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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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• 08:16 Just the song I need for Monday morning. ♫ blip.fm/~2345s #
• 08:17 Writing on a skool day as payback for the time I had to spend over the weekend. #
• 09:25 Easily wrote 2x as many new words as I cut out of the WIP yesterday. Trouble is, 65 words already have a strikeout thru them :(. #
• 09:29 Gonna call it an early writing morning and slowly wander my way to work. God, I hate Mondays. #
• 11:17 Stretching out for my speed-walk to skool. #
• 11:37 This says I’m one of the "Strange, deluded mutants…who enjoy the [short story] form for its own sake…" O, rly? tinyurl.com/djpf66 #
• 11:42 Links of cliche lists tinyurl.com/cu4evp #
• 13:28 Enjoyed sunny walk to skool today, despite almost breaking my neck on icy patches. Luckily, my mad kung-fu skillz haven’t completely faded. #
• 13:32 Probably won’t enjoy sunny walk back to work because, well, you know–work. #
• 16:21 RT @NewsHour Art Beat: Singer Blossom Dearie Dies at Age 82 #
• 16:22 The nice thing about most hellish workdays – they go fast! #
• 16:23 Not fast enough, tho :(. 2 hrs. until next writing window. #
• 16:32 No Blossom Dearie CDs on me at the moment. Guess Cassandra Wilson will "have to do" instead :). #
• 17:54 Dunno why it took me this long to figure out that I could be catching up on podcasts while at my desk, batting cleanup. #
• 18:19 Just gonna sit in my chair with the 1,000-yard stare for the rest of my time at work. #

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• 08:21 So I drank on Fri and felt fine Sat morning. No drinking last nite, but now I feel hung over–wtf?? #
• 08:22 Oh no he di’int…Stephen King disses Stephanie Meyers. tinyurl.com/bg4sho #
• 08:26 I know I shouldn’t change horses in the middle of the stream, but I’m thinking of switching this month’s novel tinyurl.com/b4teec #
• 09:03 twitpic.com/1e106 – I’m working, see! (Sorta.) #
• 10:33 Why am I cutting words from Draft 0.1 of the WIP??? Nnnng!! #
• 11:29 @jdfreivald My fave was: "They tried to get me to hate white people, but someone would always come along & spoil it." #
• 11:30 I think I’m gonna pack in the writing for now, head out, & do some skoolwork with some stronger coffee. #
• 12:40 Skoolwork playlist: random mix of stuff from the Daptone Records catalog. #
• 17:59 I think all these microecon graphs and formulae made me black out for awhile. I think I just need to be done w/this for a bit. #
• 18:06 Ah, L&O:CI reruns…just what the doctor ordered! #
• 18:40 Forgot about THE LAST DETECTIVE Series 3 DVDs I got from the library. Something other than microecon and writing just for a lil’ bit. #

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• 08:04 twitpic.com/1dcq4 – This was responsible for the last nite’s tweets. Well, this, the 3 I had after, and multiple Jameson’s shots. #
• 08:09 @noells Yes, that was VIII. Decent songs on that album, but it didn’t have much of a direction. #
• 08:10 "the last nite’s tweets???" Oh yes, I write, by the way! *headdesk* #
• 08:43 Today’s agenda: breakfast, comic show, writing (x10). #
• 13:38 Comic show was a bust, plus I forgot my allergy meds. Out in the fresh air, watching the crowds walk by and listening to the Dylan wannabes. #
• 13:40 Dylan wannabe making blood trickle out of my ears. Where’s last nite’s King Crimson-playing according player when you need him? #
• 14:25 twitpic.com/1djv8 – It was a CRIME for this to be languishing on an outdoor $1 rack, so I rescued it! #
• 14:30 @GigiVernon Woohoo! Enjoy the weather–it’s *gorgeous*! #
• 14:46 Scenes from a temporary February thaw tinyurl.com/bjvye8 #
• 17:22 Wow, I really have just dicked around the entire day. I should do something pronto, before I get used to this. #

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• 08:14 Oooh, today’s gonna hurt! I say: Bring it! #
• 08:17 Writing playlist: Chicago’s catalog, set to random. #
• 08:17 …which means I could potentially hear the same songs 5 times over. #
• 09:14 Bad news: net addition of 50 words of prose to WIP. Good news: After 200 wds of notes, I know *EXACTLY* what this story’s going to be about! #
• 09:29 Distracted from story plotting by the sight of kids playing soccer in the snow-covered quad at 9:30 in the morning. #
• 10:52 Like I’ve got the $ to spend, and no studying or writing to do: www.comicbookclub.org/Ithacon.html #
• 11:49 Gearing up for my skool/lunch/speed-walking time. #
• 13:29 Food scarfed down. Got 10, maybe 15 minutes before the power-walk back to work. Who needs muay Thai workouts when I’ve got this routine? #
• 14:26 @noells Funny how their worst albums (and I’m saying this as a *huge* fan) make the best background working music :). #
• 15:25 Of course when I’m at my busiest between writing projects, work, & school, I get pages and pages of random ideas for my notebook. #
• 16:06 @noells In decreasing order of craptitude: XIV, 13, Twenty-1, Hot Streets, and all 60 of their greatest hits compilations after Chicago XX. #
• 16:33 The idea of getting so mindnumbingly plastered into temporary amnesia just seems so, so appealing. #
• 16:35 Ironically, that would require energy I just don’t have. #
• 17:49 @noells Some of my favorite Champlin songs are on Twenty-1! #
• 17:52 Right now, on office CD player: Menahan Street Band to chill me out. Last hour was hell. 45 min left–plenty of time for more! #
• 19:01 Writing at a pub, beer in hand. I’m sure it’ll all be junked as soon as I sober up. Pics to follow (maybe) :). #
• 19:04 @noells I forgot to put Chicago VIII at the tail end of that list. Not *that* crappy, but it’s not exactly CTA, either :). #
• 21:19 I know I was drunk, but listening to an accordion player playing King Crimson…did they spike the beer with LSD?? #
• 21:20 Still feeling comfortably numb… #
• 21:27 Now I’ve seen it all…Krav Maga and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu moves on STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS. #
• 21:33 Now we’re breaking out the Jameson’s. As if GHOST ADVENTURES isn’t funny enough. #
• 21:59 @warrenellis Hello again. Prolly don’t remember, but I used to hang out on the Engine way back when. Big DESOLATION JONES fan. #
• 22:30 I… I think I’m actually starting to get into BSG 🙂 #
• 22:47 RT @mightymur I just got a hardon for Roslin. [Amen to that!] #

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• 08:45 How is it that prose that seems plain uses writing techniques that really are fucking amazing? tinyurl.com/bowrg6 #
• 10:43 Ah, how fast problem sets can go wrong when you forget one square-root sign *headdesk* *headdesk* #
• 11:08 Today, though–writing at lunch, dammit! #
• 12:23 Did I say writing at lunch? Maybe I should be sleeping. Nah. #
• 12:30 Who’d have thought my process was similar to Nancy Kress’ (even if my writing’s light-years behind)? tinyurl.com/b65yfe #
• 14:20 Lunchtime writing progress was (drum roll, please)…40 words. Four, zero. 🙁 #
• 16:38 Give me strength…! #
• 17:06 Sole control of office CD player again. Right now: Steely Dan! #
• 19:06 Couple of friends were dismayed to learn this song happens to be their ringtone on my cell. It’s nothing person… ♫ blip.fm/~20jcl #
• 19:15 Procrastinating from finishing tomorrow’s problem set for skool. Book’s open, pen’s in hand, and…um…yeah. #
• 19:46 Studying playlist: mix by The Bad Plus #
• 21:19 I…I…what the…346 unread Google Reader items???? #

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