General Flim Flam Or Something.

Not enjoying the outlining stage of 2YN.

Not. Enjoying.

Stupid thing is kicking my ass as I try to put all the ducks in a row. But some of those ducks are greased up good and hard to hold onto and others are downright invisible. Just faint, mocking quacks that echo through my apartment and the pitter patter of waddling feet just out of reach.

Still haven't heard anything concrete on the job front. Some possibles, but nothing for sure yet.

Fridge sort of works now. That is, it keeps things cool like it's supposed to, but 2 of 4 legs are missing and I have to tilt the entire thing backwards every time I want to open it. This angers me.

I started playing WoW again. I probably shouldn't have as it tends to make me less productive, but I really needed some escapism.

My driving instructor keeps trying to kill me. Really wish she wouldn't.

My in class, paper test is tomorrow. I have one chance to score high on both that and my road test (which, thankfully isn't for a few weeks) in order to get the much needed insurance reduction. Also I'm driving right after. I am very nervous about both.


Edited to add that I got a whopping 5,500 words done today on my plot outline (or whatever you want to call it since I am incapable of just following the rules as posted *grin*)

I am mentally exhausted and happier. Plus it had the added bonus of taking away my anxiety over the damn driving stuff happening tomorrow. If only for a few hours.

To the Universe: Enough already!

Christ! So today I realize that my fridge is no longer fridging things. That is, 1/3 of my freezer stuff is now completely thawed and had to be thrown out. The rest is on its way. Between this and the job thing and the computer thing and the general apartment bullshit things I am well and truly fed up. No more I say!

But seriously, will the universe please stop fucking with me already? Please? Please!

So frustrated. Frustration not good for writing. Behind on assignments, can't think lately, too worried about finances and appliances and tech and and and whatever the latest/next disaster will be.

Also, I miss the Livejournal function that lets you put things behind cuts. I quite like that feature. Wish blogger had it. Or had it for non-paying customers if it happens to have them for paying.

Back to tossing my hard earned food out. Do you know how much buffalo meat costs?! Well? Do you! Fuck!

Edited because I can't spell when I'm this pissed off.

I Can Haz Internet Again!

New computer is up and running, missing lots, but internet is a go. YAY!!!!!!!!!

Still installing practically everything. None of my writing has been moved over to the new HD yet.

But yay, after much frustration I am at least online again!

If it isn't one thing...

It's another. My computer up and died earlier this week. I'm in the process of getting a new one, but I can't pick it up until tue or wed of next week. I am made of teh sad.

The good news is that I haven't lost most of my writing. Some of it up and disappeared on me, but most of it is intact. The bad news is that I can't access it until the new comp comes home to momma.

Needless to say it's put a huge cramp in many things, not the least of which is the aforementioned writing.

Also, in general, I have way too much on my plate.

I miss my comp. *sniff* However, my new rig will be shiny, and fast and full of win.

If you aren't a computer enthusiast I suggest skipping the next bit... In fact this post pretty much ends with me drooling over system specs. You've been warned.

For those of you that care, here are its specs:
Antec 900 gamer case
Core 2 Duo E8400 3GHz
nForce 780i SLI ATX mobo
2G DDR2 6400 RAM
500G hard driveShuriken CPU cooler
750W thermaltake power supply
Samsung dual layer 20X read/write player
GeForce 9800GTX 512mb ram graphics card

Was gonna get a Radeon 280(I think) , but could not wait the month or so to get it.
Only 2 gigs of RAM, but I can add more later (and will)
board can chain graphics cards so I will prolly add extra one down the road. The 9800 is a great card and will serve me well for now.

This is a good system. Not as high end as I wanted, but it's within the budget I didn't have for a computer atm. Was NOT expecting to have to buy a new comp just yet. It will run everything I want to play on it and more so I'm happy. Later upgrades will keep it viable for a few years.
I'll be giddy like a school girl when it finally arrives. Just thinking about it gives me warm fuzzies and a huge grin. Why yes, I am a geek.

Back online when shiny new toy comes!

In which our heroine pines for technology she does not have

If anyone knows of a way to scan a document in and convert it to text instead of an image I would be grateful, oh so grateful.

How grateful?

Uhmmm, well I will mail you chocolate...or ah, a candy of your choice that I can easily obtain should you be so barbarian as to not actually like chocolate.... or some of my secret writings!

Because I am damn sick of editing and then having to go and re-type all those fucking edits into the comp. Plus I tend to get a variety of things scattered everywhere and trying to get them all on one page isn't easy. Also I am somewhat lazy you understand.

These edits are for the beginning of my story, which I normally wouldn't be trying to edit so soon (no end! aieeee!) but I am using it for a submission to a writers workshop I very much want to get into next year, so it needs to gleam like the gleamiest gleamy that ever did gleam. Yes.

Found the song for the end of the story. Have some lyrics in mind for certain other chapters as well. Had a couple of snippets from the next book demand I put them to paper so I did. heh was amusing. It's weird, technically I don't have all that much down, and yet I do. Enough that I have a decent enough handle on who my characters are so that when the new story practically starts with an argument, I chuckle to myself because the bickering and banter is just so them. Does this put me a little too close to crazy?

I go now. Have hot chocolate and edits to ponder. That is, I do not ponder the hot chocolate, only the edits. The hot chocolate I devour. Ravenously.

Zee job is no more

Could not narrow what, exactly, I was allergic to so I had to ditch the job. Sigh, back to job hunting, one of my least favorite activities.

To-Do List
Find new job I'm not allergic to and can enjoy.
Have forgotten to enjoy writing lately. Must re-remember how this is done.
Must stop reading other people's much better books and wondering how I'm ever going to get there.
Must not be so damn hard on myself.

No time to breathe

Busy, busy, busy. Just started a new job. Up early and practically falling into bed as soon as I get home. Hopefully I adjust soon so I can get back to writing.