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It's the moment/day of truth for my laptop. Repair Guy will probably let me know today.
*frets*
*frets*
Good morning all you morning people.
I hope this works out.
On this end. I just had a nice chat with head of personnel. Last April, they transfered me from the Juku part of the company to the high school. Nice pay increase, better hours, more days off. Good all around.
Unfortunately, one of the other foreign teachers just up and decided to quit at the last moment. Now they want me back. It looks, hopefully, that I'll be able to keep the pay increase, since it is "an emergency".
Sucks. That part of the company has horrifyingly few days off, and tends to work a later shift. This means child care will fall more heavily on my wife. I really don't wanna do that.
But, I'm still counting my blessings. I have a job. And it's a good thing when different parts of a company are fighting over who gets to keep you, right?
Debio just wants his days off.
I hope this works out.
On this end. I just had a nice chat with head of personnel. Last April, they transfered me from the Juku part of the company to the high school. Nice pay increase, better hours, more days off. Good all around.
Unfortunately, one of the other foreign teachers just up and decided to quit at the last moment. Now they want me back. It looks, hopefully, that I'll be able to keep the pay increase, since it is "an emergency".
Sucks. That part of the company has horrifyingly few days off, and tends to work a later shift. This means child care will fall more heavily on my wife. I really don't wanna do that.
But, I'm still counting my blessings. I have a job. And it's a good thing when different parts of a company are fighting over who gets to keep you, right?
Debio just wants his days off.
Isn't it, like, 4am for you?
I ate something that disagreed with me. I'm just sipping water at the moment and waiting for it to settle down.
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Fen is on daylight savings, so it's probably even worse than we suspect. Safer not to ask really. Get better soon.Isn't it, like, 4am for you?
I ate something that disagreed with me. I'm just sipping water at the moment and waiting for it to settle down.
It's nice that there's an upside, but yeah, sounds a bit tough. I hope it works out.
It'll be fine.
Too early
Is being nice to your characters a prerequisite for being a nice person? Dammit
June, I would have never taken you for a cruel person
Is being nice to your characters a prerequisite for being a nice person? Dammit
June, I would have never taken you for a cruel person
Maybe I would have thought the same, that I was just being a good writer. But my tendency to cackle maniacally as I put my heroes through the metaphorical wringer is a dead giveaway.
If only it weren't so damned FUN!
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Wait. We're not supposed top laugh maniacally?
Oh dear...
Might explain why my cats avoid me once I power up the computer to write...
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Sometimes, looking at the bright side is a good thing. We're going through a reorg at my bill-paying job as well. Of course, I go back to a supervisor I was trying to avoid when I took my present position. *sigh*
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Is being nice to your characters a prerequisite for being a nice person? Dammit
June, I would have never taken you for a cruel person
Maybe I would have thought the same, that I was just being a good writer. But my tendency to cackle maniacally as I put my heroes through the metaphorical wringer is a dead giveaway.
If only it weren't so damned FUN!
As long as it isn't me, I'm cool with that.
Anyway, characters are, or should be, already at the "Oh, SHIT!" level of the patented "Life Sucks Scale". MCs generally are at 2 or 3 levels above that.
Good Morning Gang!
Daylight saving isn't too bad for me right now. Where as I used to wake up at 4:30am my clock now reads 5:30 and I feel a little better about the lack of sleep I got. But honestly, DST is still pretty stupid. Case in point:
Yeeaah...
Now to figure out how to get a big Word doc onto my Fire so I can do this beta read I've been neglecting.
Daylight saving isn't too bad for me right now. Where as I used to wake up at 4:30am my clock now reads 5:30 and I feel a little better about the lack of sleep I got. But honestly, DST is still pretty stupid. Case in point:
Yeeaah...
Now to figure out how to get a big Word doc onto my Fire so I can do this beta read I've been neglecting.
Now to figure out how to get a big Word doc onto my Fire so I can do this beta read I've been neglecting.
Book burning aids in Betaing? Remind me not to ask you to beta anything for me.
I think we need this scale codified. With examples. Before the start of next class, please.
Book burning aids in Betaing? Remind me not to ask you to beta anything for me.
My Kindle Fire will burn your words and make them meaningless!! Muwahahaha!
This is exactly how I'm feeling write now. Maybe I need to sleep.First I need to make sure I have removed all unnecessary "there"s from my manuscript. I still have a couple left. Less than 10 now.
I think we need this scale codified. With examples. Before the start of next class, please.
I just happen to have a proposed version I am happy to put up for discussion...
The Life Sucks Scale For Characters
10: **SPLAT**
9: What did you do to my leg?!?!
8: You let him eat it????
7 : O Gods! Please put down that chainsaw! The vacuum cleaner too! Please?
6: Cancer again?
5; Pfthtth. So she left me. Is that all you got?
4: Ow!
3: I'm skilled, I'll find another job.
2: Sorry, officer I really DON'T know how those drugs got there.
1: Stop poking me. Mom! she's doing it again.
My Kindle Fire will burn your words and make them meaningless!! Muwahahaha!
Heh, no worries there. I write in a pretty spare way. I'm constantly worried that my words actually are meaningless already. So your Kindle Fire can't do any worse...
"Wait a minute, Doc. Are you telling me you built a mult-quote out of DeLorean?"
*overly-dramatic sigh*
*wishes there was an epic geek store like that nearby*
Also, Munchk1n FTW. Hi-Larious.
Quote Booked.
Also Quote Bookerferated.
Welcome to the Cantina, Pallas!
And a Twofer quote for the Quote Book.
Please.
BWA-HA-...uh, I mean, how awful.
By all things holy, yes. Our current "name" might as well be: "The Beige Oatmeal Stale Cracker of Epic Meh Whatevers".
Hey! It's Ps-
Well, hell....
Quote. BOOKED!
Confidence.
I like that.
We figured Oh, big shock Paging Dr. Obvious You don't say....
Adding to my SOP for the Zahmabie Apoxylips Survival Plan.
The two are mutally exclusive (as evidenced below).
EVIDENCE: 10s is one of the nicest people out there, but she is buh-RUTAL to her characters.
Quote Bookinated
Ep. Ic.
Morning gang.
Whut up?
*overly-dramatic sigh*
*wishes there was an epic geek store like that nearby*
Also, Munchk1n FTW. Hi-Larious.
Quote Booked.
Also Quote Bookerferated.
Welcome to the Cantina, Pallas!
And a Twofer quote for the Quote Book.
Please.
BWA-HA-...uh, I mean, how awful.
By all things holy, yes. Our current "name" might as well be: "The Beige Oatmeal Stale Cracker of Epic Meh Whatevers".
Hey! It's Ps-
Well, hell....
I knew that Boston didn't mind sausage
Is this news to you guys?
Quote. BOOKED!
Confidence.
I like that.
Adding to my SOP for the Zahmabie Apoxylips Survival Plan.
The two are mutally exclusive (as evidenced below).
Is being nice to your characters a prerequisite for being a nice person? Dammit
EVIDENCE: 10s is one of the nicest people out there, but she is buh-RUTAL to her characters.
Quote Bookinated
Ep. Ic.
Morning gang.
Whut up?
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Vacuum cleaners as an offensive weapon? Please elaborate for someone lacking the appropriate imagination *Looks at Bos* Education required please.
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