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xaaraFirst: a confession. You know those little drabbles I was going to do every day? Well, I haven't exactly been keeping up with them. You see, while I didn't have internet and therefore didn't post in my LJ every day, I sort of forgot that project because of the overwhelming nature of all the others I'm working on at the moment. So, while I'm restarting the drabbles (because I like them), there won't be a backlog to fill the weeks I was offline.
I have, however, been writing every day. Not necessarily fanfic, but a lot of original fic, some poetry, and general musings on life in general. At least a hundred words a day, and usually closer to ten times that number. So while I haven't been working on the project I set for myself, I've been fulfilling its basic goal, which was to keep me writing even when I didn't feel like it.
The quick rundown of what's happened recently, in case anyone's interested:
-Started volunteering 20+ hours per week at the National Museum of Natural History. Love it. Love my coworkers (except for Super Photo Man Ali's boss, Anal Jerk John). Love the office, love the environment, love the flexibility. More on this in a later post, so I don't have a huge few paragraphs about my new job.
-Was accepted into George Washington University's fall semester for high school students, meaning I'll take college courses while I finish up high school. Cool, huh?
-Got my AP scores. Very good. Excellent, in fact. *is still high from seeing scores*
-Applied to work at CVS afternoons and nights during the week. Hopefully I will not be mugged and shot while working.
-Played in various places with the DC Youth Orchestra. When we played outdoors, it rained. When we needed light to see our music and relied on the natural illumination from the sun outside, it rained. When the roof leaked because of a defective ceiling tile and it really needed to dry out, it rained. When we were inside with fully functional lights and roofs, the sun came out in full force and the air conditioning cut off in a flagrant and mostly successful attempt to flash fry us.
-Went to see They Might be Giants downtown. That band is hilarious. The people who watch that band are more hilarious. I think I spent more time with my eyes trained on the audience than I spent paying attention to the performance.
-Read. A lot. I'm still putting the reading list together, but I'll have it available for public consumption later. Included are quite a few fanfics I've just found recently that I should have read years ago.
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Dawn
I spend a lot of time in the dark. I sleep days and stay up nights so I'm on Spike's schedule. He's teaching me to fight – I help him patrol for new fledglings.
He pretends my patrolling doesn't scare him, but on off nights, he's Mr. obsesso!trainer.
Once, when a vamp got close to biting me, he went completely off on me and then he almost cried.
Which is scary, I mean, Spike crying?
He hugged me so tight I couldn't breathe and said, "Can't lose you."
"You won't," I said. "You're my best friend."
Funny thing is, it's true.
I have, however, been writing every day. Not necessarily fanfic, but a lot of original fic, some poetry, and general musings on life in general. At least a hundred words a day, and usually closer to ten times that number. So while I haven't been working on the project I set for myself, I've been fulfilling its basic goal, which was to keep me writing even when I didn't feel like it.
The quick rundown of what's happened recently, in case anyone's interested:
-Started volunteering 20+ hours per week at the National Museum of Natural History. Love it. Love my coworkers (except for Super Photo Man Ali's boss, Anal Jerk John). Love the office, love the environment, love the flexibility. More on this in a later post, so I don't have a huge few paragraphs about my new job.
-Was accepted into George Washington University's fall semester for high school students, meaning I'll take college courses while I finish up high school. Cool, huh?
-Got my AP scores. Very good. Excellent, in fact. *is still high from seeing scores*
-Applied to work at CVS afternoons and nights during the week. Hopefully I will not be mugged and shot while working.
-Played in various places with the DC Youth Orchestra. When we played outdoors, it rained. When we needed light to see our music and relied on the natural illumination from the sun outside, it rained. When the roof leaked because of a defective ceiling tile and it really needed to dry out, it rained. When we were inside with fully functional lights and roofs, the sun came out in full force and the air conditioning cut off in a flagrant and mostly successful attempt to flash fry us.
-Went to see They Might be Giants downtown. That band is hilarious. The people who watch that band are more hilarious. I think I spent more time with my eyes trained on the audience than I spent paying attention to the performance.
-Read. A lot. I'm still putting the reading list together, but I'll have it available for public consumption later. Included are quite a few fanfics I've just found recently that I should have read years ago.
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Dawn
I spend a lot of time in the dark. I sleep days and stay up nights so I'm on Spike's schedule. He's teaching me to fight – I help him patrol for new fledglings.
He pretends my patrolling doesn't scare him, but on off nights, he's Mr. obsesso!trainer.
Once, when a vamp got close to biting me, he went completely off on me and then he almost cried.
Which is scary, I mean, Spike crying?
He hugged me so tight I couldn't breathe and said, "Can't lose you."
"You won't," I said. "You're my best friend."
Funny thing is, it's true.
