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Oct. 2nd, 2009 05:14 pmThe concert was great. We had to pick up the kiddo by 11:30, so we didn't get to stay for the encore. Of course, they played two of our favorite songs, so that was kind of a bummer. On the other hand, I kind of didn't mind skipping the encore, since U2 tends to get a bit preachy toward concert's end. Still, it would've been great to hear those two songs live again. Ah well. At least we were on time for picking up the kiddo -- so mission accomplished! They played a lot of stuff from their newest album. Before the concert, I would have said I didn't like that album at all. Now, after having heard the songs live, I decided to give the CD another chance. I found I like most of the songs pretty well, although I don't think it's one of those albums that will be a top favorite of mine. Still, it's good to find new things to like. Er ... or something like that.
The concert was super crowded, as expected -- just me and about 90,000 or so of my "closest friends" packed into the stadium. (LOLz) The set was huge -- and a little creepy, although the rotating rings were pretty neat. And, of course, we ended up sitting three seats down from the one asshole in the stadium who couldn't make it through the show without a smoke. And who couldn't be bothered to leave his seat to light up -- four times. A minor irritation for most people, but a huge irritation for me given my really awful smoke allergy. Luckily, the fact that the stadium was open air worked in my favor; I ended up not getting sick from it. I wonder if that means I've used up all my good luck for the foreseeable future. >.O
I finally managed to get my scorched pot (mostly) clean. I ended up boiling some baking soda in there, followed by using a soft-ish plastic tool for scraping the worst bits back out. There is a tiny bit of staining left, but the surface is smooth again. This is a good thing.
Writing is still the suck. Bleh. For some reason, I'm having a hard time getting back into my school year routine. School starts and ends a bit later this year, so maybe that's why. It's still early in the school year, so hopefully things will start falling into place here soon.
But (!!) I think I'm going to do NaNo again this year. I wasn't going to because November is such a hard time for me, between Thanksgiving, travel for one of hubby's yearly conferences, and my folks visiting. But I've been thinking about it, and it might be a good way to jump-start stuff on Midroc II. I hope. If not, I might end up scrapping the whole first novel, too. Right now, I'm kind of at the mindset where I'm close to doing that. I know it's irrational, and I keep telling myself that. But frustration is running very high for me right now. And no one will read the damn thing, anyhow. Bleh.
Anyhow ... enough of my whining. I think I may spend the evening forcing myself to work on some WK fic. At this point, writing's writing. o_O
The concert was super crowded, as expected -- just me and about 90,000 or so of my "closest friends" packed into the stadium. (LOLz) The set was huge -- and a little creepy, although the rotating rings were pretty neat. And, of course, we ended up sitting three seats down from the one asshole in the stadium who couldn't make it through the show without a smoke. And who couldn't be bothered to leave his seat to light up -- four times. A minor irritation for most people, but a huge irritation for me given my really awful smoke allergy. Luckily, the fact that the stadium was open air worked in my favor; I ended up not getting sick from it. I wonder if that means I've used up all my good luck for the foreseeable future. >.O
I finally managed to get my scorched pot (mostly) clean. I ended up boiling some baking soda in there, followed by using a soft-ish plastic tool for scraping the worst bits back out. There is a tiny bit of staining left, but the surface is smooth again. This is a good thing.
Writing is still the suck. Bleh. For some reason, I'm having a hard time getting back into my school year routine. School starts and ends a bit later this year, so maybe that's why. It's still early in the school year, so hopefully things will start falling into place here soon.
But (!!) I think I'm going to do NaNo again this year. I wasn't going to because November is such a hard time for me, between Thanksgiving, travel for one of hubby's yearly conferences, and my folks visiting. But I've been thinking about it, and it might be a good way to jump-start stuff on Midroc II. I hope. If not, I might end up scrapping the whole first novel, too. Right now, I'm kind of at the mindset where I'm close to doing that. I know it's irrational, and I keep telling myself that. But frustration is running very high for me right now. And no one will read the damn thing, anyhow. Bleh.
Anyhow ... enough of my whining. I think I may spend the evening forcing myself to work on some WK fic. At this point, writing's writing. o_O