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Jun. 8th, 2007 09:42 amSo... news from my 'hood...
*Our washing machine at home broke a few weeks ago (a couple days after I did a load). It's been a LONG almost two weeks- I even had to buy a new towel, underwear, and socks (cuz I don't feel like washing by hand in the upstairs bathtub). We're getting a new washer & dryer delivered today. Since my room is next to the laundry room, this meant needing to take down an entire bookcase and move half my room around so there was room to get the appliances in my door, across my room, and down the short hallway past my bathroom to the laundry room.
*I finally joined the ranks of the DVR-having! I decided a week or so ago that now that I make reasonable money, I should splurge for a DVR (like Tivo, only it goes through my existing cable company). It's only an extra $9.99 a month- I spend almost that much on video tapes every month, trying to record and keep up with shows. And now I'll be able to tape when I want or just record and delete without worrying if I have a blank tape available. I know, I'm the last person in the world to get one of these... but I'm always behind in technology. I'm very excited about this. Now I have no excuse for falling miserably behind on my shows.
*After a while not seeing her, the Mommy Robin was back and checking out her old nest a few days ago. Then she started staying there all the time. Which means... second brood of eggs & little babies! I'm going to put together a little diary this time, I think.
*Writers' Roundtable went well this last week. 10 people showed up- which is a huge turnout for us (usually we're at 5). I hadn't brought enough copies of my magazine, so I felt bad. But luckily I'd brought enough water & cookies.
*I'm almost done reading Eldest (sequel to Eragon). Does anyone know if there's any slash about in this series? I've done some searches- sort of got spoiled, then stopped doing searches. Feels a little spooky slashing a book that a teenager wrote... but Eragon's so cute- especially in book 2 when he's in pain the whole damn time *melts*. And there's so much potential with a few characters. I think the book series is a poor version of combining Lord of the Rings with the Dragonriders, with a little bit of Earthsea thrown in for good measure. But I still enjoy the characters and appreciate Chris' efforts. *wishes she could have had a published book and franchise at his age*
*Another Strokes Ace story popped into my head after Wed's Writers' Roundtable. And I still have massive amounts to write for the Sirius/Remus Fuh-Q-Fest. I am teh screwed.
*I set up my first PayPal shopping cart yesterday! It's here: http://www.unzippedart.com/ ; (see the purchase section) I'm pretty happy with it. They wanted simple, and it's definitely that. I think it might have made more sense to integrate it with the gallery... so we'll see. But it took a while to set up and I think it looks all right.
*I'm slowly making my way through Academy Award nominated films: http://listography.com/action/list?uid=6257205037&lid=8294885561
I'm skipping a couple that I just can't stomach (like Mel Gibson's film). But I'm going to try to watch 'em all!
*Our washing machine at home broke a few weeks ago (a couple days after I did a load). It's been a LONG almost two weeks- I even had to buy a new towel, underwear, and socks (cuz I don't feel like washing by hand in the upstairs bathtub). We're getting a new washer & dryer delivered today. Since my room is next to the laundry room, this meant needing to take down an entire bookcase and move half my room around so there was room to get the appliances in my door, across my room, and down the short hallway past my bathroom to the laundry room.
*I finally joined the ranks of the DVR-having! I decided a week or so ago that now that I make reasonable money, I should splurge for a DVR (like Tivo, only it goes through my existing cable company). It's only an extra $9.99 a month- I spend almost that much on video tapes every month, trying to record and keep up with shows. And now I'll be able to tape when I want or just record and delete without worrying if I have a blank tape available. I know, I'm the last person in the world to get one of these... but I'm always behind in technology. I'm very excited about this. Now I have no excuse for falling miserably behind on my shows.
*After a while not seeing her, the Mommy Robin was back and checking out her old nest a few days ago. Then she started staying there all the time. Which means... second brood of eggs & little babies! I'm going to put together a little diary this time, I think.
*Writers' Roundtable went well this last week. 10 people showed up- which is a huge turnout for us (usually we're at 5). I hadn't brought enough copies of my magazine, so I felt bad. But luckily I'd brought enough water & cookies.
*I'm almost done reading Eldest (sequel to Eragon). Does anyone know if there's any slash about in this series? I've done some searches- sort of got spoiled, then stopped doing searches. Feels a little spooky slashing a book that a teenager wrote... but Eragon's so cute- especially in book 2 when he's in pain the whole damn time *melts*. And there's so much potential with a few characters. I think the book series is a poor version of combining Lord of the Rings with the Dragonriders, with a little bit of Earthsea thrown in for good measure. But I still enjoy the characters and appreciate Chris' efforts. *wishes she could have had a published book and franchise at his age*
*Another Strokes Ace story popped into my head after Wed's Writers' Roundtable. And I still have massive amounts to write for the Sirius/Remus Fuh-Q-Fest. I am teh screwed.
*I set up my first PayPal shopping cart yesterday! It's here: http://www.unzippedart.com/ ; (see the purchase section) I'm pretty happy with it. They wanted simple, and it's definitely that. I think it might have made more sense to integrate it with the gallery... so we'll see. But it took a while to set up and I think it looks all right.
*I'm slowly making my way through Academy Award nominated films: http://listography.com/action/list?uid=6257205037&lid=8294885561
I'm skipping a couple that I just can't stomach (like Mel Gibson's film). But I'm going to try to watch 'em all!
