ups and downs . . .
Mar. 9th, 2010 05:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dbskylerSo Real Life is not going that well at the moment, which means I've been spending more and more time messing around with TV, videos and the internet as a means of escape / avoidance / procrastination. Although I really do not need any further help in procrastination, being already quite good at it.
On the up side, I've been writing fairly steadily lately, and that's also been an excuse to procrastinate on What I Really Should Be Doing Instead, but a good excuse. It's funny how I can spend an hour watching "Wife Swap" reruns and come out of it with nothing except an hour of aging, but if I spend an hour writing instead, I come out of it feeling productive and energized. At the moment I am working on ficlet #3 for50ficlets, and this one is crack!fic, which means it really doesn't "go" with my plan for turning the ficlets into one longer story, but that's okay because I'm having too much fun with it to care. It's also 578 words already, and probably almost done except I am still trying to figure out how to end it. But it makes me giggle, which is a good sign. If I still like it once it's actually finished, I think I'll go ahead and post it here as soon as it's done instead of waiting to include it in a later "50ficlets" batch post.
Finally, I've been trying to decide if I should buy the DVD boxset of the specials or not. I'd be getting it mostly for the boxset extras as the only one of the specials that I have any particular desire to own is "Waters of Mars" -- anyone know if the extras are any good? They look good, and I have been in the mood to spend money lately . . .
On the up side, I've been writing fairly steadily lately, and that's also been an excuse to procrastinate on What I Really Should Be Doing Instead, but a good excuse. It's funny how I can spend an hour watching "Wife Swap" reruns and come out of it with nothing except an hour of aging, but if I spend an hour writing instead, I come out of it feeling productive and energized. At the moment I am working on ficlet #3 for
50ficlets, and this one is crack!fic, which means it really doesn't "go" with my plan for turning the ficlets into one longer story, but that's okay because I'm having too much fun with it to care. It's also 578 words already, and probably almost done except I am still trying to figure out how to end it. But it makes me giggle, which is a good sign. If I still like it once it's actually finished, I think I'll go ahead and post it here as soon as it's done instead of waiting to include it in a later "50ficlets" batch post.Finally, I've been trying to decide if I should buy the DVD boxset of the specials or not. I'd be getting it mostly for the boxset extras as the only one of the specials that I have any particular desire to own is "Waters of Mars" -- anyone know if the extras are any good? They look good, and I have been in the mood to spend money lately . . .
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Date: 2010-03-11 01:22 am (UTC)I think the desire to write crackfic is a pretty direct response to RL being a pain, actually. At least it's a healthy coping mechanism, right?
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Date: 2010-03-11 06:19 am (UTC)I'd say it's a very healthy coping mechanism - and has the added bonus of benefitting everyone! :D
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Date: 2010-03-11 06:41 am (UTC)True, but it's not bad now. I checked out of curiosity, using a currency converter, and the price over here is 13% cheaper than the price over there. Don't ask me why!
and has the added bonus of benefitting everyone! :D
:D
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Date: 2010-03-11 06:48 am (UTC)