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[lagilman]

The fun stuff

Okay, I thought of a bunch of you (yeah, you, windrose and Havoc) when I saw this: "Mansfield Park and Mummies"

*dies, snortling into her teacup*

Also: watching SyFy's "Alice?" Like reading Gaiman during a bad LSD trip. Extra butter on the popcorn, and you may have fun although you probably won't respect yourself in the morning. Oh, and I want me a Hatter.

The not-so-fun stuff

Y'know, never mind. I make myself read the national/international news every day but if you don't, I'm not going to harsh your mood. Yerwelcome.

The book stuff

EtA:: the copyedit for HARD MAGIC landed, due back... Monday. Errrrrk.

On the actual writing front, nailed down 2,900 new words yesterday, and we're into the first meeting between Bonnie and Wren. It's weird writing a scene you've written before, but infused with an entirely different mentality, not to mention being seen through the other side of the mirror.

Another character is starting to really get pushy about more page-time. My agent wants to know who's in charge here, me or the characters. The fact that she even has to ask is pretty much the answer right there.

The life stuff

Otherwise, my life is pretty much all about waiting: waiting for checks to arrive, waiting for people to get back to me with Y/N on projects, waiting for delivery people to arrive...

Have I mentioned recently how very bad I am about waiting?




Oh good, coffee's done. At least I'm not waiting on that any longer.

Comments

[icedrake.livejournal.com]

Which of the news headlines are you referring to? Not sure how regional I should be getting. (I listen to the news most days, so I'm pretty much inured to the gloom)

[lagilman]

Bombings and more bombings, "flexible accounting" rules for banks, people stealing Christmas trees from charity-sale lots, the fact that the EPA's ruling won't change a damn thing about how governments/corporations behave, just how they hide it, Safe Drinking Water Act violations... shall I go on?

[icedrake.livejournal.com]

Look at what's missing: No fatal plane crashes, no new wars, no nuclear tests by unpredictable dictatorships, no oil spills, no superbug outbreaks...

Remember the difference between a pessimist and an optimist? An optimist believes we live in the best of all possible worlds. A pessimist fears that may well be the case.

(on second thought, that's not a very good counter-example to your position, is it? :)

[lagilman]

er, you missed a recent oil spill, and also the second wave of H1N1?

(I'm a pragmatist -- I know we're stuck with this world, whatever one it is)

[icedrake.livejournal.com]

Looks like I did. Now I'm depressed.

[lagilman]

sowwy. :-(

[blazedglory.livejournal.com]

Also: watching SyFy's "Alice?" Like reading Gaiman during a bad LSD trip. Extra butter on the popcorn, and you may have fun although you probably won't respect yourself in the morning. Oh, and I want me a Hatter.

Knew I forgot the popcorn! And I want a Hatter, too.

[jperceval.livejournal.com]

LOVED Alice! I watched all four hours last night. I said in my own journal that if the original book was like an acid trip, this miniseries is like an acid trip on speed! ;-)

[terri-osborne.livejournal.com]

That is, quite possibly, the best summation of Alice I've seen yet.

Yeah, does any straight woman not want themselves a Hatter? I really hope this is the role that gets Potts the attention he so richly deserves outside of the UK.

I'm feeling a strong urge to make with the iconses. Need to write, but need to make with the iconses at some point.

[jperceval.livejournal.com]

I vote for iconses! *eg*

[orlacarey.livejournal.com]

I hate to be predictable but I wants me some Hatter too...

[wolfsilveroak.livejournal.com]

Also: watching SyFy's "Alice?" Like reading Gaiman during a bad LSD trip. Extra butter on the popcorn, and you may have fun although you probably won't respect yourself in the morning. Oh, and I want me a Hatter

Haven't watched it yet. Am DVR'ing it so we can watch it all at once. We're wierd, I know.

And I'll take a Hatter if he's Johnny Depp...

[icedrake.livejournal.com]

Also, look! (http://www.youtube.com/user/grlnamedlucifer) (Someone 'shipped Alice and Hatter)

Somehow, I totally missed any knowledge of this Alice. And must now watch it. I guess there's the occasional downside to not owning a TV.