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January 9th, 2009

02:42 pm - Writing: Ume Dashed off in ten minutes, between calls. --- Someone brought a bucket of plums to work - 'Plums, free to good mouth'. I take three. They are ridiculously overripe, one bird-pecked, but the scent is rich and warm, and as I bite into one, juice dribbles thickly. I giggle, wiping the juice off with a hand. The phone beeps, and I quickly wipe my hands. I dash off the familiar greeting, but there is silence on the end of the line. Plum juice is still thick in my mouth, and behind the too-sweet ripeness is the tang of the pip and the firmer flesh. I lick my lips, waiting for a response, but there is none. "As you are not responding, I will have to terminate this call..."   I steal another bite of plum, revelling in the sticky syrup, and the phone beeps again. Current Mood: blah Tags: boredom, work, writing

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July 7th, 2008

09:42 pm - Hey there; long time no see! Apparently, work (in its wisdom) has seen fit to give me back LJ. Thus, here I is. I realise I haven't posted in ages; so here's a big update. :) General Going back to Uni 21st July. Am absolutely petrified, but I'm sure I'll be okay. Have put in my resignation at work; they're happy to have me on as a casual over the holidays, yay! Health/Fitness Generally okay, apart from the permanent cold I have in winter. :P Taking iron supplements; apparently I was borderline anaemic (21 on a scale of 20-160), which doesn't help the chronic fatigue any. That particular blood test, I managed not to pass out, thanks to an anaesthetic patches on the draw site. Ha, take that, damsel-in-distress! Have gone back to walking to work, having been okayed (again) by the physio, and feeling very unfit.! :( Continuing the exercises. Love Life No primary but plenty of people to fool around with. :P Happy as it is (simpler?). Art/Writing By the wayside at the moment, largely. Currently plotting a steampunk novel, featuring recognisable portraitures of varying friends/aquaintances as characters. :P In the process of planning a couple of large paintings. Costuming/Projects If I haven't inflicted the piccies on you already... I finished both a Victorian dress and a Sharpe jacket.  I don't think many of you have seen the Victorian dress, though some of you saw the jacket at Zara's 21st. Here they are for those of you who haven't. I'm in the process of fixing the collar on the jacket so that it sits properly. Next up on the costuming front: Catwoman catsuit for Scott's 'Villains' party, then an Edwardian outfit for the centenary of the Main Trunk Line (our MOTAT team has been working on L207, one of the key locomotives in the ceremony). ( Piccies behind here to save your f-lists :)Collapse ) (I swear, I have to get a better picture of that jacket. I really do) RP/LARP No current tabletop RPs, but am planning on coming to the next St Wolfgang's game, having been persuaded by Lucy. I shall be a widowed lady who became a nun. :D In other news: I hate Stagecoach. Second time in three weeks that the bus has just not appeared. *mutter* Laid a complaint and waited an hour for the next bus; thank god I'd planned to go early so that I could pop past Spotlight. Current Location: At work Current Mood: bored Current Music: The hum of the aircon... ahhh, so soothing. Tags: art, costume, exercise, health, larp, relationships, writing

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August 29th, 2007

12:10 am - And more laziness! Did absolutely zilch of use today, 'cept post the first instalment of Reflections In Blood And Steel for my adoring fans (schyeah right :P) on PPForums. Oh, and did the final draft/edit of Reflections. Still not happy with it, but, well... I'm my own greatest critic. Up against fics like Turb's Sword of Morrow and doomed's Step Into The Circle, Reflections still tends to look weak to me. Up against Blisters And Bayonets, well... ain't worth mentioning. And this fic is going to be the one that puts Kas up for everyone to crit, so... kinda nervewracking for that, too. Oh well, we'll see what happens. That said, I feel much better for a day of doing absolutely nothing. It's refreshing. Current Mood: lethargic Current Music: Metal Gear Solid - Snake's Theme Tags: writing

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July 31st, 2007

08:23 pm - Done! Yeah, I finally finished Reflections in Blood and Steel. YAY! Considering it's been underway since last November, it's been an enormous undertaking. I've put it off, I've sat down and written, I've dabbled, and everything in between. It's matured my writing a lot, it's made me write a lot more realistically, and it's been so much of a challenge. It's also proved that I can write long pieces, and I can write the images I  see in my head. I have the absolutely madcap idea to try doing it as a graphic novel, now. I have pages popping up in my head, the layout and pictures and everything. Now that I've got the script and the images... oh dear gods, I'm halfway into talking myself into it. But hey, it's a challenge. Maybe... something to contemplate for future. To use the quote from Page 5 of Superiority, and the Epilogue: "Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory." - General George S. Patton Current Mood: jubilant Tags: writing

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