In Common with Humans

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• 16:58 New journal post, “Houseguest” vyrdolak1998.livejournal.com/185842.html (not for the squeamish 🙂 ) #

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I try to keep my habits very regular. I get up at the same time every day, and I like to get through my morning routines fast and efficiently so I can get to work with as little delay as possible. Yesterday morning, I got up, fed the cats, went into the laundry room and got my bath towel (it won’t dry in the bathroom), took a shower, went back into the laundry room to hang the towel back up, and only then did I see…

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My tweets from yesterday for non-Twitterers:

• 12:37 @dakiwiboid Johnny Depp *is* part Native American–Cherokee, IIRC. You can’t tell? Just look at his face, it’s so obvious! #
• 13:28 Today’s observation: there is no table so large that a cat can’t spread out enough to knock half its contents onto the floor. 🙁 #

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My tweets from yesterday for non-Twitterers:

• 12:27 In the tilting-at-windmills category, gay man sues Bible publishers for exaggerating anti-gay texts: is.gd/39AoA #
• 17:13 Exasperating to watch clueless media pundits w/ zero interest/knowledge of vamp genre speculating on reasons for current vampire fan mania #
• 17:15 If you openly admit you hate/ignore vampire fic/media, you have zip insight into people who do like it, so shut up & stick to what you know #
• 20:47 Feeling a little retro tonight–just replaced the needle stylus on my stereo turntable. Yes, you can still buy them! #
• 20:48 I was ripping & digitizing cuts from vinyl LPs for a party mix & thought the quality poorer than it should have been, needle was very old #
• 21:47 @jarien it’s a dirty job but someone’s got to do it. 🙂 HP Lovecraft sat up all night b/c a kitten fell asleep in his lap, or so tis said! #
• 00:44 Disney announces 4th PotC movie 2 B released in 2011 w/ Depp: is.gd/3aRzu I wonder what this means for Dark Shadows movie, tho? 🙁 #

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My tweets from yesterday for non-Twitterers:

• 16:09 I interviewed vampire fiction author P.N. Elrod as a tie-in to my review of her new book on Blogcritics. Interview: is.gd/37sHL #
• 19:40 Michael Pollan: high US health care costs directly related to eating habits, obesity rates. I agree w/ him 100% (NYT) is.gd/37R5k #
• 19:44 Entire Twilight series among top 10 pirated downloaded books in 2009 on BitTorrent is.gd/37Ri5 #

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As in, I have some. I spent the last five solid days finishing the edits for the next book BLUM is releasing, and I just sent the edits off to the author this morning. Whew!!! I also did mandatory chores and workouts, went to the transfer station, had a Parish Committee meeting on Monday night, baked a batch of fruit/oatmeal cookies, posted an interview to Blogcritics and did some Blogcritics follow-up. But otherwise it’s been all edit, all day, since Saturday. I couldn’t bear to take a break and run errands, so I didn’t go shopping this week yet, even just downtown. Brunch, as I call my first meal of the day, was two apples, bread and cheese because that’s all I had left in the house!

I went to Kimball’s Fruit Farm and got peaches, a yellow zucchini, a sweet red pepper and tomatoes; I got cabbage, potatoes, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, apples and a cantaloupe on special at the grocery store. I’m good for a while now!

Now it’s back to more of the big projects on my To-Do list. Most of them cannot be finished in one day (or they wouldn’t still be on the list). But I’m really making progress clearing out the backlog! Feels good, but man, I’m not going to be able to breathe until at least the end of the month.

I’m batting around a short story idea that popped into my head after something really annoying happened on Tuesday. I’m not sure if it will go anywhere, though.

My tweets from yesterday for non-Twitterers:

• 11:43 Laboring through Labor Day weekend…whew. Nose to the computer screen editing a mss. non-stop, if I’m done by Tues I’ll celebrate! #
• 11:50 Don’t believe how much publishing is changing? Read this fast overview by former publisher/agent Joni Evans (NYT): is.gd/2XzcE #

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My tweets from yesterday for non-Twitterers:

• 13:42 Wow, the house smells nice! I left the scented candle jar burning all night, oops. #
• 13:52 Very interesting piece by Cory Doctorow in Locus Online about free content & making money: is.gd/2Vsxe #
• 14:33 Reporting a sudden outbreak of mice today–cats just caught their third mouse, *inside* the house! 8-( #
• 17:07 I’m kind of surprised there aren’t more people tweeting from Dragon*Con. Maybe they’re all just too busy! #

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My tweets from yesterday for non-Twitterers:

• 13:33 My review of *Dusk* is at the top of the Blogcritics main page as an “Editor’s Pick!” *amazed stare* blogcritics.org/ #
• 15:31 Full Moon today at 11:51am local time, started day w/ a ritual, which went very well. Wine for breakfast, ew. New white musk incense, nice! #
• 16:17 Things to come? Cushing Academy (Ashburnham, MA) library goes all digital, gets rid of almost all the books! is.gd/2Tc2e #

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My tweets from yesterday for non-Twitterers:

• 12:08 You can tell fall is coming, I was almost crowded out of bed by cats last night. All summer I slept alone, but the fan is off, getting cold #
• 12:14 Do “vampire words” take up space and dilute the impact of your writing? bit.ly/17OoFP #
• 12:26 Slow news day in MA, top story on www1.whdh.com: “Lowell firefighter accused of parking in handicapped space.” I’m shocked, yes, shocked! #
• 15:01 No wonder Canadian book industry is in rough shape, *grump* Just *try* to get in touch w/ someone at Chapters/Indigo re: listing a book #
• 15:21 I got Twilight movie on DVD from the library, I have something for the next 4 cycling sessions! If I get mad at it, I’ll pedal harder 🙂 #
• 23:17 YAY! Just finished 2 more (VERY late) reviews for Blogcritics! Software & graphic novel, will post in a.m. Clears my assignments, whew! #

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