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Monday, November 30th, 2009
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
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I finished it!
Final word count came in at 50445.
It was fun to write, actually. It took me a while to get used to writing sex scenes, but ended up being fun. Good times.
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Saturday, November 14th, 2009
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
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So I cleaned the kitchen and living room areas of the suite today, and know what I discovered?
Cleaning is fun. I have now developed a new life plan:
Step One: Marry a rich chick.
Step Two: Have kids.
Step Three: Be a stay at home dad. Clean, cook, garden, and learn dead languages!
Foolproof and unmatched with respect to awesome!
Also, my roommates left thank-you notes on my door. I'm happy, they're happy, everyone's happy! I like this resolution.
And I'm at 19000 words in NaNoWriMo. I will be up to 23000 at the end of tomorrow.
CRAP bedtime.
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So I kind of figured out how it qualifies as stress relief, strange as it sounds.
For my part, the whole thing consists of writing 2000 words a day, or until I'm done with the present segment of the story, whichever is longer. Which is kind of ridiculous, and drives me nuts and usually makes me stay up late than perhaps I should. But for me, I'm still a bit of a control freak. So it gives me a weird sense of security to know that I can choose to stop at any time, even though I'm not going to.
Also, I'm at 18 going on 20 thousand words at the present. And there's about three or four plot lines going on right now and it's a pain. But a really fun pain.
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Sunday, November 1st, 2009
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It begins!
I'm at 2086 words right now. Writing in Scrivener, trying to stop myself from compulsively saving the web page every time I pause for breath. It's hard to do.
Yes, there are hobos. Yes, there is romance. Yes, there is Cthulhu. It will be fun to write, and it's getting easier.
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Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
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Okay, so. Basically, Ars Magica got canceled today, as a game, because we realized that there were only about five weeks left in the term when we'd be able to run, and for three of those people would be unavailable.
This is kind of frustrating. It's like... I'm getting kind of sick of prepping games only to have my interest/the player's interest/time lacking when the time comes. I just want to run sometime, and preferably a campaign, since the rest of this school year's looking like it's one shots for me. I don't mind running one shots, but just once in a while I'd like to run an honest-to-god campaign.
That said, the evil game in the works for the summer is still on my agenda, provided there's still interest and the playtest over Winter Break goes well.
And I've got a midterm tomorrow. Mreh.
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Sunday, October 25th, 2009
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
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Man, today was pretty awesome.
So! First I got my Latin midterm back. And apparently I did a good enough job translating that the Prof said that if she'd not been familiar with the source material, she wouldn't have thought it was translated. So I'm happy for that, because it makes me a magical Latin translating badass. So yeah. I am awesome.
Also, there's another Peter in my Latin class. He is very tall. And he has awesome red hair. And he seems like a pretty cool dude. There was quotation. From Monty Python, yes, but still.
And then! I had my Phonology Midterm! And it wasn't nearly as horrible as I thought it would be. Because it was stuff I could do. And I'm pretty confident I did well on it. So I'm crazy-excited for it! Woo!
And when we got done me and this other person had a tiny dance party in the Forestry Building lobby, where the class is. Yes. A Linguistics class. In the Forestry building. It's best not to ask questions. Besides, the point is not that it is a ridiculous location for a Ling class. The point is that I had a really sweet day. And I'm like... bouncing over here. It's pretty sweet.
And with a little more effort on English to Latin sentences, I will do even better on my Latin Final! And then I will rejoice. Woo!
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Monday, October 12th, 2009
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Sunday, October 11th, 2009
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| Time: | 9:57 am. |
| Mood: |  awake. | | Music: | The Chimes of Freedom (Youssou N'Dour version). |
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Take a look at this
...yeah.
Also, I'm a year into 101 in 1001, and I've got 25 items completed and another 10-15 underway. Good Times.
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Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
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| Subject: | OH MY GOD |
| Time: | 8:04 am. |
| Mood: |  bored. | | Music: | Port Na PBucai (now with 100% less accents). |
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It's a meme. Whoever could have seen that coming?
( Cut for Memery )
Seems a little odd that if you were a hardcore cheerleader who earned an award in it, you'd net more guy points than girl. Well, their choice, I guess.
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Sunday, September 20th, 2009
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I'm still trying to make up my mind on it. It was good and enjoyable and over-the-top and had lots of murdering Nazis, but there were a couple of things I didn't like so much about it. I'm not really sure who all on my friend's list is planning on seeing it, so I don't really want to do spoilers. So I'm not gonna say anything on that. I kinda feel like I need to watch it again to make up my mind. I dunno.
Also, there will be much homeworking today! I have decreed it. Me and my awesome predictive powers have foreseen that it shall be this way.
And Ars Magica might finally be getting underway.
Also, been revising the system I'm writing a little. I'm probably going to run through the rules one more time, write up a second draft of the second incarnation of the rules, add some stuff, remove some other stuff, and then send it out to folks to see if it makes sense. So basically, Geoff, John, there may be an email in your future. If anyone else wants to help, let me know, and I guess if Geoff and John don't want to then they should tell me too.
...yeah. Okay. I'm done. Time to go shower/eat/dress myself/do Latin/read about Morphology/run laundry/get groceries/read about Optimality Theory/read the Song of Roland.
I'm in a good mood today.
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Monday, September 14th, 2009
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Here's a drama
There's a drama
And another little drama
Fuzzy drama, funny drama
Drama drama yuck.
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Saturday, September 12th, 2009
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Stuff's coming together out here. My posters and books and linens are out of storage, so now I've got everything set up and I'm 100% verifiably moved into my room. It feels good to sleep on sheets and wash with a cloth again. My classes are seeming fascinating so far, so here's a blow-by-blow analysis.
Old English is amazing. My prof's this older german dude, who knows at least five languages and a fair amount of linguistics. He's got a great sense of humor and is a lot of fun to listen to and to watch.
Morphology is also looking pretty sweet. Seems like the whole class is going to be looking through languages, trying to isolate packets of meaning that are linked to discrete packets of sound. Which may (and probably does) sound boring as all hell to you, but it's quite interesting so far. I need my book for it, though.
Latin's gonna be brutal, no two ways about it. We're translating somewhere around 200 lines/week, which is maybe three to four times what I was doing last year. So yeah, that'll be fun, but the reading is fairly straightforward. Only problem is, as I learned today, that I can only do maybe 12 or 13 lines before my brain fries. Fun times.
Phonology is going to be a blast. All sorts of looking at bunches of sounds and how they change given different environments and theoretical forms and really really fun things.
Medieval Lit is really sweet, too. My prof calls himself an "equal opportunity offender" in that he doesn't really give a damn who the required reading offends. He just wants folks to read about everything and consider it as it was written. And I think I'm going to do my final essay on the christianization of Anglo-Saxon Britain! Maybe. We'll see.
Okay, so that's classes. I'm going to send out follow-up emails to the folks with whom I applied for jobs on Monday, since that's a business day and all. Besides, I'll be up earlier, and so it'll probably look a little better.
As for food, so far I've been living on water, naan, takeout, and kindness. It's going pretty well so far, but now that I've got utensils and stuff, I'll actually start cooking for myself.
My roommates... are interesting. They're all nice enough people, lovely folks, but they like their partying. So I try to spend as much time out of my room as possible, since they're loud and whatnot. But the times I've asked them to quiet down, they've been perfectly willing to do so.
Last thing, I promise. I saw Great Big Sea in concert tonight with Becca-with-a-c. It was awesome, and they are definitely better live than in recording. Something about "The Night Pat Murphy Died" being performed at loud volumes that makes me very very happy.
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Friday, September 4th, 2009
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...well, it's cool, and personally, I think Irish accents are really pretty.
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Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
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I just worked my way through my unheard music on iTunes. I now have none left in my library. This makes me very happy.
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Friday, August 28th, 2009
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| Subject: | So |
| Time: | 3:57 pm. |
| Mood: | waiting. | | Music: | King of Trees -- Cat Stevens. |
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I just sent out my job application stuffs. I really hope I get employed, it would make my life at school much more entertaining. But it's gonna be busy. But who cares, I'd be employed! Woo!
Here's hoping! Nah, fuck hoping. I'm totally gonna get one of them, actually. I'm really well qualified for it, and my stuff should be in good order.... Mneh. Whatevs, I'll get it.
Maybe if I tell myself that enough it'll come true.
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Friday, August 21st, 2009
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accomplished.
busy.
excited.
annoyed.
cheerful.
tired.