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Saturday, November 7th, 2009
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Guys. Guys.
For my wedding two months ago, from someone, I got a $90 gift certificate for the LCBO. (That's the liquor board of Ontario... where we buy booze.) So today, after a particularly stressful day at work, I went and bought:
750 ML OF LAGAVULIN, AGED 16 YRS.
That is correct.
I am drinking it right now, neat, but with like a teaspoon of tapwater in there to open of the flavahs. It is SO DELICIOUS. It tastes like a SCOTTISH CAMPFIRE IN MY GLASS, people.
I never thought it would be something I could own for myself. I have a half-finished bottle of 12-year-old Glenfiddich which is now my "cheap scotch". And some Canadian whiskey which will now only be tolerable when mixed with ice and club soda.
*cries with happiness*
(Speaking of snooby alcohol consumption, I wish people on the Nanowrimo 20-something forum would stop saying contradictory crap like, "I like beer--Miller lite." Well, which is it? Do you like beer or Miller lite? You can't like both, you cretin.)
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Friday, November 6th, 2009
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Stolen from![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) chickadilly ... the "If I were a vampire..." meme! (Post three things you would do if you were a vampire.)
If I were a vampire, I'd accidentally bite the inside of my mouth all the time with my fangs.
If I were a vampire, I don't think I'd spend any less time outside than I already do.
If I were a vampire, I would eat people I didn't like without being that emo about it.
Also, you know, when I was your age, "memes" were something invented by Richard Dawkins and LJ didn't exist.
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Thursday, November 5th, 2009
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Guys, I am so burnt out. Nano's been great so far, but of course, I've fallen behind in word count by now and I just feel totally exhausted by the idea of writing more today. You have to put your feelings out there, you know? Your soul. And it's hard work.
The problem is that I'm busy at my regular job, and it's the wrong kind of busy. I spend my days rehearsing for concerts and practicing for rehearsals. And it's sort of put-your-heart-and-soul-into-it work too, and I just feel... I don't know. Creatively tapped out?
I just wish I could do something boring, something that doesn't matter.
Today I'm writing a scene where my main character is caught between two men she loves. And I'm also practicing Beethoven's 7th symphony. And I'm just kind of fresh out of pathos. I have no more tragedy left in me.
And because I'm so soul-tired, I just don't want to go to the trouble of writing all those words or working out the notes in those tricky 1st violin licks.
Bah.
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Monday, November 2nd, 2009
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I fucking did it, people. Day 1. 1687 words. Goal accomplished.
(The 87 made me a bit happy.)
It only took me about four and a half hours to do, not including procrastination. Oh god, I hope this gets easier. I mean, i know I'm a musician and everything, but not even I have five hours of totally free time every day for a month.
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Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
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There's a bit of a bruhaha over the H1N1 vaccine that has reminded me that some people think that you shouldn't get vaccines.
*is pro-vax*
Who's with me?
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Friday, October 2nd, 2009
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OMG GUYS. GLEE! IS A GREAT SHOW!
I just watched all 5 episodes. I love the musical numbers. I love how fast-paced the show is... they often just go and do things without explaining them. I love that kid Kurt. I even think the football-playing hero kid is cute, and I usually don't go for the American quarterback look.
I went to an arts school, and the characters of the show are true to life, if you can believe it. Yes, they're over-the-top, but musical theatre kids are totally like that.
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Thursday, October 1st, 2009
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I checked out the first two episodes of Cougar Town because it's Bill Lawrence's new show. I've always been a huge fan of Scrubs, so I though, hey, let's check it out!
Fail on Cougar Town . It may have some snappy lines, but it doesn't make you immediately know and care about the characters like Scrubs did. In fact, after two episodes, I can barely tell the characters apart. The strangely old teenager's lines could have been said by any other one of the characters on the show, and it would have worked just as well.
Thinking back to Scrubs' excellent pilot, I can remember each character being sharply drawn for us--J.D., vulnerable, self-critical, whimsical, wanting to be a good doctor, wanting to make it, wanting everyone to like him; Dr. Cox, who turns out to be the good guy, gruff, ranty, but always almost patting J.D. on the back.
What are the Cougar Town characters about? What do they want? What's their thing? I don't know. And you can't say that it's impossible to introduce characters in two episodes, because Bill Lawrence has done it before. In Scrubs.
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
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I think Jack was justified in his actions at the end of Children of Earth. There. I said it.
I don't think I would have been able to do it, but that's why he's the hero and I'm not.
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Thursday, September 24th, 2009
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I had my first lesson with my 14-year-old student today. She loves Twilight! She has read all four books and thinks they're great!
The thing is, for some reason, I was so delighted by this. I had never met a real live teenaged fan of Twilight before, and there she was, right in my living room! She has no idea what "YA" means, and she doesn't know about fantasy and sci-fi. She has started to read The Host because Stephanie Meyer wrote it. She says it's "different than Twilight".
I may have frightened her because of my enthusiasm, but I totally forgot we were having a lesson and started giving her book recs.
(Edited to add the disclaimer that I know Twilight sucks.)
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Okay, I kind of feel like some Americans should take a few minutes out of their day to look up the terms communism, socialism, and fascism on Wikipedia. Because this is getting a bit tiring.
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Monday, September 21st, 2009
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General poll--how many minutes of dishes are you supposed to do a day? I feel like, to keep up, I've been doing hours of dishes a day, and there are only two of us! Is this normal? Am I doing them wrong?
Did you realise that you have to eat, like, off of plates, three times a day, every day? WTF?
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Thursday, September 17th, 2009
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I waited until today to watch Children of Earth.
Holy shit, some serious fucking shit went down. Shit.
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Why? Why do I always volunteer to do stuff I don't want to do? What's wrong with me? It's like a compulsion. If there's a committee--any kind of committee--I have to be on it. Then I have to do a bunch of boring shit. For free. And I hate it.
The thing is, I secretly love being in control of my own little committee worlds. And I can't let someone else do the free, boring shit. Because they wouldn't do it right. Only I can do it. I must save the world.
Pity me.
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Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
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Just read Isaac Asimov's I, Robot.
What a great frigging piece of science fiction.
It was a slow buildup. It started off okay, and then halfway through the book I realised it was kicking my ass.
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Monday, September 14th, 2009
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I watched Twilight (the movie) last night. I'm quite surprised, because I went in with low, low, expectations, but it was even worse than I'd expected. There was no romance there. There was no reason for them to fall in love. She smelled good? That's why?
Also, I'm sorry to say that Robert Pattinson stunk up the screen whenever he was on it. Some of it wasn't his fault--his makeup was awful, and I think they ended up making a different movie than the one he was trying to act in. But, honestly, he was not pretty, the way he spoke was awkward, and he kept doing this weird bug-eyed thing.
Kristin Stewart, on the other hand, saved the movie. She made her awkward lines seem great, and I kind of suspect that she added extra depth to the character of Bella that doesn't even appear in the book. I felt sorry for her. She seemed like a great actress stuck in a bad movie.
To check my theory, I rented Adventureland, which also stars Kristin Stewart. Well, kids, she was great in that too. The camera loves her and the sort of awkward, boyish, ugly-pretty thing she has going on. She pulls off huge t-shirts and baggy pants. She has a low, interesting voice that hints she has troubles you can't even imagine.
Watch Adventureland.
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Monday, September 7th, 2009
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Tonight, we went out for dinner at the Mill St. Brewpub. Then me, my mother (editor) and my brother (first year physics student) came up with a totally awesome plot for a YA sci-fi trilogy.
'Cause why do fantasy when you can do sci-fi? Spaceships, aliens, dystopias, oh my!
Watch for it, coming to bookshelves near you 2014-ish. Seriously.
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Saturday, September 5th, 2009
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I've signed up for NaNoWriMo and intend to write an epic piece of fanfiction in the Avatar universe. I'm going to spend the next two months plotting and outlining, then write the whole damn thing, purely for my entertainment.
I never thought I could do something that scary and that complicated, but things just don't seem quite as scary anymore, after I completed this large project:( wedding picture... )
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Sunday, August 30th, 2009
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So I, um, got married. Wedding was the most awesome thing ever. I'll post a few pictures next week when I get them.
I will be known henceforth as Ms. Mylastname. I know it's hard to remember, but just think of the name I've always had, then keep it exactly the same, then that's my new name.
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Sunday, August 16th, 2009
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I was aiming for third place, too, like the Possum Lodge gang in the Red Green movie with their duct-tape goose. (Anyone who gets that reference is WAY too Canadian.)
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