- Created By Mimmi
Working 9 to 5.... kinda ^^;
This week's schedule
Monday: 6.45am - 4pm
Tuesday: 6.45am - 3.10pm (overtime after 1.30pm)
Wednesday: Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Thursday: 7am - 5pm
Friday: 11am - 6 pm(Misread the schedule ^^;)
Saturday: Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee :D
Sunday: 4pm - 8pm :o
But why are you sharing your schedule with everyone?
1) Because I feel like reveling in it 2) so people can praise me for working 3) it gives an actual reason for why I am falling behind with my commenting >.>
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Montana it is! It's far from New York and has all the requirements for fitting into the story. Now I just need to decide whether to really go through with being more thorough by picking a town/a general area or just go with Montana. Decisions!
Alright then. Because I feel guilty about not having read the latest chapter in "The Imperial Guard" by Becky, I shall try to divulge how my writing process works. Prepare yourself for something non-spectacular and boring. Don't wanna raise your expectations unnecessarily, after all >.>
I will always be anywhere but at the computer when, pokeprodnudgeslap, a scene plays out in my mind. Both characters and sceneries are always very clear. First I take a moment to focus on it, sort of like fixing your eyes on a target so it doesn't vanish while you're reaching for your camera/weapon/sketch book. Then a mad scramble for paper and pen ensues.
Sometimes my notes are detailed, including past-present-future "status" of the characters, but they may just as well be bare boned and simply describe place and characters in the scene.
This time around it happened while being in the early stages of my horrible virus sickness, strangely enough! I saw a scene (setting, character, story progression from before that moment, incredibly brief conversation) and then immediately moved onto back-tracking (moviefied example: a grown man stares at a painting and the scene gradually/swiftly changes to him as a young boy, staring at the same painting)
Once that's done I'll move to the computer, since there's no way I could write with a pen/pencil. My thoughts/decisions are all over the story and half of it would fade away before I could think about jotting anything down ^^; Plus, it removes the frustrations of editing.
On the subject of editing, if you were to look over my shoulder while this initial process occurs you'd seriously wonder if there was actually a cohesive plot behind what appears on the screen. Short paragraphs covering a page, none of them connecting to each other, duplicates of a scene when I can't decide if the original was better or the improvement will work with the rest of the rough draft, a mix of heavy detailed/polished writing and random plot points (kind of comparing Mona Lisa to a "connect the dots" with half of the image missing).
I like to work from beginning to end, ie writing the story as it plays out instead of skipping the middle part to tinker with the ending. Probably because of my obsessive-compulsive editing and how the story will change as my initial notes become more polished. That's not to say there's no flexibility, though. If my inspiration decides it wants to focus on something further ahead then obviously I'm not gonna be able to stop it, haha.
That's pretty much it :o
(Care to witness my notes for the story I'm currently working on? ^^;) And I'm now too lazy/exhausted to proofread this post!
The zzzzz's
Zzz.... I got to speak German with two sets of couples at work yesterday =) Major fun!
Zzz.... Today I managed to cut myself underneath the fingernail O_O It didn't bleed much/any, though.
Zzz.... Work has given me plenty of paid hours this week. A couple too many, in fact, since part-time (20 hours... possibly?...) is the most I'm permitted to do. Reason for it being my 50% sick-leave payment. Hopefully it won't cause me problems ^^;
Zzz.... * Sometimes I'm noted a day or two in advance or, like this morning, they call very close to when they need me to come in. Due to this quasi-unstable schedule I'm not using the rest of the day's hours to the best effect, leaving me very exhausted. I reeeeeaaaaaaaaalllllyyyyyy want to comment more (Dagger and Des's latest posts, just to mention two, because they brought up two animes I have thoughts on and would like to throw out there) but I'm guessing you guys can forgive me for the very sporadic/non-existant appearances from me? :3
Zzz.... *snuggles you all sleepily*
Bullet post
BAM - Been dizzy on and off for a week. Makes working tricky. According to a quick blood test there's nothing wrong with me, according to the patronizing doctor who waved off my problems.
(Hey Azure, if I come to NY will you give me a physical?)
BAM - I recall "The Mosquito Coast" as being a lot darker. Watching it in two parts might've jarred it for me? Or I was really young the first time I saw it so it had a greater impact on me then. "Be a man!" Ford's performance really rocked. Scarily so.
BAM - Bought a new phone today. Old one wouldn't stop vibrating after answering a call. I praise myself for keeping it a whole year after it got damaged, though. New one is a .... *checks* .... Nokia 5310 Xpress Music.
BAM - Mom took me shopping after the blood work and acquiring of phone-ness. Crazy-wonderful woman bought me clothes. We both squeezed ourselves into the changing stall, haha. I felt too wasted to try anything on in the store so I sat on a folding chair in the stall while mom held them up in front of me to make the final decision on what got bought and not. She realized what I've suffered from knowing for years. It's hard to shop for me. I require specific colors and cuts, which are rare to come by. But we managed alright today.
BAM - Not feeling well caused me to fail in being more active with commenting ;____; I hope the combined situation of feeling sick, and fretting over how things'll work out, blows over soon. Or something else will blow.
BAM - .......... Oh yeah. I suggested to dad that he build a swing set somewhere in the garden. A couple of days ago the parents presented me with a one-seat hammock thingy. It'll do.
BAM - I go sleep now. Kisses.
I hereby dub thee Title
YAlla: Speaking of rocks, we have one in our backyard that has a freakish resemblance to a head stone O.o'
Or maybe it's just in my warped mind...
TC: That I do! And my parents need money too. It doesn't sit right with me to not be able to contribute more :-/
Azure: I deny being a nice person! ... Wait. I don't. But yeah, they pretty much did a 180 and pulled finances for me and probably a lot of other people for no good reason. It's amazing how hard it is to get information out of those people -.-
Slick: Haha, that'd be awesome. Come on over and crack some skulls! I need me a stealth ninja to make things work around here.
Schultzers: They will! .... Hopefully :3
Becky: Oooooo, looks like I'm getting my own squad to take care of business the right way *cackles*
Daggeroo: Good things will come ... they're just taking their time getting around, is all!
Shaow: Bring the badass 'tude and I'll bring the targets *sneak sneak*
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Meant to post it on the 19th but my brain obviously glossed over that intention.
Shot one eye at a time since I looked cross eyed otherwise xD
Hopefully tomorrow I'm going to get more information from the Project Leader on where things stand with moneys. I'll also have a talk with the person responsible for scheduling summer temps at work. They asked me before I could get to it, which is a positive reflection on my performance I reckon, though it'll entail fiddling around with my part-time sick leave grant. Slightly worried about the possible complications that might bring about but right now I'm just going with the flow.
Other than that I NEED TO GET TO THE GYM. To build up stamina/strength for working more hours. And lose dead weight. I'm not überly attractive normally but being chunky bugs me ;_; And I miss that totally relaxed feeling after a good work out :)
Give me my money back
Give me my money back, Give me my money back, Give me my money back you [beeep] - part of a Ben Folds Five song my sister Angela played me a looooong time ago.
So...... apparently I'm supposed to work and not get any money for doing so. Starting this week. One of the two ladies from the Project that work with me got the baffling news today and alerted me about it. She said I don't have to work until this is figured out (I'm meeting with the other lady next Wednesday) but asked what I wanted to do.
My great powers of DENIAL immediately kicked in, I adopted a cheerful attitude about it all and stated that I'd do the days regardless. "Everything's hunkydory, everything'll work out, I'm not the least bit affected by the mess that's surely about to ensue, lalalalala, rainbows and unicorns!"
But let's face it, it bothers me how this came out of the blue. More than I have the energy to explain right now.
It's ironic that, aside from the Project women who fight for me (they are my warriors) and do pretty much all the work, the people who were supposed to help me with my foundation are so utterly useless and incompetent in doing their part that it's threatening to tip my delicate balance. AGAIN. Do they want to render my efforts pointless and keep me in this cycle of one step forward two blows backwards?
I know it might seem too early to feel defeated but I've had it.
*goes to sleep and tries to Phoenix Down a heavily battered fighting spirit*
