5 things make a post

[babarnett]

1. Thursday morning, I get up butt early to hop on a plane to Colorado with shvetufae  for Sirens.  Any chance I'll be seeing any other flisters there? (aside from the lovely ladies I'm rooming with, of course)

2. Thankfully I don't get these very often, but it always makes my brain blow up a little when you get a story comment along the lines of "I don't understand how Joe got to the store. Did he walk?  That seems like a long way to go, so I'm not sure if he would of made it there in time to run into Mary if he walked" and you're like, "Um, the first sentence of the previous paragraph says, 'Joe got in his car and drove to the store.'"

3. Not much to report on the writerly front.  This week has been spent puzzling over how to restructure chapter 2 so that it's a little more "people do stuff" and a little less "people think about stuff."  I think I'm going to move some chapter 5 bits into this earlier chapter. Then comes smoothing the seams so that the bits flow and don't seem like no more than a cut-and-paste job.

4. I generally don't post about politics and other potentially divisive topics.  I'm not saying that I don't think anyone should post about those things (many of my friends do), just that I have my reasons for not doing so.  But man, do I ever find myself muttering "What the !@#$ is wrong with people?" lately.  That is all.

5. Back to the trivial: shoes.  When a pair of shoes I love because they're both cute and comfortable finally die on me, 99% of the time I will never be able to find that particular style again.  Thankfully, today was that 1% of time when I not only found the same style again, but in my size and color of preference.  Oh happy shoe day!

Comments

[wordsrmylife.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on a happy shoe day. I don't believe I have ever had one of those.

[vegan-vulcan.livejournal.com]

OMG Vail is the prettiness. I'm in Boulder so my loyalties lie elsewhere, but I hope you get out into the nature (as well as enjoying Sirens)! The aspens are all Lothlorien-ing out right now, all golden all over the place, and the elk are I think still in their rut, so if you can go elk-viewing, you might get to hear the bugling!

[babarnett.livejournal.com]

Ooo, from that description, I hope I have a chance to get out into the nature too! I got to briefly visit Georgetown, CO several years ago during the summer, but fall in the mountains sounds even prettier.

[babarnett.livejournal.com]

I think this one was my first.

[bogwitch64.livejournal.com]

That IS a happy shoe day!

Enjoy Sirens! I really would have loved to check that one out.

[babarnett.livejournal.com]

*happy shoe dance*

This'll be my first time checking out Sirens, so here's hoping for writerly fun!

[hildebabble.livejournal.com]

Did you buy out the shoe stock?

[babarnett.livejournal.com]

Alas, there was only one pair in my size, otherwise I totally would have.

[stillnotbored.livejournal.com]

Oh...happy shoe days are rare. With luck this won't be a once in a lifetime thing.

I'm a bit jealous of you going to Sirens. I'd love to go to a long workshop like that. Maybe someday.

[babarnett.livejournal.com]

There really should be more happy shoe days to to go around for all. Here's hoping one and a writerly trip a la Sirens is in your near future!

[jtglover.livejournal.com]

Hope you have a good time at Sirens!

With you on #4. Recently I had a moment where I realized just how tired even reading about politics & related divisive topics makes me, let alone trying formulate a response. It was probably worse because I've been busy at work, but still... drains resources that could be spent otherwise.

[babarnett.livejournal.com]

drains resources that could be spent otherwise

Yes, that. And in my case, I have plenty of outlets in my non-online life to discuss and take action on the issues I feel strongly about, so I like having my LJ as this little space away from that where I can just geek about writing.