First post on my own!

Anyway, so I suppose I'll let you in on what's going on right now (or why I went from validating 50 chapters a day to 7 if I'm lucky). It's a magical black hole into which time disappears called a job!

...waiting tables. Okay, so it's not anything glamorous. But, hey, I'm in college and it's money. And free pizza. Free pizza is a perk.

Besides that I try to spend at least a little time with my boyfriend, seeing as he works in the morning and I work at night. Also, I spent quite a bit of time helping him to pick out and adopt two cats for his new apartment. Please go to a shelter if you need a pet. There are so many amazing adult cats that need homes and everyone just wants kittens. Unfortunately the shelter in my area is not a no-kill, so I felt absolutely terrible that I couldn't take them all home.

And now my boyfriend has made the mistake of giving me a camcorder for my birthday that I will now waste countless hours playing with. I mean, dude - it shoots in High Definition! Like 1080p! *hearts bf* Now I need a professional editing program. Well, first I need a proper laptop that will run the editing program (my hard drive cries every day). Then I can get the expensive one that can burn Blu-Ray. *squee*

Just picked up two books from the bookstore a few days ago. First is Close Range by Annie Proulx, the short story collection that contains "Brokeback Mountain." Yes, it was a short story first. Love it. Love the movie. Cry every time (the most beautiful movie ever!). Second, Monster Island: A Zombie Novel by David Wellington. This one excites me because it's about zombies (yay!) and also written by a man who has a Masters in English, meaning he must understand what makes good literature, thank goodness. I have yet to read the next issue of The Walking Dead, a graphic novel by Robert Kirkman, but I love the series.

At some point I have to drive down to my college and pick up my textbooks. I found out the other day that I won some sort of contest I didn't know about (something about people who applied early) and now have a $200 gift certificate toward my books! Yay!

I want to start now. I heard my Creative Writing professor is brilliant. Only two more weeks!

So between work, school, social life, personal hygiene, and the occasional nap, I have much less time than I am used to having for validating. And beyond that, I am left with the insane idea that someday I might have time to brush up a story to send to Glimmer Train. Or Cemetery Dance. Depending on whether I do Literary Fiction or Horror. Glimmer Train pays better.

*sigh* I need to write a novel at some point… I’m thinking zombies.