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gwendolyngrace) wrote2008-04-15 02:19 pm
gwendolyngrace) wrote2008-04-15 02:19 pm
State of da Gwen
Many folks on my flist are in the midst of trauma - emotional, physical, job-related, loss, etc. - I may not comment individually, but know that I sympathize and I'm around if you need to unload. And I'm keeping good thoughts out there for all of y'all so that we can collectively get through to some better times.
My own angst is comparatively minor by comparison. I'm still completely at sea about replacing my car. I did a little online looking last night but it did really nothing more than convince me I have GOT to get out to some dealerships and just test drive, see what's on the lot, and such. And I hate doing that alone, but I guess alone is how it's going to have to be.
I was a t00b and realized I bought tickets to Dallas for travel exactly one week later than I need them. Feh. There should be another AirTran fare sale between now and June; I'll try to take advantage to minimize the cost of backing up the tickets by one week, while they're still more than 6 weeks out. OTOH, someone said they just found tix through Delta for even less. So, hm. I wonder if I could get tix that way, and either cancel (for credit) or change flights to something else. Any other events / trips I should plan for in the next 6 months? (ETA: Just looked and the fares went down since Sunday night. W00t! All fixed.)
Also, I'm kinda waiting on both these things because job is in the process of putting through the paperwork to bump me up from an Admin Coord to a Project Manager, which is good, because really that's what I'm doing! And the sooner that gets process, the sooner the pay goes up, which means the above expenses won't be quite as painful (I hope). Ahem. Money gods? Car gods? All y'all other gods who like to play with da Gwen? Please note: I will not be amused if you see this as an opportunity. Thanks.
Went back to AEthelmearc for an event this weekend, which was good - good to see people, good to hang out, good to know I haven't forgotten the lyrics to "Scarlet" - but brought home, as usual, just how hard it is to keep in touch with everyone when I'm not part of the culture as much anymore. Y'all help me feel connected, but man, my muse has certainly left the SCA context for the time being.
Which brings me to: Big Bang.
ACK! I'm in trouble, folks. I have a concept that involves two intertwining eras - from September 1989 to January 1990 and August/September 2007. These represent, respectively, the few months directly following the flashback events in "Something Wicked" (at least in my personal timeline!) and the period between "Bad Day at Black Rock" and "Bedtime Stories" (I keep waffling on whether it's before/after "Sin City").
My flashback stuff is being told from an outsider POV (who will still look like Mary Louise Parker); I'm trying to tell the modern casefile from Sam's perspective.
The problem? My modern Casefile SUCKS. It sucks for air. And I have fifteen days to finish this thing.
My initial thought was a case that presents like a demon, but turns out not to be. The boys come across an odd pattern where an entity (they think a demon) is joy-riding people, making them drive across the state, making them commit armed robbery or assault, and dispossessing them just in time for the cops to come and make an arrest.
There's a couple problems: the criss-crossing Ohio, for one thing, but more importantly WHY is it doing it and if it's NOT a demon, then what?
So option a. Make it a demon; they get ahead of it somehow (Ruby?) and exorcise the bugger back to Hell; b. Make it a ghost - the drive and the criminal action are part of a bizarre pattern that fits the ghost's own death / wrongful accusation / something; c. scrap this Entirely and do something that isn't so LAME I could gag.
To say nothing of the fact that I kind of wanted this case to tie in to what John was hunting (locally) back in 1989, and I have nothing on that front, either, because 1. it's an outside POV, so hard to say what he was doing; and 2. without a solid modern case, the backstory one can't really form.
So, gang - IDEAS? HELP!
My own angst is comparatively minor by comparison. I'm still completely at sea about replacing my car. I did a little online looking last night but it did really nothing more than convince me I have GOT to get out to some dealerships and just test drive, see what's on the lot, and such. And I hate doing that alone, but I guess alone is how it's going to have to be.
I was a t00b and realized I bought tickets to Dallas for travel exactly one week later than I need them. Feh. There should be another AirTran fare sale between now and June; I'll try to take advantage to minimize the cost of backing up the tickets by one week, while they're still more than 6 weeks out. OTOH, someone said they just found tix through Delta for even less. So, hm. I wonder if I could get tix that way, and either cancel (for credit) or change flights to something else. Any other events / trips I should plan for in the next 6 months? (ETA: Just looked and the fares went down since Sunday night. W00t! All fixed.)
Also, I'm kinda waiting on both these things because job is in the process of putting through the paperwork to bump me up from an Admin Coord to a Project Manager, which is good, because really that's what I'm doing! And the sooner that gets process, the sooner the pay goes up, which means the above expenses won't be quite as painful (I hope). Ahem. Money gods? Car gods? All y'all other gods who like to play with da Gwen? Please note: I will not be amused if you see this as an opportunity. Thanks.
Went back to AEthelmearc for an event this weekend, which was good - good to see people, good to hang out, good to know I haven't forgotten the lyrics to "Scarlet" - but brought home, as usual, just how hard it is to keep in touch with everyone when I'm not part of the culture as much anymore. Y'all help me feel connected, but man, my muse has certainly left the SCA context for the time being.
Which brings me to: Big Bang.
ACK! I'm in trouble, folks. I have a concept that involves two intertwining eras - from September 1989 to January 1990 and August/September 2007. These represent, respectively, the few months directly following the flashback events in "Something Wicked" (at least in my personal timeline!) and the period between "Bad Day at Black Rock" and "Bedtime Stories" (I keep waffling on whether it's before/after "Sin City").
My flashback stuff is being told from an outsider POV (who will still look like Mary Louise Parker); I'm trying to tell the modern casefile from Sam's perspective.
The problem? My modern Casefile SUCKS. It sucks for air. And I have fifteen days to finish this thing.
My initial thought was a case that presents like a demon, but turns out not to be. The boys come across an odd pattern where an entity (they think a demon) is joy-riding people, making them drive across the state, making them commit armed robbery or assault, and dispossessing them just in time for the cops to come and make an arrest.
There's a couple problems: the criss-crossing Ohio, for one thing, but more importantly WHY is it doing it and if it's NOT a demon, then what?
So option a. Make it a demon; they get ahead of it somehow (Ruby?) and exorcise the bugger back to Hell; b. Make it a ghost - the drive and the criminal action are part of a bizarre pattern that fits the ghost's own death / wrongful accusation / something; c. scrap this Entirely and do something that isn't so LAME I could gag.
To say nothing of the fact that I kind of wanted this case to tie in to what John was hunting (locally) back in 1989, and I have nothing on that front, either, because 1. it's an outside POV, so hard to say what he was doing; and 2. without a solid modern case, the backstory one can't really form.
So, gang - IDEAS? HELP!
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