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So, five more days until the holiday (or four given that there is only an hour and a half left to the working day). Instead of going down to the ref and chatting aimlessly, here I am writing up a journal entry for you wonderful people.
We think we have a fix for the amazing schizo laptop (it has been blue screening recently, ever since we removed McAfee). Dell wanted €50 euro for software support, but my wonderful husband thinks he has is figured out. Yay for engineers the world over, but in particular for the one in my house. :D
I am grinning away to myself for another reason too - I am listening to the soundtrack of "Once More with Feeling", the Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical episode and I had forgotten how funny it is!
Yes yes, it was me. I was the one who bought it. And I'll tell you what - I have it on DVD too! Ha!
I did the LH flash yesterday and it is up on the site this morning. It's not a great effort, which is disappointing as my last one "In Black Shuck's Wake" did so well. I reread it this morning and its too dense. It's based on a setting for a couple of earlier stories and I think it requires too much backstory knowledge - so basically it needs to be about three times the size. Well, I am going on holiday so I might expand it there. I'm interested to see the crits that come in because if I was to give it one it would be pretty scathing. It has, however, given me a very interesting perspective character for a milieu I am very fond of, so it wasn't in vain.
Other than that not much news. I've decided not to worry about the kitchen until we're back. I am focusing wholeheartedly on the holiday and praying for good weather. Now I just have to find out what I have to sacrifice to whom (or whom to what) for a bit of good weather while we're away (preferably where we are staying rather than back here so everyone can text us to say we're missing the summer).
Yes, I'm waffling.
Best of luck and fingers cross to D doing her driving test! :D
R
We think we have a fix for the amazing schizo laptop (it has been blue screening recently, ever since we removed McAfee). Dell wanted €50 euro for software support, but my wonderful husband thinks he has is figured out. Yay for engineers the world over, but in particular for the one in my house. :D
I am grinning away to myself for another reason too - I am listening to the soundtrack of "Once More with Feeling", the Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical episode and I had forgotten how funny it is!
Yes yes, it was me. I was the one who bought it. And I'll tell you what - I have it on DVD too! Ha!
I did the LH flash yesterday and it is up on the site this morning. It's not a great effort, which is disappointing as my last one "In Black Shuck's Wake" did so well. I reread it this morning and its too dense. It's based on a setting for a couple of earlier stories and I think it requires too much backstory knowledge - so basically it needs to be about three times the size. Well, I am going on holiday so I might expand it there. I'm interested to see the crits that come in because if I was to give it one it would be pretty scathing. It has, however, given me a very interesting perspective character for a milieu I am very fond of, so it wasn't in vain.
Other than that not much news. I've decided not to worry about the kitchen until we're back. I am focusing wholeheartedly on the holiday and praying for good weather. Now I just have to find out what I have to sacrifice to whom (or whom to what) for a bit of good weather while we're away (preferably where we are staying rather than back here so everyone can text us to say we're missing the summer).
Yes, I'm waffling.
Best of luck and fingers cross to D doing her driving test! :D
R
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