Author: Don

• 08:07 Okay, upstate NY winter–took you 4 years but you have *finally* beaten the Cleveland boy! I give, I give! #
• 08:09 Returned to revising a story written in January. Man, this folder’s thick. #
• 12:32 Gah!! LIFE ON MARS (US) has been cancelled 🙁 tinyurl.com/ceg9ey #
• 13:01 This one time, I’m gonna just read at lunch, I think. I need the break, plus I dread the folder containing January’s story. #
• 14:35 Read 3 Etgar Keret stories. Good ones. Hence, they weren’t very relaxing :). #
• 17:38 Wondering what I’m going to watch tonite, with #LEVERAGE done until the summer. #
• 18:07 @strikethru The system I’ve used the longest is a weekly calendar and a HipsterPDA. #
• 19:58 Feeling a few blocks to writing because of some mental clutter. I’ve loosened some of that up and–wouldn’t you know it–I did some editing! #

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• 07:06 Will do my coffee and writing from home today, I think. I’m taking some advice and slowing down. A *bit* :). #
• 08:16 Yesterday’s critique group evisceration. "Thank you, ma’am. May I have another?" tinyurl.com/djy6tu #
• 09:04 Relishing the prospect of having 7 stories to finish/submit/resubmit to markets. No, really! #
• 11:34 Checked my grades on the skool website. Some numbers *literally* make no sense. Anxiety level still thru the roof! #
• 16:53 Deep breaths. Must take deep breaths…. #
• 18:16 Don’t think I have the strength for writing or skoolwork tonite. #

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• 08:22 I feel like I could sleep for another 3 hours :(. #
• 10:00 Revenge of the Writer, Day 4: Stuff’s more or less ready for crit group evisceration this afternoon. #
• 11:31 Revenge of the Writer, Day 4: Reviewing yesterday’s words for WIP at a local organic cafe. Forgot how pricey the place was. Yummy food, tho! #
• 12:36 Food for thought: Do superhero comics just not get it anymore? tinyurl.com/ap2pjh #
• 19:01 RT @strikethru Second-draft fiction involves deleting a lot of clever turns of phrase that on second thought, actually make no sense. #
• 19:02 Revenge of the Writer, Day 4: Revenge complete. Crit group evisceration will be processed tomorrow. Think I’ve earned dinner & a Smithwicks! #
• 19:32 Looks like because of a Nor’easter, I’m gonna be Home Alone for another day. #

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• 09:07 Slept in waaaay too late. Gonna run out for breakfast and errands, then get started with my writing revenge :). #
• 11:45 How did I end up spending so much money this morning??? Can’t even blame it all on the price hike for TurboTax, either :(. #
• 11:53 Revenge of the Writer, Day 3: I got my coffee, so it’s time to finish the WIP while trying to keep my arm-length list of chores off my mind. #
• 12:16 RT @drmabuse New Podcast! The Bat Segundo Show #266: Catherynne M. Valente (Palimpsest and, oddly enough, ebooks) tinyurl.com/anqlue #
• 12:18 RT @drmabuse …The Bat Segundo Show #267: Charlie Huston (The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death) tinyurl.com/aoy6kv #
• 13:30 Revenge of the Writer, Day 3: Back home, trying to finish drafting the WIP ending. Feels like I’m just marking time :(. #
• 13:32 Had to come home, or risk spending more $$ on Catherynne M. Valente’s PALIMPSEST. Need to read Bynum’s MADELEINE IS SLEEPING first. #
• 14:44 RotW, Day 3: The more I write, the more I look back on what I prepped for crit group and think, "Do I really want people to read this crap?" #
• 15:08 RotW, Day 3: 105 words (net) is all I have to show for today, so far. I need a break. Food’s a good idea, I think. #
• 17:42 RotW, Day 3: Tried coffee to get the story going. Now I’ll go back to the Smithwicks ;). #
• 17:46 Oh, noes! TV temptation–FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE is on AMC. #
• 18:20 Pondering whether I should call it a writing night and check out WALTZ WITH BASHIR. #
• 18:33 Neighbor’s playing his music too loud, so WALTZ WITH BASHIR it is! 😉 #
• 21:54 WALTZ WITH BASHIR just blew me away! #

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• 08:05 Revenge of the Writer, Day 2 is off to a late start. It’s turning into one of those days where everything’s taking 10 extra steps to do :(. #
• 08:56 Ran into crit group member at the bagel place just now. Town’s just too damn small :). #
• 09:16 Revenge of the Writer, Day 2: 150 words of 1st draft closer to the end of the WIP! Feels like a kajillion more to go, tho. #
• 09:20 Common writing mistakes observed by Nancy Kress: tinyurl.com/awzow8 #
• 11:46 Got the feeling there won’t be much Revenge of the Writer ’til after work. But it’s another Home Alone weekend–plenty of time for it, then. #
• 13:37 Note to self: Don’t just look at the projected high temp. Look at the *actual* temp before you walk from work to skool sans jacket. Brrr. #
• 13:39 Gonna lock and load (metaphorically!!!!!) like Chow Yun-Fat in a John Woo movie, and get myself back to work. #
• 16:52 Sooooo punch-drunk at work!! Someone, save me! #
• 19:37 Leftovers for dinner and a six-pack of Smithwicks. Because the Revenge of the Writer needs fuel :). #
• 21:21 Revenge of the Writer, Day 2 update: Fizzled once STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS came on. Will do some scribbling during #BSG. #
• 22:09 Did I just hear "tube of felderkarb toothpaste?" #bsg #

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• 08:10 Having coffee and yogurt as I prep for this thing I do with my laptop, story notes, and WIP drafts. Been so long…what’s it called again? #
• 08:25 JA Konrath on confident vs. delusional writers tinyurl.com/c5n8mm #
• 08:27 Okay, now I’m ready. Been too long, so for the next 4 days, it’s Revenge of the Writer! #
• 09:30 Revenge of the Writer, Day 1: WIP updated for crit group. Tightened outline for rest of WIP. Will give it another once over before printing. #
• 11:59 Revenge of the Writer, Day 1 update: Was treated to lunch at my desk, which means I can devote my real lunch hour to writing! #
• 14:10 @IndependentLens Thanks for the add! #
• 14:13 twitpic.com/1pj7f – Revenge of the Writer, Day 1 update: It was warm enough to write outside during lunch! #
• 18:58 Revenge of the Writer–taking a short break for dinner and a low-caffeine content drink. Trying to detox. #
• 19:38 Still getting dinner ready, wondering whether the writer has had enough revenge for the day :). Should I just putz until #BURNNOTICE? #

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• 07:45 Slept in and am determined to goof off for the rest of the morning. I’ve earned it. #
• 08:51 That is, I was gonna goof off until I remembered that I had to rewrite a problem set. Who has problem sets due the day after a midterm?? #
• 08:53 I can goof off now, though. Goofing off playlist: GHOST IN THE MACHINE by The Police #
• 08:55 "It’s a big enough umbrella but it’s always me that ends up getting wet." (Love that line!) ♫ blip.fm/~2g2bb #
• 10:12 Another 13-hour day today, this time for a film/talk with the filmmaker tinyurl.com/bfkes4 #
• 11:41 RT @clarkesworld Just heard that Philip Jose Farmer passed away in his sleep this morning. #
• 13:32 Letting myself slack for one more day. Starting tomorrow, thru my Home Alone weekend, it’s gonna be Revenge of the Writer!! 🙂 #
• 13:36 Better link for tonite’s Movie Sign: tinyurl.com/aalpce #
• 13:47 Mark Waid reminds us, "Characters Are Not Furniture" tinyurl.com/dzldl6 #
• 17:47 Movie Sign at 7! Hope I don’t fall asleep :(. #
• 18:53 We have Movie Sign! You know you’re in a campus movie theater when there’s WiFi inside it :D. #
• 21:38 Films where a nice experience. Wasn’t much of a talk afterward, tho. #

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• 07:10 T-minus 12.5 hours to midterm! Still shaky on a couple of things, but I’m sure I’ll at least pass ;). #
• 10:26 Phoning it in at work–just feels like the downtime between now and the midterm :). #
• 12:27 Blah blah work blah studying blah blah midterm blah blah 13-hour day blah :). #
• 16:34 Trying to stay zen. T-minus 3 hours! #
• 18:46 T-minus the time it takes me to scarf down this sandwich and walk to the midterm room! Fingers crossed!! #
• 21:57 At home, exhausted but feeling cautiously optimistic about the midterm! #
• 21:57 My reward: the season finale of #LEVERAGE. #
• 23:02 A few bits of #LEVERAGE were a little over the top tonite, but the con was *beautiful*! #

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• 08:04 T-minus 3 days to the midterm! I think I can finish going thru the harder stuff today. I hope. 🙂 #
• 08:44 In my fave booth at the bagel shop where, for the next few hours, I’ll be studying and pissing off folks looking for room to sit 🙂 #
• 09:04 Guess now that I’ve had breakfast (bagel, natch), I should open the books, huh? Need more coffee first, I think. #
• 09:19 Writing playlist: Peter Gabriel (post "Sledgehammer")) ♫ blip.fm/~2dbb2 #
• 09:19 I meant *studying* playlist! Gee, any guesses what I’d rather be doing? 🙂 #
• 10:09 Got my 1st "How does 1 guy get to take up a whole booth?" stare of the morning! #
• 10:23 Holy mother…just looked out the storefront window. Where’d all this snow come from? Picked the wrong day not to wear my boots, apparently. #
• 11:01 Impaling my thumb on a staple is, I think, a good indication that I need a break. #
• 11:44 Okay, break’s over! #
• 13:46 Wondering if I’m hitting the point of diminishing returns–see, something from microecon has stuck!! #
• 14:06 Taking an extended break. Some more food might be nice. Definitely more caffeine :). #
• 15:39 Slowly gearing up to get back into it…um, while watching BookTV heh. #
• 18:03 Daptone Records broken into?!! More proof that absolutely nothing is sacred in this world! tinyurl.com/acxg9t #
• 19:00 RT @warrenellis Injecting Red Bull through your tear ducts into your forebrain is, frankly, even less comfortable than you might expect. #
• 19:02 I read that as I was looking at a can of Red Bull and pondering. Must be a sign that someone’s looking out for me. #
• 22:14 Okay, I think I’m gonna call it a night. The challenge now will be trying to sleep (darn Red Bull) ;). #

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