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Dept. of Up From the Depths
She Emerges, Blinking at the Light, From Her Cave
Good lord. It's been an entire month.
And I don't think my absence did teh intarwebz much damage at all.
Still, in the spirit of potentially self-delusional belief that posting at least intermittently will keep me connected to the outer world, I'm doing just that. I haven't the slightest idea of what to write, however. Every time I think "I should post about that," or "this could be an interesting thing to post about," I'm never anywhere near my laptop and I consistently forget that I have a tiny notebook in my purse. I never got into the habit of writing thoughts down as they occur; my loss, of course.
So I'll start in the easiest possible way; with a list.
1. For the first time since starting to take part in it, back in 2021, I've accepted the fact that I'm not going to finish my NaNoWriMo novel. In fact, I'll be lucky if I get to 50 percent. I did manage to write steadily every day until last Thursday, and I'm focusing on that as a positive. I actually thought this NaNo effort would be easier, because I used part of the plot from an unwritten fic. Unfortunately, I learned that "sort of having a plot" wouldn't work for me this time. Ah, welladay, and it's nothing that will kill me, and I can continue writing the novel, or the other novel, or the novella, or the Arcane fic, or the Thirteenth Doctor-mass-crossover fic -
You get the idea. Heh.
2. I'm looking forward to having Andy, Emily, and Harlan here for Christmas. It's the first time in years that Andy will spend the day with us, and not with Emily's extended family. I'm really, really, looking forward to it. Harlan is starting to talk, he's signing, and he's in the process of becoming an even more amazing child than he already is. Bob and I have been looking at the layout of our tiny livingroom, to figure out the safest place for the Christmas tree (between Harlan and Carter, who has never seen a Christmas tree, we're expecting at least one episode of tipped over Christmas tree.) It's a wonderful challenge to undertake.
3. I'm watching The Former Guy's continuing legal fun, and celebrating with the purchase of a "Trump In Prison Orange" action figure from FCTRY. Petty of me, I know. And I'm mystified by the reported dislike of Biden by otherwise intelligent potential voters. Gah. I have retreated a bit from my previously obsessive news junkie-ism, because ... just because. I'll watch and read more as the months go on, because I can't stay away completely, but for awhile, I'm going to think about fluffy bunnies.
4. There was something else, something positive, that I wanted to add to the list, but I can't remember what it was. Oh, wait - I've moved largely over to Threads from Xitter, although I continue to chat with a Ukrainian volunteer soldier via DM on Twitter. Getting out of Xitter is a good thing. (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
elisi , I still have your "How to Mastodon" post up in one of my many tabs, and maybe I'll wind up there as well.)
5. Oh, and may I suggest that if you have space on your To Be Watched list for Netflix's Blue Eye Samurai, I think you'll be very impressed.
6. And the first Dr. Who special? I watched it and, a little to my surprise, I really liked it.
OK, I've done it! I've posted! And I'm going to post something else soon. Maybe. Go, me!
Good lord. It's been an entire month.
And I don't think my absence did teh intarwebz much damage at all.
Still, in the spirit of potentially self-delusional belief that posting at least intermittently will keep me connected to the outer world, I'm doing just that. I haven't the slightest idea of what to write, however. Every time I think "I should post about that," or "this could be an interesting thing to post about," I'm never anywhere near my laptop and I consistently forget that I have a tiny notebook in my purse. I never got into the habit of writing thoughts down as they occur; my loss, of course.
So I'll start in the easiest possible way; with a list.
1. For the first time since starting to take part in it, back in 2021, I've accepted the fact that I'm not going to finish my NaNoWriMo novel. In fact, I'll be lucky if I get to 50 percent. I did manage to write steadily every day until last Thursday, and I'm focusing on that as a positive. I actually thought this NaNo effort would be easier, because I used part of the plot from an unwritten fic. Unfortunately, I learned that "sort of having a plot" wouldn't work for me this time. Ah, welladay, and it's nothing that will kill me, and I can continue writing the novel, or the other novel, or the novella, or the Arcane fic, or the Thirteenth Doctor-mass-crossover fic -
You get the idea. Heh.
2. I'm looking forward to having Andy, Emily, and Harlan here for Christmas. It's the first time in years that Andy will spend the day with us, and not with Emily's extended family. I'm really, really, looking forward to it. Harlan is starting to talk, he's signing, and he's in the process of becoming an even more amazing child than he already is. Bob and I have been looking at the layout of our tiny livingroom, to figure out the safest place for the Christmas tree (between Harlan and Carter, who has never seen a Christmas tree, we're expecting at least one episode of tipped over Christmas tree.) It's a wonderful challenge to undertake.
3. I'm watching The Former Guy's continuing legal fun, and celebrating with the purchase of a "Trump In Prison Orange" action figure from FCTRY. Petty of me, I know. And I'm mystified by the reported dislike of Biden by otherwise intelligent potential voters. Gah. I have retreated a bit from my previously obsessive news junkie-ism, because ... just because. I'll watch and read more as the months go on, because I can't stay away completely, but for awhile, I'm going to think about fluffy bunnies.
4. There was something else, something positive, that I wanted to add to the list, but I can't remember what it was. Oh, wait - I've moved largely over to Threads from Xitter, although I continue to chat with a Ukrainian volunteer soldier via DM on Twitter. Getting out of Xitter is a good thing. (
elisi , I still have your "How to Mastodon" post up in one of my many tabs, and maybe I'll wind up there as well.)5. Oh, and may I suggest that if you have space on your To Be Watched list for Netflix's Blue Eye Samurai, I think you'll be very impressed.
6. And the first Dr. Who special? I watched it and, a little to my surprise, I really liked it.
OK, I've done it! I've posted! And I'm going to post something else soon. Maybe. Go, me!
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