. This book can suck the chrome off a trailer hitch… [Sums up how I feel about my #wip.] #
• 09:13 RT @mightymur New blog post: ISBW #114 – Feedback tinyurl.com/c6fuph #
• 09:15 Believe it or not, through all the RTing, editing progress is being made. Especially since I swapped Air for Bill Champlin on the headphones #
• 09:28 God *damn*, this story needs work! LOTS of work. Of course, motivation comes whenever I have very little time to follow thru. 🙂 #wip #
• 11:37 *85% ON THE MIDTERM!!* Need an 83% on the final to keep a B, so I can’t slack too, too much. But it means I can write more!!! #
• 11:44 Actually, factor in problem sets and attendance, and I probably only need 80-81% :). #
• 14:18 Could’ve spent part of my lunch writing. Spent it looking over my successful midterm, instead :D. #
• 15:57 Is this the proverbial dawn after the proverbial darkness? Skool discussion section cxl’ed tomorrow AM. More time to write!!! #
• 17:38 Looks like I’ll get a bit of a break before tonite’s stint as camera meat. Time to review another couple of pages of the #wip. #
• 19:41 Just no energy for MS review before I get to be camera meat. #

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• 07:53 At the backup writing site (read: the site close to home cos I got up late) with a red-eye, Night Ranger on the headphones, & my latest #wip #
• 08:00 "And it’s hard livin’ life on this mem’ry-go-round" (I luv 80s lyrics!) ♫ blip.fm/~3xdvb #
• 08:05 "I remember when you learned about love in the back of a Chevrolet / No good for an old memory to mean so much … ♫ blip.fm/~3xdzw #
• 08:53 Giving myself a headache trying to focus on revision. I’m >this close< to just trashing this story. #wip #
• 11:22 Glad I got a minuscule amount of writing done. Lunch will be cut short because I’m a needle slu…I mean, to get some blood drawn 🙂 #
• 12:04 What one novelist’s revision plan looks like www.caitlinkittredge.com/?p=926 #
• 12:39 Lunch (even w/the accompanying needle) just cannot come fast enough. #
• 15:43 Really enjoying the Amateur Hour show here at the day job (not). #
• 17:50 And on top of it all, I’m probably going to be hanging out late at work. I’m stopping for a drink on the way home, & I don’t mean coffee. #
• 19:01 Got out on time after all, but just barely. And now I’m sitting w/a pint of ale. Day doesn’t seem so bad, now :D. #
• 19:03 Reading The Lone Star Stories Reader by Eric T. Marin – tinyurl.com/cvv9rr #
• 20:13 is starting The Lone Star Stories Reader by Eric T. Marin. Skimmed the introduction of the free pdf download. #
• 22:06 Relaxing to a couple of beers and EASTENDERS. #

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• 07:53 Note to self: When setting the alarm, make sure you can *hear* said alarm the next morning. #
• 07:54 Losing a little writing time this AM, but that’s okay–I don’t care that it’s a skool day today :). #
• 08:33 Gonna try something radical this morning: Work from home at my newly cleaned desk. Gotta resist desire to take pics. #
• 09:09 Oh, Inbox Zero–you’re *such* a sight for sore eyes. I’ve missed you! We need to see each other more often. 🙂 #gtd #
• 11:50 First time the sun’s been out all day. Hope it stays out on the hike to skool! #
• 13:28 Sun did not stay out, but at least it’s relatively dry. For now. 🙁 #
• 14:26 Today at skool: more cold-war era music videos to illustrate gametheory. Still dunno how I feel about that, being the oldest guy in class. #
• 17:57 Do I stress about where my profile picture went, or just assume there are status issues and ride it out? #
• 19:10 @RachelleGardner Thank *you* for the info! #
• 19:32 Just trying to get some caffeine in me if I’m going to do any writing at all tonite. #
• 19:52 zomg!! THE LONE STAR STORIES READER available as a free .pdf ericmarin.livejournal.com/168642.html #

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• 07:59 is on page 95 of 256 of Dangerous Laughter: Thirteen Stories by Steven Millhauser. "Dangerous Laughter" had an great hook but the themes … #
• 08:05 Took in some very powerful documentaries at FLEFF last night. Will have to blog (not just tweet) about them. Later, tho. I’m wiped out. #
• 08:14 Need to create some writing space today. I think I’m depressed because I’m not sure how to do it after so long. #
• 08:30 "When there’s no one left to leave you, even you don’t quite believe you, that’s when nothing can deceive you." ♫ blip.fm/~3uhti #
• 09:23 Figured out today’s writing plan. I bet it’ll take 1 or 2 or 10 false starts. ‘Cos writing is NOT like riding a bike, at least not for me. #
• 10:13 Early bird caught the worm! Table w/an outlet at the coffee place. Now I can procrastinate all I want. #
• 10:19 Website for OUR DISAPPEARED/NUESTROS DESAPARECIDOS from last nite’s FLEFF, soon to be on @IndependentLens tinyurl.com/d9brba #
• 10:29 Procrastination playlist: The Bad Plus, FOR ALL I CARE. Apropos CD, given the mood I’m trying to fight ;). #
• 12:41 Writing playlist: Bill Champlin, Robert Lamm, Beckley-Lamm-Wilson #
• 12:55 RT @jay_lake RT @ColleenLindsay @RachelleGardner on the 10 Things You Should Expect From Your Agent… tinyurl.com/dgdgu9 #
• 13:59 Ah, the crash of being so wrapped up w/writing that I forgot to eat. Must mean I’m finally back to my normal routines :). #
• 15:11 RT @Cbarzak @gregvaneekhout because flashbacks are like quicksand, dude. Write a flashforward. That might do the trick! 🙂 #
• 15:12 You know I’ve been out of the game too long when I stop writing to do grocery shopping. Now, I’m looking at my messy office… *sigh* #
• 17:38 Count Basie Orchestra vid from ’94. I saw them that year (not at this show, tho). Memories! www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHtNjmTpVAE #
• 17:39 Office is even messier than before. Don’t ask about the writing :(. #
• 21:58 Early evening coffee and a cleaner office make for a slightly better mood :). #
• 22:26 @jeffreyeford Thanks for the add. I’m in the midst of THE DROWNED LIFE and am blown away so far! #

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• 08:26 Planned on the farmer’s market this morning but it’s too cold and damp right now. No coffee at home though. Must go out. #
• 09:11 Tweeting from the diner. WiFi really is everywhere in this town! #
• 09:14 Today is a day of rest. And by "rest," I mean writing sometime this afternoon before I’ve truly recovered from midterm trauma. #
• 10:41 Would’ve gotten THE BEST OF CRANK! from the library if it wasn’t missing the 1st 25 pages!! bit.ly/M1a0 #
• 10:43 Gonna catch some of @FLEFF today. Lurk at a few talks, see a couple of films, maybe livetweet if there’s WiFi… 🙂 #
• 13:03 Want to read: The Best of Crank! by Bryan Cholfin – tinyurl.com/c49brz #
• 13:05 You know it’s a small town when you can run into the same coworker at two separate places/events. #
• 13:08 Nice FLEFF panel. Learned things re: doco film distribution that I didn’t know but which make perfect sense WRT any art distribution. #
• 13:11 Spending time at local CD fair was a mistake. Luckily, it was only a $15 mistake–could’ve been a LOT worse :(. #
• 13:24 Reading The Orphan’s Tales: In the Night Garden by Catherynne M. Valente – tinyurl.com/dmamkq #
• 13:40 Only came back to the library to mooch WiFi until the next bus. I didn’t mean to check out Series 4 of THE LAST DETECTIVE, honest!! #
• 17:12 Getting Cassandra Wilson’s latest CD on the cheap at the CD fair was awesome. Getting the latest from The Bad Plus was an epic WIN! #

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• 07:55 I should’ve slept like a baby last night after the midterm. But I didn’t and for some reason, I feel more stressed than yesterday…? #
• 08:06 You know, it’s not even the fact that I’ve got to finish a problem set due the day after the midterm. Well, maybe that’s part of it. #
• 08:29 PTSD is the only explanation for how I’m feeling. Feh. Enuff whining. Gonna listen to the song "Walkin’ on a Thin Line" & move on w/life! 🙂 #
• 09:17 Problem set done. I’m taking my life back now, thank you very much. Well, after I phone it in at work today. #
• 11:55 About to do the Bataan Death March to skool. Have 1/2 a mind to skip, but that damn problem set *grumblegrumble* #
• 14:29 I just feel like hitting life on the nose with a rolled-up newspaper and telling it, "No!" #
• 16:45 RT @jay_lake #writing io9 on the difference between plot & story… bit.ly/1IVTJw #
• 18:09 "I’m on a ride and I wanna get off." And I will in a few minutes. ♫ blip.fm/~3sc57 #
• 19:54 Never fails! When I’m exhausted, everyone wants me to come to their party. O, poor me ;). #

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• 23:10 Sure it was cheese, but I didn’t mind the end to #LifeOnMars (US) that much. #
• 08:27 Unfair: adj. Sunny day off work that I’m spending on campus to attend section & office hrs to prep for midterm T-minus 11hrs from now. Bleh. #
• 08:38 Odyssey Workshop graduates discuss strong openings (novels and stories) odysseyworkshop.livejournal.com/6949.html #
• 10:22 Want to read: The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash … by Tara L. Masih – tinyurl.com/ckdypq #
• 10:33 Breaktime’s over. Crunchtime. Like Alec Baldwin said in GLENGARRY, "It’s f**k or walk!" #
• 10:33 Study playlist: TORCH: A SIX DEGREES COLLECTION OF MODERN TORCH SONGS #
• 11:24 SyllabusFail! I’ll never understand why a problem set needs to be due the day *after* a midterm! Feel like I’m spending too much time on it. #
• 12:13 T-minus 7.25 hrs to midterm. I’m confident that all the necessary info is in my head. Just need to organize it, now. #
• 12:38 Hard to study when there’s some sort of angry protest going on outside the building I’m in. #
• 13:11 Going home for lunch and break. Probably won’t need to come back for prof’s office hrs, in which case, I’ve got *plenty* of time to midterm. #
• 14:18 Walks from bus stops = walks in the sun, so I can’t complain too much. Studying will resume once leftovers are consumed. #
• 15:43 T-minus 3.75 hours to midterm. Knocking on every piece of wood I can find :). #
• 16:02 Gonna head back to campus, hole up with a cup of coffee, and review before Zero Hour! #
• 18:26 Studying over. Screwing off for the next hour, and then it’s showtime!! #
• 21:51 Totally punch drunk from the midterm. Definitely didn’t get an A, but I think I did a’ight. Treating myself to diner food as a reward. #
• 22:41 RT @charlesatan Melanie and Steve Rasnic Tem on “I want to write, but life gets in the way.” tinyurl.com/cmjap9 #

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• 08:06 My skoolbooks have swallowed my soul!! #
• 08:08 is on page 75 of 256 of Dangerous Laughter: Thirteen Stories by Steven Millhauser. "The Room in the Attic" gets 4* The ending, as a lite … #
• 08:10 If I brought an ending like the one in "The Room in the Attic" to my genre crit group, I’d probably be asked to leave and never return. 😀 #
• 08:14 Study playlist: Tower of Power mix. #
• 09:28 Wonders if April Fool’s Day joke I set up at work b4 I left last night has paid off yet >:) I’m about to find out muahahaha! #
• 10:16 As often happens with such things, my April Fool’s joke worked a little *too* well. Gonna have to dodge some people for the rest of the day. #
• 10:16 Ain’t I a stinker? >:) #
• 13:28 T-minus 1 day to midterm. Then the valkyries can come to take me to Valhalla. #
• 15:20 Ouch! Vengeance was had by the other department. Payback really is a bitch ;). #
• 17:23 I just can’t afford to be this tired right now. #
• 19:36 Guests over for dinner. Too tired to mind. At least there’s food :)! #
• 19:37 Ooh, and wine–might not be conducive to studying. Or, will it? I think I’ll give it a try. #
• 20:46 Study plan: bit of review before and during tonite’s GHOST HUNTERS. Then, break for LIFE ON MARS. Then, more studying until my brain bleeds. #

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• 08:08 Reading Break It Down: Stories by Lydia Davis – tinyurl.com/ck2b4d #
• 08:09 is on page 59 of 256 of Dangerous Laughter: Thirteen Stories by Steven Millhauser. 2/3 done w/novellette "The Room in the Attic." Creepy … #
• 08:10 Last night was a *bad* slacking night. Have to try to make up for it today. #
• 08:12 Study playlist: ABOUT TIME by Steve Winwood. (Closest thing I’ve got to having any Traffic.) #
• 10:43 RT @warrenellis Just heard from DC that John Cassaday has finished PLANETARY #27. Ravens have left Tower Of London. #
• 11:40 Wondering why, in this town, do folks ask me point blank who I voted for, yet balk at asking me how much my netbook cost?? #
• 12:33 I think I’m hitting a mental roadblock in my studying :(. Amazed how fast confidence can turn to jelly! #
• 12:35 Want to write at lunch, but I know it’d only be to procrastinate. #
• 14:54 Just have to accept that I just can’t grok how to figure out min possible customer surplus due to price ceilings for now, and move on. 🙁 #
• 18:01 Someone, please–snap me out of the 1,000-yard stare! #
• 19:23 Sooo tempted to just bag today, hoping I’ll just pull it together on midterm day (when I’m off from work). Gonna have dinner b4 deciding. #
• 22:02 Damn you, EASTENDERS! I was gonna go to bed early. #

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