(personal) Before I forget

I need to do stuffs today. >.<

1. Balance checkbook!
2. Cut coupons
3. Find a good crockpot recipe for the pork shoulder in my fridge
4. READ!!!

I have forgotten one of the cardinal rules of writing - to be a good writer, you also have to be a reader. It's been ages since I picked up a good book. So I'm settling in with "Sojourn" by Jana Oliver, so I can read the second one before RavenCon and squee at her about it. And demand to know what happens in the 3rd. :p

I'll do a happiness post later.

(writing/personal) To Do tonight

More lists. shadawyn, you're not the only one who lives according to their lists! :)

1. at least 750 words on Seasons
2. 3 loads of laundry
3. finish cleaning up living room
4. Set up crockpot roast for tomorrow in fridge, so it can just be put out tomorrow morning.

Oh, and just saw a trailer for The Forbidden Kingdom. I know where I will be on April 18th. Wow!

And fwiw, The Scariest Places on Earth is one of the cheesiest paranormal shows I've ever seen.

(writing) Metrics 4/8/08

starting count: 40535
ending count: 41361
change: +808

starting line:
“A grilled mozzarella and asparagus panini on a tomato wrap,” he said, and Nikki’s stomach rumbled in appreciation. “Served with sweet potato fries and broccoli coleslaw.”

ending line:
Sharon Porter was dressed in a no-nonsense suit of pale blue, her brown hair pulled back and her eyes steely behind the wire-rimmed glasses she wore. “Thank you all for coming,” she said, her voice only trembling a little. “It means a lot to know that people are willing to hear the truth about what happened to my father and everyone else who have disappeared since the explosions.”

darling:
“Of course they’re denying it,” her waiter said, coming back with a frosty glass of soda, a lemon circle bobbing amid the ice, as the show faded into a commercial break. “What government in their right mind would come out and say, ‘Yes, there’s a nest of rogue Mages in this area we can’t get into, and we have no idea who’s put up the barrier that we can’t get through.’ Not even this administration is that moronic.” He placed the glass on her table and grinned at her. “Right?”