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*grump grump grump*
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Aug. 14th, 2007 @ 07:17 pm
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I've had a bad day. I hate today. And it started last night!
I went looking for my long-contest fic and couldn't find it. I wanted desperately to work on something positive and meaningful and fulfilling. Especially after last night's final email check. Once again, I will not be allowed to list "toys" on amazon.com this holiday season. Reason: I won't have enough customer feedback scores. I need five between September 20th and November 19th. I sell only one or two items a month and only half of the customers ever come back to leave feedback. This is so not fair! I have 100% satisfaction over two years! I have only ever screwed up one order out of about fifty, and that one was on my non-amazon.com storefront. *cries*
So for the fic. (I told you all that I was entering writing contests this fall?) I couldn't find it on my jump drive or my gaming computer's hard drive. So I pulled up the copy I thought was most recent but as I was re-reading it, I realized that it wasn't right. I had reworked the hunting scene but here it was, un-re-worked! So I bagged it and stuck in Rocky Horror Picture Show again. Sing-along fun! Then I went to bed.
Because of the heat, I did not sleep well. I tossed and turned all night and then finally fell asleep around 6 am. I woke up at 9:30 and decided to check my laptop for my long-contest fic. And it was there. So at least I didn't lose it completely.
Then I lurked around various flists and such. It was at this time, that I was informed my boss had not approved my time card... AGAIN!! GaH! Another year of absentminded professor may keel me. So I have to go pick up a paper check on Friday. This is not horrible, just annoying.
Finally, I went to work. But someone had died!! So everything was closed! And I had to stand around in 100+ heat for an hour waiting for the bus. I became dehydrated and developed a migraine before it appeared.
I came home, spilled the sugar while making my iced tea (after I'd had three glasses of water.) I decided to bag the working for the day. So I went and took a nap.
Now, I'm watching Eureka. Remember? My new fandom obsession. Are you sure no one else watches it? Do any of my new friends watch it? I love this show!
Tonight, Sheriff Carter is walking around nekkid! Sci-Fi Channel! Check it out!
Very few things will make today worse. I'm going to sit here and watch TV and work on my book.
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Checking In
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Aug. 12th, 2007 @ 08:35 pm
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I realized just now that I didn't do my normal Saturday update with how life was treating me. I think it's because life has been busy. I've thrown myself into not-quite-internet projects the last few days. I am putting up a fanfic archive on my website, which is something I've been planning but not doing for about a year. I also spent most of yesterday and today reworking my book before throwing it to the wolves... publishers and lit agents.
I did manage to post sign-ups for Immeritus' Murder Party. We are in need of one more player. I suppose if no one else signs up I'll take it. I like having the distraction of role-playing.
That really is all that is happening.
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To work or not to work, that is the question
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Aug. 11th, 2007 @ 01:51 pm
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I want the day off. I'm sure no one will mind if I take it off. ... Except for the fact that I can't take the time off. I need to finish reading a cowboy story from the 1860s. I think I need to look up stuff on Western folklore too.
I've actually spent most of today messing around with my website. I wish that counted as working. Oh well.
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Lock up your women and Children!!!
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Aug. 9th, 2007 @ 06:29 pm
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As my brother says, "I have developed a problem. There was no problem before but thanks to my complete bungling, there is now a problem. Thank you, I'll be here till Thursday. Tip your waitress."
The Weekly Edition of the Deseret News is digitized but the Evening Edition is not available in the digital database at the U of U. I went to look on the microfilms at the Utah State Historical Research center for BYH's mom's and BYH's obituaries. (For new friends, BYH = research subject.) This was a task assigned by Boss Prof who has just offered me another year of employment.
At any rate, I *BROKE* the microfilm for January 1891! They assure me they can fix it, but I don't know when it will be fixed (or if they will let me touch it afterwards...) and I can't use that resource until they do repair it! GAH!!
I swear, I am a walking disaster area. I think I'll finish off my hours and make some icons or something.
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A shifting of fancy
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Aug. 8th, 2007 @ 10:09 am
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I suddenly feel like falling in love again with Final Fantasy. *le sigh* I mentioned Sephirtoh and Aerith in a comment to the dorks of LJ/6A and it made me start thinking about them again. (Not that I really think Aerith/Sephiroth is a canon pairing. But, you know, through Zack... *shrug* maybe....
I have to fight with IE to get on this journal. I've checked my firefox settings and I can't figure out what is wonky with it. I'm sure it's a firefox browser problem.
I am in the process of moving my icons and fanfic onto my own website, whose TOS says no obscenity, which leads down the same "what is obscene?" road. The thing is, I don't create obscene fanwork. To me, this is about censorship of artists, end of story. No if ands or buts about it. And I can't abide by censorship. It should not be up to corporate America to "protect the children." It should be up to their parents to protect them. For crying out loud! I've raised three children with internet access. No I don't patrol them minute by minute but by God, I scan their browser history and I walk in on them suddenly. *evil mom grin* But more importantly, I've raised them to understand what real pornography is and why it is wrong. I've raised them to disapprove of gratuitous violence and sex and at the same time, understand what art is and realize that not all art speaks to all people and that there is nothing wrong with consensual sex between two people (regardless of gender).
*sigh* Before I sink into depression and miss even more work hours which I'll have to make up on Saturday, I'd best stop this. (But that fandom obsession... gotta love it!)
I have a project meeting today. For new readers, because I'm building a new flist, a quick rundown of me: non-traditional student, mother of one (nanny of three others; one is a newborn) history major-anthropology minor, research assistant for American History prof, student at private, liberal, college in the middle of the most neo-conservative state in the US.
My summer project has been the collection of oral histories from a suburb of Salt Lake City and it is coming to a close. I have to produce a three-fold flier in the following month that focuses on park history in the area and uses anecdotes from the oral histories. I'm also creating listening station CDs for an arts festival in September using those same oral histories. And that isn't my research project for Boss Prof, that's volunteer work. |
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Poking around on various journals
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Aug. 5th, 2007 @ 09:51 pm
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Today, I spent a great deal of time reading wank in news posts and various other places. I don't post wank but I enjoy reading it. *giggle* I'm a wank voyeur. ...
I worked a bit today as well. A little research and a lot of rewriting. Oh, and I worked on moving my fanfic to my website.
Right now, I'm going to poke around on IJ and GJ and look into various things like uploading user pics and changing the theme. |
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Moving Day!
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Aug. 3rd, 2007 @ 09:30 pm
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This journal has been started in order to keep in touch with fandom that has left Livejournal.Mood of the Moment:  annoyed |
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