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It's not that I really mind all this World Cup business. Like the Olympics, it's one of the few events that remind Americans that things happen outside of the United States. I know, right? Those little horns are cute. I had no idea any instrument could sound more annoying than a kazoo. You live, you learn, as they say.
First draft of the new book is coming along slowly. I've been stuck for over a day on the intro chapter from the POV of a dog. I even toyed with the idea of making it a cat instead, but I can't find a way to omit the dog and still have the narrative as varied as I want. I'll probably end up doing both, since there are gonna be plenty of characters in this little opus.
Working again. Agreed to pick up my 3rd Saturday this month. Amazing how bummed I am to be working so many Saturdays since most of the jobs I've had demanded I work EVERY Saturday, and plenty of holidays as well. We even get some bank holidays off here. Still...9-5 on a Saturday is like cutting your weekend in half. Plus it's been busy. Lots of calls but only so-so sales numbers. Thought I might have time to work on the manuscript, but as I'm leaving in 15 minutes, that seems unlikely. It's been stupidly busy for some reason.
Going to try to pop off the keys on my macbook so I can clean under them. The Internets say it's easy, so we shall see. I'm going to pop one off, clean under it then see if I can put it back. I'll start with one I don't use much, like the tilde. The combination of smoke and cat hair is slowly choking it to death, I think. I also need to buy the new protector cover for my laptop and for the inside as well. My wrist braces cause some unnecessary wear on either side of the track pad. I hate not having any money for stuff I want.
And finally, the location detector on LJ is wonky. I haven't left Ann Arbor in some time, but according to LJ I've been in Milan, Saline, Livonia, all over the place. I haven't though. And I really hope nobody who looks like me has robbed a bank in any of those places--although that could be a recipe for hilarity.
First draft of the new book is coming along slowly. I've been stuck for over a day on the intro chapter from the POV of a dog. I even toyed with the idea of making it a cat instead, but I can't find a way to omit the dog and still have the narrative as varied as I want. I'll probably end up doing both, since there are gonna be plenty of characters in this little opus.
Working again. Agreed to pick up my 3rd Saturday this month. Amazing how bummed I am to be working so many Saturdays since most of the jobs I've had demanded I work EVERY Saturday, and plenty of holidays as well. We even get some bank holidays off here. Still...9-5 on a Saturday is like cutting your weekend in half. Plus it's been busy. Lots of calls but only so-so sales numbers. Thought I might have time to work on the manuscript, but as I'm leaving in 15 minutes, that seems unlikely. It's been stupidly busy for some reason.
Going to try to pop off the keys on my macbook so I can clean under them. The Internets say it's easy, so we shall see. I'm going to pop one off, clean under it then see if I can put it back. I'll start with one I don't use much, like the tilde. The combination of smoke and cat hair is slowly choking it to death, I think. I also need to buy the new protector cover for my laptop and for the inside as well. My wrist braces cause some unnecessary wear on either side of the track pad. I hate not having any money for stuff I want.
And finally, the location detector on LJ is wonky. I haven't left Ann Arbor in some time, but according to LJ I've been in Milan, Saline, Livonia, all over the place. I haven't though. And I really hope nobody who looks like me has robbed a bank in any of those places--although that could be a recipe for hilarity.
