Tremendulent!

Why, yes. I have had Rock Lobster stuck in my head ALL WEEK.

Write Like the Wind is on! Woo! As ever, do your best to write for at least 2 hours this weekend. I personally plan to write 3-5pm GMT on Saturday and hopefully again on Sunday, but we'll see.

I'm also trying something new. I'm trying to think of my story in terms of Acts, which is different from how I usually think about it. I usually outline the whole thing, but as I'm still feeling my way through things, I'm aiming for smaller goals. For example: Let's just get Nora into the house, make her decide to keep the house, let her meet the people who are going to become her friends and then the ghost appears.

Then I move on from there.

It's an experiment! :D

In other news, I tried haggis for the first time today! Since today is Burns' Night, my lovely co-worker, M from Edinburgh, brought some in with neeps and tatties (turnips and potatoes). It was surprisingly good. There was a lot of black pepper in it which I liked. It tastes more like lamb than beef. Which probably makes a lot of sense.

Our other co-worker read a Burns' poem in a terrible Scottish accent, however there were no drams. And considering we were at work, that's probably a good thing.

Happy Burns' Night!

HAPPY FRIDAY!

500th POST! WOOHOO! Paaaaar-ta-

No! The word 'party' will not be used as a verb in this book store! :D

As my 500th post on the LJ, I just have to say Thank you to all of you! Your comments yesterday made me feel warm and appreciated and just plain fantastic. Thank you.

SO!

Five things that are making me happy today:

1. The following quotes on writing:

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you. ~Ray Bradbury

The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say. ~Anaïs Nin

If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. ~Toni Morrison

Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It's the one and only thing you have to offer.
~ Barbara Kingsolver

We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to. ~ W. Somerset Maugham

I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die. ~ Isaac Asimov (these last two courtesy of shirleyann66)

2. The fact that this year the following movies are coming out: Jane Eyre, X-Men: First Class, Priest and Winnie the Pooh. It's gonna be a good year.

3. I'm getting new glasses on Thursday! Cute glasses!

4. I'm making progress on two of my stories.

5. The sun keeps coming out for just a few moments, but it's there.

( Pictures! )

Meme time!

Current Books: Spock’s World by Diane Duane, Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon

Current Playlist: Anything Florence and the Machine have ever done, anything made in the 1980s because the rhythm helps me write

Current Colour: Well, I’m wearing a sort of rust-coloured t-shirt

Current Drink: Cranberry juice and water

Current Food: I am watching goulash simmer as we speak

Current Favourite Show: LEVERAGE!!!! The Daily Show and I’m planning a Life re-watch.

Current Wishlist: New nice work shoes, ie brown flats of some sort, a cast-iron skillet, and since this does say wishlist, I'd love a MacBook Air .

Current Needs: Peace on Earth

Current Triumphs: Pay rise, baby!!! And I made sweet potato pancakes last night.

Current Bane of My Existence: Humidity

Current Celebrity Crush: Matt Smith’s faaaace, Karl Urban, Micheal Fassbender, Joel McHale, Aldis Hodge

Current Indulgence: Actually wearing flip-flops due to the warm weather

Current Blessing: My husband, my family, my friends

Current Slang: ‘Sup?

Current Outfit: T-shirt, blue jeans, blue flip-flops

Current Excitement: We still might be moving!!! And I think I’m going to visit family in the States this Christmas.

Current Mood: Pretty darn groovy

Monday.

That is all.

Oh and here's a fun Questions Meme borrowed from vega_ofthe_lyre

( You can never win or lose if you don't run the race )

Movie Quotes cont'

Ya'll are awesome and I've only got three quotes left!

I'll give you a couple of hints.

1. "Hey bank robber! Hey, want some advice? Next time keep the engine running." anodyna - Out of Sight

It's probably the only reason I keep giving J-Lo a chance to prove herself as an actress. I loved her in this.

3. "There was what, no one at the mutant hamster races, we only had one entry into the Madame Curie look-alike contest and he was disqualified later." shirleyann66 - Real Genius

Think 80s. Think 80s and physics.

6. "I already know an awful lot of people and until one of them dies I couldn't possibly meet anyone else." feelingdejavu - Charade

It's a classic Hitchcock, only it's not actually directed by Hitchcock.

Have fun! :D

ETA: How much do I love Jenny Crusie? A lot. That's how much. She has an irrational love for the movie Dodgeball too. This makes me happy.

I'm requesting Fast Women from the library this weekend. Did others enjoy this one?

Well, I made the Earl Grey cupcakes recommended by shaxophile. They are gorgeous! I haven't made cupcakes since I was 12! Husband has already eaten four.

I'm currently on a Robert Carlyle kick for some reason, have any of my UK flisters seen Hamish MacBeth? It looks adorable, is it worth a search to try to find episodes?

Happy Saturday everyone! Aladdin is on and I'm totally having middle school flashbacks!

Actually, I am. There is sun and it is soo pretty. And cold. No snow however. The rest of the UK appears to have it, but we don't. Yet.

I just got my yuletide draft back from my wonderful beta and she says it's good! *twirls and spins and giggles* This makes me happy beyond belief. And relieved. So amazingly relieved. *sigh*

Now, I must get cracking on my other two fic exchange stories. So, friendslist, what are some good rom-com movies/tv shows? Like in the vein of Remington Steele or Romancing the Stone. Poor husband has to work all weekend and I'm looking for fun stuff to watch as fuel for my stories. Quirky is good, as are mysteries.

Aliens is on Film4.

Husband made cornbread.

tobinfic wrote a gorgeous Mary/Marshall In Plain Sight fic.

I wrote about 1000 words for my Yuletide fic and about 500 for another fic exchange.

The sun actually shone all day today.

Twas a very good day.

Well, sort of. You know, I was told when I moved here that it only rains once in Wales, because once it starts, it doesn't stop.

They weren't wrong.

It has basically flooded all over and so I got to go home early because there is no way any of the buses or trains will be running in the near future. And I have permission if it's still flooded and awful tomorrow to work from home.

This totally makes up for yesterday's suckitude. (Know what else helped yesterday? Check out the cool McCoy/Chapel fic by velvetmouse!)

My current dilemma: take a nap (which I really want) or write (which I must). Hmmmm.

The meme.

The problem with LJ: We all think we are so close, but really we know nothing about one another. So I want you to ask me something you think you should know about me. Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about. Ask away.

Then post this in your LJ and find out what people don't know about you.

Go for it! The sun! It shines! It's so pretty.