Since my last letter...

[rolanni]

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

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:

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.

Comments

Poster for the faculty?

[mbarker.livejournal.com]

You should make a poster for them. One of those things listing various activities and the rewards or punishments they earn? Clearing your own paper jams -- one gold star. Leaving paper jams in the printer -- one black dot. etc. etc.

Along with noting that earning 100 black spots may be punishable by defenestration, skewering with named sabers, and similar deadly results?

Make it funny, but also pointed?

I Agree

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

I find the new Profile page much harder to read. So, I'll probably use it less.

[keristor.livejournal.com]

Hmm, the profile doesn't look much worse to me. Perhaps it's my style.

Although the link which says "Modify Friend" is rather worrying. Most of my friends would rather I didn't modify them...

Congratulations on the anniversary! The big sesqui-score in a couple of years!

Yes, I saw QC, I always see QC (it's one of only two webcomics I read regularly, and Ozy and Millie only updates rarely now).