Been busy as hell at work lately. Damn all these people who take vacations in the summer and cause scheduling trauma for the rest of us. They got some nerve wanting to have lives
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I had a rather bizarre crack-tastic idea in the car today for a Hank McCoy Mad Scientist Extraordinaire meets Severus Snape Snarky Potions Master Extraordinaire, while both have to deal with Forge and his odd inventions. And ... I have no idea what I'd do with that. It's more the IDEA of Snape trying to deal with Hank that amuses me than that I really have any story to tell about it. (Plots are sort of required. Ha!)Aw, come on -- that's the novelist in you talking! Plots are optional! Look at my crap! Your idea sounds hysterical -- I think you oughta do it, even if it's just a drabble. Hee hee
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If I have an idea already, I can work with a deadline, but for something like a ficathon? I'm actually rather bad, so I've decided I'm not signing up for any more
Yup, that's me, too. I've only done one ficathon, and it was very hard for me. I tweaked something I was already working on, and I wasn't nuts about the result. And to be honest, I know so little about the comics that I'm very limited in what I can write about in the first place.
Which is a major accomplishment for someone whose Irish parents referred to pizza as "foreign food." Mine too! (Though my dad is Scottish and grew up in Africa, so that's a bit weird). On the other hand, now that all the kids have moved out, they happily cook up prawn laksa or lamb shish kebab, so maybe it was our fault!
As for summer vacations, just kick back and be glad that your summer doesn't line up with Christmas and New Year, the busiest time of the year! I make the rosters, and the whinging can be extreme.
Oh, man -- I hadn't even thought about that Xmas/summer thing! You're right -- we've got it easy here. I admire you for doing the schedules. I feel so bad for my boss -- she's great, but part of doing the schedule means telling people "no," and some folks get so pissy about that kind of thing. Oy.
Hee hee. The Potter thing is pretty scary, I admit. Talk about your fandom frenzies! I've read all the books, but I dunno -- I just can't get that into the whole thing. I liked the books well enough, but I have no plans to see the latest movie and I'm not in any rush to get the latest book. And I haven't gotten into HP fanfic at all, even though Min's writing it and that's pretty much a gold seal of quality.
Aiee! I guess it's not fixable?? I'm so sorry that happened to your toy, but I'm glad you warned me -- that is so totally something I would do. I'm one of those people who cannot mail letters if she has her car keys in her hand, because chances are good I'll end up tossing my keys in the mailbox and strolling to my car with a fistful of letters. Sad and scary, I know.
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Yup, that's me, too. I've only done one ficathon, and it was very hard for me. I tweaked something I was already working on, and I wasn't nuts about the result. And to be honest, I know so little about the comics that I'm very limited in what I can write about in the first place.
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Mine too! (Though my dad is Scottish and grew up in Africa, so that's a bit weird). On the other hand, now that all the kids have moved out, they happily cook up prawn laksa or lamb shish kebab, so maybe it was our fault!
As for summer vacations, just kick back and be glad that your summer doesn't line up with Christmas and New Year, the busiest time of the year! I make the rosters, and the whinging can be extreme.
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I mean, you might not be in the fandom but the explosion will be far-reaching. I suggest a survival kit and perhaps silver bullets.
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Cause I washed Ein the other day. *is sad*
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Yeah, me too with the key thing. :D
I'm just glad I was at the laundry place... and not say at home where you can't see into the washing machine.
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