Author: Don

• 07:32 Heart still pounding from the Cassandra Wilson show. Now if Bill Champlin would just play here, I could die a happy man. #
• 07:33 Bill Champlin says stuff about songwriting that I could probably translate over into my writing: tinyurl.com/5ewdb8 #
• 07:36 And yes, I’m still here. Didn’t get a chance to run away with her :(. #
• 11:16 Survived my first hour back at work. Barely. #
• 11:17 Wrote 1 pg of notes before 1/3 pg of draft. Good thing; would’ve just been marking time, otherwise. #
• 12:49 Thinking I can wring out at least one paragraph of dreck at lunch. I hope. #
• 14:19 Total of one brand-spanking-new page of draft so far today! Might have to rewrite the beginning, though :(. We’ll see. #
• 14:28 Gah! Almost forgot about a skoolwork assignment for tomorrow! Not a biggie–just means less writing time (motherf…) #
• 14:28 Oh, I’ll be writing on skool days this week, that’s for damn sure 🙂 #
• 17:52 Wow. A whole day of work and I haven’t died–Woohoo!! Now we’ll see if skoolwork will do the job. #
• 20:04 Gonna put off skoolwork for at least another hour. Gotta ease back into things, right? 🙂 #
• 20:41 At the risk of jinxing myself, I just noticed that a market w/a crazy fast turnaround has held my story for almost a month, now. #
• 20:41 I’ve guaranteed a rejection, haven’t I? *headdesk* #

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• 00:03 Saw Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings on AUSTIN CITY LIMITS. Got to relive last week’s concert high!! #
• 07:49 Cassandra Wilson TONIGHT! I think I’m sufficiently over the Andromeda Strain enough to go. ♫ blip.fm/~owfs #
• 07:52 Saw Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings on AUSTIN CITY LIMITS last nite. Got to relive last week’s concert high!! Gonna have another tonight! #
• 07:53 I know some romance writers who might hate me for posting this, but I just gotta: tinyurl.com/6xloxg #
• 08:10 Agenda: breakfast, MEET THE PRESS, go to coffee shop, write, browse for books, write, lunch, write, go home, prep for week, go to concert! #
• 08:18 Agenda will likely be interspersed with "screwing around on the interwebs." Having barely survived the plague, I’m easing back into it. #
• 08:33 Emotional expression in fiction: tinyurl.com/5amjjo #
• 09:14 Last month’s submissions scorecard, for those keeping track: tinyurl.com/6owodw #
• 12:21 Ah, sunlight! Stood out in it a bit before sitting down to write at cafe. Now…what to write… #
• 12:59 Being November and seeing X-Mas stuff already out at the mall(!!!), I’m giving some thought to next year’s writing goals. #
• 15:15 Wrote1/2 pg of draft and 1 pg of notes so far. Figured out the problem I’ve been having: I don’t know if my protag is capable of change…? #
• 15:51 I need to quit for today before I fry myself trying to beat my way past this barrier. Sometimes, a lil’ progress just has to be good enough. #
• 15:53 Trying hard to fight the idea that I’ve caved. #
• 17:58 Ready to hear the voice of an absolute goddess! Would totally run away with her if she’d have me 🙂 www.cassandrawilson.com/ #
• 18:05 Aaaaand, of course, problems…*sigh* #
• 18:20 Ok, snag solved (I hope). #
• 22:36 Never understood how people could cry at the sight of their favorite singer on stage…before tonight. #

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• 07:18 (Provided this Andromeda Strain I have doesn’t kill me off) 2 days ’til Cassandra Wilson!!! ♫ blip.fm/~omjc #
• 07:22 Saw the twist of last nite’s GHOST WHISPERER coming a mile away. Always knew it was gonna happen eventually, too. #
• 08:08 Too rainy for the Farmer’s Market, too spent for the Diner. Having breakfast in with WITHNAIL & I. #
• 08:11 "We have indeed drifted into the arena of the unwell." #
• 09:15 Journaling advice from Robert Olen Butler tinyurl.com/5oyyr9 #
• 10:00 Wil Wheaton collects his writing resources: tinyurl.com/5qpvue #
• 13:11 How come I never thought to use my mp3 player as a separate drive to play my music on any computer I ever wanted to play them on?? Duh!! #
• 13:14 Of course all my USB ports are being used, now. No room for the drive with the NaNo on it. Guess I could work on my latest story instead :). #
• 13:48 Almost didn’t notice that I just about feel like a human being again :). #
• 17:03 Almost feel fully regenerated! tinyurl.com/5lt3av #
• 19:26 Making plans for tomorrow. Writing plans! Finally!! #
• 20:30 Tonight’s plan: Bruce Weber’s LET’S GET LOST, the Chet Baker biopic. ♫ blip.fm/~ot4u #

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• 07:17 I miscounted. Today is 3 days ’til Cassandra Wilson!! ♫ blip.fm/~o93n #
• 07:20 Called in again. I’d be fine if not for the incessant cough. Will spend some of today relearning how to write. #
• 07:31 Teh Interweb has me in its grip: Bill Champlin interview/performance tinyurl.com/5kwx28 #
• 10:13 Jackpot! DOCTOR WHO marathon on the Sci-Fi Channel! #
• 11:44 Chilling out with coffee and ART SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL…and medication. Sweet, blessed medication. #
• 13:22 Enjoyed ASC. On to a Carol Emshwiller novella, I think. And, more drugs, of course. #
• 16:21 Had my favorite kind of nap where you wake up and can’t remember for a second what day it is. #
• 16:26 Feel like a total slacker, though. I’ve got a whole writing agenda planned for the weekend! (Let’s see if I can pull it off…) #
• 20:11 Watching my first ep. of GHOST WHISPERER in ages. Jay Mohr’s gone?? #

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• 07:47 3 days to Cassandra Wilson!! ♫ blip.fm/~nvvd #
• 07:48 It’s official. I’m ill. Cough and sore throat. Great. I’ve already called in. #
• 07:48 Can’t call in to the midterm, though… 🙁 #
• 12:03 "I got a fever of 103"–well, maybe not that high. Just gotta tough it out, though. ♫ blip.fm/~nytj #
• 12:20 Think I’m gonna get some chinese food for lunch (plus fortune cookie), then study…"in bed." #
• 13:04 Fortune cookie says, "Be concerned, not obsessed, with your health." Apropos. Oh…"in bed." #
• 13:04 I’m fed. I’m medicated. Will see how far I can get w/out being caffeinated (further). #
• 16:07 Took a little nap. Now, back to it. T-minus 3.5 hours to midterm! (It’s all review from here.) #
• 17:27 T-minus 2 hours ’til midterm. I’m as prepared as I’m gonna be! Wish I didn’t feel so drowsy, though :(. #
• 17:28 I should eat, but my appetite is at absolute zero. #
• 21:34 I’m not saying I aced the midterm. I’m saying that if I didn’t do MUCH better than last time, I should give my current degrees back! #
• 21:36 Of course, now that I’m done, the last bit of willpower keeping my disease in check is all gone. #

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• 07:09 4 days to Cassandra Wilson!! ♫ blip.fm/~njg9 #
• 07:15 So…how ’bout that election, huh? 😀 #
• 07:26 Now maybe I can concentrate enough to study… #
• 10:41 Studying is proceeding at a good pace. Red-eyes help(?). #
• 16:24 When it rains, it pours between life and work, to say nothing about skool… #

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• 07:27 Oh yes, I voted! For change. #
• 07:28 Two days left in my hell week. Will be studying like mad. #
• 07:31 5 days to Cassandra Wilson!! ♫ blip.fm/~n7v2 #
• 09:37 Today is going to really, really suck. #
• 12:07 Being as prepared as I am for the next midterm has made me acutely aware of how much MORE prep I have yet to do. #
• 16:50 Sad, because there’s just no way in hell I’m going to realistically write a word of anything before Fri :(. I’ll just have to binge, then 🙂 #
• 18:02 Better study aid tonight: coffee or beer? #

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• 06:51 6 days to Cassandra Wilson!! ♫ blip.fm/~mul2 #
• 06:55 How did I frighten so many people on Halloween? Wearing this: tinyurl.com/6kjm2o #
• 06:56 I might even get some NaNo words in today! #
• 07:04 Music to get the blood flowing, ‘cos I’d really, really rather go back to bed. ♫ blip.fm/~munu #
• 07:34 Looking at my To Do List; awfully long for someone with a day off work :P~ #
• 09:27 Doing the e-vagrant thing around town today, to my back’s detriment. Just too nice to work from home today. #
• 09:34 Starting NaNo now, a dollar short and three days late. #
• 10:30 426 NaNo words (quite enough for the morning), plus some words on the current MS. Just gonna do a bit more. #
• 11:11 Okay, since I’ve written on skool days, it’s time to do some skoolwork for a bit. Free wireless isn’t going to aid the cause, I suspect. #
• 13:52 Brain hurts from studying. Nothing that more caffeine won’t cure, I think. #
• 13:53 Going home to "refuel" then back out for my TA’s extended ofc. hours. #
• 20:10 Prep for Thursday’s midterm coming along nicely, so far! #
• 20:13 Had some nice things said about a piece of mine at fictionaut.com #

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• 07:05 Still reeling from Sharon Jones. But now…7 days until Cassandra Wilson!!! ♫ blip.fm/~mkwv #
• 07:31 Cramming in some journaling and a lil’ writing before moving the mom-in-law. #
• 07:32 Forgot to mention my total gratitude for daylight savings time, saving my ass this weekend. #
• 07:48 Last night’s opening act. Makes for some funky yet light listening on a Sunday morning. ♫ blip.fm/~ml5g #
• 17:07 Mission Accomplished! Just got back from feeding the movers. I can has life back, now? 🙂 #
• 17:22 I don’t mind telling you all, it went a LOT smoother than I thought it was going to. #
• 17:33 Off work tomorrow. And thank Christ for late PM extended office hours for skool! (Means I can write in the morning!!) #
• 18:34 Staring at my NaNo notes, too spent to do much about them. #
• 19:42 Menahan sure makes for decent writing music. ♫ blip.fm/~mrcg #

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