So, as I am working through issues on 300 Rains, I have decided that I need to throw out a new story. And to that end I have decided to play in the Dark Realms Universe. I have finished the first chapter of a story and this should be a lot of fun, at least for me. I think the character is a hoot and should be entertaining, at least for some measures of entertaining.
First off, thank you all for the twenty responses I got and for the responses Grover got on his thread. That was very cool and gave me a warm fuzzy. I did kind of need that.
As for the surgery itself, it went great. They got the majority of the stones on both sides, easily getting the larger stones, and leaving some of the smaller, more easily passable stones. It took the full two hours to accomplish as there was a lot to do. The docs really worked hard to take care of me and do it right.
For those who have been following the saga, my kidney stone surgery is finally here. Tomorrow, at 7-730 am central time I will be having my uretoscopy. It will be a 2 hour surgery, since they have to go after stones in both kidneys and the one that has been trying to push free. Hopefully it won't be too bad. By noon I should be leaving the hospital and on my way home, where I will be drugged up and lounging around. So fun fun fun.
Thanks to the kidney stones and the two stents I have in, I am basically on bed rest and can do nothing but surf the net, watch movies, play LOTR online, read and write. So this means good things for you.
So I am watching the site and the number of fics being uploaded and I am just stunned at how damn fast things are cycling through. It seems like a story stays on the front page chart for a day and a half, on average. That is insane. That is both good and bad.
Well, the new chapter of 300 Rains is up. It is a bit longer than usual, as there were things that had to be covered. Things are certainly moving to conclusion and plot threads are tightening up. All that pretty much remains is NatGeo and the tribe. :) Should be fun.
An essay abstract I submitted for a book on Joss Whedon and Theology got accepted. I am really excited to be writing about Buddhism in the Firefly Verse. Should be a lot of fun and a good read.
My week has sucked immensely because from Tuesday until Friday I was in a VA hospital being treated for kidney stones. I had one that was moving, that was really huge and a veritable zen garden in my kidneys, just not trying to get out. I had stents put into place and they are trying to find a time to put me on the surgical schedule. Loads of fun.
...that I finished the first edit of The Amulet of Adventure. I now have no other story hanging over my head for a while. I only have school and other stories hanging over my heads for now. This means I can catch up on 300 Rains (since I found my notes as well) and other stories. It should be fun.
h'okay so... I am massively stressed because one of my classes is so stupid hard you just cannot believe it. Psychopharmacology taught by a Neurobiologist who has never taught this before is... an experience. I am learning a hell of a lot but OMG.
Okay, so I went to the zoo yesterday, which was fun. Went to the Meerkat area and I thought about the movie Fierce Creatures, where someone claimed that they were the piranha of the Serengeti. So that amused me a lot.
I am nearly done with the next bit of writing. I am about halfway done with a new Journey chapter, getting close to finished with Tea with a Serpent and am doing a good bit of editing. I am kind of sad that no other stories are firing at the moment, but that is okay. I'll get to them. I am looking forward to ending 300 Rains and a few other stories.
I am planning on getting a few more things worked on over break. This should help those who have been missing my writing. I am not sure which story is next on my list but something is going to be worked on and uploaded.
Okay... I am still moving and stuff. The semester has been pretty intense and class has been pretty intense. Thinking I was going to fail two classes can do that to you. I managed to pull off an A and a B in the two classes, so I clearly don't suck at the school thing. My GPA is really decent and that was a nice relief. Having a Grad school mentality with Undergrad classes can be problematic. ;)
Well, classes are over for the semester. That is a great relief as two classes I was taking gave me an incredible level of stress that totally sapped my creative juices. The good news is that I have a month to catch up on writing before new classes start. So I aim to have new 300 Rains, new The Journey is the Destination and hopefully some Whateley. That will be nice if I can pull that off.
I got my passport and it is all official and everything! I finally have the correct gender marker and everything! Woot!!
The only confusing thing is that it seems to only be valid for two years. This is irritating and I am not pleased with this. So I am going to call them on Monday and ask for clarification. So that is a touch irritating.
School has been keeping me pretty focused and that has gotten in the way of my writing. Not a fan of that. Just how annoying do things have to be? Really? I just want to write some in order to relax, as that helps me out a lot more than most any other type of stress relief. Granted I am a weird dork for that but I am fairly okay with that.
For those who have been following the numbers, I have finished the Tegan story. While it is only 160 pages and 56.7k words it was difficult to write for a number of reasons. But its completion means I can get back to other things that I want to finish. Now I can do more 300 Rains, Journey is the Destination, Whateley, Kim Possible and other fun stuff that is out there like Chalice and the Wand. The editing phase of this will take a bit but not be as time consumptive as the writing nor as problematic. So I am really excited to be finished.
Okay... lots of progress today. I wrote 13 pages today on the Tegan story I have been working on. So it is at 150 pages and 52+k words. Yay! That means I can soon get to other things in the near future. And once the edits are done I can get to selling it. Whee! Here's hoping that it goes well.
My dog, who I have had for almost 16 years (short by 2 mo), was put to sleep today. She was old, had trouble walking, fell over occasionally, had trouble going up and down stairs. It hurts. It hurts a lot. I have been crying over it for the last several days. This has been really difficult to deal with. So, I wanted to let you all know, because I will be out of it for a while.
Oops... I said I was going to ave a 300 Rains chapter ready for Sunday and here it is Friday and no Chapter. Well, life and school has been crazy and the edits have not been really high on my list of tasks. I fully intend to get to it and I will post it as soon as it is done regardless of the day.
The big thing holding me up in terms of several other stories is near the end of the first draft. I have three chapters left, maybe more, but the end is right there. I can finish that fairly soon and that will be great. Then I can write other stuff as I edit that, which will let me feel like I am back to writing again. Whee!
So I attempted to go to class today as I missed last Thursday and Last Tuesday, one to a migraine and one to this illness. Chi Gung, which is more meditative and has only a few actual moves actually wiped me out. So as I was panting on my way to Tai Chi, my teacher stopped me, asked how I was and sent me home. That was sweet of her.
I came home, slept and have rested quite a bit. It seems to have helped. My hopes is that I can be fine tomorrow and I will be over this. This sucked so much.
I hate being sick. I got the plague. Not the actual plague because I got vaccinated for that, but rather whatever cold variant is floating around the area. I missed class for two days, which is not acceptable and I am against that. I feel run over and it is hard to focus, which gets in the way of homework. Blech...
Of course the lack of focus also means no writing as I just want to lie here and have people or things entertain me. Maybe I need to get a dancing monkey or two... oh... Jungle Book might work for that. Sorry, random...
Just to let everyone know, I finished the next chapter of 300 Rains. I still have to go through and edit it, but basically it is done. So that means next Sunday, the usual 300 Rains posting day you all get a new chapter. I would be able to get it to you tonight but I have homework to do. Sorry folks.
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