Happy Medium

I have got to find a happy medium between too much sleep and not enough.

I slept for nine hours yesterday, then kept falling asleep while I was watching T.V. Finally, I picked up a book to read and read until 5 a.m. I think part of the problem was I was getting too comfortable and I wasn't wearing my glasses.

The glasses part sounds a little crazy, doesn't it? Well, my eyes were getting tired and I was too lazy to go get my glasses, so I'd end up closing my eyes and then of course I'd fall asleep.

I actually like my new glasses, I'm just not used to having to wear them all the time. They're lighter and they help me see better, but they don't darken like the old ones. I'm going to have to go back to the eyeglass place and get them to fix that.

Maybe if shake the cotton out of my head I'd get back in writing mode. Maybe. The 70 Days of Sweat ended with a fizzle for me. Didn't add a word to the count I had. It's making me think twice about signing up for the Nanowrimo that's coming up soon. If I couldn't write 60,000 words in 70 days, what makes me think I can write 50,000 in 30 days?

Quizzing Wednesday

Here it is, your quiz for the week.

"Through me the way into the suffering city,
Through me the way to the eternal pain,
Through me the way that runs among the lost.
Justice urged on my high artificer;
My maker was divine authority,
The highest wisdom, and the primal love.
Before me nothing but eternal things were made,
And I endure eternally.
Abandon every hope, ye who enter here."

Yes, we're all going to Hell in a handbasket. But the questions is, which level of Hell are you going to end up in?

The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Third Level of Hell!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

Level	Score
Purgatory (Repenting Believers)	Very Low
Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)	Very Low
Level 2 (Lustful)	High
Level 3 (Gluttonous)	Very High
Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)	High
Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)	Very High
Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics)	Moderate
Level 7 (Violent)	High
Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers)	Very High
Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous)	Moderate

Take the Dante's Inferno Hell Test

Time For a New One

Okay, it's a beautiful day out and I was feeling somewhat energetic (notice I said was). I was sitting here trying to decide which WIP I should work on, and was even considering having all three up, when something caught my eye.

It was the living room. The very messy living room. The one with the carpet that should be shaved. Wouldn't it be nice to work in a clean living room?

You'd think so, wouldn't you. Well I turned the vacuum cleaner on and it made a horrendously loud noise. So I tried replacing the bag - I take it as a bad sign when stuff is falling out of the opening when you take the bag off.

So, fresh bag installed, I tried again. Again, horrendous noise, no suction. Okay, maybe there was something stuck in there. So I started to try and take it apart. One minor problem - no Philips screwdriver. I have checked in every conceivible place a screw driver could hide.

Then I had a fudgesicle. Now I'm going to surf the net.

Bragging Rights

I have a very important announcement to make.

No, I didn't make a sale (I wish!) but it's something every bit as exciting. My daughter was accepted into Grad school. A couple of years from now she'll be a Master.

HA! In your face University of Manitoba!

Hard to believe someone I spawned can be that smart, isn't it?

And yes, for those of you who pay attention to the time stamp, I am posting this while at work. If only I was able to do real writing at work!

New Feature

Okay, I've decided to instigate a new feature. Quizzing Wednesdays!

Every Wednesday, I am going to give you a new quiz. Why? First, because I like quizes. And Second, because if nothing else it'll force me to update my blog at least once a week.

So . . . on to the first quiz.

In honour of Talk Like a Pirate Day, I present:

My pirate name is:

Iron Mary Rackham

A pirate's life isn't easy; it takes a tough person. That's okay with you, though, since you a tough person. You have the good fortune of having a good name, since Rackham (pronounced RACKem, not rack-ham) is one of the coolest sounding surnames for a pirate. Arr!

Get your own pirate name from piratequiz.com.
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For those rabid pirate fans out there, you can also check out the following: Pirate Links

Timing

It's 1:30 a.m. and even though I have a big block of time in front of me to do writing, I just feel blah. I want Changeling to finish writing itself. And don't even suggest using a tape recorder - tape recorders are evil. At least the sound of my voice echoing back at me is evil.

This week did not go well as far as writing goes. It wasn't so much the slacking off, it was the fact that every time I sat down to get some writing done someone or something would interrupt me and I'd never get a chance to get back at it.

I've given up trying to write in the living room. People keep expecting me to be socialable if I'm in there. Of course they tend to follow me down the hall to my office to be socialable too, but at least I can pretend I'm doing serious work in here.

Productivity Smoductivity

You know, I'm really starting to get the impression that summer time is not a good time for a writing challenge. I've got the sweating part down pat, it's the writing part that I keep having trouble with.

Just when I thought it was safe to feel like a writer . . . life intruded. Company coming, family functions, kid moving back home, change in shifts at work . . . Every time I turn around it's something.

Will this week be any better? I have no clue. Tomorrow when the daughter comes home from work I have to drive her out to one of my work friends so she can ride a horse. Don't ask, it's a long story.

Next weekend I have an anniversary party to go to in Brooklyn (Ontario, not New York). I'd pass, but it's for my sister.

I'm liking my new shift very much. I wish I tried it at the beginning of the summer. I like it so much, in fact, that I'm seriously considering keeping it for the next quarter. It took me no adjustment at all to sleeping during the day. And when I wake up I'm all ready for writing (too bad I haven't actually been doing any).

So, what do I do all night when it isn't busy at work? Well, this week I crocheted a baby blanket for a friend of the daughter's. Usually I gossip or play games. This week I'm going to start printing out sections of one of my works in progress and try doing some editing. I'll let you know how it works out.