Writer's Block: Looking Back
Apr. 17th, 2009 02:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
memento1It's lazy Friday. AKA my first day off work since finishing taxes. I resolve to do nothing I don't want to today.
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jesouhaite47 (you needed an invite back then!) after most of Creative had migrated here. I was 20. I was still in college, consumed by classes and papers and schoolwork. It's strange to think how different my life is now. How different I am now. Sometimes I miss the person I was then. I was certainly a lot more optimistic and secure. Haha, look at me wax nostalgic. Anyways, thanks for making the journey with me, guys.
SO, I haven't updated in a bit. Actually I've been avoiding LJ because I haven't watched Planet of the Dead yet. I want to. It's sitting on my hard drive, begging to be watched, and I probably will in the next few days, but it's been so nice having new Who to look forward to. Having that thrill of anticipation coming home from work knowing I have a new episode waiting to be watched. If the next episode isn't until Christmas, I want to enjoy the anticipation of this one while I still can.
And yesterday, work was wonderful. I did a different program for kindergartners (about insects), and again was a smashing success. Well, that may be overstating it a bit, but I was ridiculously proud of myself, and afterward a little girl came up and HUGGED me. That is, like, the best reinforcement ever. Seriously. If the animal thing doesn't work out, maybe I should look at becoming a kindergarten teacher. The kids are annoying as heck but also cute as all heck in equal measure. And they have toy dinosaurs (we amused ourselves for far too long with them before the first class arrived)! I had a bad hour upon returning to the zoo and finding I had left the cover to the cockroach tank off (stupid stupid stupid), but the day ended well as we flew birds on the lawn (there is very little cooler than having an eagle fly at you) and I finally, finally got to handle one of the macaws. I miss my parrots. So yes, GOOD DAY. *nods*
Also, Bones was ridiculously cute. Wednesday and Thursday, but especially last night. Gah, just KISS already! The angst, oh, the angst. It's even drawing me into reading fic, only to discover that some great XF writers have written in that fandom, including Tesla and Fialka.
Finally, Idol has been kinda blah. I'm rooting for Danny and Adam now, and in my opinion Matt was not worth saving. But Danny needs to step it up a bit because he hasn't been really wowing me in a while like I know he can. Okay, that's all for now. I'll be back with my thoughts on PotD soon.
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Hahahahahaha! Oh, sorry, this made me go look back at my first entry, dated October 9, 2003. I bagged an invite code off
jesouhaite47 (you needed an invite back then!) after most of Creative had migrated here. I was 20. I was still in college, consumed by classes and papers and schoolwork. It's strange to think how different my life is now. How different I am now. Sometimes I miss the person I was then. I was certainly a lot more optimistic and secure. Haha, look at me wax nostalgic. Anyways, thanks for making the journey with me, guys.SO, I haven't updated in a bit. Actually I've been avoiding LJ because I haven't watched Planet of the Dead yet. I want to. It's sitting on my hard drive, begging to be watched, and I probably will in the next few days, but it's been so nice having new Who to look forward to. Having that thrill of anticipation coming home from work knowing I have a new episode waiting to be watched. If the next episode isn't until Christmas, I want to enjoy the anticipation of this one while I still can.
And yesterday, work was wonderful. I did a different program for kindergartners (about insects), and again was a smashing success. Well, that may be overstating it a bit, but I was ridiculously proud of myself, and afterward a little girl came up and HUGGED me. That is, like, the best reinforcement ever. Seriously. If the animal thing doesn't work out, maybe I should look at becoming a kindergarten teacher. The kids are annoying as heck but also cute as all heck in equal measure. And they have toy dinosaurs (we amused ourselves for far too long with them before the first class arrived)! I had a bad hour upon returning to the zoo and finding I had left the cover to the cockroach tank off (stupid stupid stupid), but the day ended well as we flew birds on the lawn (there is very little cooler than having an eagle fly at you) and I finally, finally got to handle one of the macaws. I miss my parrots. So yes, GOOD DAY. *nods*
Also, Bones was ridiculously cute. Wednesday and Thursday, but especially last night. Gah, just KISS already! The angst, oh, the angst. It's even drawing me into reading fic, only to discover that some great XF writers have written in that fandom, including Tesla and Fialka.
Finally, Idol has been kinda blah. I'm rooting for Danny and Adam now, and in my opinion Matt was not worth saving. But Danny needs to step it up a bit because he hasn't been really wowing me in a while like I know he can. Okay, that's all for now. I'll be back with my thoughts on PotD soon.
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Date: 2009-04-17 10:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-04-17 10:56 pm (UTC)I wasn't fannish for the first three seasons of Bones, and I'm still not super into the fandom. I only get like this right after a new episode! *L*
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Date: 2009-04-17 11:51 pm (UTC)Really? I didn't know that. I have to admit I have shied away from reading Bones fic up until now out of fear that it would be all fluff and no substance. I will have to check out these two though.
Kids are fun and frustrating. I was a First Grade teacher for several years, believe it or not, and it can be very rewarding.
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Date: 2009-04-20 05:36 am (UTC)I'm always skeptical reading a new fandom's fic, because my standards are so high and I never feel they'll get the voices quite right. I've only just dipped my toes in with Bones fic, but here (http://community.livejournal.com/206_bones/494539.html)'s the Fialka fic, and here (http://tesla321.livejournal.com/tag/bones)'s Tesla's!
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Date: 2009-04-20 03:17 pm (UTC)I really enjoyed teaching and I plan on returning once my youngest hits preschool. It's important to find a good district and principal that supports their teachers. That can make all the difference in the world. I was fortunate enough to teach at a great school in the suburbs of Orlando so I'm not as jaded as most.