Fall 2012 – Week 10

What I did this week:

  • Scanned 8 chapters.
  • Printed, holepunched + binderized 14 chapters (had to move to a bigger binder… progress!).
  • Filled in book data for 6 books.
  • Completed 12 author bios.
  • Printed updated spreadsheet (time to return to the library).
  • Added to methods section.

Project 366 – Week 45

309/366
a lazy Sunday
reading with popcorn + tea
then a lovely nap.

310/366
the best part about
running in the rain is the
hot shower after šŸ™‚

311/366
after a year of
campaigning, the winner is…
Barack Obama!

312/366
a group of runners
doing hill repeats in the
dark at QE Park

313/366
starting to wonder
if this card is defective
chip error again

314/366
uh-oh! this weekend
I need to NaNoWriMore
and more and more and…

315/366
winter is coming
an unoriginal but true
sentiment today

Facebook!*

1. Facebook. My friend Jane, a comedy writer in Los Angeles, had been married for 22 years when her husband David abruptly left her and flew to New York. He said he was having a crisis and needed time to think. It turned out that his crisis was a rekindled relationship with his high school girlfriend with whom he had reconnected on Facebook. Jane’s first knowledge of all this was when she noticed his Facebook status suddenly change from “married” to “engaged”. In the flush of newfound romance, Davis simply skipped that that pesky middle “not in a relationship” or “divorced” step, and went right to remarriage — without informing his current wife.

—from “Top 5 Worst Ways To Find Out
Your Ex Is Getting Remarried“

In case you’re wondering if I’m ever tempted to join FB, the answer would be no.

*Imagine this said like Jerry says “Newman!” on Seinfeld.

Project 366 – Week 44

302/366
discovered I have
eight unfinished novels, not
“just” five as I’d thought

303/366
being productive
is more satisfying than
procrastination

304/366
down the hall, knocking:
tap-tap, tap-tap. “open the
door, I can hear you.”

305/366
3-something a.m.
more knocking: thud-thump thud-thump
then: “it’s the police.”

306/366
it’s November 1st
on your mark, get set, go! time
to NaNoWriMo!

307/366
you can’t call someone
a “terrible person” for be-
ing disappointed

308/366
argh, fruit flies! …and then
IĀ  recall the apricot
eye experiments…

Fall 2012 – Week 9

What I did this week:

  • Worked on Scrivener project, adding authors/books, and adding counts to headers so I can quickly see where I’m at.
  • Cleaned up spreadsheet, pared down list further, tried to pin down remaining missing birthyears (dear authors: just put your y.o.b. on your copyright page, ok? xo, me).
  • Updated WorldCat list.
  • Filled in book data for 6 books.
  • Scanned 6 chapters.
  • Made a plan for what I want to have done by the end of the year.

Fall 2012 – Week 8

What I did this week:

  • Researched recent articles. Finding the ‘search within citations’ feature of Google Scholar useful.
  • Filled in book data for 4 books.
  • Started importing research to Scrivener project — I can see how this is going to help with efficiently reading/taking notes/writing.
  • Library book sale (twice). Picked up 24 books, with 9 I think I can add to my list.
  • Also went to library + took 6 more books out. This brings the list to 37 total (more than 1/3 of the way to completion). Added all to Goodreads.
  • Futzed around with spreadsheet a bit (proper update on Monday).

Project 366 – Week 43

295/366
october twenty-
first, not bad. first time this year
I turned on the heat.

296/366
snow dusts the tops of
the mountains, outlining the
evergreens in white

297/366
my feet are frosty
a sign perhaps I should start
wearing socks again

298/366 eeeek!
cat? raccoon? no! skunk!!!
hold very still and try to
look non-threatening

299/366
oh, number 3 bus
drunk guys rambling on & on
always an adventure

300/366
just 3 weeks ago
I was still running in shorts
and now? not so much.

301/366 (overheard, on the bus)
“…I’m younger than my
niece…” “MAMA!” “…faces on TV
were getting smaller…”

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whee! I’m in the 300s!

Blogiversary

Before I run out of day, just wanted to say HEY! It’s my 10-year blogiversary today. Here’s my first post, way back on October 26, twenty-aught-two.

This is where I’m supposed to insert my obligatory remark about being an old-timer or what blogging was like back in the day. So… I think it’s telling that I wrote that I was ‘finally’ starting a blog, i.e. in no way did I think I was a pioneer; I actually thought I was behind the curve. In retrospect, obviously not. And, on the other end of things, maybe a handful of the blogs I read back then are still active. There’s a lesson in that, I’m sure šŸ˜‰

Thus to conclude this post, a quote from Dr. Seuss:

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go…

—Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

Oh, the places this blog could go…

Fall 2012 – Week 7

What I did this week:

  • Partially filled in book data for 9 books. I’ve decided to fill in just the part that requires the whole book to start. Once I get that done for all the books, I’ll do the more detailed chapter analysis. (Benefits: I’ll feel like I’m making more progress, I’ll get a big picture overview of the whole project before getting into the details, and when I’m done with the books themselves, I can go work anywhere.)
  • Figured out a much faster way to do the length-of-chapters section (yay for streamlining). Added this to methods section (which I’m trying to work on as I go).
  • Finally, I’m trying to quash the urge to read all 100 books right. now. I will never finish in a year if I do that :-/ Sorry, books.