DONFOOLERY

Tweets for Today

08:17 In-laws gone. Place to ourselves, at last. Two more days off work…time for my "weekend." #
08:22 D’oh! Almost forgot I have skool today!! #
08:25 The no-nos that "geeks" make when writing fiction tinyurl.com/8ecwac #
08:27 Need a god? "Browse the pantheons of the world" at www.godchecker.com #
15:32 Sometime, in the week since I checked the mail last, my textbook finally arrived! Now I can attempt some skoolwork. #
17:02 Okay, that’s enough skoolwork for now. Gonna have some dinner and hit the writing hard! Maybe. #
17:23 Hooking my new monitor up to my old laptop is like putting spinning rims on an ’88 Toyota Corolla. #

“Out with the old, in with the new?” Nuh-uh!

3000 + Acer Aspire One = No fucking excuses!!

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. #

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. #

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 :(. #

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. #

You were the best mother-in-law I could’ve ever asked for.

I love you.

-Your Son-In-Law

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 #

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! #

What’s interesting about this last set of tweets is the stark illustration of how quickly a day can turn with one phone call.