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tj_dragonbladeFor the record: I am not dead.
I just tend to withdraw and disappear under stress. Of which there has been far too much lately at work. I've been almost completely off-line for a little over two weeks, which kind of shocks me to realize. But. Things are looking up now at work; we've fallen back and re-grouped and hopefully after I take this week off and go back Monday, we can start fresh and keep things under control. Especially since I won't have any performance reviews to give for a few more months yet. (shakes head) It's not even like writing or giving the review was all that bad in actuality. But the dread of anticipation that I put myself through beforehand--it didn't help things at all. I think that may well turn out to be the worst part of this job. My people skills are sadly under-developed for the task. *siiigh*
One bit of good news, though--that WIP that I lost? I finally found free-demo software that managed to recover half of it. The first five or six paragraphs that opened it are gone, and there's a tiny chunk midway through that got eaten, and the entire final scene with Kanzeon was garbled into gibberish and will have to be re-written. But the meat of what was there has been recovered. So re-constructing it won't be quite so disheartening a task. Perhaps I'll make some progress on it this week. I'd like to. Time off would be ideal for getting some writing done. Even with the family duties to tend to.
I actually spent a little time taking an interest in television again. Reruns of Angel on Sunday nights are good. I do love the off-beat quirkiness of Joss Whedon's world. Watching Puppet!Angel kick the crap out of Spike put me in stitches. Though I've been having to ignore the crossover-bunny temptation to reincarnate Tenpou and Kenren as Giles and Spike, on a Buffy-note. Also, with the SciFi channel airing new seasons of their Friday night lineup, I'm both intrigued by the addition of Ben Browder yet wary of an SG-1 without O'Neill, and beginning to find certain characters on SG Atlantis very endearing. And quite looking forward to the promised man-to-man kiss in the coming weeks there. ^_^
...I should scan a couple of these pages from Saiyuki vol 9 for the Ukoku fans out there...
Inyx-sama, the new tat looks smashing. And I think you can definitely get away with the 'hawk. Especially if you do decide to dye it fire-engine red. ^_~
Brad, Alias--I trust the two of you are having fun. And wreaking all sorts of wonderful fic-worthy havoc. And Brad, I'll be sure to let you know when the package arrives.
Y'know...I slept 7 hours straight last night, and then 3 or 4 more on top of that. I think that's the closest I've come to a good night's rest in a very long time.
If you'll excuse me, I have a few fics to catch up on. ^_^
I just tend to withdraw and disappear under stress. Of which there has been far too much lately at work. I've been almost completely off-line for a little over two weeks, which kind of shocks me to realize. But. Things are looking up now at work; we've fallen back and re-grouped and hopefully after I take this week off and go back Monday, we can start fresh and keep things under control. Especially since I won't have any performance reviews to give for a few more months yet. (shakes head) It's not even like writing or giving the review was all that bad in actuality. But the dread of anticipation that I put myself through beforehand--it didn't help things at all. I think that may well turn out to be the worst part of this job. My people skills are sadly under-developed for the task. *siiigh*
One bit of good news, though--that WIP that I lost? I finally found free-demo software that managed to recover half of it. The first five or six paragraphs that opened it are gone, and there's a tiny chunk midway through that got eaten, and the entire final scene with Kanzeon was garbled into gibberish and will have to be re-written. But the meat of what was there has been recovered. So re-constructing it won't be quite so disheartening a task. Perhaps I'll make some progress on it this week. I'd like to. Time off would be ideal for getting some writing done. Even with the family duties to tend to.
I actually spent a little time taking an interest in television again. Reruns of Angel on Sunday nights are good. I do love the off-beat quirkiness of Joss Whedon's world. Watching Puppet!Angel kick the crap out of Spike put me in stitches. Though I've been having to ignore the crossover-bunny temptation to reincarnate Tenpou and Kenren as Giles and Spike, on a Buffy-note. Also, with the SciFi channel airing new seasons of their Friday night lineup, I'm both intrigued by the addition of Ben Browder yet wary of an SG-1 without O'Neill, and beginning to find certain characters on SG Atlantis very endearing. And quite looking forward to the promised man-to-man kiss in the coming weeks there. ^_^
...I should scan a couple of these pages from Saiyuki vol 9 for the Ukoku fans out there...
Inyx-sama, the new tat looks smashing. And I think you can definitely get away with the 'hawk. Especially if you do decide to dye it fire-engine red. ^_~
Brad, Alias--I trust the two of you are having fun. And wreaking all sorts of wonderful fic-worthy havoc. And Brad, I'll be sure to let you know when the package arrives.
Y'know...I slept 7 hours straight last night, and then 3 or 4 more on top of that. I think that's the closest I've come to a good night's rest in a very long time.
If you'll excuse me, I have a few fics to catch up on. ^_^
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Date: 2005-07-26 05:32 am (UTC)I'm glad to hear you've got some time off! And I hope I'll see you around, I've missed you!
Though I've been having to ignore the crossover-bunny temptation to reincarnate Tenpou and Kenren as Giles and Spike, on a Buffy-note.
*blinkblink* O_o Ow my head, I think something broke...
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Date: 2005-07-26 06:13 am (UTC)*hugs* I'm sorry to hear it. I do hope it'll pass, sooner rather than later.
It is good to step back into the 'world' here, though. ^_^;
And I see you met Brad and Alias...?
Ow my head, I think something broke...
(Hands over bandages) I sympathize completely.
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Date: 2005-07-26 05:39 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2005-07-26 11:05 pm (UTC)Damn, the show has just started showing on Channel 4 over here and I'm definately going to keep watching!
I'm a bit worried about the show without O'Neil. He's such a big part of it that it's got to change so much. But Ben browder is nummy ^^;
Tenpou and Kenren reincarnated as Giles and Spike would rock! *feeds bunnies* I can really see it ^_^
Looking forward to the fic!
*hugs*
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Date: 2005-07-27 12:53 am (UTC)Mmhm! Sometime here in season 2. I'll try not to spoil. ^_^ When you say 'just started', can I assume then they're showing season 1?
Tenpou and Kenren reincarnated as Giles and Spike would rock!
Hee. Part of me thinks so, and part of me goes 'Oh lordy what are you *thinking*??' ^_^ But I keep getting random scene flashes. >_
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Date: 2005-07-27 01:37 am (UTC)Yay for random scene flashes!!