Mental Health Day

[mousme]

I slept until 11am. I only got up because I had to phone foi_nefaste to coordinate Bubble Tea tonight. Otherwise, I might just as easily have slept another hour or five.

The migraine, thanks be to all the gods, seems finally to be gone. Excedrin and lots of sleep seem to have killed it.

I continued re-reading A Clash of Kings for a while, then spent half an hour just sitting with the cats on my lap. Really, there's nothing like having three purring cats draped over you, just being quiet. George was off wreaking havoc somewhere else. He's not especially cuddly, although he's very friendly.

Sometime this week I shall go in search of A Feast for Crows. I have heard very different reviews coming from everywhere, so I have decided to see for myself. Not that I wouldn't have read it anyway, but generally speaking I know what to expect from my friends' opinions. This time, I am in the dark. It'll be a surprise.

Today I shall attain my projected wordcount of 50,000 words. I have four and a half hours before I see foi_nefaste, so I figure that's enough time to finish, if I stop procrastinating. ;)

To my great surprise and joy, I found a shiny green bag waiting for me outside this morning, hanging on my mailbox. It is to squee! See, I've been using a green sparkly paper bag to carry my drumsticks and other percussion-related paraphernalia, but the bag was getting, well, a little battered. So it seems that karine got inspired and actually sewed me a bag yesterday! How exciting is that? w00t!

I also caved and bought new drum skins for the bass and the snare on Saturday. The bass got torn since the last gig, we're not sure how but we suspect it was a moving-related mishap aggravated by temperature changes, and the snare has been looking much the worse for wear for a while now. I shall be bringing both with me to practice on Tuesday, and then I get to figure out how to replace skins on a drum. Woo!

That's it for now, I think. Now I shall go make something to eat, and then think about writing those missing 2,000-odd words for NaNoWriMo.

Comments

[luvenditti.livejournal.com]

hi!

[ai731.livejournal.com]

I'm home from school now (3pm) so if you want to pop down to do wordcount/validation type things, feel free. I'll either be in until about 6, or all evening, depending on stuff.

[karine.livejournal.com]

Hey! I wrote a post here and it disappeared!

>:P poo on LJ...

I had said that I'm happy you like the bag, and that the bigger pocket is for your brushes, since you carry them in a tube. I also said that I can make adjustments to the bag as necessary, like repositioning the closures.

*kicks LJ for good measure*

[curtana.livejournal.com]

AFFC is very good, though it feels like half a book (probably because it is :). As long as you're prepared for the fact that only half the characters are in it, all should be well.

[joenotcharles.livejournal.com]

I'm considering waiting until Feast for Crows comes out in paperback. Partly to be ornery, partly to cut down on the wait before the *next* one comes out, but mainly because I'm out of shelf space and don't have room for another hardcover.

(...yeah, right. If that's true, why'd I buy the RPG yesterday?)

[many-angled-one.livejournal.com]

You will have to let us know if it is any good, I keep eyeing up the book myself but not sure id I want to pay that much for it, might wait until paperback.

And it's only half of the book he wrote ;-o I think he got a little carried away ont his one, lol. The word count must have been insane!!