January 6th

I was away for nearly two weeks over the holidays, and although we got back on Sunday night I'd been too busy with work since then to even leave the apartment. But today I had errands to run downtown, and man -- I've lived in this city for over ten years and by all rights should be jaded by now, but every time I go out I'm reminded of how much I love beng here. I walked along Broadway toward Houston and watched the Chrysler building shine against a slate-blue sky, and I wondered how anyone could stop looking up, no matter how long they've been here.

oh hai internet! I went home for three weeks and basically fell off the grid. I hope you had wonderful holidays, etc.

Oh also, Yuletide happened! this is what I wrote. I am thinking of doing a special commentary edition~ (no really i mean it this time!). Though i guess i could start by archiving it here. You know.

Also, this is what I got, and basically it made me go: ;♥_♥;

Uh, yeah. My real life christmas presents consisted of things like an amazing knitted hat which not only has ears, (like those cat ones for small children) but a face as well. A black bear face. Ladies and gentlemen, I can wear a black bear on my head. Oh and I also got a fuji instax. that was pretty cool. I guess. (it is totally the awesomest)

I feel like my inaugural post of the decade should maybe be more interesting. On the other hand, I wouldn't want to mislead anyone.

January 5th

Of all the things I really need to work on as a freelancer, my inability to accurately estimate how long something will take me to do is WAY at the top of the list, right next to "tendency to watch entire television series in one go" and "being the slowest writer in the world." All I needed to do was reread a 23,000 word treatment and make the last round of minor changes, which I thought couldn't possibly take more than a few hours but NO -- no, it took pretty much the entire day. (Watching "Turtles Forever" probably didn't help speed-wise, but it sure as hell improved my mood. *______* <3 )

the absolute best thing about america is that they don't put fucking lettuce and tomato on every single burger.

WHY DO WE DO THIS? IT RUINS EVERYTHING.

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i need a 'lawyered' icon.

January 4th:

It's almost 5AM, and my day is finally ending -- I've finished with the major revisions on this treatment, and after I give it one last readover in the morning I'll be able to send it out and have it over and done with. The script itself will follow soon enough, but I can spare a few days to clean house and turn emsariel's home office into a bedroom. And maybe, if I'm lucky, start to settle back into working on Chronin again...which I hope I haven't forgotten how to do.

A few people on my flist (most notably emsariel) are doing this right now -- writing a minimum of three sentences in their LJs every day. I have a tendency to leave a lot of my life out of my posts here, and I have a feeling that January is going to be particularly eventful for a lot of reasons. Personally, I think I'll try to keep my posts in this series to JUST three sentences as an added exercise in concise wording, but I'll cave to rambling if it means the difference between sticking to or abandoning the experiment.

So, the first few days, to get me started:

January 1st:

I woke up in a Summerville attic room and started the day with free coffee, french toast stuffed with goat cheese and pears, and the company of good friends. We rode the commuter rail back south again, were picked up by Mom at the end of the line and treated to dinner halfway back to her house. The conversation wandered to some pretty unfortunate places, but I know she means well, and if she's going to take me out to eat the least I can do is hear out her thoughts on family planning and real estate.

January 2nd:

My first full day with the new computer, during which I retreated to the apartment over my mom's garage and cranked out some until-then-logistically-delayed freelance revisions. I think I need to spend more time going out to write at the library -- the quiet and the change in atmosphere seem to do me a lot of good, and unlike coffee shops, I don't feel obligated to pay for the privilege of sitting there. Perhaps once hoshizora is here doing the freelancer thing with me, it'll be easier to get myself up and out the door in the morning.

January 3rd:

The bus from Hyannis to Port Authority went better than it could have, but the cab ride home was a near-miss with disaster -- I left my (gift from my mom) purse in the back seat, along with my wallet and everything that entails. I spent the evening canceling cards and working myself up into a state of proper despair before my dad called to tell me that the taxi driver was trying to get in touch -- he'd found a check from my paternal grandma in the wallet, and used it to call her and start tracking me down. The driver came by to drop it off before 1AM, and thus my ludicrous history of leaving my wallet places only to have it ~*~miraculously~*~ returned to me continues.

Chinese New Year is on the 14th of February this year! Hooray! Please remember the existence of red_packet, for all your Chinese New Year fandom needs (PLEASE WRITE SOMETHING).

Please tell people that the comm exists! Please PUSH IT HARD. And then please contribute.

I am just about to watch the new Mulan movie, so MAYBE THERE'S THAT. <3

Ask me any question meme... WITH A TWIST!

Formspring is eeeeeeevil. Therefore, we must use it. Go [HERE], be anonymous, ask questions! If you feel pressure from lack of guidelines, it can be top five of a sexy nature for all I care.

Narcissism!

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Meanwhile, I am inexplicably proud of myself for not running down to lawyer school, as the reading packs were made available today. Eagerness is gross.

two new tv shows! what a good way to end one year and start another!

community

the basis of my love, in graphical form.
(i ship them.)

the thick of it

malcolm fucking tucker.
(i ship him with nicola. don't judge.)
(that cap-set was totally made by daygloparker. idk who made the community one. whatever, thanks tumblr.)

oh hey, quickly: top five new* shows of 2009
*new to me!

1. glee
2. ashes to ashes
3. mad men
4. spooks
5. wire in the blood

what up, english telly!

A by product of our Pretender marathon on Friday:

This Is Going To Get Weird, Isn't It by mah girl piecesofalice. Pretender / 30 Rock, because we were sitting on the couch, and someone said, "Kenneth as a pretender," and it was clearly destined to be amazing.

It opens like this:

It's a Tuesday when Liz Lemon thinks she sees Kenneth smoking a cigarette and swearing at a cell phone in the alley behind 30 Rockefeller.

AMAZING

Yuletide ficrecs to come.