writing, not-writing, and random observations

Merrily the page proofs roll right along. I've found a few places where changes made during the edit did not get transferred. This happens every single damn time, and it's making me serously Cranky. Bad enough there are things I can't catch, but when they're caught, and fixed, and then dropped because someone can't be arsed to input them.... grrr.

It's therefore a needful chore, to proof the proofs. But it's cut into my writing/editing energy, damn it. I'm now behind on my read-through of the draft. I HATE falling off schedule.

On the other hand, I've gotten a lot of Life Stuff done today. That counts, right? I mean, it counts for something, on some sliding scale of not-writing...


Also determined that the felines have two goals in life: to sleep on me when I work on the sofa, and to sleep on me when I go to bed. Everything else is just Waiting. They occasionally do other things while they're waiting (mainly annoy each other and, in Boomer's case, noshing) but mostly...just waiting. When I work in the office they are very upset, because there's no way to sleep on me, in there. They have to settle for sleeping near me.


meanwhile, 'No Reservations' still rocks. Anthony B. is a loon. I laughed and drooled at the same time (except the gooeyduck. I didn't drool over that). And now I want to make Epoisse-whiz. And pop rock graham cracker crust. (no, not to go together! ewwww...hrmmm...) And gooeyduck is just...wrong. Especially as sashimi. Who first thought that was a good thing to eat?

amusements...

From Elsewhere in the Ether: new words entering the British lexicon (some of which will already be familiar to North Americans, some of which are totally new and brilliant)

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SWAMP-DONKEY-A deeply unattractive person.

TESTICULATING-Waving your arms around and talking bollocks.

BLAMESTORMING-Sitting round in a group, discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed and who was responsible.

SEAGULL MANAGER-A manager who flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps on everything and then leaves.

SALMON DAY- The experience of spending an entire day swimming upstream only to get screwed and die.

CUBE FARM- An office filled with cubicles.

SINBAD-Single income, no boyfriend and desperate.

AEROPLANE BLONDE- One who has bleached/dyed her hair but still has a 'black box'.

PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE- The fine art of whacking the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again.

GOING FOR A McSHIT- Entering a fast food restaurant with no intention of buying food, you're just going to the toilet. If challenged by a pimply staff member, your declaration to them that you will buy their food afterwards is known as a McShit with Lies.

AUSSIE KISS- Similar to a French Kiss, but given down under.

OH-NO SECOND- That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize that you've just made a BIG mistake (e.g. you've hit 'reply all').

GREYHOUND- A very short skirt, only an inch from the hare.

MONKEY BATH- A bath so hot, that when lowering yourself in, you go: "Oo! Oo! Oo! Aa! Aa! Aa!".

MYSTERY BUS- The bus that arrives at the bar on Friday night while you're in the toilet after your 10th pint, and whisks away all the unattractive people so the pub is suddenly packed with stunners when you come back in.

BEER COAT-The invisible but warm coat worn when walking home after a booze cruise at 3:00am.

PICASSO BUM- A woman whose underpants are too small for her, so she looks like she has got 4 buttocks.