Today’s post is brought to you by the letter “F” for frustration. As in: technological frustration. Updated the site and now my feeds aren’t working so I spent over an hour going through a range of tests to see why. Still can’t figure it out. This, however, does not change the fact that I need to write today for personal and for work-related efforts. While tuning everyone out is proving to be difficult, especially when there’s political angst and publishing angst and personal angst and… Well? A whole lotta angst. Try as I might, I do make an attempt to be quite rational about these sorts of things, but occasionally I get bogged down in b.s. Hence my post yesterday.
Ah well, it’s all watery words under the comma splice. Ordered a new office chair today and was appalled that these things now come with ratings depending upon how many hours you sit. If you’re a “Professional,” you sit 8+ hours a day. This frightens me, especially since I fall into this category. How does one balance working out with writing? Haven’t figured that out yet, but I have an appointment tomorrow and did some research on a few classes. ‘Course, between you and me, it’s also a case where I need to figure out how to juggle writing and working out with this pesky thing called laundry and house cleaning.
Yes, my office is a disaster zone. I received more additions to my growing collection of Domo-kun and my desk is so full of end-of-the-year organization I have no place to put them. I keep telling myself: “Hey, you don’t get paid to clean.” Which is true, but getting my proverbial paper act together does pay off in the long run. Figuring out the logistics of writing is one thing; determining what makes a viable writing career is another. Administrivia is just one piece of that and, unfortunately, a necessary evil.
This, along with diving into [redacted] and [redacted] is how I’ll spend my holiday break. But first? Hours to go before I sleep and more holiday parties to attend.
- Mood: Pretty mellow
Caffeinated Beverages Consumed: Two-ish.
Work-Out Minutes Logged Yesterday: Some stairs.
Word Count Logged Yesterday (not including day job): 500. (Boo!)
In My Ears: Tron Legacy Soundtrack
Game Last Played: Word on the Street
Movie Last Viewed: Harry Potter on Blu-Ray
Book Last Read: Dark Faith anthology
Latest Artistic Project: Byzantium chainmail bracelet with pink/iris green/black rings
Upcoming Release: Strange, Dead Love for Vampire: the Requiem