On a roll.

This is how I roll. No really, I’m gonna get down on the floor and roll around, all Homer-like.

Or not.

Issue 3 of theSteven fiction has been posted on the site. This issue introduces Steven’s progeny, Blaize. She’s as creepy as he is, with just a tad more viciousness and a penchant for retribution. She features heavily in the developing story. In fact, I’m writing as much about her as I am about Steven in the third story arc. And all thanks to .

I’m keeping the momentum going. I was able to write on both of my lunch breaks for the past two days, though they were pretty truncated. I had intended on writing yesterday after my blood donation, but first I stayed too late at work to make my donation appointment (must reschedule!) and then I had the opportunity to hang out with , so I did. Good times. Politics, semantics, extolling the virtues of mushrooms, and gaming talk. We spent far too much time in a booth at Denny’s, but isn’t that really just the way of things? The Tao of Denny’s?

Good lord, my writery posts are beginning to eclipse my random-life-update posts, horoscope posts, and quizzes. What the hell? You’d think I was focusing on being a writer or something…

Weekly Word Count – What indeed.

I know that this is a recurring theme, but I really should take my own advice more often. What would I do with myself if I finished Steven? What would I do with myself if I had two major writing projects under my belt, instead of just one? It’s definitely time to find out. I started, and finished, writing the fiction behind Issue 19 this weekend.

Not only that, but I seem to have come up with a crazy, wacky, zany idea about getting it to print. I’ve been working on this Steven idea since 2003, and the idea of it seeing print makes me all tingly. I went to bed after writing, got up the next morning -thinking about writing-. I didn’t putz around or waste time, I went straight to writing again. This is good.

I’ll be putting the next issue worth of Steven fiction up in the next day or so. If you’ve got comments about it, or any of the other stuff I’ve posted up for your reading pleasure, I’m very interested. Comments here, or posts in the Google Group would really help me improve, I think. And that’s really what I’m going for. I’m trying to be a better writer. :)

More with the random.

Chest x-ray was a success. Quick and painless has been my general experience at Sparrow, except for that one time. Anyway, in and out, and my Doc should have those nifty pictures soon, so I can make an appointment to have another sleep study done. I wonder if I should do the pics, like did. Would probably make a sweet LJ icon.

I just filled out the American Community Survey. It’s pretty strange to get a piece of mail that says YOUR RESPONSE IS REQUIRED BY LAW. Now that the U.S. Mail is a corporation instead of a governmental body, I have to wonder if the Census Bureau has to pay them for all of this heavy postage. Either way, I’m not paying for it. (The last sentence has been brought to you by Typical American Responses, Inc.)

WinAmp is kicking iTunes’ butt. I’m just sayin’.

There’s more stuff up at the writery site. For serious. I’m continuing to slap up the fiction behind the upcoming comic, lovingly entitled Steven. I’m thinking of subtitling it Schizophrenic Vampire with Delusions of Grandeur -or- Angel of Thirst. I miss those dual secondary titles from back in the day. And we wonder where literary dualism comes from. (Or do we?)

Maybe I should finish Book 3 of the Steven fiction. But, then two major projects would be completed! What would I do with myself?

Random.

My mood has tanked. Will likely be spending my time this weekend divided between:

1 – nose in book (either reading or writing)
2 – nose in screen (ow! bleeding!)
3 – nose in television (um, what?)

I have a how-to book on filing for divorce to finish reading. I have a mortgage company to wrangle with (shut up! i know they’re closed on weekends!). I have a mountain the size of a depressed robot’s brain to write. I have The Tick (live action) and the first two discs of Battlestar Galacita to watch. Great googly moogly, I have SHIT TO DO.

X-ray of my chest region. That happens tonight.

Did you know that Nerdcore Hiphop has a movie? DIDJA? Did you know that you can request that Nerdcore Rising be played at a theater near you? Perhaps you should. Just sayin’.

And while I’m on the subject of things that I’m catching up on, I -will- be at PenguiCon again this year. It looks like I’ll be on just as many panels, too. On the downside, I totally missed getting a hotel room before it filled up. Luckily, the Embassy Suites across the way are honoring the room rate, AFAIK, and are serving as the overflow hotel. If they’re anything like the Embassy Suites in Niagara Falls, they’re nice. Anyway, not only will I be there, not only will I have books, but I will have Who is the Rebuilder badge ribbons. NOT ONLY THAT, but the link on the web site will go live, and so you’ll get an actual answer to the question!

Just like with the Squirrel King (that jerk).

Okay, I’m done rambling. For now.

Another layer peeled away.

*rolls up sleeves*

Time to get to work. No more sacred avoidance. No more comfort foods or blinders or hope or rose-colored glasses. No more being soft.

Now is the time for discipline. Now is the time for forced growth. Now is the time to buckle down.

*hefts warhammer*

Yeah. Now.

Getting vampired.

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Appointment Confirmation

Dear David,
Thank you for making an appointment to give Whole Blood. We look forward to seeing you.

Appointment Details

Date: Monday, Mar 10, 2008
Time: 6:00 PM
Where: Lansing Donor Center
Address: 1729 East Saginaw Street, Lansing 48912

Home Base Update

I now have a (hopefully) more stable computer at home. It’s an old Dell desktop with a PCI wireless card. Thanks, ! If Dell decides to honor the Windows license that’s stickered on the case, I’ll be getting a restore CD soon and it’ll run Windows. If they don’t, I’ll put Ubuntu on there. Why the preference for Windows?

Work from home. There are some work apps that require it. *shrug*

Anyone have a good Transformer name for a Dell box with a black and gray case? Rounded on the corners.