Random Belated Updates As Per Usual

[jedishampoo]

I really am behind and I apologize if I've missed something important on your journals, my friends! But I think the PMS was just bad last week and I'm only now coming out of the blahs. :)

Shoot, I had a three-day weekend and like 10 fics I wanted/needed to write, but only got 188 words written ("A Strength" for the 15-minute "58" challenge at saiyuki_time). Now, I've gotten some very kind comments and inksheddings made an excellent argument for brevity when necessary recently, but I'm used to having to force myself to stop writing! I would whine that quitting smoking has made me write less except I've actually completed two pieces since I went off the nicotine. So it's just me and my blah.

I went to Indiana to visit mom a couple of weeks ago. Mom is doing great! I drove her to a couple of her radiation appointments and got to meet her doctor and everything. And I met lots of women with no hair waiting for their radiation appointments and I was glad both because (a) those gals are the survivors, yay! and (b) my mom does not have to have chemotherapy and go through what they went through. Oh, and I shopped. A LOT. I bought three or four pair of shoes and three dresses and probably a dozen tops and a couple pairs of croppy pants and stuff for sharpeslass ('cause I'm a GOOD friend) and OMG, I love Von Maur so much. I wish they had one here. An interest-free charge, and their stuff is about Nordstrom-level nice without the Nordstrom hassle (driving downtown, finding parking, etc).

sharpeslass and I watched some nine episodes of Antique Bakery-- the anime. What a strange little show. The MELODRAMA! The PASTRIES! The GOOFINESS! And yet, it's somehow also manages to be touching at times. I read that they made a Jdrama of it, and removed all the gay. Wha? It seems the gay is the point.

EDIT: OH, and I forgot to mention that I've read Azumanga Daioh 1, 3 and 4 and I loved them utterly. They cracked me the hell up, so much so that I was laughing out loud on the plane. God, I love the teachers. And Chiyo-chan. And Sakaki with the Iriomote Cat.

Other than that, it's really freakin' hot outside. I guess that would be LAS VEGAS IN JULY, but still.

Hope everyone is well. :)

Comments

[seshats-prodigy.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear about the lack of writing motivation! **pokes at your fics with pointy sticks** Mine have been...stubborn as of late, too. Though I did have one good day, which I'm not gonna turn my nose up at! ~_^

Glad to hear your mum is doing good! That's awesome news!!

And yeah...not a fan of summer. At least LV doesn't get the humidity we have up here. Bleh... :P (You know it's hot when the dog just lies on the floor and whines at you...)

[caeseria.livejournal.com]

Hmmm shopping...I need to do it. I have no clothes to wear and shops suck around here.

I've been meaning to catch this Antique Bakery thing, but instead I am now glued with both eyeballs to WK. Oh well, I'll get to it eventually!

I'm so glad to hear your Mum is doing great! ♥

[whymzycal.livejournal.com]

*squishes* Your little flashfic is FABULOUS. And eeee! Awesome news about how well your mom is doing!

I loooove Antique Bakery. It's my favorite manga (shhh, don't tell the ikkou) and one of my very favorite animes. And there's a Korean live-action movie that doesn't remove the gay. despina_moon shoved it at me, and I loved it, too.

Mwah, you!

[despina-moon.livejournal.com]

Drive by *hugs*

It was only 98 here over the weekend. Want. To. Die. Or kill someone. XD

[theskywasblue.livejournal.com]

Yay for good news about your mom!

Ah the muses...stubborn bastards all. Mine are finally getting down to the uh - meat - of the whole 7thnight thing, after much beating around the bush (am I mixing my metaphors here? Oh well - that just shows the state my muses are in).

and yes...the gay IS the point. I think anyway. Though the Jdrama has merit I've been told.

[athena8.livejournal.com]

Glad your mom's doing great! =)

A friend of mine just got back from Vegas, and it said it was hot as Hades! We're having a surprisingly mild summer here, even though my area is notorious for humid summers.

Sounds like you've been watching/reading quite a few new things! =)