Well, I didn't have energy to do any work on my novel right after work, and then after dinner I couldn't muster the motivation to leave the couch, Boston Legal was on, and my mom insinuated she wanted me to watch it with her, but, now after a late-night grocery shopping trip, it's time to get to work. Bottled mocha frappuccino will get me through!

Productivity

So, last night, despite lost time to restoring the internet access at home, finishing a torrent download of the Fullmetal Alchemist movie and watching it, I actually made some progress on the new book! OMGWTF I know, it's crazy thinking of me actually doing something methodical and productive, huh? It isn't like I started writing or anything, and I didn't meet the goal I set for myself earlier yesterday, but, then again I didn't know I was going to have to play house tech and play around with modem and router configurations I've never seen before, but, I did get 5 character studies written out. I want to have at least 20 before I select main characters, and 30 or more before I start writing. Tonight I'm shooting for 5 more studies and to start the basic outline, where I cover themes and goals for the story. I know some of you may be saying, "Written character studies, what the fuck?" but, it's a literary technique I learned maybe four years ago where-in you write up mini-bios on as many characters as you can, and use those as your casting for your story. For those of you who have roleplayed, and I think that's probably everyone who reads this page, it's like rolling five or six characters for each player in a game before deciding on which you want to stick with. Simple idea, huh? I have no idea why it was never discussed in any of my comp or lit classes back when I went to school, I'll have to take a creative writing class or something at CSU this summer and see if it's taught nowadays.

Anyway, there's my lunch-time rant, I know you all missed them. Now it's back to work. :P

Technology rules. i'm posting this

Technology rules. i'm posting this entry from my phone. i hate mondays. the phone is a little useful since we have no net at home

Addiction is a Bitch

And I want a cigarette so bad... I'm gonna go pace around the house for a while, maybe do pushups until I pass out or something. Addiction sucks, today is the 70th day I've been smoke free, I haven't cheated at all, not one drag, I haven't even held a smoke... but right now I'm lookin at the pile of change on my dresser trying to not go over and count it to see if there's enough for a pack of cheap smokes. This sucks, so bad.

Pre-spring Cleaning

So, I decided to quit World of Warcraft to give me more time to write and get back into photography and drawing. So, in theory, that should give me an average of 30-50 hours a week to create things with... hehe we'll see. I'm gonna get myself a toy or two. Long post later, Ron White's on the television.

Slacktastic Procrastibastard

There's only about 250, maybe 300 things I've been putting off... including updating the blog as frequently as I would like. Bit torrent is my latest best friend, but when I'm running 3 or 4 torrents in unlimited mode, loading even basic webpages takes times reminiscant of the days of 128baud modems.

This weekend was my paternal grandma's 80th birthday, as anticipated the entire clan converged on Denver and took over a quaint restaurant for the celebration. I actually had a much better time than I anticipated I would, and am glad I went. In other good news, Corrie and her family left today, so the house is once again quiet and free from 7am piano recitals and brothers-in-law.

My weekend was too short, I really don't want to go to work in the morning but I don't have any excuses to not go in. If the dog wasn't so old I might try and pick on him until he got mad enough to maul me, but, if he could get that worked up anymore he'd probably give himself a stroke or something. Guess that's just the way life goes.

Timid Woodland Critters

So, I finally ventured out of the house tonight. It was the first time I've gone out since before I went to Virginia. An old friend of mine finally taunted and pressured and hit me with enough guilt to knock me out of my little anti-social trend. Sorry I've been lax in updating things here, too, I'm not sure how closely related the two are, but I'm sure there's some corrolation. I had a great time, hung out at a coffee shop I never knew existed right in the middle of old town that was completely devoid of people I knew (aside from the friend who invited me out), which was nice because the more I think about it, the less I want to associate with almost all of my friends from the last 10 years. A few notable exceptions, Paul and Stacy, I couldn't handle not being able to call them up at any hour of the night just to ask what their plans for the weekend are. Speaking of, I really need to hang out with them, I haven't seen either for more than about 3 minutes since I left for Virginia. Ec, the guy who through repeated phone calls and sarcasm managed to get me to leave the house for somethin other than work. It's really cool that somebody here values me enough to not let me just hermit myself away, even though we hadn't hung out much in the last year or two, I hope to start seein him more regularly. And Edward, though our schedules regularly conflict, and we often disagree, I can't not like the guy. He's like a little brother to me, and as infrequently as I talk to my real younger sibling, he might as well be family. If you're a FoCo local and aren't on that extremely short list, don't assume I never want to speak to you again until you try, or, I bump in to you somewhere in town and ask you to not bother calling me. If you're reading this it isn't likely I want to sever all ties to you, I'm just tryin to get a reaction. :P

In other, slightly less melodramatic news, this weekend is my Grandma Kramer's 80th birthday, and the entire clan's coming home to celebrate. It's always such a treat seeing my extended family, I just hope I can remember everyone's name.