time and relative dimension in space

So I've been pretty terrible about updating my LJ. I'm sorry. I blame Camp NaNo. (Also, deciding to do three incarnations of NaNoWriMo in one year was ... not the smartest decision I ever made.) On the plus side, I hit 50K on Better Than It Sounds tonight, so maybe I'll be able to pay more attention to my LJ now!

(Better Than It Sounds, despite having hit 50K, has not reached the end. I don't actually feel that bad about it this time because I'm not sure the BTIS 'verse has a definite ending point.)

Anyway, other things that are going on:

* It looks like SyFy is picking up Continuum for an early 2013 airing. Woo! So Americans who haven't seen it yet you will have no more excuses I expect you to watch the awesome time-travelling-cop show. Lexa Doig plays a terrorist, if you need encouragement.

* In continued Andromeda alumnae news, Lisa Ryder is going to guest star on Alphas, hell yeah! So excited. I continue to love Alphas more and more with each episode. (And continue to wish they could get Summer Glau on as a regular that would be awesome.)

* Probably everybody already knows about this, but just in case: BBC is posting "Pond Life" minisodes online as a teaser leading into Asylum Of The Daleks (only four days away omg omg omg) and they're adorable. I will pretty much never get over Eleven laying down some backing vocals. That is a thing that exists in the world.

* No link for this one, but Once Upon A Time promos have started airing! So excited for Emilie as a regular + Mulan, Aurora, Captain Hook, and ... um, everybody they've announced, really, but those are the three that have me REALLY REALLY EXCITED. Although Emilie as a series regular beats it all. EMILIE AS A SERIES REGULAR.

* I swear there was other stuff I wanted to talk about but I don't remember what any of it was. :/

Hey, it's time for another list of stuff that's largely unrelated to anything else!

► Camp NaNo isn't going any better than my first update. I've decided to drop this project for the time being and try something else. The problem is, I can't decide what to try. May attempt a new pass at the Better Than It Sounds 'verse. We'll see.

► Oh, hey, the [tos]/NHT gang is hosting a Kickstarter to raise money for a Now. Here. This. cast album! I have donated. You should, too. You know, if you're interested in a Now. Here. This. cast album. [/terrible publicist]

► New Doctor Who trailer! So excited, ughhh. Dinosaurs on a spaceship! River! A reference to the Master! Daleks! Weeping Angels! *flails all over it* PONDS. PONDS COME HERE TO ME NOW.

► Also, the OUaT DVD extras look amazing.

► The New Millennium of So You Want To Be A Wizard gets released in digital form early next week! I will never, ever give up my original hardcopies in all their inconsistently-dated glory, but I am desperately curious about how Diane Duane managed to fix the wonky timeline, so yes, I will probably be buying and reading.

► I am almost certain there is other stuff I intended to list here, but I've forgotten it now, so I'm ending the post.

☆ Some generous application of zipties later, I am now able to run my EHDs without worrying endlessly about the dog pulling cables out. Yay, zipties! Almost as useful as gaffe tape.

☆ ARD:U has updated their site with three more books. *bounces* I want them to update more regularly, man, all that time spent without those guys in my life makes me sadface.

☆ Thanks to the ~magic~ of MyCokeRewards giving me stuff for drinking as much soda as I would anyway, I am now the proud owner of some fairly nice wireless headphones. I love free stuff, it's awesome.

☆ Current DW spoilers being leaked are adorable and happymaking.

☆ Yesterday I wrote about a thousand words in Better Than It Sounds, which objectively speaking isn't that much but it got me up to the band breakup, which I have been struggling to get through for, like, a couple months. It's been a major writing block and I finally got through it and that is very yay.

♥

Endway has a third album out? How did I not know this until ten minutes ago? (They're offering it for free on their website which is nice 'cause if they were selling it I really couldn't afford to buy it right now.)

(They're also offering their first two albums for free, apparently, which doesn't affect me since I already bought them quite a while ago but still. How do these guys make money?)

Maybe this will inspire me to get more work done on Better Than It Sounds! Or maybe it won't. Who knows. Still, shiny new musics by band I like!


Also shiny: new Being Human, which I have not seen yet, but I'm excited about seeing.


The little brother has returned to school, so. Secondary TV and BBC America access are no more. On the up side, I don't have to share my quiet time during the day any more!


...I'm not sure this entry makes any sense whatsoever. o.0

Hey, won't you all be glad in a week when November is over and I talk about things besides my ridiculous novel?

Anyway. I need a throwaway LJ name. It's for a LiveJournal review of the band's first EP, and, you know, there has to be someone to post it. And possibly an appropriate community, although I think I can make a community name up more easily than a oneshot poster.

So, yes, LiveJournal name that no one's using. Or I guess you could volunteer your own if you'd like a shoutout in the Story No One But Me Will Ever Read and you think you'd be a fan of a band called 'A Good Name For A Rock Band' that records songs like 'Prophecies Are Always Right' and 'I Minored In Tropology' and 'If It's You It's Okay'.

Six-hundred-odd words shy of my word count goal for the night. Arrgh. I miss having my lead. Where did my lead go?

(Seriously, if I ever do this again I'm setting whatever story it is in a made-up time/place so that whenever I get stuck I can just go off on a worldbuilding tangent.)

(Related problem: Should be writing. Instead, updating LJ and archive-binging on Antihero for Hire. Damn you, cyberpunk webcomics.)

...trying to resist the urge to have a vaguely-plot-relevant discussion about "How exactly do we go about selling an album online anyway" into a fandom-related debate. It's January 2010! They would have seen Matt Smith in action by then, however briefly, right? Or they could argue about What Joss Whedon Should Do Next. Or webcomics. Or something. It is entirely too early in the month for me to do this.

Word Count: 17,222

...and I'm kind of blocked. :/ Liam and Michael are currently hanging out in the Aquarium discussing digital piracy of the few songs the band has released so far, and I have no clear idea what happens next. Uh. :(


Anyway. According to my flist, it is That Time Of Year again!

THE RULES
Step One:
- Make a post (public, friendslocked, filtered... whatever you're comfortable with) to your LJ. The post should contain your list of 10 holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fandom-related (fics, graphics, etc.) to medium (books, dvds, etc.) to really big (computer, house, pony!, etc.) The important thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.
- If you wish for real life things (not fics or icons), make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it's your address or just your email address where Santa (or one of his elves) could get in touch with you. [Note: Your home address is not required!]
- Also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your LJ.

Step Two:
- Surf around your friendslist (or friendsfriends, or just random journals) to see who has posted their list.

And now here's the important part: If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. Sometimes someone's trash is another's treasure, and if you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you won't use--or even know where you could get someone's dream purebred Basset Hound for free--do it.

You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf--to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not--it's your call.

There are no guarantees with this project, and no strings attached. Just...wish, and it might come true. Give, and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.



( the wishes )

If you have a wishlist posted and don't know that I've seen, please drop me a link in comments!

Word Count: 11,664.

So not much progress yet today. I like writing the nakama hanging out together, but they're hard to write, because not much happens while they're together aside from giving each other a hard time. Most of the scene so far has been devoted to establishing explicitly that Tommy is the Team Mom and Sara is the Team Dad and that the other four have never matured much past the ten-year-old stage. Blah.


iTunes Meme Stolen (belatedly) from crickets:

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Word Count: 5088

Cracked 5000 last night, which I'm happy about, but I have not been able to write yet today. :/ Of those 5088 words, most is dialogue. Much of it is bantering and/or geek culture references. Ryan has been introduced into the story (and Johnny appears to be developing a crush on him, which, weird), and the concept of the nakama has been fumblingly explained, and the band seems on track to record their first proper song as a band. Regrettably, at this point I appear to have temporarily stalled out on how to move on to the next important thing. Um.

I'm pretty sure most of what I've written so far is awful, but I'm still going forward! And that's the important part! ...right?

I should probably stop procrastinating and actually try to write.

Restructuring the whole BTIS 'verse in my head. Considering giving it a nonlinear structure (but not quite sure how that would work with the main storylines) or possibly a framing device (maybe a Behind the Music sort of thing? but who would do a BTM thing on a band that's just kind of a big deal on the Internet?) but the current structure isn't working for me. In any case, if I'm doing it for NaNo, I still have a month before I have to actually have a structure firmly in mind.

In other news, I haven't left the house in several days. I am fairly sure that most people would consider this a Bad Thing. Can I self-diagnose myself with Avoidant Personality Disorder? Because I think it might fit.

It's not like I'm actually getting anything done...despite the mental restructuring of BTIS, it's not like I'm actually writing anything. I finished backing up my music collection, which is...only important if you're crazy and OCD like me. I am considering applying as a researcher to one of those text-message-search-engine thingies because then I could earn money without leaving the house, and also I can't find any jobs I'm qualified for in my actual field. So, yeah, basically I'm not doing anything. At all.

Blah.

Um. In the 'less depressing' category...uh...I forgot I preordered the Kings DVD box set, so getting the shipping notice cheered me up a bit. Yay, Jack! I sold another book on Half.Com. There is new Glee and Dollhouse this week (right?) although no new Psych. I've got like half a dozen things being shipped to me right now...I hope they arrive soon.

Oh! And I've now been introduced to the ridiculousness that is xkcdsw. I think this is my favorite of the ones I've seen so far.

And we have chocolate chip cookies and chocolate frosting.

...I kind of fail at life a bit.