Ready to Be Productive

So, I finally finished watching all of Lost. I thought the conclusion was a bit lame, but really, I'm somewhat impressed they had the guts to go with that sort of ending because it's hard, and most people go for the other endings because they are easier to do. So kudos to the Lost people for being brave.

I have been playing Epic Mickey, which I think is a cool game, but it turns out that I really don't have the stamina to complete a whole game. I am bored, and I am ready to be reading and writing again. It's good that I got that out of my system while my Blockbuster subscription was still in trial mode.

I have been reading The Female Man by Joanna Russ. It's a weird book, and it's only like 200-some pages, but it's been taking me forever to read. I'm starting to really get into it (at 170 pages in). I'm in reading mode again. Forget TV and video games.

I've been re-plotting my novel in my head for my most recent change in plan-of-action (this is the 3rd major change in the focus on this novel). I also need to make a research plan/book list to help in developing it. I can do some of the early revision now, but I really need to do some serious reading before I can get a more solid new direction. I have been working on this novel for over 7 years now. It needs to be finished.

Friday Afternoon Club

So it has been a long week, and a lot went wrong at work. To celebrate the completion of the awful week, we set up an unofficial Friday Afternoon Club that was more like a Friday evening club.

When 5:00 rolled around, Loyse (my boss) and I shut off our computers, and Mari (a work-friend) walked over from the other building, and we set up our event.

We set out a bowl of chips and one of salsa, unpacked a small cooler of beers and mini-wines, and set to chatting.

Loyse keeps a dart board in the office, but we couldn't find the rules, and no one rememberd exactly, so we made up our own game. Loyse drew a face (because she has mad art skills), and then Mari added a few details and labeled his face with a point system. We named him Mr. Frustration, a stand-in for our general frustrations with work. We called him Fred for short.

We gave ourselves 10 rounds to play, and at the end, the highest score won. Loyse and I tied at 305 points. I suggested we each throw a single dart to break the tie, but Mari thought we should arm wrestle because she had been admiring Loyse's guns. Loyse does P90X.

I was sure Loyse would win because I don't work my arms much, but I do have the advantage of being much bigger than Loyse and younger too. She's like 5'1" whereas I am closer to 5'7". We fought hard against eachother, yet we barely moved. We were pretty evenly match. As our arms started to shake, Mari started counting down. When she hit zero, we ended the match, still tied. Perfect equals.

It was fun. We talked about our pets, our various crafty projects, refinishing furniture, selling things on Ebay, losing finger and toe nails in clumsy accidents, hair dye, and anything else at all that came to mind.

There is talk of a future yarn art party, complete with chick flick. Next time we do this, I'm responsible for drinks, so I'm making them try pineapple beer.