Stuff!

[terajk]

1. So, there's this new coffee shop opening up (COFFEE!) and I know how to walk there! It's owned by/part of a church, and the church is looking for volunteers to help out for an hour a week, doing drywall or vacuuming and doing windows. Yesterday I actually talked to the pastor and was supposed to come in today, but there were storms! I did actually call to let him know I wouldn't be in (sort of a big deal for me,) but I still feel bad. Even though, like, there was supposed to be a parade today and it got postponed/cancelled.



2. I saw a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad horror movie today--I havent seen one of those in a while. (It was called Criminally Insane aka Crazy Fat Ethel, which is everything you need to know about it right there.) This movie is so bad that, were such a thing not physically and temporally impossible, I'd suspect the editor was ME. (Another movie the Doctor and I edited was Herschell Gordon Lewis's Blood Feast.)



3. Speaking of feeling bad, I defaulted on my first fic exchange D: But! While writing 1k is sort-of-overwhelming for me right now, I can still make treats? Which are shorter? And which don't have to be fic?



4. My brain wants to write character sketches--I do this a lot, and it's an important part of my process. But right now my brain wants to tackle the Toph-Azula thing, (SPOILERS) and nothing good EVER comes of that. I've half-convinced myself that once I've worked out all the interpersonal conflicts and also FEELINGS, the actual plot will fall into place. And it won't require Toph's friends/Zuko and Iroh to come down with Plot-Induced Incompentence. Or convenient death.



5. Relatedly! I could also work on things that have stuff in common with the Toph-Azula thing, but would be less hard/made of shame and foolishness. Like The Epic Story of That Time Shibusen was Undergoing Renovations and Kid and Miss Marie Were Like, "Eff this nonsense! Let's skip school!" Or The Epic Story of How Ranma Showed Ryoga Where the Cat Cafe Is, Maybe, and Akane Sprained Her Eyeballs from Rolling Them So Hard. Or The Epic Story of That Time Ryoga and Mousse Saved Nerima and by Extension, the Universe Together, although I need to read Journey to the West Or Blair doing things (including being a psychiatric service cat) because....BLAIR! (A lot of things we've found about service animals are about dogs. Blair would like to complain.)



6. I still haven't figured out, like, a way to organize all these notes and research generally. Which means I can also waste time planning A System instead of writing or whatever. (Although I do totally need A System.)



7. But again, I still feel BAD about not being able to write things, and 100 words is doable! And petra is running Porn Tag Calvinball! My thread is here. (ATLA, Ouran, Ranma 1/2, Soul Eater--also if anyone wants to prompt me with Azula/Toph I will not complain.

Comments

[untonuggan]

YAY for a coffee shop you know how to get to! Hurray!

[terajk]

YAY! And yay, Spongebob! (I ♥ Spongebob).

[untonuggan]

Me too. ^_^ Which character is your favorite? I am torn between Spongebob himself and Gary. My nephew likes Pearl, Mr. Krabb's daughter the whale, because "even though is a teenager she cries *all the time*". This seemed to make him feel better, which makes me like Spongebob even more.

[terajk]

I love Spongebob and Gary, too! (I love cats--and there's something about a cat snail that's adorable and hilarious.) I love how Spongebob is such a terrible driver (I don't drive; I also have a shirt that says: Spongebob's Driving School--Sign up at your own risk), and also how he's an adult (living on his own, going to work) but his transition to "adult" is kind of messy. (He still likes to blow bubbles/so play games, etc.)

I LOVE PEARL, TOO! I especially love Pearl and Spongebob together, like when he took her to the prom. I don't think I ship them--Spongebob is a little old!--but hanging out? Gimmie more of that, please :D

[untonuggan]

My one problem with Spongebob is that when I'm manic I can't watch it. Is that weird? It's like it winds me up more. Maybe it brings out my inner 3 year old or something. Anyway, I haven't seen that episode, but it sounds great. I do love the episode where it's Pearls birthday and she wants some band to come and Mr. Krabbs is going to be super stingy but he unwisely gives his credit card to Spongebob and sends him to the mall to tail Pearl and he buys *everything* she likes. It's great. <3

Why don't I have a Pearl icon? Must fix this...

[terajk]

My one problem with Spongebob is that when I'm manic I can't watch it. Is that weird? It's like it winds me up more.

I don't think it's weird--Spongebob himself is pretty wound up and doesn't take breaks/slow down. (When I'm depressed or unmotivated, I can get energized from him.) Also, there's a lot of sensory bombardment going on: all the bright colors, the mix of live action and animation, Spongebob's laugh.

PEARL'S BIRTHDAY! I love that episode! I also love the one where Pearl goes to work at the Krusty Krab, turns it into a hip teen hangout (expensively!), so Mr. Krabs tells Spongebob to fire her. ("It's okay if she hates YOU.") But it turns out that all this work is cutting into Pearl's social life, and she's been trying to get fired this whole time. So Spongebob is all, "I could pretend to fire you!" and Pearl is like: "You're a genius!" and there is much pretend yelling and pretending to cry and also giggling.

[untonuggan]

If all my Spongebob DVDs were not packed right now I would track down the Pearl episodes right now and watch them. Alas, it will have to wait. :)

[littlebutfierce]

OMG having a nice coffee shop around is so lovely! (I don't really have one, not that's open late, so I miss it!)

Re: organizing research etc. -- I don't know if you've ever looked at Scrivener (Mac but recently released Windows version too)? They have a 30-day trial version that is actually 30 days of use, not 30 days from when you install it (soooooo I still have days on mine left from when I downloaded it in 2010 or something like that). I liked it a lot but somehow aren't using it right now -- but anyway, in case that sort of thing looks useful? If not disregard!