the deep moans round with many voices

One thing I hate about work is that on slow nights, even when I'm productive and proactive, I always feel like I should be getting more done. I wanted to do this week's statement as well (I'm kind of unofficially in charge of making sure the statement we get from the office matches our invoices and return credits), but I kept forgetting. And then I did the instant lottery ticket order, except we need a book of Millionaire's Club, and for some reason that game (code #532) has gone missing from the order page on the machine, and GTech (the company that runs the lottery for the state) is closed on Sundays so I couldn't phone in and figure out the problem, and...

ARGH.

The petty little things always get me the most.

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In brighter news, I do have 825 words written toward my remix. I'd say at least 300 of them suck and will need to be rewritten, but still, I'm getting a framework. And I have a funky remix subtitle, which is good because last time I utterly blanked on that. Occasionally, the random flotsam and jetsam floating around in the back of my head coughs up a useful phrase. :-)

And now I am off to sleep, because I have work again tomorrow.

1) I'm still bashing my head against the wall with regard to my remixredux08 fic. Which is due on April 12, one week and one day from now. Realistically, that gives me about five days to write the thing (or to give up on my current attempt and dash off some really stupid elaboration of one of my remixee's many drabbles), two days to get it beta'ed, and one day for final revisions.

Well, I do work well under time crunches. I used to manufacture them on purpose back when I was in school -- I was a master at whipping out a 3-5 page essay in two to six hours. And I usually got at least an A- (ie, at least 90% of 100%) on them, too. *is retroactively smug*

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2) In other ficathon news, femgenficathon is open again! Signups close April 16th, and posting is from July 15-October 1 (which seems like a rather ridiculous amount of leeway, especially since I think the main reason posting dates were extended last year was because DH was published right in the middle of the ficathon, but whatever). There are still several prompts available, so go sign up! The world needs more gen fic about women and girls!

I would totally start plotting a story right now... except, you know, I'm trying to work on a remix.

*sigh*

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3) In real life news, the local recycling organization is running a formal dress exchange Friday and Saturday. Since I have at least one dress that doesn't fit me anymore (it was a damn tight squeeze when I was 18, and I tend to average about 5 pounds heavier these days), and since I need a dress for Cat's wedding, I'm thinking of checking this out. Especially since I want to go to the mall soon anyway, for bookstore reasons.

We shall see how that goes. :-)

This is a little Hanabi and Hinata story, written during my lunch break. Introspective, dark, and mostly plotless. (The revised and improved ff.net version is here.)

ETA, 4/19/08: riko remixed this story for Remix_Redux VI: Prison Keys (And of Course There Is No Key). If you're wondering about Hinata's side of the story, go read it -- it's brilliant!

( Prison Keys )