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12:04 Oct 27 2010
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I bought a nifty little piece of software today: Write or Die. Because I am a master procrastinator. (As opposed to master baiter. Although I'm pretty damn good at that too, IMHO.)



It's only $10.00 ($10.59 for me, coz I'm Aussie, wow I am loving the exchange rate atm!).



It works.



I thoroughly recommend it for anyone who is struggling with procrastination with their writing.



I am feeling all accomplished now, because I've now nearly finished the next chapter on my latest DA multiparter.

00:22 Oct 23 2010
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Ugh. God. Am sick again. Also on night shifts. Didn't go to work last night, may not go tonight either.



I am so incredibly over being sick. My immune system is totally fucked. I feel like I should be in a bubble.



Or better yet, a quarian envirosuit. Only without looking hot.

15:14 Oct 12 2010
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I think this is one of the saddest things I've ever read.



One of my femSheps, Jinian, who romanced Thane, just went back and re-read the Shadow Broker's dossier on him, and found his letter to her.



Siha,



I write this with a heavy hand, knowing you will read this letter when I am no longer able to share my thoughts. I am dying, Siha. Perhaps because of the differences between our species, I can hope that time will treat you with kindness and dim the hurt of my passing to faded recollections that a drell would forever remember with perfect clarity.



Selfishly, however, I could not leave this world without leaving a piece of me behind that would never fade.



I once accepted my fate. Nothing remained but a shell destined to die. I only had to choose the when and how of my passing. I had refused to be confined to a bed, gasping horribly as my life beeped away to machinery I had no use for. I thought of my Irikah, broken, bloodied, and betrayed by my absence. Of Kolyat, small and afraid, bravely pushing at his eyes to stem the flow of tears I had entrusted him to cry... for both our sakes.



The expectation to move swiftly to my end vanished upon uniting with your cause. You awoke me, Shepard. My heart quickened its sluggish beat if only to remain at your side and protect you with everything that I am. I was content to simply watch, take the time left given and praise all I know for allowing me to walk my final days with hope and certainty that I am worthy of more than my cold isolation, solely because you believed.



I love you. If all else whispers back into the tide, know this for fact. By grace given me by the Goddess Arashu, I bid her divine protection to you, my warrior-angel, my Siha, to succeed in your destiny. To light your path through the coming darkness. To give you hope, when all seems lost.



I will await you across the sea.



Thane













So sad. So jealous of my characters' abilities to have meaningful relationships. Even if they are doomed. I wish I was a Siha to someone :(

From an email I received today...
01:41 Oct 08 2010
Times Read: 747


Truths For Mature Humans







1. I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.



2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.



3. I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger. OMG, so very, very true!



4. There is great need for a sarcasm font.



5. How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet? Obviously this was written by a man. Women know how to fold fitted sheets.



6. Was learning cursive really necessary?



7. Map Quest really needs to start their directions on # 5. I'm pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.



8. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.



9. I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired. *sigh* again, true.



10. Bad decisions make good stories.



11. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you know that you just aren't going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.



12. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blue Ray? I don't want to have to restart my collection...again.



13. I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten-page technical report that I swear I did not make any changes to.



14. I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.



15. I think the freezer deserves a light as well.



16. I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lite than Kay. I dunno what Kay Jewellers is but I get the idea...



17. I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.



18. I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.



19. How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear or understand a word they said? Ha, yes. I've been sucked into crap so many times because of that!



20. I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars team up to prevent a jerk from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers and sisters!



21. Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever. *bows down to the almighty dirt repelling properties of a humble pair of jeans*



22. Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is. God, yes. Though in all fairness I didn't learn to read analogue time till I was in my teens. Sometimes I think I'm numbers retarded.



23. Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, finding their cell phone, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey - but I'd bet everyone can find and push the snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time, every time!



24. The first testicular guard, the "Cup," was used in Hockey in 1874 and the first helmet was used in 1974.That means it only took 100 years for men to realize that their brain is also important.









Anyone else have any other truths???



Mine would be, don't drink an entire bottle of Moscato and expect to be decent for work the next day. Even when you don't start til 4pm. Ugh.

Humiliation R Us
09:44 Oct 02 2010
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So today was a fairly embarrassing day for me.



As you (may) know, I'm working full 24 hour shift work for the first time ever, and I am not responding at all well to it. Currently I am on early shifts, so I need to be up by 4am to get to work on time. So I have my alarm on my phone set to wake me up, and have it on the bedside table.



Anyhoo, today I wake up and it's light. And I think, "what the fuck???" Then I look at my clock and it's not 4am or even 5am, it's 8am. EIGHT FRICKING AM!!!! So I go, holy crap, and look at my phone.



I have not only slept through my alarm going off, but 3 phone calls and 2 text messages.



*facepalm*



But wait, it gets better.



Because I work for the police, they take staff security very seriously. So the next thing I know my intercom is buzzing. My BOSS is outside my door, wanting to make sure I am alive.



MY BOSS SAW MY IN MY NIGHT ATTIRE!!!!



My old, daggy, comfy sleep shirt that's too short for my pudgy thighs and has embarrassing pictures of cartoon owls kissing and love hearts and stuff on the front.



Oh, the shame.



Anyway. I get ready and he drives me to work.



Only to endure the catcalls of humiliation from THE ENTIRE FLOOR WHO ALL KNEW ABOUT MY EMBARRASSMENT!



Sigh.





For the rest of the day I was enduring people coming up and cracking jokes about narcoleptics and scaring the crap out of me to make sure I was awake.







I suppose it could be worse, I'm told the next step after the boss attempting to make sure I am still alive is to have a crew sent out to knock down the front door.

Yeah. HAWT.







In other news, my permanent appointment got confirmed today, so I am officially a public servant (again). Also, there are positions going for team leaders at level 5, and I was encouraged to apply. Despite my sleep issues.



...technically I am writing my application out now, but I got distracted by DA and ME kink memes, which are alluring and tempting and tantalising and much more interesting than application writing...



So yes. Ups and downs, today. *shakes head*