This story makes me cry for the reasons I put in my comments earlier, but she is also just too sweet for words https://abc7.com/society/family-celebrates-womans-100th-birthday-outside-nursing-home/6017604/
Here I am at work today. No indication whatsoever we will shut down (unless the president tells us to, I just don’t see it). It’s raining. We are trying to act normal as we can and laughing at the absurdity of the human race.
I went shopping at the grocery store Friday at work and was stunned at the mob scene I witnessed. The poor workers had to stay beyond their shifts to handle the madness. I have never seen anything like it. There’s a scene in the movie, Contagion, where something like that happened, and I felt like I was in some apocalyptic movie myself. I went yesterday afternoon and things were a lot calmer but they were still out of a lot of stuff like bread, paper products, cleaning stuff, and packaged foods like macaroni and cheese.
At least being at work, I was able to send my Bang story home, just in case. You never know. My office is in LA and the mayor here has shut down anything fun for the next two weeks, so, it’s best to be prepared for anything I guess.
Even my WW meetings are canceled for 3 weeks.
Anyway, I should have some time to write stuff since life is crazy. Maybe catch up on stuff at home. These are very strange times.
Got Cadet Ashayam updated and was even able to write sex. Go me. Up next, once again, is my Sound of Music AU. We’re going to get our first chapter from Prince Spock’s POV who has the Baroness (T’Pring) and Uncle Max..er..Uncle Sybock with him. Should be fun.
Plugging along on the Bang story. Chapter 2 is well on its way.
Otherwise, just going through the week. I do seem to be back on track with my eating so that’s good.
Next week we start back with the movies I think.
Nothing really exciting to report, unfortunately. Or maybe fortunately! I don’t know.
The ice plant in the neighborhood is in full bloom.
So I haven’t made any progress on the Bang Story other than the initial 1,000 words I have written. Not sure how I feel about that. TCIGTY is the acronym for the story. I think I can reveal THAT much. This Saturday is our first check-in and half of me is thinking of pulling out (no pun intended). I’m a little unmotivated.
In other news I did get updates done on a few stories and wrote a quick song related story, so all was not lost.
This week, on Wednesday, I think, I am meeting friends for happy hour. Meh. Not really in the mood. Leap Day I am going to a charity event with my sister at the local Elk’s Lodge. Also my Leap Story, Four Years Later, will be posted.
Got flashes on Wednesday and Friday. Wednesdays involves the mysterious time-traveling Spock. Fridays is a fluff piece involving TOS OMS. Something to look forward to.
In the meantime, writing-wise. I will see what I can get done this week on that Bang Story so I can make my decision.
Work is still crazy busy (nope we have not even posted the job for the third person yet).
Last week of February is upon us. Next Sunday is March. Things are looking up!
Well…my weekend didn’t go quite as I hoped as we had a friend over Sunday who basically took up the entire day. And Saturday we had errands. I should have done so much more than I did. I also way over ate. Sigh.
Got nothing done writing-wise of which I am quite ashamed. Nothing productive at all really. Double sigh.
I have two more stories that need to be updated and taken into 2020 and that’s The Mysterious One and The Fling. I will do my best to get them updated soon. But I am also trying to get March flashes done, Every Four Years Later, and actually get a good start on my T’hy’la Bang story and in all honesty I’m a little stressed about it all. Plus work…so, wish me luck.
I’ll get stuff done for you guys to read, promise. At least here if no where else.
So…I foolishly, perhaps, signed up for the T’hy’la Bang 2020. The rules are pretty brutal. I have to write a K/S fic of at least 15,000 words but preferably over 20,000. Has to be done by the end of May and posted in June. You may recall I did this one a few years back where they pair you with an artist who does art work for your fic. My story was Who Am I to Say.
I think it’s done a little differently in that I think I submit my draft which they share anonymously with artists and then they assign the artists off the pages or something. The last time was a bit of a free for all where you were left feeling like the last one chosen for PE. I think they are trying to avoid that from happening. Not sure, really. Anyway that’s not for a while because I think writers have all the way until the end of February to sign up.
And now I have to think of something. Oiye!
Apparently the other day when Simon Pegg said the new Star Trek movie would not include the AOS movie, he was right. The dude doing the movie has confirmed that it’s not related and it will be a new cast and be a return to “traditional Star Trek”, which I can only assume is yet another bash against the reboot movies.
Paramount disappoints and sucks again.
So, coming up for updates next are My Devotion, The Space in My Bed, and The Vulcan Who Fell to the Earth.
Not sure when they will appear but those are what I will be working on next.
No, I have not seen the new movie involving the “other” Star yet. Probably will next week. This week I’m seeing the Jumanji movie (Tuesday).
Got nothing else to report! Back to my boring life, I suppose with no holidays to look forward to, alas.
May you find the year kind.
Spirk (with a small dose of Pinto) 