DONFOOLERY

• 07:28 Long day No. 2. Whether I get much writing done this weekend depends on how today goes. Or it should, if I had any common sense :). #
• 08:34 Miscalculated the time and arrived a lil’ too early for class discussion section. Reviewing last problem set–wondering if it was too easy? #
• 08:34 Clearly, I *still* haven’t recovered from my late Sunday nite being camera meat :(. #
• 10:32 Minor errors on the problem set. Forgot about TR(Q) for the monopolist. Yeah, not 100% sure what that means, either. 😛 #
• 10:33 Tomoyasu Hotei w/@chicagotheband, "Battle Without Honor or Humanity" tinyurl.com/ckusaz My theme of the week. #
• 11:42 Determined not to miss @FLEFF like I did last year. Poring over schedules, now. #
• 12:49 All this gray’s making me feel emo. Simple solution: Boston’s "More Than a Feeling" on the mp3 player. ♫ blip.fm/~3fsci #
• 13:01 According to a couple of coworkers, I’m not the only one who felt manic in the sun yesterday, and emo in the gray today :(. #
• 14:40 Feelin’ good re: the studying plan. So far, as Palpatine said, "Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen it." #
• 16:17 Keep waffling back and forth about going to a public reading tonite. I wouldn’t, if I was smart…which is a pretty big "if," I know 😛 #
• 17:23 Looking at my skoolbooks & decided to do the almost-smart thing. If I’m gonna procrastinate, I’ll do it at home hehe. #
• 17:57 Reviewing problem sets on the downlow at work…shhhh! #
• 19:14 Carrot/stick time. If 2 chapters get done tonite/tomorrow, then I’m going to a jazz show tomorrow nite. If not, then the usual 100 lashes. #
• 20:25 Okay, 2 chapters tonite/tomorrow was just a weeeee bit unrealistic. Almost done with 1 chapter, tho :). #
• 20:29 RT @MaryRobinette RT @nalohopkinson Clarion South needs help: www.clarionsouth.org/donate.htm #

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• 07:23 As if I don’t have a hard enough time avoiding *new* TV–Carl Sagan’s COSMOS on Hulu www.hulu.com/cosmos #
• 07:24 Next two days are gonna be long and painful. All work & no write make Don a dull boy :(. #
• 09:44 AM mtg. wasn’t too heinous. At least, not for me. Now, only 8.75 hours to go. #
• 09:50 Cat Rambo, Jim C Hines, Merrie Haskell & Tobias Buckell on World Building for Short Stories tinyurl.com/cg2grh #
• 09:51 Just what I need–writing advice when I know there’s no time for me to write. The universe is a cruel place :(. #
• 11:46 Still not physically 100% for the uphill climb to skool. Gonna have to suck it up, tho ;). #
• 11:54 But at least I’ll have my noise cxl’ing headphones again. Guess I’ll have to relearn not getting so absorbed that I walk into traffic heh. #
• 13:35 Writing bug, leave me alone! Don’t want to notice the fascinating undergrad dialogue around me! Refuse to write it down. Midterm, remember?? #
• 13:37 Ah…screw it. 😀 #
• 15:06 Just now realized that not only can I breathe thru both nostrils, I’m *not* coughing up any more lung tissue! Huzzah!! #
• 15:09 Because I wanted a kick-ass happy song! ♫ blip.fm/~3ehf3 #
• 16:08 Wondering how heavily I’d have to hit the skoolbooks tonite to merit some writing time before Friday…? #
• 16:16 Following too many Twitters but don’t want to cut. Have TweetDeck on the netbook but I’m not always on the netbook. What to do…? #
• 17:06 Praying for 90 min of peace. Obviously, I’ve just jinxed myself. #
• 17:46 Sun and warmth seem to be doing something strange to my mood. Far, far fewer violent impulses today :D. #
• 17:58 RT @charlesatan Basic Online Publicity by Cat Rambocatrambo.livejournal.com/229929.html #
• 18:55 Escaped from my 10 hr. day a few minutes early to get a jump on studying. Out of the frying pan, etc. #
• 18:57 Study playlist: Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band #
• 20:44 I’ve got 8 days to the midterm and a plan of attack. Bring it!! #
• 21:10 Tonite’s GHOST HUNTERS at Edith Wharton’s retreat, The Mount! Makes me want to read some Wharton. #
• 21:39 Just added myself to the wefollow.com twitter directory under: #writer #fantasy #shortstories #

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• 08:22 Purposely getting off to a late start today to get more sleep. I can burn myself out this weekend. #
• 08:24 Coming 4/7/09: Cassandra Wilson’s CLOSER TO YOU: THE POP SIDE. Greatest hits but I’ll get it for the cover *SWOON* tinyurl.com/cokctl #
• 10:23 RT @ColleenLindsay Announcing Queryfail 2: Queries Never Die on Friday, April 17th… #queryfail #
• 11:40 Head still stuffy. Voice unrecognizable, according to coworkers. Good time to make some prank calls? 🙂 #
• 12:27 On "Writing When You Don’t Wanna" tinyurl.com/de83xg #
• 14:25 Most cryptic fortune cookie fortune I’ve ever rec’d: "How much deeper would the ocean be without sponges?" WTF…? #
• 14:31 No writing at lunch. Had to stare and new problem set instead. Having my skoolbooks w/me might’ve helped. *headdesk* #
• 14:32 Meant, "Had to stare *at*…" Looks like I can’t even write now, either 🙁 #
• 16:42 Bit my tongue so as not to give a coworker Pacino’s speech from GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS. "You’re job is to *help* us. Not to f**k us up!!" heh #
• 16:50 Gonna sneak some writing in tonite to use some of the brainstorming I snuck in on the dayjob’s dime >:D. #
• 17:33 Can’t get enough of this Steven Millhauser quote. Kinda like a mirror. www.goodreads.com/quotes/show/148862 #
• 17:39 My kingdom for a bionic right plantar fascia :*( #
• 18:17 Not looking forward to tomorrow AM’s team meeting. Anticipating my academic plan might have to be retooled. #
• 20:07 Couldn’t go another minute w/out noise-cxl’ing headphones. Outside world can now suck–uh, I mean, can be less distracting :). #
• 20:08 1 pg of rewrites–well worth the price of the headphones!! 🙂 #
• 20:42 Okay, gonna try today’s skool problem set again, this time w/book in hand! T-minus 8 days to midterm! #
• 22:40 I must be tired if I’m letting EASTENDERS distract me this much ;). #

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• 02:58 Finally home from student film shoot. Aside from the hour, it was definitely *not* an unpleasant experience ;). #
• 02:59 Tomorrow–er, later this morning–is gonna be a *bitch*! #
• 10:25 twitpic.com/2dk9u – My reward for last nite’s shoot: 4 hr old steak & eggs. Oh, I ate it, too. #
• 10:26 twitpic.com/2dkab – Setup for my (too) close-up! #
• 10:31 Today’s AM writing time: nixed. Wednesday’s: nixed. Plus, 2nd midterm next week. Happy, happy, joy, joy. #
• 11:04 The sad part is, despite the exhaustion and brain death, this is still the best I’ve felt in a week. #
• 11:49 Almost time to get my zombie-fied behind to skool. Ugh. #
• 13:39 Good news: perfect score on last skool problem set. Bad news: Can’t remember HTF I did half of them :(. Midterm next week. What, me worry? #
• 15:00 is on page 45 of 256 of Dangerous Laughter: Thirteen Stories by Steven Millhauser. On the first 1/3 of the story "The Room in the Attic." #
• 17:09 RT @charlesatan Interview: Gary Turner, publisher of Golden Gryphon Press tinyurl.com/cszktr [Pub. of some of my absolute fav anthos] #
• 17:41 Because I’m in the mood for a 90s R&B jam (w/sax by Branford Marsalis) ♫ blip.fm/~3bq46 #
• 19:55 Thoughts on M. John Harrison’s thoughts on Urban Fantasy tinyurl.com/czr9t7 #
• 22:34 Feel better after a nap, except for being seriously scared by tonite’s PARANORMAL STATE. #

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• 09:04 Holy Anxiety, Batman! Woke up thinking it was Monday :(. #
• 09:08 Think I’ve beaten all but the last vestiges of whatever contagion tried to kill me :D. #
• 09:36 RT @mightymur Inbox 0 feels strange. But I’m not at to-do list 0 so I need to get moving. [I’m in the EXACT same spot.] #
• 14:08 Fraking EUREKA! Figured out how to solve every single story problem with the current WIP!!! #
• 14:09 Problem is, I’d have to rewrite. A lot. Before next weekend. Bleh. 🙁 #
• 14:15 But all I had to do was go back and build on my *original freaking story premise*!! Gee, go figure! #
• 14:50 Trouble with my writing progress is that it’s kicked the lines I’ve memorized for tonite out of my head! Frak! 🙁 #
• 14:52 T-minus 7 hours ’til I get to be camera meat! I’m told I can do this! Even if it’s true, I’m afraid I’ll be like Gina Bellman in LEVERAGE. #
• 15:45 Most of the WIP is restructured at least. I’m so excited!! Now I gotta finish memorizing these lines :(. #
• 17:51 "I’ve never been known for sticking around to hear the music / When all of the notes are nothing but flat." tinyurl.com/d79ddf #
• 21:06 It’s gonna be a long night. WTH was I thinking, volunteering to do this? The sacrifices one makes for student film! 🙂 #

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• 23:13 It was a’ight. 🙂 #bsg #
• 07:42 Gotta get myself together. Agenda for the weekend is longer than my arm. #
• 07:44 Most important thing (after writing) is memorizing lines for my camera-meat session on Sunday. #
• 08:07 Of course, the day I need to get myself out and about is the day it starts out at 14 deg. Bleh. #
• 10:29 Left this morning bundled up, scraping ice off windshield. Came back with jacket off and windows rolled down. #
• 10:55 Amazed at the amount of crap in my old computer, necessitating a 3 hr. virus scan. And it’s still going! #
• 11:06 Wondering if I should even bother heading to the coffee shop in hopes of getting a table w/an outlet. #
• 11:18 Letting a *boring* BookTV talk distract me!! I gotta get outta here! Maybe having limited battery life could be a good writing motivator. #
• 12:17 RT @mightymur RT @scottsigler Spoilers for BSG finale: 10 of the plot "resolutions": tinyurl.com/d7jkjo [I agree w/this 110%!!] #
• 12:17 I *did* score a table w/an outlet, hence continuing to dick around on the interwebz 🙁 #
• 12:32 Journaling! Yeah, that’s it–maybe that’ll loosen up the brain. Have a Robert Lamm mix playing; that’s good, contemplative music. #
• 12:44 "Are you a civilized person / Is your lifeform advanced / Has tragedy avoided you / This is no accident" tinyurl.com/dluyod #
• 13:37 Miniscule progress pissing me off! Will sublimate it John McEnroe-style; throw my tantrum, then let it fuel me. #
• 13:38 Yeah, yeah, I know, "…path to the Dark Side of the Force." Whatever ;). #
• 14:23 Taking a break and fighting *not* to buy the TPB of a book that was loaned to me. Have a feeling it’s a losing battle :). #
• 14:37 Back in the saddle. (Re)writing playlist: Cassandra Wilson mix. #
• 15:19 Good news: resisted new book temptation. Bad news: pricing noise-reduction headphones, instead. #
• 15:20 Better news: making rewrite progress I actually feel good about! #
• 15:40 RT @barthanderson Rufus on Midnight Special. "Tell Me Something Good." tinyurl.com/bfotps [Momentary distraction, I swear!] #
• 16:06 [Mantra to self] No, I didn’t make 3 days’ worth of progress to compensate for being ill. But I got a lot done in 4 hours. I’m OK with that. #
• 16:33 Forced myself to squeeze out 50 more words. Because I could :). #
• 16:36 Was told at yesterday’s talk that Patricia Arquette (MEDIUM) usu. gets 24hrs to learn 8 pgs of script. I’ve got 29hrs to learn 5. Yikes! #
• 20:28 A #BSG finale recap I agree with as equally as with the "what a load of BS" recap tinyurl.com/c98dtv #

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• 09:40 Like the phoenix from the ashes, I have slept, but now I have awakened!! And I’m the one who’s sorry…at work. 🙁 #
• 09:41 I’m half brain-dead, and I still managed to solve three of my coworkers’ problems. Would gloat if I weren’t so groggy. #
• 11:13 Since this tweet disappeared yesterday: Will be camera-meat in local film student’s project this Sunday nite! ACTing!! #
• 11:13 Trying to conserve my energy to make it to this, this afternoon tinyurl.com/cepvf9 #
• 11:15 Just for kicks & giggles, I’ll show up Sun w/script notes in red & demands for my trailer. 🙂 #
• 12:34 Of course, since I’m scheduled to have an early day, the next 2.5 hours are going to be the longest. of. my. life. #
• 12:57 RT @victoriastrauss Things to do in private: Playboy puts 53 back issues online for free tinyurl.com/c597st [Y’know, 4 the articles.] #
• 13:40 I’d feel so much better if I could just temporarily detach my head and drain it! #
• 14:04 Am cautiously optimistic about tonite’s #BSG finale. Who’m I fooling–I’d watch it even if I wasn’t ;). #
• 14:21 Unless I can finagle access, I prolly won’t be livetwittering from this talk 🙁 tinyurl.com/cepvf9 #
• 16:02 Yes! Tenuously connected to teh interwebz! I am here: tinyurl.com/cepvf9 #
• 16:08 Lesson 1: good impressions matter in job interviews, even if you don’t get the gig. People could refer you w/out knowing. #
• 16:10 Lesson 2: damn, show business can be cold–to one’s advantage. #
• 16:14 Lesson 3: the importance of any kind of arts education to learn to tell *stories*. #
• 16:16 Lesson 4: school won’t/can’t teach you some things about "the Business." #
• 16:22 Lesson 5: careful which bridges you burn, but you gotta do what you gotta do #
• 16:29 Lesson 6: the importance of the fist legit job. being a writer means getting read. being a director means getting stuff seen. #
• 16:30 …and then, the (show biz) agents start calling *you* #
• 16:42 Lesson 7: Pitching to networks = pitching the *series*, rather than just the premise. #
• 17:04 Lessons 8-327: more going on during the Q&A than I can possibly tweet 🙂 #
• 18:12 Made sure not to cough in my hand for the entire presentation hoping for the chance to shake hands with the man, which I got! #
• 18:21 Recalling conversation at work re: St. Paddy’s day festivities masking my symptoms. Decided to give that approach another shot. #
• 18:30 RT @The_Rumpus the editor’s desk, note from austin, how to make money in the arts tinyurl.com/cnftdu #
• 19:07 Accepted that I’ll get very little done tonite. Just gonna kill time until #BSG finale. #
• 20:08 Gah! It’s that sucktastic 3rd-last #BSG ep. The one where we find out Baltar was descended from the McBaltars. #
• 21:42 Did I glimpse a gold centurion? #bsg #

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• 08:32 Not sure if I’ve got the Andromeda Strain or just really bad allergies. Called in today, anyway :(. #
• 08:40 Might even *gasp* write today! Later today. After breakfast and a nap. #
• 11:58 Illness definitely feels more like bad, bad allergies than the Andromeda Strain. If only I could temporarily disconnect my stuffy head. #
• 16:30 I know I’m out of it, but I could swear I’m missing some tweets. As if I could go 5 whole hours without rambling about something or other 🙂 #
• 16:46 Watching SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER on AMC. Hearing Yvonne Elliman’s "If I Can’t Have You" never fails to make me swoon :). #
• 17:02 Yes, it’s a fetish, I’ll admit. You don’t even wanna know what I think of her as Mary Magdelene in JESUS CHRIST… ♫ blip.fm/~369j5 #
• 17:45 Time for another dose of meds, I think. #

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• 01:32 Local diner patron, an hour ago: "Drunk people’ll be here in 30-45 minutes." Me and my group: "Yeah, we’re here, now!" #
• 01:33 Home now, struggling to get to bed, preparing for tomorrow’s hangover after 4 pints + a Manhattan. Maybe I do have Irish in me after all :). #
• 07:16 Last nite’s carousing has taken its toll. Andromeda Strain has taken me over. Called in to work and didn’t have to fake anything *cough* :(. #
• 10:35 Listening to my ambient/chillout station on Pandora, trying to figure out what to do with myself during my sickday :(. #
• 10:36 Surprisingly, not half as hungover as I expected. Must’ve been the 1 am diner food :). #
• 12:21 @verybigjen I always thought the ending to BLAKE’S 7 would be a tough act to follow. Definitely took LIFE ON MARS to do it! #
• 14:01 @verybigjen I’m hopeful! Hope being the key word, which is why LoM’s ending beat B7’s, I think. #
• 14:01 @GigiVernon Yikes! Don’t end up sick like me!! #
• 14:08 Asked to be in a local film student’s project this weekend. Am afraid I’m going to be like Gina Bellman’s character in LEVERAGE. #
• 18:48 2.5-hour nap just wasn’t enough. I have, as they say in STAR WARS, a bad feeling about this. #
• 19:20 Steven Millhauser has jumped my reading queue at a coworker’s suggestion. Impressed, so far. tinyurl.com/dnlt2c #
• 22:29 @diablocody Ooh, good for you! I’ve been out of MMA training for 3 years and have lacked the resolve to get back into it. 🙁 #

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• 08:17 Whether I get to drink green beer tonight solely depends on the amount of writing I get done between now and then. #
• 08:19 Summary of Sunday’s (fair and just) critique group evisceration of my 830 words of Fail tinyurl.com/d4sfex #
• 11:55 No no no no NO! Do not want 100-wd. intro to a *new* piece. Need to finish the *old* piece. *headdesk* *headdesk* *headdesk* #
• 11:59 *headdesk* I still have that 400-wd intro I coughed up when I should’ve been working on preventing last Sunday’s CritFail 🙁 #
• 12:18 My favorite writers, listed in order, on goodreads (aka my beloved, glorified list manager) tinyurl.com/d3dghc #
• 12:24 Speaking of reading, that’s what I’m about to do outside, in the sun, while eating lunch :). #
• 14:19 Some pr0n really is scripted–who knew? Or is Larry Flynt an auteur? tinyurl.com/3sy23x (via therumpus.net) #
• 16:37 Looking at the miniscule amount of (wrong) words I wrote today and thinking, "That’s enough for green beer tonite!" Sad, sad, sad. #
• 16:48 zomg, I might actually get to leave on time! In the sun!! #

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