Friday, November 7th, 2008

rolanni: (flittermouse)
Jeebers, what is with the LJ User Profile Page? Is that Ugly or what?

Since my last dispatch, Steve and I have celebrated the 28th anniversary of our wedding (the one with the license, and the Special Words, and the guy at the front door of the courthouse who ill-advisedly taunted me for "forgetting" my "new name" when I stopped at the desk to collect my property). We had dinner at Cacciatore's, the Brand New Italian restaurant in Waterville. It is soooooo nice to have a Real Italian restaurant in the area. Sigh. We'll be returning. Soon, I hope.

I have completed to the best of my ability, polished, and sent on to Mine Editor "my" story for the Yule chapbook. To wit:

"Shadow Partner" final
Zokutou word meterZokutou word meter
9,613 / 7,000
(137.3%)


Also? I got a haircut. Not much of a haircut, since winter's coming on and I want something over my ears and the back of my neck, but -- not so much with the Hedgehog Look.

I did not murder any faculty members, though the provocation in some cases was extreme.

We got Something Pretty in the mail, but I can't show it to you yet.

Non sequitur: Everybody saw Questionable Content today, right?

This weekend will see a return to the Fledgling rewrite, which at the moment stands at:
Zokutou word meterZokutou word meter
71,613 / 100,000
(71.6%)

...because I deleted* the last third of the first draft, the more easily to rewrite it, my dear.

Have conceived of a need to write about Writing as a Profession, but not, I think, tonight, for tonight I am tired and it is raining and HOT. I'm for a sammich, a glass of wine, and an early-to-bed. Tomorrow, we start the Marathon Laundry Event in preparation for Steve's trip to Maryland. Distant Early Warning: There may not be a new chapter of Saltation on November 17.

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*It's OK, really. I only deleted those words from the Working File. They're safe elsewhere.
rolanni: (Default)
Zone Alarm informs me that it is expired. I have this evening already paid for, downloaded and had refunded my money for a two-year subscription. Why? Because (1) the License Key provided is "invalid" according to the Zone Alarm Control Center and (2) because I need to get (from MicroSmurf, no less) HotFix KB943232 from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943232, which, err, seems not to exist.

Can anyone help me navigate these treacherous waters?

Can anyone suggest an alternative to Zone Alarm?

Abundant Spanish Aunts.

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