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Thing that would be nice if I had money: a couple chairs and a little table for my patio, so I could sit out there and have a better view of the lake. I mean, that wouldn't get any of the household tasks done, but any computering I were to be doing would have to be done on the laptop, which would dramatically reduce the Internet distraction effect on my writing.

Weird Tales Magazine's Facebook photo:

How To Write A Novel

1. Think up a story.
2. Using about 80,000 words, write the story down.

Pitfalls That Get In The Way Of Writing

1. Not thinking up a story
2. Not writing down the story
3. Writing down most, but not all, of the story
4. Pissing about on the internet

Accurate.

RIGHT OKAY setting up the windowsill herb garden now. (There is no windowsill. But dammit there is going to be an herb garden.)

Sat todo tada

* = can do now
* = must do today
† = can't do yet
‡ = in progress
⁂ = shouldn't do except as rewards for other tasks accomplished
✓ = done

( health/household tasks )

( Toys class )

ten good things: no dawn, no day, I'm always in this twilight

1) Florence + the Machine. (Because this is a good things post, I am not discussing the downside here.)

2) "Fresh Cut Herbs" Yankee Candle.

3) I have a windowsill herb garden now! I mean, I don't have a windowsill so the little cedar potted-plant holder is currently sitting on my altar (the instructions say no direct sunlight until there's actual leaves, and this is a devotional exercise anyway, so the altar's the best place for it for now), but I am going to have parsley and chives and cilantro and oregano and I will be able to make BEST pasta sauces. Uh. Once I figure out the magic of spicing the tomato sauce...

4) There's a tree behind D building with lots of white flowers.

5) And several trees by the pool that are blooming in pink.

6) My apartment is slowly-but-steadily getting cleaner.

7) My outline for "Inherit the Flame"'s next draft is a thing that exists. Also a thing that is improving.

8) My friend D_Libris is moderating a panel at Mancunicon on "Queering Heroic Fantasy" starting at 8:30 local, so about twenty minutes. Obv I can't be there, but the mere existence of this panel (with my friend moderating!) makes me happy, and gods I hope someone's live-tweeting or something.

9) Oh hey my prescriptions are ready! I'ma go fetch them, and drop off a box of books at the library and grab my held book in the process, and then I will not have to miss a dose of the one pill!

10) SPRING

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Aw HELL. I forgot about National Poetry Writing Month. That also is April...

Things I wish to know: (1) When will Sailor Moon Crystal dubs be on DVD/Blu-ray? (2) When will Sailor Moon Season 3 new dubs be on DVD/Blu-ray? (3) Why am I asking these questions instead of watching these shows on Hulu?

Other things I wish to know: Why are brains?

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"Crocodiles are easy. They try to kill and eat you. People are harder. Sometimes they pretend to be your friend first." —Steve Irwin (1962–2006)

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"Hamilton [in 7 minutes] - RANGE a cappella" (Watch on YouTube)

Hamilton in seven minutes by the a cappella group RANGE. No, I don't know why I'm watching it.