not a perfect metaphor

Ashie, I think I've got something sorted out re: your birthday-fic request, but it... needs a bit of polishing. Keep an eye on the writing LJ. If I don't get it up tonight it may not be till Friday, since I'm going to have no life tomorrow (play practice after school and then probable symphony-ticket usage)*.
Started in on senior-edition stuff today; I am, natch, stuck with a boring job and not typing up the fun bits. Go figure. ::shrugs:: I'll get to see it all in the end anyway.

*It's uncertain because Mom's got somewhere else to be. Don't know if Dad and I'll still go.

(When in doubt, quote an obscure song for a subject line. XD)
Am not completely well yet, but I went to school today. Picked a good two days to miss government, as the teacher was also gone, so I only had two classes to get notes from. Once again hideously behind on the Les Mis front, though...
Log is still neverending, not so much from lack of inspiration as time zone constraints. (mumble.) ::pokes Ashie:: Two things - when it's done can I post it, and are you working tomorrow? (The latter so I've got an idea of how much might get done.) And depending on how long it might stretch things out, I've got a cool idea on the wacky-dream front for it.
Note to self: you owe people stories.

Brought to you by a REALLY angsty log wot is still in progress:
( Bridge Over Troubled Water )
In other news: The washer has plumbing issues, I'm REALLY behind on reading Les Mis, I have to write the script for that drama thing, and I'm tossing around ideas for some of the requests I got yesterday (Morgan, yours might end up incorporating Discworld, but I'll try to keep it to where it makes sense to an outsider). So the party registration may get delayed once again. It's hard to tell.

Speech-giving meeting for the next Kairos was tonight. Wouldn't be very nice of me to go into details, so we'll leave it at informative. Also, since this is at least the third retreat this year someone's used "Bittersweet Symphony" as a speech song on, I think it's an unofficial theme song.
One of my parents' friends seems to have gone off the deep end. Don't know all the details, probably wouldn't share if I did.
Have to at least finish notecards for the Hitchhiker's Guide speech. I'd call it about half-done, and am at least on firmer ground with conclusions when I can make a sales pitch.
I don't think that log is quite done yet, but nearly so, so even with the wonky hours we ought to be able to finish by Wednesday. (Celestina, you did get the last bit I sent, right?)

*I got a 95 on my Little Prince analysis. ::feels accomplished! an A on a Renneker paper!:: (Perhaps only Kim and Kim will appreciate the full meaning of that one...)
*Celestina, if you'd like we can run an email log of birthday stuff between tomorrow and Saturday (my time), and then not post it till the appropriate day. Mainly, we'd have to do it then since the rest of the week's destroyed, between school and time zones.
*Drabblage inspired by Discworld theory discussion in the RPage (drabble: Bifurcation) has led to a need for the appropriate AU. Had I known that stuff in December or so, I'd've jumped at the chance myself, but as it is, I've no ideas. Takers?

I'm starting to get the impression that your email program hates mine. Did you get either of the last two things I sent you (one of them was yesterday, and I think the other was a couple days before that)?
'Cause if it's not getting through there I think I'll be trying it from my other email in the future.
On a somewhat related note, I think in the process of figuring out how to email Mom's school stuff to her school computer from here, I figured out how to get some stuff on the Pit of Voles if I so desire. May or may not try that over break.
Finally, this icon's going to schiarire as of Friday. I've got a Christmasy thing planned, and she expressed interest, so.

The football team smooshed whoever it was they played last night. Seems like the team only shows up at the beginning and end of the season.
Bengals are winning at the moment as well.
Never got to any of the writing sort of things I was going to do last night, mainly because I was spazzing over the RPage. On a related note, the time difference between here and Australia is now SIXTEEN HOURS. ::stabs time zones! and equator!::
I've really got to get some of this stuff done now, since I need it as such in a week. So, I think I'll go do that. Note to self: call a friend once the game's over (or something - just so long as you get to it this afternoon).
SFBC catalog has TWO PAGES of Pratchett (not counting the Monstrous Regiment feature). Wonder how many I can talk the parents into getting...

Reached a couple decisions while I was at it:
*There's really no point in me staying up as late as I have been on school nights, since it's mainly trying to talk to Celestina and half the time she's in school. So maybe if I start going to bed a bit earlier Mom'll get off my case a bit.
*You know, I'd never really thought of laziness as advocating exercise, but after reading Victor's opinion on that in Moving Pictures... it just might be worth looking into. (Book continues to be quite good, incidentally. That abandoned-theater-thing is positively creepy.)
In other news, I've got to write a short story for religion. I don't know to exactly what purpose just yet, but I'm not supposed to put my name on it (odd...). Result will likely end up on the writing LJ, and maybe also my book review sort of essays while I'm at it.
ETA: Beta Appreciation Day, is it? Well, I don't think anyone who's beta-ed my stuff will see this, but still. Thanks for all your help (even if I thoroughly confused you with Slight Return).

Subject line is another DVD!Soul Music thing I meant to comment on - I know I heard that before then. Can't remember where though. Oh well, 'tis still a brilliant pun.
And while we're on the subject of music... dude. Just... dude. This is clearly not a good year to be a musician.
On the whole I'm starting to wonder why I got up that early today. Then again... 259 comments? That I can read through (and in fact contribute to) before anyone expcets me to be up, so I'm not going to be distracted with silly Expectations? That must be why. And it doesn't look like the comment-barrage will stop any time soon, either. XD Back tonight for another round, presumably (since eventually tammaiya's got to go to sleep).

Today wasn't quite as all-encompassingly brilliant as yesterday was (grumbleparentswithExpectationsgrumble), but it was still pretty darn good. The infusion of small children after school might've had something to do with it. One of the kids was thoroughly convinced his parents weren't going to come get him. He must be new to the day care business...
Anyone else catch I'm With Her? Amusing little show, that. I can second the sentiment that grading homework IS homework, having seen Mom do it often enough. (And there's good music too!)
Soul Music DVD is at the library; will prolly go get it after school tomorrow (yay!). Speaking of which (in a very roundabout way)... Celestina, I don't know if we'll get anything done tomorrow morning. But I'm planning to try and get up early Thursday. So...
Love this CD, love Situations, love Tim and Maurice. Things are thing-like (to quote cheese_error).