Now that's nice

I know I tend to ramble on and on about my beloved Blackhawks and at times I come out sounding like someone who is half my age (okay, maybe a third my age), but looking at the lineup for this evening when all but one of my guys (come back soon, Rene) was healthy, I've got to say that my team is friggin' AWESOME! That is all. By the way, they won tonight and are tied for second in points with St. Louis.

I am plugging away at the next part of "Great Risks". This is a fairly hard chapter to write because this is the one that's going to lead us down the garden path to canon. So I'm pressuring myself to get it to the point where I am satisfied with it (hence, the overlong break). It's really no surprise where it's going, but the point is the journey and all the fun (and pain and angst) along the way.

Maintenance played in my apartment today. They took the chain lock off the front door, which I don't like, patched up some of the chipped paint spots in the kitchen (it could use a real paint job now), installed a light fixture in the kitchen (which I do like) and a new filter in the hood over the stove. And best of all, the kitchen cabinets finally shut (I had tried to fix them myself when I was working in there once, and just lost patience with it). So it's good.

Thanksgiving was nice. It was fun seeing the family. My sister is a big LOTR fan, so my niece was on her all weekend about the new baby, who my mom (and now my niece) have deemed "baby Frodo". I think my sister wanted to kill us for putting the idea in my niece's head, because Frodo was one of those names that she had to say in the silliest way possible. (Probably the way that Gollum would say it, but with a little more bass, if that gives you an indication). It was funny.

Looking forward to settling in and watching "Bionic Woman" and "Life" tonight. I was glad to see that "Life" got picked up for a full season (once the writers get back to work). I think "Bionic" would do a lot better if there was more Sarah in it - having her on every three weeks or so is a bad move - they should be using story arcs at least. Here it is sweeps time and I had two weeks of Jaime and some guy (?!) There's something very wrong there.

Now that's nice

I know I tend to ramble on and on about my beloved Blackhawks and at times I come out sounding like someone who is half my age (okay, maybe a third my age), but looking at the lineup for this evening when all but one of my guys (come back soon, Rene) was healthy, I've got to say that my team is friggin' AWESOME! That is all. By the way, they won tonight and are tied for second in points with St. Louis.

I am plugging away at the next part of "Great Risks". This is a fairly hard chapter to write because this is the one that's going to lead us down the garden path to canon. So I'm pressuring myself to get it to the point where I am satisfied with it (hence, the overlong break). It's really no surprise where it's going, but the point is the journey and all the fun (and pain and angst) along the way.

Maintenance played in my apartment today. They took the chain lock off the front door, which I don't like, patched up some of the chipped paint spots in the kitchen (it could use a real paint job now), installed a light fixture in the kitchen (which I do like) and a new filter in the hood over the stove. And best of all, the kitchen cabinets finally shut (I had tried to fix them myself when I was working in there once, and just lost patience with it). So it's good.

Thanksgiving was nice. It was fun seeing the family. My sister is a big LOTR fan, so my niece was on her all weekend about the new baby, who my mom (and now my niece) have deemed "baby Frodo". I think my sister wanted to kill us for putting the idea in my niece's head, because Frodo was one of those names that she had to say in the silliest way possible. (Probably the way that Gollum would say it, but with a little more bass, if that gives you an indication). It was funny.

Looking forward to settling in and watching "Bionic Woman" and "Life" tonight. I was glad to see that "Life" got picked up for a full season (once the writers get back to work). I think "Bionic" would do a lot better if there was more Sarah in it - having her on every three weeks or so is a bad move - they should be using story arcs at least. Here it is sweeps time and I had two weeks of Jaime and some guy (?!) There's something very wrong there.