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Oh, never mind, no Russian this morning, my concentration is completely shot after waking up every couple hours last night. No sleep-deprivation headache, but my concentration is shot to shit.
Let's close some tabs instead. Ted Koppel mourns real news. Which is kind of like what I end up thinking every time I watch Good Night and Good Luck. There are serious reasons why I don't watch TV news much anymore. Wires and lights in a box, indeed.
This is kind of horrifying. It's about five days old, but it's still horrifying. It's about what happens to a bunch of protesters in Westminster, in England, who were protesting new Education funding or lack thereof. I read it and then thought, for about five seconds, jeez, at least we in the US know how to treat our protesters fairly. And then I remembered Kent State. No, not really. That's a newsworthy low, though.
This footage of aurora borealis was more heartening, though. Beautiful time-lapse photography, set to beautiful music.
I've given up on Nano for this year; I didn't break 10k by the 20th, and at that rate I just don't feel the need to prove myself strongly enough to push that hard. 5k per day, or something thereabouts. I'll continue the story, I just won't put it up as Nano. That said, though, I'll probably put up the bits I do have and keep updating slowly as time passes. Then possibly stuff it all together and edit it. We'll see. Right now I have Yuletide, which I've outlined, and a bunch of bingos to do. And two novels by other people to read over and edit, and several big bangs to plan for. And other big bangs to read. So it's still a busy writing and editing time.
Murdock has grown at least a couple inches in length since last I measured him and he is a precocious little shit. I can't leave a water or milk glass down without him sticking his face in it and drinking. And he just now got a cup stuck on his head and started backing around the living room wearing it on his face. His unsympathetic kitty mommy laughed until he got it off. He's also a very clingy cat; he curled up on my lap and would not let me exercise this morning. Every time I sat down to stretch he curled up on my lap. Adorable, if annoying. We'll work it out.
And I finished my first pair of fingerless gloves! Which pleases me to no end, seriously. They're bright purple, and they're kind of awkward in places, but goddamn I knitted myself a pair of fingerless gloves. This is awesome.
(This icon has nothing to do with anything on the post, I just wanted to show it off because it amuses me.)
Let's close some tabs instead. Ted Koppel mourns real news. Which is kind of like what I end up thinking every time I watch Good Night and Good Luck. There are serious reasons why I don't watch TV news much anymore. Wires and lights in a box, indeed.
This is kind of horrifying. It's about five days old, but it's still horrifying. It's about what happens to a bunch of protesters in Westminster, in England, who were protesting new Education funding or lack thereof. I read it and then thought, for about five seconds, jeez, at least we in the US know how to treat our protesters fairly. And then I remembered Kent State. No, not really. That's a newsworthy low, though.
This footage of aurora borealis was more heartening, though. Beautiful time-lapse photography, set to beautiful music.
I've given up on Nano for this year; I didn't break 10k by the 20th, and at that rate I just don't feel the need to prove myself strongly enough to push that hard. 5k per day, or something thereabouts. I'll continue the story, I just won't put it up as Nano. That said, though, I'll probably put up the bits I do have and keep updating slowly as time passes. Then possibly stuff it all together and edit it. We'll see. Right now I have Yuletide, which I've outlined, and a bunch of bingos to do. And two novels by other people to read over and edit, and several big bangs to plan for. And other big bangs to read. So it's still a busy writing and editing time.
Murdock has grown at least a couple inches in length since last I measured him and he is a precocious little shit. I can't leave a water or milk glass down without him sticking his face in it and drinking. And he just now got a cup stuck on his head and started backing around the living room wearing it on his face. His unsympathetic kitty mommy laughed until he got it off. He's also a very clingy cat; he curled up on my lap and would not let me exercise this morning. Every time I sat down to stretch he curled up on my lap. Adorable, if annoying. We'll work it out.
And I finished my first pair of fingerless gloves! Which pleases me to no end, seriously. They're bright purple, and they're kind of awkward in places, but goddamn I knitted myself a pair of fingerless gloves. This is awesome.
(This icon has nothing to do with anything on the post, I just wanted to show it off because it amuses me.)