Oh, Hai

I'd completely forgotten about this blog... man, this makes me wonder about other blogs I might have floating around the interwebs.

Anyway, update on life. I'm back on tweeter. I'm also reading quite a lot. You can find my ratings and the occasional review on my Goodreads profile. I'm also involved in a YA/Adult review site aptly named WhatchYAreadin?

So, that's me. What's going on with you?

Blog Rec

If you want to laugh over how the 'other side' lives, i.e., your husband, boyfriend or significant other, while you're indulging in all the Twilight stuff out there, definitely check out this blog.

Twilight Widowers Anonymous

It's hilarious! And I pimped it out on the podcast, which should have a new episode up sometime tonight.

It's Funny

I love getting the emails or PMs asking me when I'm going to update because it's funny. I feel like I'm writing all the time. True, it may not be what they're following at the moment, but I do write a lot.

A lot, a lot.

The boyfriend sat me down the other day as a sort of intervention because he felt I was spending too much time on the computer.

I didn't know how to answer him because to me, it seems like I'm always trying to catch up. Between the podcast, writing two multi-chaptered fics, the online community stuff, and keeping in touch with the friends I've made online, I AM online most of the day. Plus I listen to tons of music and watch whatever movies or television shows I've downloaded inbetween the times I'm not online. So I see where he's coming from. From his viewpoint, I'm just online. From mine, I'm clearly doing different things and never really getting anything done.

Eh.

I don't know what to cut down on, though. I thought about it all day yesterday. I love writing. Now that I've started, I find it hard to stop. Plot ideas rattle around in my head all day long. Lines I want Edward or Bella to say pop up at random times and I'll find myself hunting for a piece of paper in my car while driving so I can scribble it down before I forget it. I love doing the podcast. I love talking to Caitlin, Danielle, and Claire about this thing that has become such a big part of my life. And I love talking to/stalking the women I've met online.

But I am going to cut down... around him. That might mean I'll have to skip a podcast episode recording here or there, or be a little later on my updating, but so be it. Because I love John (that's the boyfriend, btw) and I'll push aside what makes me happy a little bit to make him happier.

It's all about compromise, right? Finding that balance. (Hah! I knew I could use it at least once in this post.) -serious time again- So if that upsets some people or makes them go into a frenzy... whatev. He's more important to me.

God, when did I get so freakin' sappy?

I'm going to write something dirty now for a friend's birthday... Later.

April?? WTH?

When did April sneak up and kick me in the ass? Not cool, April. Our friendship is over. No more enjoying your showers or looking for Easter eggs for us. We're done. You're supposed to at least let your 'friends' know when you're coming, not just show up and crash the party. Did you lose my cell number or something?

Besides my anger at April, life is... eh. Work, boyfriend, reading, podcast, occasionally writing, trying to find a balance between all that and keeping up with my friends - the list can go, but I'll stop there.

I finished Chapter 16 of 'I've Been Looking For You'. Now I'm just waiting for vjgm to validate it so I can post it over on FFn. Also working on Chapter 12 of 'Resident Geek' and outlining my Twilight Gift Exchange story so I can start working on that in between my other stuff. (Dear lord, why do I agree to more?)

We recorded episode 12 for the podcast this past Saturday, and it should be out soon. I'm really excited about this week's subject cuz we're FINALLY talking about slash! (One of my favorite subjects. Hah!)

The boyfriend's camping, starting tonight. I'm going to have three blissful nights to myself! (You'd understand that excitement if you lived with someone and you value your personal space every once in a while.) I'm hoping those nights will be spent writing and catching up with everything I need to do.

Here's to hoping!

Thank God That's Over

I finally finished writing Chapter 11 for Resident Geek. It's being looked over right now by my DnD expert, Dollegirl, and my beta, Jen, so hopefully it'll get back to me sometime tonight or tomorrow and then I'll post it for public viewing.

Personally, I'm just glad it's written. I learned so much about DnD and now I have no outlet to use it. It's kind of frustrating. I want to play just so I can use my newfound knowledge, but I certainly don't need another thing to become addicted to.

Rock, hard place.

I'm going to be taking a break for the rest of the week after I post from writing. I need a break. Besides, I've got awesome Saturday plans with my parents and boyfriend, and then the podcast to record on Sunday. And I might be the one editing it together if Caitlin is too busy with school and the play she's working on. Eek.

Later.

RG Love

So... my big news is that Resident Geek was nominated for the 'Edward you wish was your boyfriend' Bellie of the new Twilight awards, the Eddies and Bellies.

You can check out my reaction to the news in the 8th episode of the Temptation podcast. I still grin uncontrollably every time I think about it.

Let's see. What else...

I'm slowly writing the next RG chapter. But I accidentally stumbled into a new series of books from Laurell K. Hamilton, which I already read one of her series, the Anita Blake one. I started the Meredith Gentry series and just finished book 7 this morning. This is the main reason why you haven't heard from me in a while. A book or so a day takes up a lot of time. ...not that this is news to me since I've read a lot since the day I figured out what the alphabet was.

That's about all I got.

Holy Headache, Batman

I'm getting sick.

Gah!

I can feel my nasal passageway closing by the second and the headache that won't die pounding away between my temples. And what really sucks about all of this? I have to pull a 10 hour work day tomorrow.

Anyone want to trade places?

On the RG front, I found and downloaded a copy of the Player's Handbook and I'm slowly making my way through it. I have to stop every five pages or so because my head starts hurting too much. (Partly from the headache and partly because D&D is too damn confusing when you first start out.) I just thank my lucky stars that I played WoW for as long as I did and can understand the basic jest of it right away. It's the little things that drive me up a wall. Like, the three basic principles from which all over rules stem from. One) Simple rules, many exceptions. Meaning, there may be a rule that says you can't learn advanced sword skills without first learning basic skills, BUT if you're a... whatever you may innantely know advanced sword skills. Two) Specific rules beat generic rules. Basically, if there's a rule that says you can't use a power when it's charging and you have a specific rule on your arcane blast that says you can. Then you can. Three) Always round down with fractions. (This one I'm actually fine with.)

It's freakin' principles one and two that make my head spin.

So... what they're trying to say is anything can go, as long as you keep track of it and know when you can break the rules.

Which is confusing as hell to me.

Rules are rules, people. You're not supposed to have so many damn exceptions to every rule. If you do, then they shouldn't be called RULES. They should be called guidelines.

...I may feel a little strongly about this, in case you couldn't tell.

Anyhoo, the chapter is inching along. I think I'm going to focus on IBL4Y whenever I get stuck on something for RG and have to wait for Dolle to get back to me.

Oh, and the seventh episode of the podcast is up. (The one where I get interviewed. Egads!) We got some awesome graphics up on the page now. Makes us seem more legit.

I'm going to kill my internet

I swear, I am. It keeps dipping in and out. About every five seconds, it looses connection. And then gets it back. And this just keeps happening, over and over and over... and over.

GRR.

VERY frustrating.

I even tried to overcome this crappy internet connection by going to Panera Bread to use their free internet for the podcast episode recording. But Panera Bread failed me. Apparently they kill their wireless around their 'busy time' (ie, lunch time) to make the freebie lurkers move on.

Double GRR.

And I'm not kidding or exaggerating. My internet connection died while I typed this up.

Yeah... not cool.

I've been writing a little of RG's next chapter. It's pretty slow going because every new paragraph brings five to ten questions with it that I have to ask Dollegirl (my D&D expert). And there's a certain scene that comes along later in the story which will not get out of my head, so I had to write it all down. Very unusual for me to write an entire scene like that outside of the story sequence.

The boyfriend's out of town today. I miss him. *sigh*

Anyhoo, that's all I've got.