Author Archives: Jodi

movies and tv, nanowrimo

Nano Day 6

Since we have channels that broadcast in the EST on our cable, I have already watched Bones and House and it’s not even 9pm. (I only like shows that are one word nouns. And have SCIENCE in them. Science is cool.)

So my feuvision dvd is on, and so is my nanocam. Maybe you can see the fire burning in the background. Très réaliste! I want to break 5k tonight. Which would put me exactly 5k + 2 words behind schedule. I’ve got to work out a better system for my day.

I think that if I had marshmallows and butter, I would easily break 5k. I have the rice krispies already. I have the technology.

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nanowrimo, William

NaNo: Day 5

I’m behind. I’ve been behind since day 2. I don’t want to talk about how far behind I am. Let’s see where the day takes us.

I’ve turned the Nanocam on, but before too long I am going to need to go and put the pork chops in the oven. Mmmmm… pork chops.

We just returned from Costco where I bought something I’ve wanted for years. A DVD of a fire in a fireplace. No, I am not kidding. I don’t have a fireplace, but I love them. And really, what is a writing environment without a crackling fire, this time of year? No, it does not give off heat, but the heat vent is right below my feet, if I really need it. It may sound weird, but the fact that the television is occupied with something makes it less of a temptation to turn it on and watch it.

As a bonus my Feuvision came bundled with Eauvsion and a Hivervision. Each one comes with the same selection of Jazz, Ambient, Classical, and Holiday Traditional music on it. The fireplace comes with fireplace sounds. The winter dvd comes with winter sounds, whatever they may be. But the fish tank comes with ocean sounds. Which is a bit disappointing because I think I’d rather have fish tank noises. However, the scenes change, and it’s not always a tank, but sometimes fish in a more natural environment. We have the fish on right now. The ocean sounds were not enough to mask the music coming from Wil’s headphones (he’s going to go deaf I swear) so I am actually listening to the sound of thunderstorms on my headphones.

It’s a variable potpourri of nature sounds, I’ll tell you what.

I’m saving the fire for after dark.

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nanowrimo, William

NaNo Cam ON: Word Count = 0

I thought I would turn my webcam on while I wrote this afternoon. As you may, or may not, know, the daily average, to reach 50,000 by November 30th is 1667 words.

Wil got up early and did 1741 words. I’m very proud of him. His story is all about how cute I am and how much he loves me. No, it’s not. Although, I am sure it would be trés facile to write 50 thousand words on my cuteness. (Jodi is very very very very very very cute. I love her very very very very much. Because she is cute like the following: a butterfly, a kitten, a puppy, a swan, a dolphin, a baby, a baby bunny, a baby deer, a baby duck, a baby baby, oh did I mention baby already?)

I’m feeling apprehensive about my story because I do not have one yet. I have a feeling that the first 8,000 words might be my main character talking to herself. I might feel more positive had my 2007 NaNoWriMo shirt arrived. It shipped weeks ago. I don’t understand why it has to take SO LONG for items to ship from the States to Canada. We are like thisclose to each other.

Ah, well. I’m stalling. I’ve done dishes, I’ve read every blog known to webkind, I’ve read all my emails, including the junk mail. I turned on the webcam. I guess I’d better just get start.

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Canada, macs

An Apple a Day

In different circumstances, Dr. Stevil and I would have had a date last night, at the Apple store.

The new OS, OS X 10.5 aka: Leopard, was released last night. Typically, the Apple store closes for an hour or two, and reopens with great fanfare in the evening. People line up, everyone cheers and tchotchkes are distributed. According the emails I received a couple of weeks ago, there were to be free tshirts last night. Steve and I have gone to the last few OS X releases together.

Sadly, there are no Apple stores in BC. There are plenty of resellers, but the only official Apple stores are in Toronto. Stupid Toronto.*

Wonder why people line up hours ahead of time for an OS? Well, either you get it or you don’t. If you don’t, I can’t begin to explain to you the visceral pleasure of being a Mac user. Be happy in your PC use, I wish you all the best. I’m not sure I would want everyone to love the Mac the way that we faithful do. Although, one of the people on the tech show “Attack of the Show” made a disparaging remark about Apple products and I now refer to her as That British Bitch (she’s the only British one on the show, or I’d have to come up with a different Bitch label. That Brunette Bitch?) and flip the tv off when she shows up on screen. Lucky, she’s a minor feature on the show. So maybe you should be happy in your pc world, and be careful about what you say about Apple around me. I’m kinda sassy.

No, seriously, don’t even try to Apple bash with me, I find I have very strong feelings about it.

I’ll pick up a copy of Leopard later this weekend and let you know what I think. I could just save time, however, and say, right now, that it ROCKS and I LOVE IT. Because you know both are going to be true.

*it’s ok, apparently hating Toronto is a national pastime for all Canadians living in Not Toronto. I don’t know why, I’ve never been there. I’m just trying to fit in.

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