Author: Don

• 07:36 Went to bed right after BSG last nite, so I’m all ready for my weekend of suck…I mean, skoolwork. After breakfast and coffee, natch. #
• 07:36 T-minus 4 days to the 1st midterm! #
• 10:00 It’s either Take Your Child to Work day at this coffee shop, or some child-labor laws are being seriously broken here. #
• 11:13 Procrastinated by getting a haircut, then ran away from downtown. Forgot there was gonna be a crowd down there today :(. #
• 11:17 The books are open–let the gnashing of teeth begin! #
• 11:29 Score–table with an outlet!! I’ll be fine, so long as I can keep resisting the WiFi. #
• 12:52 Progress is going very, very slowly :(. #
• 14:46 Just can’t seem to find the right study playlist. Yeah, that’s it…a good enuff excuse as any ;). #
• 15:27 Company at home…oh, if only that was what’s keeping me from pressing on, and not abject laziness. #
• 16:02 Small Beer Press downloads on Scribd!! Drop what you’re doing and bookmark this right now! tinyurl.com/brbqe3 #
• 18:02 If studying hadn’t gone so slowly today, I might be tempted to go watch 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY on the big screen…*sigh*. #
• 18:11 Of course, that hourlong nap might’ve had something to do with it. Hey, it was a rough week :). #
• 19:03 Anxiously awaiting the Chinese delivery. Forgot to have lunch (as usual) and couldn’t put off dinner any longer. #
• 20:05 Oh no, not JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE NEW FRONTIER…darn TV! #

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• 08:01 Didn’t get to 250 words last nite. Baffled myself w/problem set for skool instead. But that’s what today’s discussion section’s for, right? #
• 08:02 Let’s see how much I can get done before then :). #
• 08:03 Writing playlist: Chick Corea’s Akoustic Band and The Bad Plus #
• 08:35 Seem to be cutting as many words as I’m adding :(. Feh. #
• 10:25 Clouds parted re: yesterday’s problem set. Now if the clouds would part so I can finally finish the damn WIP, I’ll be set! #
• 12:34 Oh, my aching blood-sugar level… 🙁 #
• 13:51 It was Wing Bar day at the usual lunch spot. Guess where most of my lunch time’s gone. 🙁 It’s okay–watch me make up the wordcount tonite!! #
• 14:52 RT @ginatrapani happy to be at that point in my life as a woman where the Vagina Monologues is no longer a revelation #
• 16:14 Have a bitch of a headache that’s resistant to caffeine! 🙁 #
• 18:07 Filed under "thunderdome" – Teen "sexting" tinyurl.com/bulygt #
• 19:14 There isn’t a lick of skoolwork I could do tonight that I couldn’t do with a clearer head over the weekend. Good enough excuse to write! #
• 19:42 Writing playlist: post-SPORTS Huey Lewis & the News–the stuff that sounds all Sam Cooke-ish. #
• 22:01 Almost forgot about tonite’s BURN NOTICE! #

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• 23:13 Trying to tear myself from a doco on Billy Strayhorn on INDEPENDENT LENS so I can go to bed! #
• 07:59 Got the skoolwork playlist worked out: Sugarman 3, Menahan Street Band, & The Mighty Imperials. All I need now is the coffee. #
• 09:00 Brain hurts #
• 09:39 The solution to jump-starting a fried brain: J-Pop music!! :). Time for work! #
• 10:38 300 unread Google Reader items?!?! Not to mention the stuff I’ve saved in Google Bookmarks to process. Might have to get drastic, here :(. #
• 11:38 Would totally blow off skool today if the 1st midterm wasn’t in 6 days :(. #
• 11:40 Ruthlessly pruned the Reader feeds! Bookmarks are next, dammit!! 🙂 #
• 13:39 Glad the skool’s laying down salt, just in time for my downhill speedwalk back to work! #
• 13:39 @verybigjen I knew I missed OH for a reason :). #
• 14:11 Gah! Performance self-review a tad overdue. Think it’ll count against me? 🙂 #
• 16:18 Taking a breather from today’s inbox pile. After that, gonna see to the 5-6 Swords of Damocles hanging over my head ;). #
• 18:08 Must try to crank out some words tonight…man, I’m spent! #
• 18:26 All right–250 words tonite, or bust!!! (Probably bust) ;). #
• 20:04 Blood sugar plummeting :(. Gonna make some food and watch GHOST HUNTERS. #

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• 07:56 @Slimbig Believe me, you don’t want the kind of "perfect day" I had yesterday ;). #
• 08:01 All right, I got the coffee & the file open. Time for this rambler to get rambling! #
• 08:05 Writing playlist: TOTO #
• 09:08 400 new words on the WIP! I’ve probably just burned myself out for work/skool, though. Oh well :). #
• 10:26 There’s "Manic Monday" and then there’s "Brief Psychotic Disorder Monday." That’s what today’s shaping up to be. #
• 12:14 Found a new stairless route to skool! Murder on my calf muscles but it beats knee-pain. 🙂 #
• 13:26 Blew through a whole new chapter in one class, a week before a midterm. If I wasn’t zombie-fied before, I am now. #
• 14:25 Back to "Brief Psychotic Disorder" Monday at work. Joy. #
• 16:49 I hear Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings on the radio and wish I’d kept up my trumpet chops. I have pipe-dream of playing in a band like that :). #
• 19:07 Getting into the physical writing space is easy. Writing headspace–not so much. #

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• 08:25 Soooooo glad I did enough writing for crit group yesterday. I gotta hit the skoolbooks today! #
• 08:40 I was about to make the tragic mistake of opening up the skoolbooks before I’ve had my 1st cup of coffee. #
• 09:23 Noo…getting distracted by a craptastic SCI-FI Channel movie with Adrian Paul. Must…resist. #
• 17:08 Feh–crit group ran outta time for me. So glad I busted my ass and skipped that out of town party. Eh, it happens. More time for skoolwork. #
• 17:12 Upside: Still ahead of schedule–for once in my life!! 🙂 Nothing to stop me from going ahead and finishing off the WIP sans critique. #
• 18:56 Just brought back from the party I missed (Grr motherfrak!)–a batch of the most awesomest shredded buffalo chicken dip in the world!!! #
• 20:25 Finish one problem set for skool and the next one appears online! nnnNNNGGGGGggg! #
• 21:08 Looks like the old laptop is on it’s last legs. Perfect end to the perfect day. #

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• 23:07 After last week’s coolness, I’m back to feeling kinda meh about #BSG now. #
• 07:55 Woke up in a panic, thinking I’d slept in on a weekday :(. #
• 08:01 @verybigjen Oh, it was a decent ep, and we got answers all right…my complaints would be too spoilery, tho 😉 #
• 08:07 Time for breakfast, then back to the bachelor-pad-for-a-day to get some writing done! Crit group tomorrow–gah!! #
• 10:23 I’m not writing like I should. I’m reading MMA and INSIDE KUNG-FU at the bookstore, sipping on decent coffee. #
• 10:26 I figure I’ve got the whole day before this, so why not? tinyurl.com/cxpj5f #
• 11:32 Back at the bachelor-pad-for-a-day. Gonna write, dammit! Wanna be at 2k words by the end of the day, otherwise I’m scrubbing tonite’s movie. #
• 12:26 Something’s not working today. I’ve only got about six hours left and motivation=0. #
• 12:43 @verybigjen All I’m sayin’ is that after having "12 Models" and "Final 5" drilled into my head, I had the same reaction as Starbuck. 🙂 #
• 13:03 @GigiVernon I’ve said that once an hour for the past 3 hours :). #
• 14:00 223 words so far. I’ve decided that 237 more will earn me tonite’s film/talk. And any additional words will entitle me to popcorn! #
• 14:38 @GigiVernon Were its eyes full of secret mouse knowledge? 🙂 #
• 14:39 Did I make the wordcount? Feh–technicality. But I’ve got 3/4 of the WIP done and 1/2 of it is presentable for tomorrow’s crit group. Rawr! #
• 14:54 Errands to run, coffee to drink, maybe more writing to do before Movie Sign. Hm, maybe a nap first? #
• 17:59 DVDs returned, copies made, but I’m waaaay too early to buy tickets. But I’ve got my writing stuff, coffee, & WiFi. What else do I need? #
• 23:00 Unexpectedly hung out with a coworker during the film/talk tonite. Very good film. Informative talk, too! #

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• 07:56 The harshest rejection was the one I never got–I just saw the TOC for the publication, and my name nowhere to be found :(. #
• 07:59 At the AM writing spot, determined to have something substantial to bring to crit group on Sun. Prospect looks kinda dim, though. #
• 08:10 Some blue-eyed soul to get me started this morning. ♫ blip.fm/~264yb #
• 09:18 RT @MaryRobinette: This week’s column is up at AMC…I cover the structure of fantasy romance. bit.ly/7xNyk #
• 09:28 Will be abandoned for a party on Sat. Gotta get ready for Sun, anyway. And study for a midterm. And maybe see a movie producer talk. #
• 11:39 I usually have runs of *good* luck on Friday the 13ths. That hasn’t happened yet. I seem to be breaking even so far. #
• 13:24 Made it to skool from work without any slippage! Lots of mud, tho :(. #
• 13:25 Now, I wonder what I’m gonna be heading back into once I scarf down my lunch. #
• 16:49 Brrraaaaaaains… #
• 17:56 Even if there’s drinking tonite, drunken tweeting will…um…probably…never happen again! #
• 19:38 @sixsentences For a second, I thought you meant @chicagotheband #
• 19:39 Can’t wait to get to the vino waiting at home. #
• 21:35 I dunno about #Dollhouse yet. It’s not tickling anything for me…except what casting Eliza Dushku in tight clothes is *designed* to tickle. #

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• 08:24 JCVD was definitely an arthouse experience. A deconstruction of his life at every level. Fave bits: cracks on Steven Seagal and John Woo. #
• 08:24 Too damn tired to write this morning. Will shoot for lunch and later this evening :(. Dern skoolwork. #
• 11:00 Whew–ran from skool section to work and am still running :(. #
• 13:43 It’s dreary and I’m tired. Might use the rest of my lunch to nap :(. #
• 14:24 Didn’t nap after lunch. I did finish my latest problem set a little ahead of schedule! Whether it’s finished *correctly*…? #
• 16:46 Oooh, it’s about to be a fun one…15min before close. Yeehaw. #
• 17:32 I think the Friday bender is going to have to come a day early. If I have the strength, that is. #
• 17:55 Looks like any bender I go on will be by myself tonite :(. #
• 18:10 Y’know what? No bender. Just home with the usual Thurs nite TV. Ooh, BURN NOTICE. #
• 19:28 Trying to get back into the writing groove by staring at the open WIP file. Maybe something’ll happen by osmosis or something. #
• 20:03 I wrote one sentence! I wrote one sentence! #
• 21:44 @jdfreivald Thanks, Jake! #

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• 19:26 Forgoing GHOST HUNTERS INT’L and LIFE ON MARS for a late showing of JCVD tonite. #
• 08:24 JCVD was definitely an arthouse experience. A deconstruction of his life at every level. Fave bits: cracks on Steven Seagal and John Woo. #
• 08:24 Too damn tired to write this morning. Will shoot for lunch and later this evening :(. Dern skoolwork. #
• 11:00 Whew–ran from skool section to work and am still running :(. #
• 13:43 It’s dreary and I’m tired. Might use the rest of my lunch to nap :(. #
• 14:24 Didn’t nap after lunch. I did finish my latest problem set a little ahead of schedule! Whether it’s finished *correctly*…? #
• 16:46 Oooh, it’s about to be a fun one…15min before close. Yeehaw. #
• 17:32 I think the Friday bender is going to have to come a day early. If I have the strength, that is. #
• 17:55 Looks like any bender I go on will be by myself tonite :(. #
• 18:10 Y’know what? No bender. Just home with the usual Thurs nite TV. Ooh, BURN NOTICE. #

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• 08:13 Paleo Twitter: "@Genny_Spencer is the real line-a-day diary of a young farmgirl in 1937." #
• 08:15 Feeling like I really, really have to chill out, or something’s gonna crack. That said, I got a story to work on! #
• 08:19 Writing playlist: Chick Corea, Return to Forever #
• 09:29 RT @sixsentences If Tao Lin and Claire Zulkey had sex… tinyurl.com/dm3p3z #
• 09:31 +200 words! I think the WIP will end up in the 4-5k range. Which means only 3-4k to go. 😐 #
• 10:50 Feeling all PTSD’d right now. Trying to reach my happy place from my desk. Seems futile, I know ;). #
• 11:26 Happy place invaded by rude email. If I email & ask for a deadline & you don’t respond then I’ll get to your stuff when I frakkin get to it! #
• 12:11 Mood immediately improved when I remembered I was being treated to lunch today! #
• 12:43 Ate homemade lasagna at my desk, which means I get a full hour to write! Muahahaha! #
• 12:58 Now I’m feeling like I should just nap during my lunch. I’m tired from my "emo" bout this morning :(. #
• 13:51 +220 words in 40 min. I think I’ve earned a break, don’t you? (read: I have no idea what the ver next bit of the story is yet). #
• 13:54 Should’ve read "very next bit." I’m a writer, can’t you tell? 🙁 #
• 15:25 Will it ever end? The workday, I mean. I have to be careful how I speak in the environment I work in :). #
• 16:18 @mightymur you’ve just described every Saturday I’ve spent writing for the past couple of years. #
• 17:12 I am just *waiting* for the next person to tick me off. Just one more, c’mon…I know you’re out there. Bring it! #
• 18:25 This close > < to freedom. Y’know what, 400+ words might just have to be enough today. #
• 19:07 At the PM writing spot out of habit. Maybe I can eke out another 50 or so words… #
• 20:25 Yeah, I didn’t manage those 50 words :(. Maybe I’ll try before #LEVERAGE comes on tonite. #
• 20:39 I dunno if @chicagotheband is the real thing, but I’m following for now anyway ;). #
• 22:04 I’ve got nothing against Brent Spiner on #LEVERAGE, but did they have to give him yellow eyes (sunglasses)? #
• 22:14 @BrentSpiner Great job on #LEVERAGE. Was having yellow sunglasses your idea or Frakes’s? #

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