I'm Not Working Out Right Now
Sep. 22nd, 2008 10:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lydamorehouseInstead, I am talking to you.
I'm trying something new today, actually. Instead of working out first thing in the morning after dropping Mason off, I'm going to try to go at 2:00 PM. This could work, if only because I've dubbed two o'clock my "restless time." I've NEVER been an afternoon person, even after shifting my writing schedule to night time while Mason was an infant, I still felt completely stupid and useless from about two to four in the evening (that's 14:00 - 16:00 for the rest of the world.) Anyway, since I'm going to be brain dead and restless (I start thinking: "I have to pick Mason up sooon!" even though his school doesn't let out until 3:35 PM,) I might as well do it on a treadmill.
Wish me luck.
In writing news, I have to get started on a short story that I promised an anthology editor because it's due on September 30th. Luckily, I think I finally know what it's about, although it will be my first attempt to write professionally about aliens. It's strange to think that after all this time as a writer of science fiction, I've never attempted to tackle this staple in our genre. I think I've been afraid to. After all, it's much easier to mock people who do it badly than to attempt to actually write a good alien for oneself.
Wish me luck.
In political news, according to my friend CV Rick, PBS is conducting a poll that asks whether or not people feel that VP candidate Sara Palin is qualified to serve. When I put in my answer this morning, a surprising majority agreed she was. Regardless of how your opinion, feel free to answer the poll here: http://www.pbs.org/now/polls/poll-435.html. Also, did you watch Obama on 60 Minutes last night? How annoyed were you that interviewer dude kept repeating, "So you're going to raise taxes, eh?" Even after Obama explained he wasn't TWO TIMES. I started shouting at the TV, "Stop repeating the damn conservative talking points, you f**king puppet!" (at which point my partner reminded me to consider my blood pressure during poltical campaign seasons.)
Wish me luck.
But on a similar political note, I'm in a bit of a connundrum. MoveOn.org, of which I'm a member, phoned last night to ask if I was willing to volunteer for them on behalf of Obama. I said "yes" rather enthusastically, and then remembered a supersition of mine: every candidate that I've volunteered for in the past eight years has LOST. In fact, just a couple days ago when we were driving to work, I vowed to Shawn that I would not do any of the things I've done for the previous losers: I would not volunteer, buy a t-shirt, march, go to a rally, or put up a lawn sign. Now, I was thinking that perhaps since I'm not offically volunteering for Obama directly, the curse might be avoided... but then, I was seized by fear. Can you f**king imagine McCain/Palin in the White House? Especially now on the financially rocky boat America is in? Despite my fiction penchant, I don't really want to bring on the apcolypse... so I'm thinking I'd better not risk it.
Wish me luck.
Mason has very much adopted Obama as his choice for president. My very, very favorite thing is that even before Obama won the nomination from the Democratic convention, Mason usually refers to Obama as "President Obama" or "my favorite president, Barack Obama." He will also cheer any Obama (or DFL candidate) lawn sign on the way to work/school, and his big plan to defeat the Republicans is to simply chant "Vote for Obama" (and alternately "U. S. A.!," which he considers, interestingly enough, an exclusively Democratic chant) loudly and repetitively until the Republican in question must submit to the verbal assault.
Wish him luck.
I'm trying something new today, actually. Instead of working out first thing in the morning after dropping Mason off, I'm going to try to go at 2:00 PM. This could work, if only because I've dubbed two o'clock my "restless time." I've NEVER been an afternoon person, even after shifting my writing schedule to night time while Mason was an infant, I still felt completely stupid and useless from about two to four in the evening (that's 14:00 - 16:00 for the rest of the world.) Anyway, since I'm going to be brain dead and restless (I start thinking: "I have to pick Mason up sooon!" even though his school doesn't let out until 3:35 PM,) I might as well do it on a treadmill.
Wish me luck.
In writing news, I have to get started on a short story that I promised an anthology editor because it's due on September 30th. Luckily, I think I finally know what it's about, although it will be my first attempt to write professionally about aliens. It's strange to think that after all this time as a writer of science fiction, I've never attempted to tackle this staple in our genre. I think I've been afraid to. After all, it's much easier to mock people who do it badly than to attempt to actually write a good alien for oneself.
Wish me luck.
In political news, according to my friend CV Rick, PBS is conducting a poll that asks whether or not people feel that VP candidate Sara Palin is qualified to serve. When I put in my answer this morning, a surprising majority agreed she was. Regardless of how your opinion, feel free to answer the poll here: http://www.pbs.org/now/polls/poll-435.html. Also, did you watch Obama on 60 Minutes last night? How annoyed were you that interviewer dude kept repeating, "So you're going to raise taxes, eh?" Even after Obama explained he wasn't TWO TIMES. I started shouting at the TV, "Stop repeating the damn conservative talking points, you f**king puppet!" (at which point my partner reminded me to consider my blood pressure during poltical campaign seasons.)
Wish me luck.
But on a similar political note, I'm in a bit of a connundrum. MoveOn.org, of which I'm a member, phoned last night to ask if I was willing to volunteer for them on behalf of Obama. I said "yes" rather enthusastically, and then remembered a supersition of mine: every candidate that I've volunteered for in the past eight years has LOST. In fact, just a couple days ago when we were driving to work, I vowed to Shawn that I would not do any of the things I've done for the previous losers: I would not volunteer, buy a t-shirt, march, go to a rally, or put up a lawn sign. Now, I was thinking that perhaps since I'm not offically volunteering for Obama directly, the curse might be avoided... but then, I was seized by fear. Can you f**king imagine McCain/Palin in the White House? Especially now on the financially rocky boat America is in? Despite my fiction penchant, I don't really want to bring on the apcolypse... so I'm thinking I'd better not risk it.
Wish me luck.
Mason has very much adopted Obama as his choice for president. My very, very favorite thing is that even before Obama won the nomination from the Democratic convention, Mason usually refers to Obama as "President Obama" or "my favorite president, Barack Obama." He will also cheer any Obama (or DFL candidate) lawn sign on the way to work/school, and his big plan to defeat the Republicans is to simply chant "Vote for Obama" (and alternately "U. S. A.!," which he considers, interestingly enough, an exclusively Democratic chant) loudly and repetitively until the Republican in question must submit to the verbal assault.
Wish him luck.
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Date: 2008-09-22 05:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-09-22 05:35 pm (UTC)I'm currently reading "Lilith's Brood" by Octavia Butler, which is about an alien culture that takes on humanity in a benign but dominating manner. What I've noticed is that the humans make the story interesting, why the aliens in large doses tend to be rather dull. I've always favored E.T and alien stories, yet I am wondering after reading this, if the most interesting aspect is how humans are reflected or compare.
Luck again!
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Date: 2008-09-22 11:24 pm (UTC)I'll say this again . . . I don't want Daisy Duke in the White House!
Go ahead, volunteer. Your juju isn't big enough to jinx anything. Sorry 'bout that.
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Date: 2008-09-23 01:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-09-23 10:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-09-23 12:46 am (UTC)Good luck on all counts to both of you!
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Date: 2008-09-23 01:50 am (UTC)If you need more, I can lend you my super power for a few days.
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Date: 2008-09-23 04:07 am (UTC)I've been thinking of volunteering for the DFL, but I don't really know where to start. Maybe you can give me a helpful nudge and therefore keep on the good side of your superstition while still helping?
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Date: 2008-09-23 01:32 pm (UTC)As for volunteering, I've NEVER encouraged anyone else to do it, so yeah, it should negate the curse. Go for it. You want to take my place at MoveOn.org tonight? (Just kidding.)
Luck!
Date: 2008-09-23 05:24 am (UTC)That is so cute. My little one likes Obama too. Totally on her own!!! I keep hoping that maybe there are some republicans out there that might actually listen to the intuition of the very young this year. Kids are SO much more aware of what is right and what SHOULD happen than most of the rest of us.
Re: Luck!
Date: 2008-09-23 01:33 pm (UTC)