Top Ten Important things to do for 2005

1--Exercise at least three times a week. Possible now that I have much less school and work to deal with.

2--Graduate. Always important.

3--Make adult, responsible, mature choices about my future and my schooling.

4--Finish all fanfic. Be Thou My God, Withered Stumps of Time, Faded Away, and Devoted, specifically. I feel myself drifting further and further away from the fandom in general, but those stories are important to me and maybe important to a few of you, and I'd like to see them resolved.

5--Revise California Stars, Mad Brilliant, and Mr. William.

6--Continue research of Coleridge and writing/revising/expanding Strange Fits of Passion.

7--Get a few more publishing credits under my belt. Be persistant and get at least 3 pieces of anything published.

8--Spread the gospel of Wilco until everybody is exposed to their brilliance.

9--Make sure to let the people I love know how much I appreciate them.

10--Get a real job.

Be Thou My God--Chapter 14

Chapter 14

The dinner itself was remarkable in its dullness. A more mundane meal Buffy had never enjoyed. Angel and Spike did talk about the Ministry, but nothing interesting. They criticized each other’s ineptness, commented on the upcoming schedule, and commiserated over what a right bloody bastard Rayne was. When Cordelia talked, she focused on her favorite subject—herself. A topic altogether boring for Buffy.
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Ugh

I spent so much money on planning my trip that I feel a little sick now. I tried to keep everything under control, but I hate spending money. I really do. Of course, I still have plenty for the trip and all my bases are covered and I can still pay my bills and Jaime won't starve, but I still feel awful and guilty.

I'm going to try to finish Chapter 18 of Be Thou My God this week. That means I can post a chapter Mon, Tues, Weds, and before I walk out the door on Thurs. It's possible that I can finish another chapter or two and double up postings on some days, but I'm not really counting on that. On the one hand, I feel bad for not finishing it like I wanted. On the other hand, I have planned out a total of 25 chapters and about 60,000 words, and though I can't finish it before I go, I should be able to finish it without problem when I get back. I feel really, really bad because this is somebody's (Hey, person-who-requested-this, are you reading it? Do you have an LJ? Can you post a response or email me or something and let me know?) auction story and I never meant to take so long to finish it.

But, well, doing 11 chapters and 25,000 words in about a week isn't bad progress, yeah?

I bought a new (used) game today, Lupin the III. It could be really fun or really sucktastic. I'm going to go play that while my super-anal husband starts packing my stuff.

Oh that crazy cat

Tonight I had a bowl of turkey and mayo sitting on the bed next to me, and Tara came up to investigate. I had Jaime take her away, and I thought that was the end of it. But then he had to go out to the living room, which meant he had to open the door, and she sprinted into the room, leapt on to the bed, and without stopping of hestiation, dived head first into my dinner.

Nice, huh?