Made it to Pittsburgh!
Jan. 11th, 2008 01:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Man, I have had so much to do in the last week, I haven't had the slightest bit of time to journal about it.
Car update: Flat tire was a nail, but it was warrantied, so no cost! The body work will come in at $850. Called the woman and told her both estimates. Predictably, because the total is over $1,200, and she still hasn't got her own car fixed, she now thinks she might have to put in a claim through her insurance. Le Sigh. I really want a check. I want it so that I can apply it to the replacement for the car. Not that I don't love my Ashley! But a car that doesn't drive places reliably is just not really much good.
The reality check of the car made me reconsider reconsidering going to EyeCon. Also, no Gulf Wars this year, even if I could do it financially - schedule precludes, as it conflicts with Sound of Music.
Okay, so last night I beta'd a chapter, packed, presided over a board meeting, and *then* recorded, edited, and uploaded a 20-page fic with 10+ voices...until 2:00 AM. Took about an hour to get to sleep because of all the psyching myself up to stay awake. Alarm went off at 6, I arose at 6:30. Arrived at work at 8, worked pretty much non-stop until 4:30, at which point I hightailed it (as fast as the MBTA would take me) to the airport, got on my plane, and flew here. Thought I would sleep on the plane, but instead I typed in the longhand of chapter 11 I'd written yesterday and today, and then kept typing until they made me turn off the computer, which was only seconds after I killed a major Victim-of-the-Week, yay, go me.
Retrieved bags, waited for
grouchyoldcoot, who picked me up and drove us through torrential rain to Max and Erma's, which was closed, so we went to the Sharp Edge, had deep fried cheese and then a yummy salad, drove home, admired the progress on his kitchen, helped insert the dishwasher hose into the freshly drilled hole that Joel drilled while I was watching him do it, unpacked the suitcase FULL of his Christmas presents (both his, as in for him from me, and his as in, from him for others) that he couldn't get into his luggage while he was visiting me, and now, we're catching up on email. It's 1:15 AM! I've been up for many hours, with only about 3 1/2 hours of sleep to have started me off.
:Iz ded. Okay. Girl Genius and then brush teeth and then CRASH.
Car update: Flat tire was a nail, but it was warrantied, so no cost! The body work will come in at $850. Called the woman and told her both estimates. Predictably, because the total is over $1,200, and she still hasn't got her own car fixed, she now thinks she might have to put in a claim through her insurance. Le Sigh. I really want a check. I want it so that I can apply it to the replacement for the car. Not that I don't love my Ashley! But a car that doesn't drive places reliably is just not really much good.
The reality check of the car made me reconsider reconsidering going to EyeCon. Also, no Gulf Wars this year, even if I could do it financially - schedule precludes, as it conflicts with Sound of Music.
Okay, so last night I beta'd a chapter, packed, presided over a board meeting, and *then* recorded, edited, and uploaded a 20-page fic with 10+ voices...until 2:00 AM. Took about an hour to get to sleep because of all the psyching myself up to stay awake. Alarm went off at 6, I arose at 6:30. Arrived at work at 8, worked pretty much non-stop until 4:30, at which point I hightailed it (as fast as the MBTA would take me) to the airport, got on my plane, and flew here. Thought I would sleep on the plane, but instead I typed in the longhand of chapter 11 I'd written yesterday and today, and then kept typing until they made me turn off the computer, which was only seconds after I killed a major Victim-of-the-Week, yay, go me.
Retrieved bags, waited for
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:Iz ded. Okay. Girl Genius and then brush teeth and then CRASH.
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Date: 2008-01-11 06:56 am (UTC)You productive people daunt me like crazy, incidentally. Also I envy your Girl Genius. Stupid local comic store won't order it because, and I quote "That guy writes porn." *facepalm*
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Date: 2008-01-11 02:32 pm (UTC)http://girlgeniusonline.com/
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Date: 2008-01-11 04:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-11 03:05 pm (UTC)and hooray pittsburgh and Sharp Edge. MAN, I miss that place. Miss you too. Is it Pennsic yet?? Are you coming to War Practice?
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Date: 2008-01-11 03:22 pm (UTC)Gah, I hope so! Especially since Pennsic is up-in-the-air due to work commitments.... I really hated not being there last year, and if the show schedule I am hoping I'm in shapes up, I won't want a production in May. Plus, I'll *have* to make it out for some events to make my quota, and at that point, I hope, I'll have a different car that can make the trip.
So much to decide.
Miss you bunches!
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Date: 2008-01-11 03:10 pm (UTC)Was the cheese wrapped in bacon? Otherwise, it's not truly dietetic. :)
What's in Pittsburgh?
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Date: 2008-01-11 03:20 pm (UTC)Two rivers, many hills, the Mellon Arena, the Bodies exhibit (which is also in Boston, though the one in Pittsburgh has the advantage of having been vetted by
Oh, you mean what am I doing in Pittsburgh? Memorial service in Athens.