paint the sky with stars

Just got home from dinner and dancing with Shannon and Alison so too tired for memes. Had a blast though, definitely worth the month-long wait (it was a birthday celebration).

Also bought The Walking Dead game because I've heard such good things about it. Very excited to play it ... maybe tomorrow.

Mom just left to head out for her girl's weekend. We have a nice, albeit short, visit. I made some yummy food (steak salad last night, stuffed french toast this morning), we watched The Princess and the Frog, The Informant, and the pilot of Leverage, and I have the new iPod Nano with the touchscreen and clip. Good times all around.

Not sure what I'm going to do the rest of the day. There are some dishes, though not too many because Mom did most of the ones from last night earlier while we waited for my bread to finish. I really want to do some writing though I'm not sure what of yet. And my first review copies arrived today so I want to figure out which one I'll be reviewing first and start reading.

Plus I need to read more of To Kill a Mockingbird.

And I still need to get the new box for my TV but tonight there isn't really much I want to watch so it's low priority at the moment.

But first ... TO THE INTERNETS!

The good news: the store is FINALLY ready to open, I have tomorrow off, and Margaret is coming to visit.

The bad news: next week's schedule still isn't up and my desktop has crashed or something, I don't know. Doing another Windows Repair installation to try and fix it, will report back. Thank dragons for the netbook.

Also, Elphie is cute.

Lovely day today. I spent most of it at a screenwriting conference at Ryerson which was very interesting and gave me a lot of ideas for the webseries I've been working on off and on recently and which I hope to develop further during the advanced screenwriting class. I also now have a launching pad for contacting some people which is also very snazzy.

After the conference was over, I headed to U of T's campus to see my friend Phil's graduation concert, which was excellent. Then I went back to the hotel his family was staying at and we played cards and Taboo which was also very fun.

So I am finally back now. The plan for the rest of the night is to try and get entirely caught up with Caprica and get my fan fic for it finished (I would also like to complete my fic for Big Bang Theory, if possible, so then my only WIP would be done which would clear up time for work on my webseries).

Tomorrow I stop slacking off and have to do my best to finish up what I can of my freelance assignment (I meant to do this Friday but then decided I would rather not because slacking off is fun!). I know there is something different I'll need to do during next week though, since I have an email from the woman the project is for, asking me to call her on Monday. Hopefully whatever changes I need to make are minimal though, since I almost have the rest of it done (or at least as close to being done as possible).

And tomorrow there is a staff meeting from 6-9 and I'm hoping I might be able to make cookies for it, especially since I finally have a cookie tin. But we'll see how the timing all goes as to whether or not that will happen.

I have a rare two days off in a row starting tomorrow, hurrah! This period is going to have to be SUPER productive because I have a lot to do.

And thus, here are THREE to-do lists, all in one!

Wednesday

- dishes
- put up fourth spice rack (I have expanded my collection enough to need it)
- make turnip gratin (except I bought a rutabaga, not a turnip, but close enough!)
- watch Glee while working on with Wii Fit (which I am finally trying to start up again)
- put together the pieces of my series bible for class tomorrow (which will clear things up for...)

Thursday

- write script for pilot
- groceries
- go to class
- DDR marathon! (as well as at least weighing in with Wii Fit)

Friday

- mail Kate's present
- finally get my d*mn hepatitis shot
- laundry
- clean as much of the apartment as I can manage before Margaret and Ryan arrive for another weekend of fun (they are coming up to see Fiddler on the Roof and to hang out some more, since last weekend wasn't as long as initially thought)
- finish my A/R exchange fic? Dare I even hope for time for this? Apparently yes, yes I do.
- DDR or Wii Fit, whichever I feel like most

Ooooo, very exciting news!

I just got a message on Facebook from Nancy, one of my friends from high school who I have not kept in regular contact with because I suck. Anyway, she's going to Northwestern University in Chicago for grad school right now but apparently this weekend she and her boyfriend will be in TO and she wanted to know if she could crash at my place. I said yes because I haven't seen her in AGES and her boyfriend likes Firefly and is getting her to watch it so clearly he must be cool.

This means that SUDDENLY I have a very active social calendar ahead of me (plus I need to get the FST done at the same time...when it rains, it pours!). Here's what it looks like:

Friday the 15th - BSG Marathon with 2raggedclaws, also involving a drinking game and will go until we can't watch any more.
Saturday the 16th - Nancy and Chris get here. Looks like they have a fair amount planned so I'm not sure how much I'll see them during the day which may be a good thing for my sanity.
Sunday the 17th - FST deadline.
Monday the 18th - Victoria Day (hurrah!) and also the HIMYM finale, so akeyoftime will be around as well as possibly Nancy and Chris.
Tuesday the 19th - Nancy and Chris leave.
Friday the 22nd - Margaret and Ryan appear for Anime North, which I am not going to since I have no money for such things, alas :(


Add to this that I'll probably want to try and see Rob some time too and I'm going to be BUSY.

I really do have a sudden social life @_@

Today I need to do work for Wiley and visit Katie. That is all.

Oh...and I may pop over to Wal-Mart for shampoo (which I thought I had but it turns out I just have two GIANT bottles of conditioner -_-) and batteries (which I thought I had enough of, until I discovered 4 batteries that I expected to be rechargable...weren't).

And uh, apparently BSG season 2 boxsets are going for $25 a piece. So I might see if they have those though I have promised myself to only buy one. I know I have some income but I also need it to go to FOOD.

(Mood icon from Daybreak pt 1)

Interview with U of T Press when well, I think. I should hear back from them not next week but the week after, which also gives Chapters online time to get back to me so that's good. The U of T job actually sounds better from the interview than it did in its posting, which makes me very excited. Though trying not to get hopes up too high. Expect the worst and hope for the best, that's my motto right now.

I am going to watch Daybreak soon. And then tonight I am going to a free screening of Suck because I got invited to it when Margaret, Ryan, and I went to see Watchmen. Sounds like it could be fun.

Okay, these days off have been a bit odd, because my sleep schedule has been completely screwed up. Yesterday I did the whole sleep 5 hours, awake 5 hours, sleep 5 hours thing (or something like that). Tonight I will probably do the day time hours thing. Tomorrow night I work...and then go to Ottawa and resume the day hours.

At least this makes me feel better about the constant second-guessing of what day it is today =P

I had lunch and shopping with Bruce, and then dinner with Katie. I feel like I actually have a social life and it is AWESOME.

I also needed to read something and so I have started White Oleander ahead of book club schedule. But since I've read this book like, a bazillion times, I don't think it will be too bad.

Also, why isn't LJ autofilling my tags anymore? It's annoying, because I usually don't remember my exact wording, but I hate having redundant tags.