Write Away

Woke up early this morning to hit Target for the Bodhi Rook (Rogue One) Pop with T. Turns out, they did not have him in stock. Anywhere in the state, apparently. However, he was available to order on the website, so I have snagged him and he will be mine as soon as he arrives sometime next week. Squee and delight.

From there, we drove to Hot Topic, where we made friends with some other people waiting in line. As soon as they opened the gates, we made a mad dash for the Occamy (Fantastic Beasts), Luna Lovegood wearing spectrespecs (Harry Potter), and Baby with Dean (Supernatural). I wandered the store while T. got in line to check out.

Since I had really hoped we would be able to find her Pops, I was ecstatic with the development of the day.

After we left Hot Topic, we decided to hop on over to Barnes and Noble, just to see if they happened to have any more Aragorn/Arwen (Lord of the Rings) sets. As it turned out, they did, and we grabbed the prettiest box, and the flocked Lorax for my elementary school librarian mum.

T. insisted that we not leave the store without picking something out for me, so she got me my birthday present early and I chose the S.F. Figuarts Sailor Chibi Moon, bringing me one step closer to having a full Senshi army on my bookshelf. (I'm missing Uranus, because I have failed Michiru terribly. I am also missing Tuxedo Kamen, but he doesn't count.)

I'm so blessed to have T. in my life. She and my sister are my best friends, and I don't know what I would do without them.

After she dropped me off at my place, P. called wanting to hang out, so we went to a local used book/video store. Whereupon I picked up Rogue One on Blu Ray. I'm a little disappointed that it didn't come with the digital code, but that's what you get for buying used movies, I guess.

All in all, it was a great day.

1. I have run out of book in Underground, approximately 23,000 words before my planned length. As exciting as it is to have a finished first draft, I'm a little frustrated with my underwriting habit and inability to make the word count. Therefore, I've added a much needed new subplot, and I'm going back in a separate folder to write the new scenes. I'll add them into the final manuscript later.

2. There's a superfluous crocodile in the Underground manuscript. Specifically, there's a superfluous deinosuchus in the Underground manuscript. I have no regrets. She is big and beautiful and my baby girl. I love her.

3. Crocodilians are such amazing animals, though. They are gigantic, beautiful prehistoric beasts. And I adore them, so much. Just let me be a swamp witch in the Everglades and tame alligators to do my bidding and eat the rude...

4. I have decided to donate my skull to a production of Hamlet when I die. At least then I know my head will go to good use.

5. I have succeeded in choosing an ending for Slippery When Wet, and I am pleased with myself for making progress there.

6. Underground officially has a sequel in the planning, because I am a ridiculous marshmallow. I'm not sure on a title yet, but it's almost certainly going to be taken from A Midsummer Night's Dream. EDIT: Consulted with my brother. The working title is Spirits of Another Sort.

7. I need to add a second monitor to my desktop for editing purposes. I have the extra monitor, I just need a VGA to HDMI adapter to get it installed. Time for a trip to Staples.

8. The grad school search goes slow and painful, and I don't want to think about how I'm going to pay for it.

9. I recently discovered that the BBC has a Three Musketeers television show. I checked out the first season from my library to look into it. I'm hoping that it's relatively accurate to the book, because it's a favorite of mine.

10. I am devastated at the news of George Romero's death, partially because he was a phenomenal director, and partially because I am terrified that his death will herald the zombie apocalypse, and there is no way I'm prepared for that nonsense.