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Aug. 18th, 2003 06:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kittydesadeAh. This is so much better.
It's nice and cool and yet sunny outside. I've got a good breeze coming in the window, and sandelwood is burning on the table. I've got good music playing on the computer and a stack of books to read in front of me. I've actually managed to get off my ass and clean not only my workstation but also the better part of my room. Except my shelves. Which, eh. Later. I went to the library, went to the bank, deposited all checks and wrote out all checks for bills (bleh. Bills. Why don't they tell you about this when you're young so you can stop growing up at a good age, like.. sixteen or something?) and still have money enough in my bank account for next month. Ye gods. Hopefully by that point I'll have actually started making money at this job. Either that or I'll be hired at Avon as well, and making enough money to live on at both part time jobs.
I should work on Shattered Globe and RiP. Can't think of which to work on first, though. Probably RiP, since Shattered Globe will take longer. I should also actually start working on some of my original stuff, but .. eh. I have enough ongoing fanfics to work on right now. When I finish RiP and get it down to two epic fanfics I'll go back to working on some original stuff. Hell, if I get a couple more submissions published, I might actually get an Agent. Gasp.
Which reminds me. Rutger Hauer said, about two years ago, that he was going to publish those stories in an anthology. And where is that anthology, I ask you? *sticks tongue out at Rutger Hauer* That's it, monkey boy, you are off the interests list. Not that I ever put him on in the first place. Hee. But I should see if I can find out where the hell that project went to.
More training tomorrow afternoon. Ugh. Although the entertaining part is going to be presenting my monthly budget and that ... thingie. Whatever. Expenses list for the whole horse project in six years. If I'm really lucky I can start a mutual fund towards the horse project. Argh. Which, I should actually call Mom about and see if she'll come up and train my horses in six years or.. what I'm going to do about that. Riding horses I can do. Training them? What the hell do I know about that. Oh well. I have six years to figure it out.
I am so unbelievably happy with my life. I have a job, of sorts, and an amazingly wonderful boyfriend. I have things to do to be useful, I have good music playing on my computer, the weather outside is absolutely wonderful. I just had a hysterically silly vacation with a very good friend. Darling, I had a wonderful time. :) Life is damn good.
Oh! Before I absolutely forget... the pictures April took of me so you crazy people can see what I look like came back. For some weird reason I had constant red eye in my right eye. Just the right eye, mind you. At every angle. Now, I'm used to having constant red-eye. Always have. I have red highlights in my hair, and apparently I have them in my eyes too. It's actually kind of funny, because apparently in certain lights my eyes glow red. Something about the reflection of the sunlight. A friend of mine once said it was the demon in me peeking out. Of course, this was after I nearly scared her off the windowsill when she turned to tell me something and saw my eyes glowing... anyway. If people want, I'll post some of the pictures on here, or on my website... or something. They're ... well, I'm not that photogenic, so they're about as good as they can be. Some of them turned out really nice.
A - Act your age - I have no idea how a twenty three year old is supposed to act...
B - Boyfriend - Yes. Wonderful. I love him to bits.
C - Chore you hate - BILLS! Damn you, bills.
D - Dad's name - Todd.
E - Essential make up item - ... uh.
F - Favorite actor - ... aka my actor of the week? Hugo Weaving.
G - Gold or silver - Gold.
H - Hometown - Cincinnati, OH... formerly Washington DC.
I - Instruments you play - Guitar
J - Job title - Financial Analyst. I think.
K - Kids - Just my kitten, Gretchen. No actual human babies.
L - Living arrangements - In a rather nice apartment, in a room with a view.. unfortunately also in the apartment is my ex of doom. Damn him.
M - Mum's name - Martha.
N - Number of people you've slept with - Six.
O - Overnight hospital stays - Two. One for flu of doom (I'm not kidding, I had a fever of.. like.. 105.) One overnight for cold of doom.
P - Phobias - Needles. Bad. I can't even watch them on TV.
Q - Quote you like - "My manner of thinking, so you say, cannot be approved. Do you suppose I care? A poor fool indeed is he who adopts a manner of thinking for others! My manner of thinking stems straight from my considered reflections; it holds with my existence, with the way I am made. It is not in my power to alter it; and were it, I'd not do so. The manner of thinking you find fault with is my sole consolation in life; it alleviates all my sufferings in prison, it composes all my pleasures in the world outside, it is dearer to me than life itself." -- The Marquis de Sade
R - Religious affiliation - Wiccan.
S - Siblings - A younger sister and a younger brother, ages 13 and 15... 15?? Fuuuucking hell. Where does the time go.
T - Time you wake up? - Hopefully when I'm damn good and ready.
U - Unique habit - Obssessive compulsive writer. Literally. I get very cranky when I don't write for more than a couple days. I spent my last franc in France (and this was back when there were francs) to buy a notepad and pencils, and then ended up eating the one meal a day they served in the youth hostel for the last five days I was there. But I was writing!
V - Vegetable you refuse to eat - Pickles?
W - Worst habit - Gnawing on my lip. I have constant scabs, almost.
X - X-rays you've had - One set, not counting the random dentist x-rays. I have scoliosis, and it used to be really bad.
Y - Yummy food you make - Beef teriyaki stir-fry. Used to be the toast of the dorm, when I was in college.
Z - Zodiac Sign - Taurus (Western) or Monkey (Eastern)
Ok, off to keep writing.
It's nice and cool and yet sunny outside. I've got a good breeze coming in the window, and sandelwood is burning on the table. I've got good music playing on the computer and a stack of books to read in front of me. I've actually managed to get off my ass and clean not only my workstation but also the better part of my room. Except my shelves. Which, eh. Later. I went to the library, went to the bank, deposited all checks and wrote out all checks for bills (bleh. Bills. Why don't they tell you about this when you're young so you can stop growing up at a good age, like.. sixteen or something?) and still have money enough in my bank account for next month. Ye gods. Hopefully by that point I'll have actually started making money at this job. Either that or I'll be hired at Avon as well, and making enough money to live on at both part time jobs.
I should work on Shattered Globe and RiP. Can't think of which to work on first, though. Probably RiP, since Shattered Globe will take longer. I should also actually start working on some of my original stuff, but .. eh. I have enough ongoing fanfics to work on right now. When I finish RiP and get it down to two epic fanfics I'll go back to working on some original stuff. Hell, if I get a couple more submissions published, I might actually get an Agent. Gasp.
Which reminds me. Rutger Hauer said, about two years ago, that he was going to publish those stories in an anthology. And where is that anthology, I ask you? *sticks tongue out at Rutger Hauer* That's it, monkey boy, you are off the interests list. Not that I ever put him on in the first place. Hee. But I should see if I can find out where the hell that project went to.
More training tomorrow afternoon. Ugh. Although the entertaining part is going to be presenting my monthly budget and that ... thingie. Whatever. Expenses list for the whole horse project in six years. If I'm really lucky I can start a mutual fund towards the horse project. Argh. Which, I should actually call Mom about and see if she'll come up and train my horses in six years or.. what I'm going to do about that. Riding horses I can do. Training them? What the hell do I know about that. Oh well. I have six years to figure it out.
I am so unbelievably happy with my life. I have a job, of sorts, and an amazingly wonderful boyfriend. I have things to do to be useful, I have good music playing on my computer, the weather outside is absolutely wonderful. I just had a hysterically silly vacation with a very good friend. Darling, I had a wonderful time. :) Life is damn good.
Oh! Before I absolutely forget... the pictures April took of me so you crazy people can see what I look like came back. For some weird reason I had constant red eye in my right eye. Just the right eye, mind you. At every angle. Now, I'm used to having constant red-eye. Always have. I have red highlights in my hair, and apparently I have them in my eyes too. It's actually kind of funny, because apparently in certain lights my eyes glow red. Something about the reflection of the sunlight. A friend of mine once said it was the demon in me peeking out. Of course, this was after I nearly scared her off the windowsill when she turned to tell me something and saw my eyes glowing... anyway. If people want, I'll post some of the pictures on here, or on my website... or something. They're ... well, I'm not that photogenic, so they're about as good as they can be. Some of them turned out really nice.
A - Act your age - I have no idea how a twenty three year old is supposed to act...
B - Boyfriend - Yes. Wonderful. I love him to bits.
C - Chore you hate - BILLS! Damn you, bills.
D - Dad's name - Todd.
E - Essential make up item - ... uh.
F - Favorite actor - ... aka my actor of the week? Hugo Weaving.
G - Gold or silver - Gold.
H - Hometown - Cincinnati, OH... formerly Washington DC.
I - Instruments you play - Guitar
J - Job title - Financial Analyst. I think.
K - Kids - Just my kitten, Gretchen. No actual human babies.
L - Living arrangements - In a rather nice apartment, in a room with a view.. unfortunately also in the apartment is my ex of doom. Damn him.
M - Mum's name - Martha.
N - Number of people you've slept with - Six.
O - Overnight hospital stays - Two. One for flu of doom (I'm not kidding, I had a fever of.. like.. 105.) One overnight for cold of doom.
P - Phobias - Needles. Bad. I can't even watch them on TV.
Q - Quote you like - "My manner of thinking, so you say, cannot be approved. Do you suppose I care? A poor fool indeed is he who adopts a manner of thinking for others! My manner of thinking stems straight from my considered reflections; it holds with my existence, with the way I am made. It is not in my power to alter it; and were it, I'd not do so. The manner of thinking you find fault with is my sole consolation in life; it alleviates all my sufferings in prison, it composes all my pleasures in the world outside, it is dearer to me than life itself." -- The Marquis de Sade
R - Religious affiliation - Wiccan.
S - Siblings - A younger sister and a younger brother, ages 13 and 15... 15?? Fuuuucking hell. Where does the time go.
T - Time you wake up? - Hopefully when I'm damn good and ready.
U - Unique habit - Obssessive compulsive writer. Literally. I get very cranky when I don't write for more than a couple days. I spent my last franc in France (and this was back when there were francs) to buy a notepad and pencils, and then ended up eating the one meal a day they served in the youth hostel for the last five days I was there. But I was writing!
V - Vegetable you refuse to eat - Pickles?
W - Worst habit - Gnawing on my lip. I have constant scabs, almost.
X - X-rays you've had - One set, not counting the random dentist x-rays. I have scoliosis, and it used to be really bad.
Y - Yummy food you make - Beef teriyaki stir-fry. Used to be the toast of the dorm, when I was in college.
Z - Zodiac Sign - Taurus (Western) or Monkey (Eastern)
Ok, off to keep writing.
