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Sep. 30th, 2015 08:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kittydesadeSlowly getting marginally more consistent about doing Arabic on the weekdays. Though, heh, it's weekends and Hindi where I really screw up, I'm going to have to go back to the beginning again. And I think this time rather than waste a lot of frustration dealing with ink bleeds on the notebook, I'll just use a regular pen and notebook. I've got some spare softcover moleskines anyway because the local bookstore only sells the skinny three packs. I just. Argh. Today I should probably spend at least a little bit of time at work practicing the Arabic letters I do know so I don't lose them. Not entirely sure how to do that immediately, but I may be able to find worksheets online.
In today's feral news, though, I still have the friendliest ferals I've ever met. I brought out Barton's food this morning and we touched nose to finger, and then when I went out to check if there were more cats Cassius was coming up the walk, so I reached out a hand to pet him and, yep. Could still pet him. A lot. He rubbed up against my leg and purred and pretty much stuck around as long as I was willing to pet him. And then BatCat showed up (Yes, the new one's name is BatCat) and I stuck my finger out for a greeting, and to my surprise BatCat leaned his/her? head forward and first touched nose to my finger. Then ran his/her cheek along my finger to scratch around mouth and cheek. Then the third time that happened I got a BatCat basically rubbing head against my hand, so I petted the silly cat! At this point, with the exception of Barton (and possibly Little Bit, who's gotten way more skittish of us recently, I'm not sure if that has to do with Tiny Bit or something else) I now have more ferals who will allow me to pet them than not. I'm not entirely sure what to do with this, but it's not helping the ADOPT THEM ALL urges. Really not.
Ugh today. SO many things to do and prep today. Prep White Lightning so all I have to do is scroll through and edit (I'm doing this kind of as I speak so I get it straight in my head, so at least by the time I post this most of it'll have been done). Do the rest of the bigger Sandborn edits and then keep going for another two scenes on that document. Do a bunch more words in County Witches. The aforementioned Arabic practice, some physics, and some knitting because I'll probably end up being at the front. Then when I get home after capoeira which also means making sure I have everything in my capoeira backpack, casting the next month's cards, Astronomy class, and poking at the Long Road timeline to prep for Nano, I expect. I know I'm going to be too tired to write, so watching videos and knitting and wikisurfing will be about all I'm up to. Ugh.
Although looking what I'm doing on White Lightning, it looks like I can dispense with the outline comparison and just keep going and write up a new outline once I'm done with this next draft. I think. If I'm ever done with it. Although maybe now that I'm out of the part where things were confusing about what to establish and meandered, and into the sequential action, it'll be easier? Oh god and I'm supposed to have this done by the end of next month augh. I have way way too much to do and way too little time. As per usual.
One thing at a time I guess. Also as per usual.
In today's feral news, though, I still have the friendliest ferals I've ever met. I brought out Barton's food this morning and we touched nose to finger, and then when I went out to check if there were more cats Cassius was coming up the walk, so I reached out a hand to pet him and, yep. Could still pet him. A lot. He rubbed up against my leg and purred and pretty much stuck around as long as I was willing to pet him. And then BatCat showed up (Yes, the new one's name is BatCat) and I stuck my finger out for a greeting, and to my surprise BatCat leaned his/her? head forward and first touched nose to my finger. Then ran his/her cheek along my finger to scratch around mouth and cheek. Then the third time that happened I got a BatCat basically rubbing head against my hand, so I petted the silly cat! At this point, with the exception of Barton (and possibly Little Bit, who's gotten way more skittish of us recently, I'm not sure if that has to do with Tiny Bit or something else) I now have more ferals who will allow me to pet them than not. I'm not entirely sure what to do with this, but it's not helping the ADOPT THEM ALL urges. Really not.
Ugh today. SO many things to do and prep today. Prep White Lightning so all I have to do is scroll through and edit (I'm doing this kind of as I speak so I get it straight in my head, so at least by the time I post this most of it'll have been done). Do the rest of the bigger Sandborn edits and then keep going for another two scenes on that document. Do a bunch more words in County Witches. The aforementioned Arabic practice, some physics, and some knitting because I'll probably end up being at the front. Then when I get home after capoeira which also means making sure I have everything in my capoeira backpack, casting the next month's cards, Astronomy class, and poking at the Long Road timeline to prep for Nano, I expect. I know I'm going to be too tired to write, so watching videos and knitting and wikisurfing will be about all I'm up to. Ugh.
Although looking what I'm doing on White Lightning, it looks like I can dispense with the outline comparison and just keep going and write up a new outline once I'm done with this next draft. I think. If I'm ever done with it. Although maybe now that I'm out of the part where things were confusing about what to establish and meandered, and into the sequential action, it'll be easier? Oh god and I'm supposed to have this done by the end of next month augh. I have way way too much to do and way too little time. As per usual.
One thing at a time I guess. Also as per usual.