Wednesday, September 27, 2006
While flowers gaze at you
Because I apparently suck at keeping up on more than one blog at a time...
If you're interested, there are thoughts from the GG season premiere over here.
And in my real life, things are going well. I was supposed to testify in court on Monday for my accident last year, and the other lady--the drunk driver who hit me--didn't show up, so I ended up with an unexpected day off, since I'd already booked the day off work. Exciting! But seriously--how dumb can you be? She was on trial for several different charges, and just didn't show. They issued a warrant for her arrest and told me I could go, and that was that--so now, I guess I'll see if I get subpoenaed again.
Um, other than that... I'm studying for my GRE, hoping to take it on Oct 13, although I still haven't registered yet. I'm pretending to be anally organized about grad schools, but really I've just got an excel sheet made up with space for all the information that I haven't gotten yet. I think I'm down to 6 schools that I'm going to pursue further; I hope to apply to 4, I think, which will give me enough options and enough schools that hopefully one of them will take me, but it won't totally drain me in application fees and paperwork.
Of course, narrowing it down from 6 to 4 means now getting in touch with admissions advisors with my list (still being written) of questions about the program and what I'm looking for.
I feel so boring, but really, I'm busy most of the time. Still writing lots, still blogging a fair bit (but, as I said, I suck at keeping up more than one blog at a time), still watching way too much TV. Oh, and I got my car. Finally. :o) Still haven't figured out the cell phone yet, though.
I think that the weirdest thing to balance these days is... okay. Last year, when I was nannying, I was home every night, and Lourenzo was in bed by 7:30 or so, so I had my evenings free, which meant that I had a lot of time for writing, getting involved in the online GG community, and becoming part of the online fandom and community there. Now, I'm back to my old schedule of working 8 hours, then going to rehearsal, and I'm still trying to juggle everything else. Studying, writing, editing, watching TV, getting into the community, analyzing the shows, memorizing lines, etc, etc, etc. There's a lot more to juggle, and a lot of it isn't necessarily "scheduled," but it still has deadlines, of a sort.
When I'm editing someone's work, I may not have a work- or rehearsal-related deadline, but I can't sit on their story for 3 weeks until I get time. When I'm working on one of my own stories, especially a multi-chapter, I want to get them written and posted in a timely manner. When I don't get home until 10:30, though, it's more difficult to get it all done, but there's no way I'm about to give it up.
That community is as real and those friends are as real as anyone that I know "in real life," and I don't want to ease up on it--I make time for my friends in person, and I'll continue to do so online. So far... I'm staying mostly on top of things. My to-do list keeps growing, but hey; that's part of the deal, right?
Anyway. Speaking of, I've got to get back to work. I love procrastination.
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