Hounding After Hours

That's all a year really is, though. One day after another.

And they seem to pass so quickly...

BigWords said:

We need New Year's resolutions here, guys. Either in thread, or a specific thread to deal with them. You have three days to come up with how you are gonna change (hopefully without Cronenbergian mutation sequences).

Get thinking.

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We also need reports on how we did on last year's resolutions. My year's results are up and I'll get cracking on next year's.

BigWords said:

That's all a year really is, though. One day after another.

And they seem to pass so quickly...

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Or one really long day (or night).

FOTSGreg said:

We also need reports on how we did on last year's resolutions.

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Oh gods...

I screwed up big-time on the healthy living part.
The exercise regime... didn't really work out.
I think I get a pass on the "sell stuff" as I have other things going on.
The "sort your life out" part - *sigh*

Yeah. Turns out those damn resolutions are a pain.

Oh, the one thing I DID manage (magnificently, if I do say so myself) was the planning - I have things keeping myself busy for the next year or three solid, so there's that.

FOTSGreg said:

Or one really long day (or night).

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That reminds me of a hokey old SF story about miners working on Mercury, where they find that getting their contracts renegotiated to days instead of years didn't work out well for them...

I resolved to read my TBR pile before buying any more books. Failed miserably. I read quite a few, in addition to checking stuff out from the library, but the pile itself nearly doubled in size...

(Yes, I counted.)

Rhoda Nightingale said:

I resolved to read my TBR pile before buying any more books.

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*whimpers*

Please - I don't want to think about my TBR pile...

It's 86 deep right now. Not counting ebooks. I'm literally surrounded by them.

BigWords said:

I don't think you quite get the concept of New Year's, Soapy. It is tradition.

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Fine. If I must.

But my New Year's resolutions are, what's the word?... retroactive to last October, okay. I made all the changes I need to make then. Diet, exercise, booze, caffeine (cut WAY down), um...other life sorting stuff. I'm already full swing into my New Year's resolutions.


As for reporting on last year's...
I think I did pretty well.
I read more.
I worked (a lot) less.
I focused on my kids more (could be improved a little more in 2013 though).
And I wrote a shit-ton. Like, A LOT. (I'm not sure I can improve on that in 2013, not without cutting family out entirely. )

My 2013 resolution is to just stick with all that stuff. I really shouldn't aim any higher, I'll get unstable and all wobbly and stuff and fall.

I have more unread books than that in the Edge and Adam Steele series. Then there is the kung fu stuff I have barely touched (there are a couple of series which run to over a hundred books, and I have been waiting to get the complete runs), and the hokey - though immensely fun - YA mystery stack...

"My name is Gary, and I am an addict."

I'm working on being an addict, but I have the whole year, right? Oh, wrong kind of addict... I haven't even gotten any booze for New Years! Sheesh, this whole drinking more thing isn't quite taking off as I had hoped it would.

Hi, Gary.

As addictions go, I suppose it could be worse.

hey hounds!

How is everyone?

Ally! Good to see you and Rhoda How are you?

I'm good for the most part. I have a horribly exhausting crappy job from hell that takes up all my life, but other than that I'm good.

Thanks for the Merry Christmas rep btw!

How are you?

Wow, you must've gotten a job where I work :O I'm soooo sorry.

meh...I'm rolling downhill like a snowball in hell smack dab into the new year.

And it's cold, very cold here. Every night is in the single digit. The cold is not my friend.


oh, and you're very welcome. Hope you had a good one.

My eyes have gone all wonky again. Hopefully I'll be able to do something later tonight or in the morning. But for now, I can barely see the letters on the screen. This might take a couple of days to get over.

Its freezing here too! I really hate the cold aswell. My mom thankfully got me a heating blanket for christmas! I'm lucky right now though because my bf has a fever and as sad it is that he is sick, its warm and cozy under the blankets because of him. Like sleeping with a radiator... sadly he is snoring like a bear with his stuffy nose and there is a party going on downstairs which is why I cant sleep despite how tired i am.

hmm...wonky eyes can't be good. Maybe it's too much time staring at the screen (it gives me really bad headaches) or could be the lighting, maybe?

Ally, good to hear bf's suffering is supplying comfort. I need a sick bf. But I think I'd rather have one of those heated throws. I actually have one, but I can't find the stinking cord to it.

well its the least he can do since i came over risking my own health now to take care of him. Filled him with chicken noodle soup and Motrin.

Aw...how sweet. I think I'm getting ill as well, can you swing by and bring me some nachoes?



you can't get in bed with me, though, so bring your electric blanket.

Ok! Sounds good. I'll start heating up the nachos

I'm on the rise. I feel like writing again (after an awful last 4 months in my personal life involving arrests, accusations, assault, an assault & battery, being hunted, etc, etc), but I'm coming back up. I've got a good job, an office, desk, and even my own phone line, and I'm 32 documents away from clearing a 12-inch stack of 2-6 page documents off my priority list with the deadline looming. I'm going to make that deadline and then I'll get to work on the plethora of other projects this company has been allowing to gather for at least the last 5-6 years. I've got WIPs in progress and things started/not finished that I'm finding myself eager to get back to. I've missed self-imposed deadlines, but I have a 60k word book in the FOTS series nearly ready to go, a 30k word book of Third Pulse nearly ready, 20k words on Gated, and almost 6k words on Hivers. I have at least 6 short stories in various stages of production too.

Sometime this coming year I will be resolving various legal issues and getting my DL back and buying a new car, might be moving to a better apartment, and plan to buy a new laptop, a new TV, reobtain my cable and Internet connection, eat etter, and enjoy myself more by doing more that I enjoy, but not less for others (excepting certain people who proved they didn't deserve my friendship or love).

2013's going to be a good year.

I'm having chili dogs this evening and starting a batch of ham & beans (a lot of ham, a couple cans each of southern style ranch and kidney beans, a bit of onion, some chili powder, paprika, and other seasonings).

I had Charlie's Chicken takeout last night (half a rotisserie chicken plus mashed potatoes & gravy, baked beans, and coleslaw).

For some reason, two nights in a row, I've been really nauseous. I think it has something to do with the lighting at work, staring too much at a computer screen and not giving my eyes a break.

I have to go to work now. We'll see how it goes when I come back. I might need to give the eyes a few hours rest before I can get back on. We'll see.

FOTSGreg said:

We also need reports on how we did on last year's resolutions. My year's results are up and I'll get cracking on next year's.

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I aimed for not giving up.

Kind of succeeded - I only gave up in short, sporadic bursts at a time and am wrapping up the year with ambitions of finishing the novel by the summer solstice.