sundries

[rm]

- I am so excited to fence tonight. It's been so long since I've made class twice in one week, and it always feels good to prove to folks they won't get rid of me that easily -- my incredible propensity to utterly humiliate myself entirely aside.

- I really, really, need to get strong for Sicily. It is, in a way, more an endurance issue than a strnegth issue, because these weapons just aren't that heavy, but even so, it's muscle endurance at issue, not cardio endurance.

- Still feel kind of crazy. But I also feel like it's defused a bit and is now more background noise.

- I feel productive today.

- NaNoWriMo, I know! I'm not, honestly, sure it's going to happen, but at least I'm working on the novel again.

- Speaking of, I really need to polish the little chunk I think I'm reading at the Rapidfire Reading at Philcon assuming we get it. WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON WITH PHILCON?

- In quasi non-fictional news, three weeks until book release!

- Apparently, I need to find reindeer horns for the cats for the holiday cards. They have a hard life.

- Apparently, we will also be having a holiday guest!kitten.

Comments

[n-decisive.livejournal.com]

Target has the reindeer antlers in their pet department.

Your book wouldn't happen to be the one JK Rowling's filed suit against, would it?

BTW, someone once told me that you don't become crazy until you stop worrying that you already are. :)

[rm.livejournal.com]

Nope, I am not Steve vander Ark, nor am I associated with him.

I remain at this time happily unsued.

[n-decisive.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear that. I only heard about the suit in passing, so I wasn't certain who the author was. Thank you for clarifying that for me. :)

[rm.livejournal.com]

Not a problem. It's one of those things I'm trying not to talk about because a) it gives me anxiety and b) god forbid, I do get sued (my publisher thinks it pretty unlikely) I don't need some ridiculous LJ papertrail of angst being brought into it.

[lawnrrd]

The phrase, "ridiculous LJ papertrail of angst," is for the ages.

[n-decisive.livejournal.com]

Not talking about it seems like a sensible approach, especially here.

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Guest!kitten (whose name is Belmondo, how cute) is all vaccinated/examined and is not upset or scared by other cats, so it's all good. Though his owner says if we want to do some sort of play date before to make sure no cat freaks, we can. (Though, man, how yuppie, play dates for cats). Thoughts?

[rm.livejournal.com]

I think it will probably be fine then. We'll just acclimate them slowly over a day or two. It might be nice for them to have a kitten to play with, and no cat play date is ever going to go well, because cats just hiss for the first day anyway. Tell her yes. All good.

I look forward to chronicling the adventures of guest!kitten Belmondo.

[schpahky.livejournal.com]

What's up with the guest!kitten?

[rm.livejournal.com]

One of Patty's classmates, who lent us a powerdrill, needs someone to watch her kitten over the holidays. Hence, guest!kitten.

[mneme]

Very much a muscle endurance issue, not a cardio one; my cardio endurance was crap after three years of fencing with Ray -- 1 class a week + for most of it, two SCA practices as well (because I was insane). But my thighs and forarm were pretty decent. And moving to a replica rapier (from a double-wide epee) for rapier was yet another thing in terms of muscle strength/endurance.

Sicily?

well do I have three cats for your guest kitten lineup

[newwaytowrite.livejournal.com]

you have the choice of pretty, cute or sweet.

I have been reading this weeks LJ idol writings...do you know how to vote?

Re: well do I have three cats for your guest kitten lineup

[rm.livejournal.com]

When the first vote it up, I will link it in the journal.

I will watch for the link

[newwaytowrite.livejournal.com]

I see you didn't take me up on the cat offer. I guess it intense fur-head mania for me.