1. The Camp NaNoWriMo site is now open! (For the record, I’m confused by metaphors. Are we camping? Or are we writing?) 2. Planning currently looks like this: starandrea ~ there will be a castle! marcicat ~ Nate’s leaving Vegas! 3. On the plus side, that’s already more plot than some of the movies we’ve […]
So, all my coworkers think I’m really boring. This is, as far as I can tell, based on two things. 1. I’m really boring. 2. The parts of me that aren’t boring are not in the day-to-day cultural context of my coworkers. For instance, a sample conversation: Coworker: So, did you do anything fun on […]
I kept wanting to ask this question today. (And yesterday. And perhaps most of last week as well.) Because this is a sample conversation from the store today: Me: Can I help you find anything? Customer: No, I’m just looking. Me: Okay, great. Customer: Do you have any juice? Me: Okay, yes. Juice, right here. […]
Continuing the current trend in movies: reboots are cool! (Easily read as: fan re-imaginings of previously created universes and characters are something to be celebrated!) Granted, it’s sometimes hard to tell with comic fandoms, especially the X-Men. Like, maybe it happened in some other dimension? Or timeline? Or a dream world? Because all of those […]
Things I Have Googled/Wiki’ed Today: ~ cities in Spain (then “map of Spain,” since I thought I’d better know whether Valencia was on the coast or not) ~ Daytripper (comics) — I never should have expected her to have a simple backstory, should I? ~ “how did we get from the Cold War to Vietnam” […]
“kittywampus” It’s right there in my notes, with quotes and everything — right in between “don’t dilute your perks to promote low prices” and “honesty is undervalued & equal in brilliance to compassion.” I’ll admit that even at the time I thought to myself, “I bet I could write a post about this!” According to […]
This week started with the facepalm!realization that one of my coworkers wrote all her events on our dry erase board using a sharpie. Day 2 seemed to be looking up, until Day 3, when major management shakeups at our other location threatened to scuttle all productivity. Today was Day 4 — fine, except for the […]
So, I’m trying to write an X-Men First Class fic, and since I didn’t want to go see the movie again (I mean, I kind of do, but it takes planning, and stuff) I watched the other X-Men movie (Logan, Rogue, the big spinning mutant-radiation emitter thing… yeah, that one), which is available for instant […]
If I hadn’t already had my day made by the second chapter of smittywing’s Not Your Mother’s Alma Mater (WIP warning!), this would have done it: Tea Bag Writing Contest Winners, from The Office of Letters and Light. (And let’s not forget the original contest post, complete with all entries.) Some particular favorites: “Oh man, […]
1. My boss finally noticed that I’ve been working four day weeks this month (on a day when I wasn’t there, and two people failed to show up when they were scheduled). I’d like to emphasize — I was *supposed* to have the day off; the other two just weren’t paying attention. Either he’s planning […]