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• 10:27 10 hours of sleep last night! Could still probably use another 2. #
• 10:28 You know you’ve crossed the age Rubicon when you own and use an automatic blood pressure monitor. #
• 10:41 20 Rules for Writing Detective Stories from 1936 (or, Why Don’s Woefully Incapable of Writing Detective Stories) tinyurl.com/ca4vla #
• 10:44 File for WIP No.1 open. What’s this story about, again? #
• 11:18 Hooked the AlphaSmart up to the netbook and dumped 3 files full of neglected notes. Then installed GetIt. Because I can. #
• 12:20 Time for one last task, then we can finally take the time to claw our way back to normalcy. And writing. Well, editing really… #
• 16:18 All done, finally! Got two ancient computers and a monitor to fiddle with, now. Gonna throw Linux on them and see what they can do. #
• 16:19 Um, now how does one throw Linux on an ancient computer? #
• 16:26 Something to do for the next couple of days as family and friends start filtering away. #
• 17:49 Catching up on the @meetthepress podcast while sleepily looking over my WIP. Probably too tired to get too far tonite. #

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• 06:58 Getting ready to leave for funeral a couple towns over. Expecting the day to be very, very long. #
• 17:56 Funeral went well. More love than you could shake a stick at. Sooooo tired, but there’s 1 day left of stuff still to do. #
• 18:14 @GigiVernon Woohoo on the 1st draft!! I got a couple or five to finish… #
• 18:24 Some writing advice+stark realism from JA Konrath tinyurl.com/b7rfl7 #
• 21:48 1 last mom-in-law related task to attend to tomorrow. In the meantime, making my plan of attack for wrapping up the final draft of last WIP. #

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• 09:10 Sleep cycle is so screwed, I feel like I’m back to my old undergrad MUD-playing days. #
• 09:12 Think there’s enough room in today’s agenda to go to skool. It’d be sad if I fell too far behind in the first week of classes. #
• 12:09 Waiting for the start of dinner theat…I mean, class. #
• 13:53 Enjoying a brief respite before returning to the business of sifting thru belongings. In the meantime, scribbled down start of 3rd new WIP. #
• 18:30 Will wait until my dinner digests to see if the Brooks Bros. suit still fits. If not, then there’ll be time to run to the mall :(. #
• 18:37 Pondering muay Thai workouts again. Dunno if I still got that Eye of the Tiger, though :(. #

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• 01:55 To my mother-in-law: ‘Til we meet again. tinyurl.com/afzf6o #
• 09:56 Will be intermittently off and on the grid for the next few days. #
• 10:33 I know there are arrangements. Just don’t know exactly what they are, yet. #
• 16:03 Day spent sifting thru belongings and finalizing arrangements. I’m lucky–I get to take a catnap while the blood relatives make phone calls. #
• 19:27 3 hours–that’s still a catnap, right? #
• 19:49 Indulging in a little bit of normalcy, surfing the web actually looking for things rather than just killing time. #
• 19:49 So, what’ve I missed the past couple days? #
• 21:56 Private viewing and funeral Mass on Saturday. Have one day to get a new shirt. #
• 22:06 Another island of normalcy in watching BURN NOTICE 2×10. #

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• 07:29 Mother-in-law still with us. Expect the rest of the family in later this AM. Well-wishes still coming in from every channel. #
• 07:32 Haven’t had to function on so little sleep since my first go-round at grad school. They won’t do caffeine IVs here–I checked. 🙁 #
• 13:52 Almost made it to class today, but had to turn back at the last second. More relatives have arrived; other folks to take the night shift. #
• 14:16 Mark Waid on pitching comics scripts. His succinctness never ceases to astound and amaze. tinyurl.com/8t756y #
• 15:20 Decided, come what may, I’m off work for the rest of the week. #
• 15:24 Accumulated about 5 pages of notes, observations, and other misc words to be filed away until I need them. I’m a writer, sue me. #
• 15:38 Main priority–find a place to take a nap. #
• 17:22 A writing exercise from Jeff VanderMeer. I’ve done the first 1/2 of this quite a few times. tinyurl.com/94mev8 #
• 17:24 I suppose I could be working on my 2 WIPs or reading stories, instead of dicking around on the interweb. #
• 20:12 @GigiVernon Never ceases to amaze me how the first couple pgs a good story looks typed out in MS format. I like the sense of shape it gives. #
• 20:23 Why Alan DeNiro (one of my faves!!!) writes sci-fi tinyurl.com/8c7sju #
• 20:28 Still at the hospital, along with all the family who needs to be here. ♫ blip.fm/~1py17 #

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• 01:08 Mom-in-law xferred to hospice; things stable enough for us to be able to get some sleep at home. Will go back in a few hours. #
• 07:54 Phone calls being made to relatives. Will be spending the day back at the hospital. #
• 09:40 Things look a bit better at the hospital this morning. Relatives were called & our on their way down. Taking 3 seconds for coffee. #
• 09:41 RT @warrenellis "I think I might just turn Twitter off until after the Obamascension." #
• 11:37 Catching snippets of the Obamascension! #
• 12:17 Mom-in-law (understandably!) slept thru the Obamascension. #
• 12:18 Me, I can’t remember the last time I was so Proud to be an American. #
• 12:19 Now, I’m kinda hoping the ceremony gets wrapped up quick so he can get to work! 🙂 #
• 15:10 Lack of sleep catching up with me. No change in anyone’s condition…for better or worse. #
• 15:25 First round of well-wishers have come and gone. More expected tomorrow. #
• 16:03 I’ve noticed that while doctors and nurses vary like most people, some ancillary pallative-care staff seem like trained diplomats. #
• 18:47 Spending the night at the hospital. Called off for tomorrow. Will likely skip skool. #
• 21:55 Lost track of how many times I’ve discharged/recharged the netbook battery today. #
• 21:59 Situation quiet for now. At least we’ve got LEVERAGE, thanks to the hospital’s cable TV. #
• 22:13 As if I needed another reason to love LEVERAGE–Doctor Who namecheck x3!!! With Sarah Jane, to boot! #

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• 07:19 Back to skool today! Gonna see if this old dog can learn some more new tricks. Now, where did I put that abacus? 🙂 #
• 09:00 Hm…I think I fixed 2 competing critiques of the end of my last WIP by rewriting 3 words. That, or made it worse. #
• 11:38 Joy of having the same prof as last semester= being able to download the syllabus & first set of notes before setting foot in the classroom. #
• 13:31 Boggles my mind when I compare last fall’s registration runaround to the ease of this time around. #
• 13:34 Love hearing *other* people get the "waiting list" speech for a change. Yeah, I’m petty–deal. 😉 #
• 17:24 This day wasn’t really that hellish–so why do I feel so damn exhausted again? #
• 22:57 Not sure what to make about having free WiFi access at the hospital ER. #
• 22:58 Here in support, waiting to see what happens. #

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• 08:42 Slept in a little today to stay healthy for my upcoming hell week. #
• 08:53 "Musings to Myself" – the perfect title and the perfect groove to get me in the writing headspace this morning. ♫ blip.fm/~1no6j #
• 09:08 Currently flying thru teh Intarweb: This about wraps up one writer’s career tinyurl.com/9jrrpt #
• 18:24 Sitting with a glass of wine, ready to pore over today’s group critiques of the WIP. #
• 18:43 I will not read my latest batch of comics until I finish processing my critiques. I will not read my latest batch of comics until I finish.. #
• 19:54 Done reviewing the scars…I mean, my critique from group :). tinyurl.com/8sv2bo #
• 19:55 Now, I’ve got two months of DMZ, X-FACTOR, and JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA to catch up on! 😀 #
• 21:57 Is it decadent to run my music off my netbook at the same time I work on my old laptop? #

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• 08:19 Weather for this morning says "Fair -6F." Fair?? #
• 09:20 Gonna brave the cold (because it’s all old hat by now), get breakfast, & get s’more writing done. I can finish this story today, I know it!! #
• 11:35 Got my tankard of coffee and a table next to an outlet. Must resist temptation to take a "writer pr0n" picture of my setup. #
• 11:36 Of course, I totally would if it wasn’t such a pain to remove the MicroSD chip from my cell (I’m much too cheap to pay data usage). #
• 11:38 A sampling of this morning’s writing music. Will probably be followed by Toto later. ♫ blip.fm/~1n7yp #
• 12:39 Line edits are going slowly and painfully. Should’ve ordered a red-eye. #
• 13:06 Jeezus, did I say the last 5 pgs were as good as they were gonna get, too? Yeah, no. #
• 13:56 Slightly revised intro + complete ending = probably have enough for group tomorrow. Still have a lil’ ways to go to be 100% done. #
• 14:26 Resolve waning. I edit one paragraph for 5 minutes and spend the next 5 reading RSS feeds. #
• 14:28 Been to enough cons to know more people should read this Guide to Wearing a Corset at a Con. Just sayin’. tinyurl.com/7at2qu #
• 15:57 Back in the cold apartment, printing out pages for copying. #
• 16:00 Of course that means I’ll be stuck with what I have. And you know I’ll end up rewriting things. Gah! #
• 16:53 Feeling woozy as I go out for groceries and copy-making. Hoping it’s just due to the horribly skewed coffee-to-food ratio in my body. #
• 19:10 I will not look at the copies of the WIP. I will not look at the copies of the WIP. I will not look at the copies of the WIP. #
• 21:08 7 minutes in and I can tell THE IMMORTAL VOYAGE OF CAPTAIN DRAKE is gonna be so craptastic. #
• 21:09 Funny how Adrian Paul, like Chrisopher Lambert, keeps finding ways to keep doing HIGHLANDER without calling it HIGHLANDER. #

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• 08:07 Writing from the backup site this morning. Couldn’t resist allure of bagels and cream cheese. #
• 08:09 And, they’ve got something funky playing on the house system! ♫ blip.fm/~1mhy9 #
• 08:44 Feeling disturbing twinge in my back as I sit here editing… 🙁 #
• 08:49 Did I say the 1st 5 pgs were as good as they were gonna get? Yeah, no. #
• 10:38 Edited 8 pgs this AM. I’m at work with no long-ass meetings scheduled. I’m being treated to lunch. Life is good! #
• 10:39 Waiting for the "fit to hit the shan", now that I’ve said that. #
• 10:53 Given peer review forms for coworkers’ annual reviews. Thinking I’ll just write the same set of vague Barnum statements for all of ’em ;). #
• 11:17 Hahaha! Every "Extreme Horror" story ever written. So true! tinyurl.com/86989x #
• 12:38 Coworker has fallen victim to office Andromeda Strain :(. Gotta get some Vitamin C in me. That or Red Bull–either one. 🙂 #
• 13:50 Spent my lunch coming up with the first 100 words of my *next* story!! #
• 17:24 No early escape from Alcatraz tonite 🙁 #
• 17:38 Hm, that might’ve been a premature assessment, after all…. >:) #
• 18:39 Staring at the WIP. Possibly too fried to write. Hope a mocha and some 80s AOR will help. #
• 19:40 @noells If you like Bill Champlin, you’ll probably like his old band The Sons: tinyurl.com/9fokhj #
• 20:29 Cleaning up the WIP, one scene at a time. Might even be done by tomorrow! Maybe. #
• 21:28 Was never a huge, huge fan, but I’m almost interested in the new BATTLESTAR GALACTICA tonite. Kinda, sorta. #
• 22:01 Praying the final Cylon turns out to be Dirk Benedict. #
• 23:05 BSG: Two years for that? I know that if I’d liked the show to begin with, I’d be pissed. #

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