BAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAA SNOW SNOW SNOW I DON'T HAVE TO WORK I CAN SIT IN AND READ FIC AND WORK ON TR10 OH YES THANK YOU COSMOS.
...*ahem*
*waves* Hi! :D Don't worry, I know what you mean; I'm really new to the whole "wee I'm in a fandom" concept. The closest I've come was back when I wrote for Slayers and was on one of the many mailing lists, where people didn't give feedback and mostly put out stuff with lethal levels of angst and no resemblance to the series whatsoever. So now I'm all, "o_O Wait, somebody's read that? Buh..."
A quick summary of my morning: Mom: Can you shovel the driveway for me, hon? Me: Sure, mom! *goes out* Driveway: *is several yards long and piled with seven inches of snow* Snow: *is still coming down* Me: ...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *comes back inside* No.
(Need to scan my new layout image soon. I love Jack!Seishirou, but he's a couple months out of date.)
So I had it suggested to me that, when I find a new job, I try working for blind and dyslexic law students. You know, if I keep working for the visually impaired, I'm going to have a complete poli-sci education that I got paid for. o_O I don't mind one bit (though I'm probably going to feel like what's her face in the first hour or so of "Legally Blonde"), but good lord... is there nobody out there who's blind and just wants to dictate letters to Cousin Herbie back home?
(Odd thought: if I started to come down with macular degeneration, would I have to get somebody to transcribe my fics...?)
We used up nearly all the Thanksgiving leftovers (;_; no more 'tatoes...) and my mom has been really sweet about arranging for stress-relieving stuff for me and my sister. Plus I got to go Christmas shopping yesterday--and, you know, it's kind of sad, but working for my granddad has made me increasingly hesitant to ask for any kind of favor from anybody. See, when he wants something done, he'll push you till you damn well do it--and do it with 130% effort, gusto, etc. You'll take a break when you leave, dammit. -_-
I know he's family and all, but AAAAAARGH LISA EET BRAINS.
*ahem*
On the plus side, my tap shoes still fit. *geek* ^__^
...random? I love the Truck Driver Song. (Weird Al. S'good stuff.)
Well. I'm really tired, but I'm also very proud of myself. In an extended burst of inspiration, I finished TR9 (it's up on fanfic.net and CLAMPesque). Damn chapter took forever to be done, but now that it is... I'm really happy with it. Really, really happy.
And so ready to start on Chapter 10, but that's beside the point. ^_~
*tackle* I know I'm a little late, but re your comments on badfic--I think the fear of badfic actually isn't so bad for writers. You have to have a high standard for yourself in order to produce the really good stuff... admittedly, you can't be a perfectionist about it (trust me, I've been there >P), but if you're completely confident with everything you write at every step of the creative process, if you never wonder whether a word choice might be less effective, if you never think "ew, that sentence kinda sucks, I can do it better", you're in far worse danger of writing badfic than just about anyone else.
*DROPS* Just saw your new-and-improved CLAMPesque profile. That's... a shitload of OC. *laughs her ass off*
Everyone who's sent me sympathy messages: thank you. It's been kind of a long few weeks, but I feel a lot better now. (And I have something for you, but it needs scanning. ~_~;; )
In particular, I'd like to thank whoever did the Karma Dance for me, because it worked.
See, early last week I found out that my letter about Animerica's XTV article got published. Then I begged my mother to have an "intervention" with granddad as regards step-gramma; she came over that very day and we had a very long talk with him about the situation. So I feel better knowing he's also doing what he can to make sure that the situation gets better as soon as possible.
(Then he told me that he wants to go to New York in December, and since the family member he and step-gramma usually take with them just got married, and I'm young and agile and have proven I can behave well for long periods of time, he's considering taking me. To four plays and an opera within the space of five days. I know it means five days nonstop with those two, but... theatre... NYC... Kinokuniya if I play my cards right...)
Then Shoiryu and I managed to bang out the prologue to "Ananda", our monster Xfic, and posted it--we've been working on this puppy for a month and a half, and now that we're refining the writing? I'm damn proud of both of us. Big projects are good for distracting oneself. And boosting one's ego a little. =^.^=
And speaking of big projects? I know I've been making a lot of promises as regards TR9. It's not in time for Seishirou's birthday... (not that I think he'd want it, considering what happens), but it's in the home stretch right now.
So honestly, right now, I am doing better. And have a lot of blogging to do. Just as soon as I finish TR9. *cracks knuckles*
Okay, I lied. I'm terrible with death and it hurts like hell that she's gone, because she was a wonderful person and her faith in me was both humbling and inspiring, and apparently she was in a lot of pain towards the end. And graddad's wife told my mom she thinks he's been drinking, and I've been instructed to see if I can smell alcohol on his breath.
I'm writing. I'm reading. I'm trying to stay pulled together and generally be a good citizen/human being. I just wish I didn't feel like such a chickenwuss for letting all this stuff get to me.
I dropped NaNoWriMo a few days ago--the wedding was chaos enough. Then my granddad had to be taken to the hospital. Then my great-aunt Jean died.
I loved her. She had this incredible faith in everyone in our family, in our talent and ability to overcome. She was a fun woman; all my memories of her are of a really strong, cheerful, determined lady.
What really hurts is that I never got to show her so much as the first page of my NaNo project.
Luckily, my friends have been wonderful, and supportive, and generally great human beings. My creative kick hasn't died--just ebbed a bit. (Though after seeing Harry Potter 2 on Saturday... well.... the details are in the ficblog. ^^; )
And I am doing pretty well, all things considered. I'm ficcing, and taking some time to reread the Harry Potter books and the ton of printed fics I've got, and doing art and such.
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