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- 08:03 Found my direction. I'm going to be alternating between The Herald of Spring (wt) and Extrication for writing right now. #
- 08:48 While others prepared for Thanksgiving, I just spent my morning researching three crop rotations and getting ready for work. #
Joshua Keezer
The Musings of a Fae Storyteller
This is a new experience for me. For the first time in a very long time, I have no idea what I want to write next. I almost always have something that I want to write next. However, the ideas that kept coming up in my mind again and again over the last month just didn't seem to stick.
I have no idea what to move onto next for writing. This is just really odd.
I have no idea what to move onto next for writing. This is just really odd.
- 07:53 For those looking for a house moving update: tinyurl.com/ykya2dt #
- 08:07 @ceotty I just read it. I was off twitter for ~48 hours. If you want to hook me up my email is hanabishi ( a t ) gmail d-o-t com #
- 08:10 @ceotty Thank you very much! I really appreciate it. #
- 10:28 @ceotty My invite came in. I'm working on Google Wave as we speak. #
- 17:50 Good thing this isnt for a fear of the dark... #
- 21:04 49730 words. I'm unable to focus on writing right now. :( #
- 22:42 50k written but I have to still finish the story. #
exhausted
Right now I'm sitting in the living room of the apartment on a metal folding chair with my laptop on a television tray. The chair and the television tray are perhaps two of twelve pieces of furniture still remaining in the old apartment. Everything else is crammed in like a game of Tetris at the new house.
We still do not have a closing date yet. We had special permission to move our worldly possessions into the new house. We were told by the owner that he would have a few rooms empty for us to move into. The few rooms involved the living room and nothing else. We crammed as much as we could in. We have several brown boxes of random stuff around the house, things on the floor that we missed, and the things we intentionally skipped like the television and television stand.
We are not sure when we will be able to move in. The closing date is still unknown. There is a possibility that the electrician hired by the owner did not get a permit to do his electrical work. If that is the case, this could push closing to the end of the month. If he did have a permit, we could close on Wednesday. Regardless of when we close, we could move in before that point once the owner has completely moved out. However, they don't seem to be in a rush to do that. This is extremely frustrating.
So, starting yesterday to some point of time in the unknown future, I'm living in an almost empty apartment with eight changes of clothing. I really only have a few tasks in the house to do at this point in time. I need to get the rest of the stuff from the attic down and move all of the remaining boxes of things to go into the living room so that it is close to the door when we get to move the rest of it in.
We still do not have a closing date yet. We had special permission to move our worldly possessions into the new house. We were told by the owner that he would have a few rooms empty for us to move into. The few rooms involved the living room and nothing else. We crammed as much as we could in. We have several brown boxes of random stuff around the house, things on the floor that we missed, and the things we intentionally skipped like the television and television stand.
We are not sure when we will be able to move in. The closing date is still unknown. There is a possibility that the electrician hired by the owner did not get a permit to do his electrical work. If that is the case, this could push closing to the end of the month. If he did have a permit, we could close on Wednesday. Regardless of when we close, we could move in before that point once the owner has completely moved out. However, they don't seem to be in a rush to do that. This is extremely frustrating.
So, starting yesterday to some point of time in the unknown future, I'm living in an almost empty apartment with eight changes of clothing. I really only have a few tasks in the house to do at this point in time. I need to get the rest of the stuff from the attic down and move all of the remaining boxes of things to go into the living room so that it is close to the door when we get to move the rest of it in.
I was 7 years old when the original V mini-series came out. Years down the road, the mini-series was rebroadcast on television. I watched it religiously. Unfortunately, the mini-series ended and I couldn't watch it anymore. Then, a year or two later, if I'm recalling my childhood memory correctly, they did a marathon on television. It happened to be on a day my family was taking a trip to Bangor. I would not be able to watch it at home. I set up the VCR to record it so that I could keep it forever. The VCR recorded all but the last hour.
Twenty-five years after the original mini-series first aired, ABC launches a new V show. Originally supposed to be a mini-series, they, instead, launch a full blown series. I get excited every time I saw a commercial for the show. Then, the show launches and there are significant problems.
Don't get me wrong. The show does look like it has great promise. We have seen three forty-five minutes worth of show. The special effects and the advanced Visitor technology is showing us that they can do a killer show. But all during this time I have been unable to get a clear grasp at what was missing. My first clue came from when Alice commented that she didn't understand why people were protesting. She also objected to the idea that socialized health care is the only apparent promise the Visitors are making. It implies that the allegory for the show is that Socialism = bad. The thing is, I haven't seen the original V mini-series in years. I remember it not being like the show but I can't conclusively put my finger on it.
Today I found on the original V mini-series on YouTube. The first part of the mini-series is broken down into 11 parts each ~9 minutes and 40 seconds long. That's nearly two hours of V goodness which, is about as much as we've seen on ABC for the new series. Having rewatched the original mini-series, I can definitely see the problems with the new V. First, and perhaps most important, the original mini-series does a much better job of putting you into the perspective of the average person with the coming visitors. You see the arrival. You see the attempts to shoot down the aliens. You see first contact. You also see the suspicions as people start to observe odd behaviors. This is much unlike the new show in which and FBI agent discovers her partner is a lizard and a group of resistance members already know of an alien threat. I also think there is a lot to be said about the writing of the two series. I think that the writers are definitely deserving of praise in the original mini-series.
However, I'm not going to let MY opinion sway you. I'm going to give you ten minutes of the best damn sci-fi story I have ever seen portrayed on network television.
Twenty-five years after the original mini-series first aired, ABC launches a new V show. Originally supposed to be a mini-series, they, instead, launch a full blown series. I get excited every time I saw a commercial for the show. Then, the show launches and there are significant problems.
Don't get me wrong. The show does look like it has great promise. We have seen three forty-five minutes worth of show. The special effects and the advanced Visitor technology is showing us that they can do a killer show. But all during this time I have been unable to get a clear grasp at what was missing. My first clue came from when Alice commented that she didn't understand why people were protesting. She also objected to the idea that socialized health care is the only apparent promise the Visitors are making. It implies that the allegory for the show is that Socialism = bad. The thing is, I haven't seen the original V mini-series in years. I remember it not being like the show but I can't conclusively put my finger on it.
Today I found on the original V mini-series on YouTube. The first part of the mini-series is broken down into 11 parts each ~9 minutes and 40 seconds long. That's nearly two hours of V goodness which, is about as much as we've seen on ABC for the new series. Having rewatched the original mini-series, I can definitely see the problems with the new V. First, and perhaps most important, the original mini-series does a much better job of putting you into the perspective of the average person with the coming visitors. You see the arrival. You see the attempts to shoot down the aliens. You see first contact. You also see the suspicions as people start to observe odd behaviors. This is much unlike the new show in which and FBI agent discovers her partner is a lizard and a group of resistance members already know of an alien threat. I also think there is a lot to be said about the writing of the two series. I think that the writers are definitely deserving of praise in the original mini-series.
However, I'm not going to let MY opinion sway you. I'm going to give you ten minutes of the best damn sci-fi story I have ever seen portrayed on network television.
- 12:14 The #SWAGParty is getting started early. We have a Word Blitz goal of 9500 between 2 people. #
- 13:28 The #SWAGParty is going strong with 13 people. We'll have a final Word Blitz total soon. #
- 13:47 Holy crap! #SWAGParty is now at 16 people. Our Blitz Goal is 61406 Words! #
- 17:20 As of last updated, the #SWAGParty hit 49445 group words. #
- 11:26 @Himemiya Depression takes many, many forms. For me, it is: "I can't write anything decent and I'll never get published." *hugs* #
- 11:27 I got to be very abusive to my protagonist last night while writing. it was fun. #
- 12:18 Food for the homeless should never carry a condition on it: tinyurl.com/yfmul8b #
- 15:38 @Jenica704 I knew about it a couple of days before it went to press and have been quietly suppressing the hate until now. #
- 19:49 I stole Kathleen's iPhone. Muhahahaha! #
Apologizes for the Seinfeld reference but it is the most appropriate headline.
For the last two days, I was aware of terrible news story that was being worked on by my roommate. Now that the story is published I can share. Unfortunately, the Daily Gazette is a magazine you have to pay for in order to get the full story. This means that while I can use "Fair Use" rules to share some of the story, I cannot share the full story. If you want to cough up some money for the full story, the link to the story written by Kathleen Moore can be found here.
If you are homeless and living in South Albany, you have two options for a warm meal. You can attend a thirty minute prayer service or you can go somewhere else. Capital City Rescue Mission requires that anyone wanting a hot meal, has to attend a prayer service. If you are late, or refuse to attend a prayer service, you can have a bag of cold food.
So what about the services? Are they about seeking forgiveness or following Jesus' teaching? That would be a big fat no.
The article goes on to address the food bank policies set in place by Price Chopper who donates food to all of the local food banks. Unfortunately, because you get two slices of a sandwich and some fruit if you refuse to go to the service, they are meeting the food bank's requirements.
So what does the mission have to say about locking the doors at 6:08 PM and requiring people to attend the church service before they are allowed to have a hot meal? That they are doing God's work.
Regarding my opinion on the matter I have two thoughts. First, the right thing to do is to either provide warm meals to everyone or no one. Forcing people to attend a service is unacceptable. And my second thought on the matter is that if these people truly think they are doing God's work, they clearly haven't ever spent anytime actually reading the Bible they claim to be spreading the word of.
For the last two days, I was aware of terrible news story that was being worked on by my roommate. Now that the story is published I can share. Unfortunately, the Daily Gazette is a magazine you have to pay for in order to get the full story. This means that while I can use "Fair Use" rules to share some of the story, I cannot share the full story. If you want to cough up some money for the full story, the link to the story written by Kathleen Moore can be found here.
If you are homeless and living in South Albany, you have two options for a warm meal. You can attend a thirty minute prayer service or you can go somewhere else. Capital City Rescue Mission requires that anyone wanting a hot meal, has to attend a prayer service. If you are late, or refuse to attend a prayer service, you can have a bag of cold food.
So what about the services? Are they about seeking forgiveness or following Jesus' teaching? That would be a big fat no.
“My brother’s Muslim. I’m Catholic. I don’t want to hear a Protestant service every day,” Chuck Burt said. “Last year we had to pray for the success of George Bush. They said Catholics burning candles is a sign of demon worship, and all this ridiculous, worthless, evangelical junk.”
The article goes on to address the food bank policies set in place by Price Chopper who donates food to all of the local food banks. Unfortunately, because you get two slices of a sandwich and some fruit if you refuse to go to the service, they are meeting the food bank's requirements.
The mission’s rule is clear. On its front door, workers have posted a sign saying that chapel attendance is required for dinner. The hungry must arrive by 6:08 p.m. Those who come late get two sandwiches and a piece of fruit, which they must eat outside.
If the mission did not give out bagged meals, its dinner requirement would violate the regional food bank’s rules, Director Mark Quandt said.
“As a matter of policy, you can’t use food as a means to try to promote a certain religion on people,” he said.
But since they are providing food of some type to everyone, their hot dinner requirement is acceptable.
If the mission did not give out bagged meals, its dinner requirement would violate the regional food bank’s rules, Director Mark Quandt said.
“As a matter of policy, you can’t use food as a means to try to promote a certain religion on people,” he said.
But since they are providing food of some type to everyone, their hot dinner requirement is acceptable.
So what does the mission have to say about locking the doors at 6:08 PM and requiring people to attend the church service before they are allowed to have a hot meal? That they are doing God's work.
Jones said there’s no insult intended. The doors are locked at 6:08 p.m. solely for logistical reasons, he said.
“If you have people coming in at all times during chapel, it’s distracting,” he said.
Burt and several others said they have asked to simply eat their bagged meals inside the heated lobby. They were refused.
“It can be 10 below and they won’t let you in the building,” Burt said. “You didn’t go to chapel, you’re not fit to come inside.”
Jones said they must stay outside during the chapel session because the workers stationed in the lobby would not be enough to keep order. There were three working in the lobby on Thursday.
He also said he would not allow the needy to eat a hot dinner without first attending chapel because he wants to have a chance to preach to them.
“Chapel is our star program in many ways because it’s our opportunity to connect with people spiritually,” he said. “This is the cause Christ has called us to. We are a Gospel rescue mission and really, I think we’re doing a good job.”
“If you have people coming in at all times during chapel, it’s distracting,” he said.
Burt and several others said they have asked to simply eat their bagged meals inside the heated lobby. They were refused.
“It can be 10 below and they won’t let you in the building,” Burt said. “You didn’t go to chapel, you’re not fit to come inside.”
Jones said they must stay outside during the chapel session because the workers stationed in the lobby would not be enough to keep order. There were three working in the lobby on Thursday.
He also said he would not allow the needy to eat a hot dinner without first attending chapel because he wants to have a chance to preach to them.
“Chapel is our star program in many ways because it’s our opportunity to connect with people spiritually,” he said. “This is the cause Christ has called us to. We are a Gospel rescue mission and really, I think we’re doing a good job.”
Regarding my opinion on the matter I have two thoughts. First, the right thing to do is to either provide warm meals to everyone or no one. Forcing people to attend a service is unacceptable. And my second thought on the matter is that if these people truly think they are doing God's work, they clearly haven't ever spent anytime actually reading the Bible they claim to be spreading the word of.
- 17:57 Got a free burger for 'doing God's work'. #
- 18:57 I am very frustrated right now. #
- 22:00 @bedofroses2001 Just a very, very long and frustrating day. It will be over soon. #
In what is yet again another example of the MPAA needing to be launched into the sun, comes this wonderful gem. It seems that the MPAA has forced an entire town's wifi to be completely shut down because there was a single instance of an movie being downloaded illegally.
I want cupcakes.
Things are very crazy right now. To give you an idea, I just moved the old television stand into the back porch after taking it partially apart. I had decided today to take it apart before Castle came on because tonight is our trash night. I thought we were going to throw it on the curb to be picked recycled. Well, as it happens, there is some confusion over whether it is going to be recycled or go to Goodwill. I'm all in favor of giving it to Goodwill as long as they come and pick it up. Taking it apart as much as I have already has been a pain and it will only get harder from where it currently is.
Regardless of whether it is recycled or donated, the television stand we will be keeping is set up in the living room now. This is the second piece of furniture I have addressed today. It really does feel like we are preparing to move. And have we officially bought the house yet? No, now we haven't. If I could have a thousand dollars for every time the closing date has moved on us, I could pay off a quarter of the mortgage we don't have yet.
And this is just the tip of the iceberg of things in my life right now. As I stated above, I want cupcakes.
Things are very crazy right now. To give you an idea, I just moved the old television stand into the back porch after taking it partially apart. I had decided today to take it apart before Castle came on because tonight is our trash night. I thought we were going to throw it on the curb to be picked recycled. Well, as it happens, there is some confusion over whether it is going to be recycled or go to Goodwill. I'm all in favor of giving it to Goodwill as long as they come and pick it up. Taking it apart as much as I have already has been a pain and it will only get harder from where it currently is.
Regardless of whether it is recycled or donated, the television stand we will be keeping is set up in the living room now. This is the second piece of furniture I have addressed today. It really does feel like we are preparing to move. And have we officially bought the house yet? No, now we haven't. If I could have a thousand dollars for every time the closing date has moved on us, I could pay off a quarter of the mortgage we don't have yet.
And this is just the tip of the iceberg of things in my life right now. As I stated above, I want cupcakes.