Round 20, Hour 39

[lothithil.livejournal.com]

Loth here, picking up the baton from the lovely lullabymoon, reminding you that a healthy breakfast is the most important meal of the day... especially if you've been writing all night!

Pick up a banana and chime in!

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[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

*takes a banana* Ta!

I SO agree with you about the importance of breakfast (even if you haven't been up all night writing!) - can't function properly without mine.

Now, please excuse me, I have a plot bunny about to trample my brain!

[lothithil.livejournal.com]

Plot bunnies can be very aggressive in the mornings. I think they are attracted by the scent of bananas...

Strategic placement of discarded peels can be useful in the capture of said bunnies. I'm just sayin'...

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

It's mid afternoon here, and mine's been aggressive all day - I don't think it's the bananas, he's just a rampageous furball!

[lullabymoon]

Somewhat amazingly enough, I've not managed to get anything done at all today so far. THe plan of attack is to therefore have a quick scout around tidying the place in the hopes that will help focus me a bit more.

[lothithil.livejournal.com]

If you find a sock behind the couch, it's probably mine.

[http://users.livejournal.com/idlewild_/]

Morning. I am in the middle of trying to arrange my writing space. And also refraining from swearing a lot... too much stuff... not enough room... not enough storage... can't think in this clutter. I don't want to unpack, I just want to throw the boxes out.

So. Writing related productivity.

[lolmac]

It's amazing how quickly you can unpack a box once you reach the OMG I JUST WANT TO THROW ALL THIS CRAP OUT stage. If only I'd reached that stage before I'd packed it. (Actually, in some cases, I did.)

[http://users.livejournal.com/idlewild_/]

My moving technique this time was "ARGH, I told you this summer was going to be painfully busy at work and I have a deadline, you #@*&ing deal with it", which means no pre-sorting, just boxes full of crap. So. Now to dispose of it all. It will be good to have a calm, peaceful place uncluttered with junk. Like, when I'm dead or something, at this rate.

[lothithil.livejournal.com]

It will all look so lovely in your Egyptian-style tomb!

[http://users.livejournal.com/idlewild_/]

Indeed... Maybe I can get the good Drs. Jones and Jackson to collaborate on tomb design for me.

[lolmac]

Or you can put bows on the boxes and pretend that each one is a present, since you don't know what's in them anyway.

[http://users.livejournal.com/idlewild_/]

Oh if only it were an array of neat boxes... the box phase has passed and we're on to tubs and baskets that had things thrown into for conveyance by car at the last minute... Chaos and I do not get along at all well, but I can throw out random sewing and knitting supplies en masse just because I don't want to deal!

[lolmac]

That definitely sounds suitable for an Egyptian tomb. Or a Goodwill run. Or a dumpster.

[http://users.livejournal.com/idlewild_/]

In the absence of Drs. Jones and Jackson (darn them for not showing up on a Sunday morning) it's B and C. With a vengeance.

[lothithil.livejournal.com]

ROTFL!

[lothithil.livejournal.com]

Morning! I'll brew you a coffee... I need one, too. Milk? Sugar? Single malt?

[lolmac]

I like your way of making coffee.

[http://users.livejournal.com/idlewild_/]

One single malt, hold the milk, sugar and coffee, please! Actually, not a bad idea, a little slug of something in the coffee might go a long way.

I think if I can spend this hour sorting and organizing while characters brew in my head (along with the coffee) the next hour may see some really solid word count.

[lothithil.livejournal.com]

*prepares pom-poms for encouragement and celebrations*

*drinks more single malt coffee*

[a-q.livejournal.com]

I found a bag of coffee I didn't know I had, yay, the day is saved!
Nothing to help the writing like good coffee buzz!
...If only I could also find the perfect mix of music, I need to write a bit of romantic scene and can't do it without some mushy-sugary musical frame of reference...

[lothithil.livejournal.com]

Ooo! I like the music tool. And the coffee. Must have...

[lolmac]

I like classical music for that -- got any Mozart?

[a-q.livejournal.com]

I have Spotify. Which means about same as 'every music ever' :D
But, like so often, too much of good thing and you end up like 'there is nothing to listen!'
I have to try classical. Usually I just fall into the sticky trap of bubblegum pop :D
Or 50's jazz.

[lolmac]

I have espresso and an internet connection. Also a hurricane projected for landfall on Friday. A little later today, I get to learn how to put up hurricane shutters. Whee.

[justice-turtle.livejournal.com]

Yoicks! Be safe! O_O

[lolmac]

This house made it through Katrina and Wilma with nothing worse than mild roof damage, and they're currently projecting Irene at a Category 1 (lowest level of hurricane). What I'm not looking forward to is loss of power, which means no air conditioning. How can a muckin' huge storm not cool things off? That's just wrong.

[lothithil.livejournal.com]

Mother Nature can be a real mother sometimes.

[http://users.livejournal.com/idlewild_/]

Eek, scary weather. Hang in there... hurricane shutters are good.

[lolmac]

Also heavy, which should take care of my exercise for the day!

[http://users.livejournal.com/idlewild_/]

Totally counts. Counts double because it's also not fun.

[justice-turtle.livejournal.com]

I'm going to watch "Casablanca" with my dad (he's never seen it), then go to ds9_rewatch chat, then go to church with my family... don't know when / if I'll get any more writing done. Have fun, all! :D

[lothithil.livejournal.com]

Excellent movie! I can't believe ur dad has never seen it! :)

[laurie-ky.livejournal.com]

::staggers to the computer::

I'm awake.

Uhhh.

I'm still feeling groggy so I think I'll go for a walk to wake up my brain.

I'll decide if I'm going back to marathon editing, or working on finishing a story while I'm trudging up and down my gravel road.

Coffee, too.

Laurie

[lothithil.livejournal.com]

Excellent idea! A brisk walk (or in my case, a short zombie-shuffle) will do wonders for a groggy brain.

We'll have the coffee ready when you get back. The pot on the left is 'High Octane'...