Author: Don

• 07:03 Not as cold today, true. Also, not as motivated now that my grades are in. I think I’m pretty much gonna phone it in today :). #
• 07:12 Because I haven’t heard this in awhile and I need a good wake-up song: ♫ blip.fm/~19xkk #
• 09:01 More tribu–presents–from coworkers! Including jazz CDs! Cassandra Wilson, Basie/Vaughn, Eliane Elias, & Return to Forever!!! #
• 10:12 Could be writing on the d/l, but nope. Socializing between the few tasks I have today. #
• 11:19 Broke down "mr.wizard" delicious tag into separate sciences. A small step to streamlining my archives for 2009. tinyurl.com/6wcycy #
• 13:38 1.5 handwritten pages at lunch, thank you Jesus!! #
• 13:38 Still no idea where the story’s going, but it’s absolutely going somewhere! #
• 14:45 Staring at the thin pile of work I just know I’m not gonna touch until tomorrow. #
• 15:23 Nothing else to do but (some of) that thin pile o’ work ;). #
• 16:44 Wondering if I should take a chance on the usual writing spot tonite, or if I should just let 1.5 pgs be enough. Oh, who am I fooling? #
• 17:46 Saw a glimpse of traffic and went straight home. I’ll write here :). #
• 18:07 Feels odd holding a stack of brand-new CDs. Been awhile, since I’ve been getting my tunes, um…elsewhere. #
• 18:29 Like writing was really gonna happen, listening to a tune called "Beyond the Seventh Galaxy." ♫ blip.fm/~1a7nq #
• 19:57 Somebody on one of Yahoo’s hampster wheels must’ve keeled over dead if I can’t sign on to my email right now. #

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• 07:01 Early morning. The coldest time of the coldest day of the year so far. Of course I have to leave for work soon! #
• 07:02 I will be wearing the DOCTOR WHO scarf. People can point and laugh all the want–while they’re shivering cold :P~ #
• 07:10 "How can it be so cold in here? It’s like Greenland in here. We’ve got to get some booze. It’s the only solution to this intense cold." #
• 07:19 I want these functional night-vision goggles for kids! tinyurl.com/8eo6ln #
• 07:19 Here’s why: basicinstructions.net/?p=851 #
• 09:22 I paid the price for not being able to find my longjohns this morning. Other than that, the DOCTOR WHO scarf rules again!! #
• 10:15 Ack! Left my flash drive with my portableapps at home. Now I’m stuck with MSIE all freakin’ day :(. #
• 10:21 Small-press indie publishers of fantasy, mystery, & horror tinyurl.com/86ql9q #
• 10:48 RT from @totn – stuff you just couldn’t make up if you tried: tinyurl.com/8ahcf2 #
• 11:59 Saw this on MTV/VH-1 100s of times; never realized Hugh Laurie and John Malkovich were in it: tinyurl.com/2gs2n6 #
• 12:02 10 tweets before lunch. I fear the karmic payback. Crap, that was 11…. #
• 13:08 Writing progress at lunch: One. lousy. paragraph. #
• 15:02 What’d I say about karmic payback? Actually, it hasn’t been that bad :). #
• 15:24 Saw my grade online. Did not get a perfect score on the final. Will have to "settle" for a B+ in the class!!!! 🙂 #
• 18:05 Came home instead of going to writing spot; can’t remember the last time I was home this early on a weekday when I wasn’t sick. #
• 19:56 Forced to cement my holiday travel plans. Woe is me :). #
• 20:43 Given up on writing for today. Lost in an 80s Chicago binge (Chicago 16, 17, 18 & 19–not desperate enough for Chicago XIV, tho ;)). #

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• 08:11 Last minute edits before group (maybe)!! #
• 08:28 "Swiss Watch Found in 400-year Old Tomb"??? tinyurl.com/578t4a #
• 09:15 Editing music. ♫ blip.fm/~19258 #
• 10:14 What I’ve got is about as good as it’s going to get before group. Bleh. #
• 17:54 Told myself I was gonna goof off after group. So why do I have the file open, dammit? #
• 18:00 Why? Because there’s only one way I’m going to get this Sword of Damocles out from over my head… 🙂 #
• 19:38 Just discovered that mp3 links I’ve saved in del.icio.us now open with a flash player! That’s almost as cool as Google’s. #
• 19:39 Unlike Google, can’t FF or REW–Fail. #
• 21:13 Time for relaxing music, tea, and bed w/a book. ♫ blip.fm/~19b10 #

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• 08:36 1,000th post!! What to tweet…okay, how about my favorite band playing live: tinyurl.com/7przyz #
• 08:42 It’s gonna be a slow start this morning. I’m OK with that. But I gotta get writing. Oh yeah, group tomorrow–crap! #
• 08:42 It’s like the day before finals all over again!! 😉 #
• 11:36 So many available writing spots around town, now that the students are gone :)!! #
• 16:13 Good news: some good writing done. Bad news: not all of it on what I was supposed to be working on. #
• 16:13 Worse news: spent time playing with our new Flip camera. Videos to follow (maybe). #
• 17:02 Experiencing one of those rare times when wine doesn’t appear to be helping me think past a plot problem. #
• 17:07 This is real, and I WANT IT! tinyurl.com/9wjebb #
• 17:55 Writing = marking time for the past hour. Gonna take a break by cleaning up a month’s worth of intarweb bookmarks. #
• 17:58 Have I tweeted this? Bruce Holland Rogers’ 3-6-9 flash fiction form: tinyurl.com/9345xb #
• 20:41 Spaghetti sauce all over my pants. The perfect end to my day. #

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• 07:40 Due to start work right when the 12" of snow is scheduled to drop today. Gonna hang out at home until the last possible second…. 😉 #
• 08:29 Goddammit, I guess I gotta go in. Hopefully, everything will be running for when I (hopefully!!) have to turn around and go back home. #
• 10:27 Forgot to bring a bag to haul my tribute…I mean, presents, from coworkers in appreciation for my mad admin skillz. #
• 10:36 Nancy Kress blogs the best piece of writing advice she ever got: tinyurl.com/3q94c9 #
• 11:33 With nothing to study, I’m not sure what to do with myself at work. Aside from work, that is. #
• 12:37 I have the sick feeling I’m going to be trapped at work and forced to resort to cannibalism like that soccer team. #
• 14:26 At least the buses are still running. May not turn into ALIVE yet, after all. ♫ blip.fm/~18bma #
• 16:46 Looks like I’ll be leaving early today, after all :D. #
• 16:51 Hm, maybe I’ll do some writing tonight, if I can remember how. #
• 18:46 Can’t believe this week is finally OVER! (Well, except for writing, rearranging my writing space, and group.) #
• 18:50 Can’t believe the buses were more or less running on time, either. #
• 18:52 Need tomorrow to relearn how to write. I forsee pain. #
• 19:55 LEVERAGE is my favorite new show (like I need more TV in my life). Co-creator/co-exec producer blogs about it: tinyurl.com/6b92gj #
• 21:32 Oh God, GHOST ADVENTURES never ceases to be entertaining. (N.B. didn’t say "good," I said "entertaining." #

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• 23:17 Tired brain was distracted by new LAW & ORDER. #
• 07:55 Let myself sleep in a little bit today. Realized that I have not one, but two exams today. No jokes about how I’m going to get it both ways! #
• 07:55 (i.e. because one’s a physical) #
• 08:33 Last minute prep, followed by physical, then more prep, then the final! Then I’m (sorta) free for the semester!! #
• 08:33 "Stand up and fight/ This is it" ♫ blip.fm/~17kgd #
• 11:35 One exam done. This one involved a heart monitor. Everything seems good, tho. More tests to follow. Now, where’s my coffee? #
• 16:58 Might’ve missed one damn point! But the only way I blow it is by missing 10, and I’m damn sure that didn’t happen :D!! #
• 16:59 MORE importantly, I’ve secured (as much as you can w/out having something in writing) a place in the class I want to take next semester! #
• 17:00 I’m quite content with a B, tho ;). #

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• 07:26 T-minus 30 hours to the first final I’ve taken in a decade. #
• 11:44 I am so not happy. #
• 11:53 How can I kiss ass if the ass in question isn’t where it’s scheduled to be?? #
• 12:40 Reviewing on the d/l at the desk, making out my (approved) cheat-sheats. #
• 12:46 Back to a state of relative calm, now. #
• 14:48 Today’s distraction: Fembots! (More or less SFW.) tinyurl.com/6fkaeu #
• 14:51 What an almost-finished novel (not mine) looks like: tinyurl.com/3guby2 #
• 17:37 Home stretch. Just gotta put all the pieces together, and I’ll be as prepared as I’ll ever be. #
• 18:05 Most everyone’s left early. No reason for me to stay, then, is there? =D #
• 20:57 Oh noes! Tired brain is being distracted by GHOST HUNTERS! #

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• 07:27 Did I say 10-hour day? I meant a 12-hour day, from the look of it. And that’s before I hit the books. Do I really need CPR that bad? #
• 12:15 Bored during CPR training videos – until they inspired me to write 1st drafts of 3 flash pieces. #
• 12:18 And, just when I was bemoaning the fact that I hadn’t written one in awhile, too! #
• 12:19 Probably the only writing I’ll get done before Thursday. Might edit them, though – we’ll see. #
• 14:41 Did more pleasure-reading than studying at lunch. Not too bothered. #
• 17:31 Clinging to life, barely. Nothing more coffee can’t fix. Just got a little bit more to brush up on before the final. #
• 17:32 I will not edit the flashes I started. I will not edit the flashes I started. I will not edit the flashes I started. No, no, no. #
• 18:11 Now to brave the cold and hopefully find some place in this town that isn’t overrun by all these damn students studying for…wait…. #

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• 06:58 As if I wasn’t going to lose sleep already because of my caffeine overdose, I set my alarm an hour too early and couldn’t get back to sleep. #
• 07:35 Blowing off the morning routine for today. #
• 11:04 Studying for final at my desk. Still feeling yesterday’s caffeine in my system. Yesterday’s productivity, not so much. #
• 11:15 Brain wants to crash…. #
• 14:23 From here ’til the final, it’s just review of old concepts. T-minus 3 days!! #
• 14:25 Nice and warm today. Betcha I get bronchitis by this time next week. #
• 14:31 Oh look, it’s Mr. Caffeine Withdrawal c-c-come to pay me a v-v-v-visit… #
• 16:27 Found a detox tea bag in my desk, thank God. #
• 16:31 Who needs fine motor skills, anyway? All I need is the ability to write numbers semi-clearly. And even then, only through Thursday. #
• 19:19 Just remembered I’ve got a 10-hour day tomorrow. That’s *before* I start studying. #

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• 08:33 Promised myself some time to be outside in the (eventual) nice weather, despite the studying. #
• 08:33 God, I’m just not feeling the studying, though. #
• 08:41 "I want to be violated by insight." -Aimee Bender. This is my new reading credo. #
• 10:41 Skoolbooks all laid out. Will get to them as soon as my breakfast sandwich gets here! Now, where’s that MS…? #
• 10:43 Stared down the head of a family of five who probably doesn’t like that I’m taking up a whole booth. Screw him. #
• 11:59 Well of *course* when you try to study, you get fucking rewrite ideas. My own fault for not leaving the WIP behind. #
• 13:05 Studying going smoothly so far. Brain not bleeding yet. Just have to keep it all straight, is all. #
• 14:03 Okay, now my ears are bleeding. Probably the red-eye/Red Bull combination in my system, moreso than the studying. #
• 14:19 Breaktime’s over. Back to hitting the books like Chow Yun-Fat with glocks in both hands. tinyurl.com/55ourk #
• 15:39 I can has break, now? #
• 17:00 Back home. Visitors on their way; place is going to be a temporary refuge for weary final preppers. #
• 18:55 Chinese food for dinner! Company ate and ran. Back to work, for me. #
• 18:57 "I feel like Im falling flat to the floor. No one can catch me from falling" ♫ blip.fm/~15of3 #
• 19:24 Didn’t get right back to work. Printed out some MS edits. No more writing until the final, I’ve decided (maybe)!! #
• 21:15 I surrender. For now. #

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