Wednesday, November 18, 2015
There is TV in my immediate future!
Yeah, like this afternoon! It's ten years or more since I've had access to live TV. When we still attended church and there was a big push to get out of debt, we got rid of cable. I've never missed it much until last year when Sonshine left home and the house was super quiet. I've finally adjusted to that, but I've wanted to get back into watching NASCAR and baseball and to checking out hockey. It's also be nice to be up to date on TV shows I'm watching rather than a week or more behind.
So anyway, DH needed to upgrade our Internet connection at home and was able to secure basic cable for additional $20/$30 (we'll see how it actually shakes out). It's what I was hoping to pay anyway, so having better Internet in the bargain is a boon. Now if we could only get a WIFI device that worked consistently.
In other news, we had a storm blow through this past Monday. Tornado watch, possibly tornado warning, but no TV, so I had no idea what was going on outside except that it was blowing pretty hard and it was keeping me awake. See what my priorities are??
So when I got up Tuesday morning, I was rather surprised to see this:
I heard nothing!
Damage was only to the fence and relatively easy to fix but we gotta cut up the huge length of tree. I think we'll be hiring out!
Anyway... hope you have a great rest of the week. See you Friday!
Labels:
bad weather,
crazy weather,
sports,
TV,
watching TV
Monday, November 16, 2015
Monday, Monday...and the heat is on...
Yeah, so I missed Friday. Sorry. By the time I remembered I hadn't posted, the day was half over and I just decided to let it slide.
I mentioned several projects last week, and I have just had another one ramp up. So even more busy and now with a deadline for completing a fan fiction looming...
This weekend the words just poured out of me. I'm not sure where they're coming from but I'm not complaining. The biggest issue is that my fan fic eyes got way bigger than my time-frame eyes. The story started out as one thing and morphed into something else during the pouring out of words. Yikes. I have to have this thing submitted by the 23rd... I'm already considering asking for an extension of a few days.
See those last two lines? Those are the weekend's words.
But now it's Monday and I have all the standard Monday tasks to get done...
Hope you had a productive weekend!
Labels:
busyness,
fan fiction,
Monday,
randomness,
writing
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Happy Hump Day--
Enjoyed my second viewing of Benedict Cumberbatch's Hamlet. I caught more of the dialogue, actually understood a few more of the funny bits rather than taking my cue from Benedict, and mostly succeeded in following the plot despite the beauty that is Ben. He has these really lovely arms and I was a bit distracted while they were uncovered. I keep thinking I need to read Hamlet or at least the cliff notes to really wrap my brain around the whole thing, including the humor, so that when it is released on DVD, I'll be ready.
In other news, the weather is lovely still. Although, surprisingly, DH has even complained that he's cold. I had to close the bedroom windows and kick the heater on over the weekend. I've had moments of chilliness, but that's not unusual...
My NaNoWriMo project is coming along nicely. I'm enjoying the story and rediscovering my joy in writing. I've just over 11K words, though I'm not keeping up with the recommended daily word count and was never aiming for the 50K word goal. Could I do it? Perhaps with a bit more prepping before hand. But I've found that knowing too much about what happens makes me not want to write it.
Not sure I'm ready to dive back into pursuit of publication, either, because writing fan fiction is a unique endeavor and I love it. I don't have a lot of original stories rolling around in my head like many of writer friends do. My ideas are sparked by the characters I love from TV, books, or movies, the characters who touch something in me. So, yeah...
Well, then, time to get the day started. Have a great rest of your week. See you Friday.
Labels:
Benedict Cumberbatch,
Hamlet,
potpourri,
randomness,
writing
Monday, November 9, 2015
SHERLOCK is coming...
I love the BBC's Sherlock as most of you know. The show airs three movie-length episodes every two to three years. The next series won't be filmed until next spring and subsequently aired until 2017, but fans have been given a treat in the interim. The lead actors, Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, shot to super stardom as a result of their roles in Sherlock and have become hot acting properties. Happily they were able to carve out some earlier this year to film a one-off episode that takes our Sherlock, normally set in contemporary London, back to his time roots--Victorian England.
Not only will it be airing on TV (PBS here in the States), but also in the theaters!
So Sonshine and I will be going to see it (since he'll be in town).
Labels:
BBC,
big screen,
movie theaters,
Sherlock,
Sherlock Holmes
Friday, November 6, 2015
So...Writer Peeps!
My writing group doesn't meet in November. We used to do a retreat, but for various reasons we don't anymore. But...my lovely critique partners and me love each other so much and enjoy our after-the-meeting meetings tremendously that we've decided to get together this month anyway.
One lovely peep is opening her home tomorrow and we will gather, visit, chat, brainstorm and just enjoy each others company.
And like the many flavors of Peeps now available, we are unique and crazy and fun!
Hope you have a wonderful Friday and a great weekend.
Labels:
fun,
get together,
visiting,
writer friends
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