Month: January 2013

All that and the kitchen sink

Today didn’t go exactly like I’d planned.

I tried to do some writing, although I didn’t get very far at all. I’m struggling with this short story, not least of all because it’s got a deadline attached to it. It’s not an unmissable deadline — it wouldn’t take a whole lot to rework the…oh, five and a half pages I’ve got so far — but I’d prefer not to miss it. I’d also like to have a whole story under my belt, something unpublished but of significant length that I can submit to the Online Writing Workshop. My brain just didn’t want to cooperate today.

Admittedly, it didn’t help that I downloaded Portal again and started playing it a little bit.

Or that this evening, the pipe to the dishwasher broke and we had to do a little impromptu plumbing. It’s not yet replaced completely — it was getting too late for that — but there’s always tomorrow. Oddly enough, we’d planned on doing some plumbing in the basement this morning, replacing the hoses to the washing machine. But we’d had no luck. (Seriously, it would not budge.) So I guess the universe decided, hey, let’s give them the handyman project they wanted and then some.

Now if the universe could just tell me how to finish this short story…

Random 10 1-11-13

Last week. This week:

  1. “Hello Again” by the Cars, guessed by Clayton
    You tied your knots and you made your friends
  2. “1941” by Harry Nilsson, guessed by Kim
    Well he followed every railroad track and every highway sign
  3. “Kim Catrall” from MST3K, guessed by Kim
    I liked your dress at the Ace Awards
  4. “Walls” by Newcomers Home
    I’ve never taken to the taste of tears
  5. “Take a Minute” by K’naan
    How did Gandhi ever withstand the hunger strikes and all?
  6. “Desert Train” by Kimmie Rhodes
    Gone like the souls who vanish from the plain
  7. “Little Green Bag” by George Baker, guessed by Clayton
    Lookin’ upstairs, lookin’ behind
  8. “Blink” by Chameleon Circuit
    The angels are approaching and the front door is locked
  9. “Highway 61 Revisited” by Karen O & the Million Dollar Bashers (orig. Bob Dylan)
    Oh God said to Abraham, “Kill me a son”
  10. “I Want You to Want Me” by Gary Jules (orig. Cheap Trick), guessed by Kim
    I’ll shine up the old brown shoes, put on a brand-new shirt

It’s altogether possible I’m doing this just for myself at this point. If not, good luck!