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Why the movie Zoom sucked

2006-08-16T17:55:00.000-07:00

BEWARE> SPOILERS BELOW.

I love superior's. I'm a total sucker for super strong guys in spandex. I read comic books as a kid and, more often than not, when I write my characters end up on the para side of paranormal. So I was really excited to see Zoom. I read the reviews that were a little bit down but I took the fam and went anyway. The movie really did suck. Don't get me wrong, my kids loved the little girl who could pick up a truck. And when they stole the fling saucer was hilarious. But the movie really did suck.

The next day at work, I went to rotten tomatoes to check out the rating. It was at 0%. Every review was bad. They would say, great acting, bad story. Cute kids, no purpose. Sometimes they would say, just not funny. But none of them really hit on why the movie sucked. It sucked because of the villain. As in, there wasn't one. They talk about him throughout the movie, then he shows up in the last scene and is defeated. It was like the only reason they would had a villain was so the kids could use all that training they learned in the training montages that took up over half the movie.

That is why it sucked. The characters were good. The story arc was good. I even thought the acting was good. But you can't have a good action movie with out a good bad guy. The military people said, "he's dangerous." And we, the viewers were just supposed to believe him. All it would have taken were a few flashbacks of Tim Allen's Team getting their asses handed to them to show us that he was dangerous or that he deserved to be redeemed. But they left that out and that is why it sucked.

I told you, I suck at the updating thing.

2006-08-05T09:16:00.000-07:00

Truth is, I've been really really busy. Since May 31st, I've written over 150 pages. I wrote the scenes out of order. Then I organized them into a sort of detailed outline. Now I am flushing them out and adding transitions between the scenes.

One of the scenes involves a movie that is filming in the town where the book is set. The name of the movie was Cry Your Name because it is about werewolves and there is that old werewolf myth that if you call a werewolf by name and tell him you love him, it breaks the spell and the werewolf turns back to a human.

So, I googled Cry Your Name and came across a song by Beth Orton called She Cries Your Name. I was curious and went to iTunes and all I can say is OMG. The song is like perfect for the tone and feel of the story that I am writing. That song led me to a list of songs that had been on the Roswell TV series. I loved Roswell when it came out and a lot of the songs really worked so I add them to my list.

I like making soundtracks for my stories. It allows me something to focus my brain on so that my creativity can take over. So every free second I have, I listen to this CD over and over and write, write, write. My goal is to have the complete first draft by the end of the month.

For the fun of it. Here is my current soundtrack.
1. Beth Orton - She Cries Your Name
2. Cary Brothers - Blue Eyes
3. Coldplay - Scientist
4. Eddie Reader - Bell, Book & Candle
5. Joni Mitchell - Cases of You
6. Kasey Chambers - Nullabor Song
7. Save Ferris - Let Me In
8. Vertical Horizon - Evreything You Want
9. Beth Orton - Stolen Car
10. Dido - White Flag
11. Ivy - Edge of the Ocean
12. Kasey Chambers - The Captain
13. Sarah McLachlan - Fear
14. Sheryl Crow - I Shall Believe
15. Vertical Horizon - Best I Ever Had
16. Coldplay - Trouble
17. Joni Mitchell - River

Question of the Day

2006-07-05T17:50:00.000-07:00

I'm driving into town. All three kids in the back seat amazingly quiet as I'm singing softly along with the radio. Then this comes from my seven year old:

How can George and Tarzan both be king of the jungle?

I'm backkkk

2006-06-26T08:39:00.000-07:00

Two weeks. Over 3000 miles in a car with a three year old, five year old and seven year old. Two many relatives visited to count including a brand new nephew born on the 20th.

Also some new sites seen. On the drive over to Louisiana we stopped at Carlsbad and toured the cavern (not the best picture of me. The damn cave was very humid and my hair was going everywhere, but I do look skinny). On the way back, we stopped in San Antonio and saw the Alamo (I didn't put in the alamo pictures because on the way home, for some reason, we weren't such a cute little family).

The best thing about the vacation, I have over eighty pages written. Hand written because it was a damn long drive. Why did they make Texas so big?

Anyway, we are back. I'm six pounds heavier and have 159 emails to wade through. Five suitcases full of dirty clothes to wash. A couple house plants to throw out. Not to mention I need to put all those pages into the computer.

It sure was nice sleeping in my own bed last night.

I suck at that staying in touch thing

2006-06-01T20:23:00.000-07:00

Yes, I know. It's been a while. May is always a busy month for me. My anniversary, mother's day, and then my birthday. June isn't going to be much better as I'm taking the hubby and kiddos back to Louisiana for a two week vacation.

Anyway, today was a pretty good day. Got home from work, went out to eat Chinese, then we went to see X-men 3. It wasn't as bad as some of the critics have made it out to be. I'm not quite sure how to take this. I was really hoping for Rogue.

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Saturday Afternoon

2006-04-29T21:27:00.000-07:00

As much as I complain about how much I hate living in Arizonia, I have to admit the weather is great. We took the kids to the pool today. Not a cloud in the sky. Great family day.

Making a little progress

2006-04-27T21:21:00.000-07:00

Those word meters are slowly inching forward. I love that I am actually getting words down. I don't know how good those words are but the story is slowly becoming real.

Dang it

2006-04-25T22:15:00.000-07:00

I thought up the perfect title for my super secret sci fi project today at work. I remember thinking it was an amazing title then the phone rang and I had to deal with the parents of one of the kids on my case load.

As soon as I got home from work I went straight to the computer but was waylaid on the way by my husband who was pissed off at our baby sitter. She has decided she doesn't want to keep my son because he has a runny nose and she doesn't want her son to be infected with Dylan's germs. I called her to explain that he is not sick. He is having some spring allergies and allergies are not contagious. She wants me to take him to get cleared by the doctor before she will take him back. I am totally pissed. He literally has a runny nose and I do not take my kids to be medicated because they have a runny nose. Then she drops on me that she is going to take a month long vacation this summer.

I just said "whatever" and hung up. Then got into a fight with my husband because we don't have a reliable babysitter. As if that is my fault. Hubby went to work and I went to the computer.

I remembered that I thought up the perfect title for my super secret sci fi project. I can't remember what the perfect title was.

Desert Dreams

2006-04-24T17:19:00.000-07:00

I spent last weekend in Phoenix at the Desert Dreams Writer's conference. I had a blast. Debra Dixon gave a half day workshop. Jennifer Cruise, Debbie Macomber , and Lisa Gardner all gave great talks. I got to hang out with some of my local chapter friends (meaning we went out to dinner and I had two margaritas and got way too talkative). I also got to hang out with and online friend (hi Pamela).

The only downer was I am no closer to getting published than I was two years ago. This conference is put on every other year. I went in 2004 knowing nothing about the profession of writing and not even an RWA member. I had a blast, even though I didn't know a single soul and am incredibly not extroverted (and by not extroverted, I mean I am so shy I sometimes forget my own name in introductions).

Don't get me wrong. The work I am doing now is in a totally different league then the writing I produced two years ago. I just wish that I was producing faster.

My daughter the genius.

2006-04-14T18:22:00.000-07:00

I've been writing, Yeah, so have had a lot less time to blog. But every now and then one of the kids does or says something that is just too funny. I was cleaning, yuck, and discussing the weekend activities with my seven year old.

Me: We have to dye eggs first thing in the morning because we are going over to Caitlyn's house tomorrow night and we gotta get it done before the Easter bunny shows up.

Darby: Mom, I know there isn't really an Easter bunny.

Me, looking around frantically for the location of the other two kids hoping they are out of earshot: Really, how ya figure?

Darby: I know it is just a guy in a bunny suit who goes around to all the houses filling the baskets.

Me: Oh well then. Take these cans to the recycle bin.

Mom trick number 13. Send kid out of room to redirect the conversation.

Super Secret Sci Fi Project

2006-04-03T10:17:00.000-07:00

Well, I did it. I sat down and started writing again. I wanted to work on Dragon Stone but this other story has been screaming so loud that I just can't focus on Dragon Stone. This is a cut of what I wrote yesterday. As some of you know, I am a really rough writer. It takes quite a few run throughs for me to get all the little problems ironed out. This is mainly plot. A lot of the world building stuff isn't there. But as that is my favorite part, I really can't wait to get into it. This is the meeting of the hero and heroine.

He stood tall. His right held a percussion rifle that was pointed down at the ground. Calli stood a few feet off to his left. Sasha tried to get her attention but Calli was focused on the blood covering her small hand.

Sasha reached out with her mind to talk to her shocked little girl.

Sweetie, I’m going to bend down to the knife. When I do. Run and hide till if find you.

But—

No buts. Just do it.

Sasha kept her eyes locked on the tall man. He stood before her, head held high. Incredibly, he was shirtless. His sun kissed skin proof that he often went out that way. A large tattoo covered his left beck and shoulder, trailing down to his elbow. Not so uncommon, his head was entirely bald.

Sasha bent down and Calli, good girl that she was, whacked the guy in the shin and took off like a rabbit. He let her go without a glance. His eyes never left Sasha's as she pulled the knife from the guy’s neck and ackwardly wiped the blood off the blade with the back of the guy’s shirt.

She stood slowly tucking the knife into her waist band as she stood. “Thanks for saving us.”

He closed the distance between them and she fought the urge to step back. After all, she would only trip of the dead guy. He leaned in. “I wasn’t saving you. I just like to kill people.”

His words chilled her and she reached out with her mind to determine the veracity of his claim. To her astonishment, there was nothing. She couldn’t read his thoughts at all. He smiled.

He was going to kiss her. She couldn’t read it in his mind but it was clear in his eyes. She slammed the knife into his right shoulder; his armor free skin offering no protection from the sharp blade. The percussion rifle fell to the dirt. She turned her back on his curses and ran the opposite direction from her daughter.

I love these quizes

2006-03-25T09:19:00.000-07:00

I just wish I would have gotten animal.

You Are Dr. Bunsen Honeydew

You take the title "mad scientist" to the extreme -with very scary things coming out of your lab.
And you've invented some pretty cool things, from a banana sharpener to a robot politician.
But while you're busy turning gold into cottage cheese, you need to watch out for poor little Beaker!
"Oh, that's very naughty, Beaker! Now you eat these paper clips this minute."

The Muppet Personality Test

The tag stops here.

2006-03-24T07:45:00.000-07:00

I still haven't gotten around to writing up the trip exerience. Knowing me, by the time I post it, y'all will be like "trip? When did Sam go on a trip?"

In the meantime, wonderful Kait has seen fit to tag me. So at least I have something to blog about.

Four movies you would watch over and over:

Steel Magnolias
Princess Bride
Serenity
Pirates of the Caribbean

Four places you have lived:

Witchita, KS
Shreveport, La
Natchitoches, La
Green Valley, AZ

Four TV shows you love to watch:

American Idol
The Daily Show
The Colbert Report
South Park (did y'all see chef's return last wed? OMG. Never piss off those South Park guys, they will fuck you up)

Four places you have been on vacation:

Camping in Arkansas-lots
Reno
Graceland (yes I have been to the home of Elvis)
New Orleans

Four websites you visit daily:

The Alphabet Girls
RWA Online
Miss Snark
MSN.com

Four of your favorite foods:

Mexican
Shrimp (I was going to go for a whole bubba thing: fried shrimp, boiled shrimp, shrimp ettouffe, but decided that would be silly)
Pasta Alfredo
Fried Catfish

Four places you would rather be right now:

Louisiana
Sleeping
On a beach with a good book
Anywhere other than Arizona

Four People to tag
Your choice. If you want to fill out the survey you can just say I tagged you. :)

i'm a boob

2006-03-21T17:47:00.000-07:00

I was walking out to my car after work and was thinking about what I wanted to write about my trip. I didn't realize I was talking out loud to myself until I passed this guy I didn't know and he looked at me like I was a freak.

Anyway, I'll post the vacation story once my mother in law emails me the pics.

I've been lazy

2006-02-12T20:32:00.000-07:00

Two whole weeks of almost no writing at all. The official story is that I've had chronic headaches. True, but still just an excuse. I need to get up off my lazy butt and go to the eye doctor. I'm pretty sure once I get new glasses, the headaches will go away. They always have in the past. I've been wearing glasses since I was fourteen and I know the routine.

So in the spirit of lifting my laziness, I will do the dice toss for the week. Because I have been so terribly lazy, I'll throw two and see what comes up.

... Seven.

I can do it. Any one else set goals for the week?

Sunday Dice Toss

2006-01-22T08:34:00.000-07:00

Last week was good. I got to move my word meter a little. But every little counts.

This weeks goal is....Six Hundred Words A Day.

Happy Writing!

A visit from the land of random dreams and ridiculous story ideas.

2006-01-19T06:13:00.000-07:00

I just had the oddest dream. The DH and I took the kiddos to the T-Rex museum (We actually have a pretty good one here in town). While there, we bought a dinosaur egg. Once at home my wonderful husband had the bright idea of soaking it in water and hooking it up to some jumper cables. The egg hatched and it was a little bird thing with feathers.

We named it Chase.

The bird thing grew up fast, mainly because it ate everything in sight, and soon he reached his full height of about four feet. He walked up right like us. He just had a lot of feathers and a strange nose (think Howard the Duck but not quite so yellow).

Right before the alarm woke me, my little make shift family had joined an army to rid the world of all evil. Luckily, we had numerous Hollywood stars on our side and really cool laser rifles. Too bad I don't know if we won.

Stinking alarms. Now I have to go get the kids ready, see if my car is actually going to start this morning (it doesn't like the cold. needs a new battery), and then head to bus stop/day care/ day job. I just wanted to get this all down before it went home.

Watching the Golden Globes.

2006-01-16T19:00:00.000-07:00

I admit it. I love these stupid award shows. Obviously I'm not commenting on everything.

Sandra Oh just gave the best speech. I love it when they are sincere.

I figured writing during the awards would be easy because there are so many freaking commercials. And I am writing. But I'm writing on one of my scifi stories. I really need to quit being so flighty.

Dude!! Dru Barrymore is presenting and she needs a bra.

I love Geena Davis. I am LMAO at her speech.

Good commercial break. Added 122 words to Dragon Stone.

Reece won!!! She is such a sweetie.

What a great commercial for the Olympics. They start Feb 10th. I can't wait. I love the Olympics. Especially the ice skating.

Brokeback Mountain just won for screen play. I read the original story by Annie Proul (? sorry if I miss spelled that but I am prone to misspellings) in the New Yorker online. Great piece of work.

oh well. Fell asleep and missed the end. Sucks to be me.

New week, New Goal

2006-01-15T15:53:00.000-07:00

I actually did write everyday last week. Though I never came close to 1000 words on any day. Unfortunately I don't get to move my word meter. The RWA Online site is running a workshop on writing and computers and The Pam gave several examples of writing software. I downloaded demos of several of them and have even found one I really like. Write Way Pro has this really cool word tracking thing that I love given that I am compulsive about daily word counts.

So as I was playing with these demos, I used one of my old stories because I didn't want do anything to harm my current work in progress. Playing with that story reminded how much I actually liked that story and before I knew it, I was typing away. So while I did a lot of work this week, the meter doesn't move.

Now for this weeks goal. First back to Dragon Stone. I need to get that story done. I think two dice last week was just too ambitious. I'm only going to roll one die till I starting making my goals on a regular basis.

Roll the die...

Magic number is 3. I can do three hundred words a day.

Happy Friday!!

2006-01-13T07:00:00.000-07:00

So far for the week, my word goals have been less than stellar (read as "oops, was I supposed to be writing instead of chatting with my friends and playing with demos of novel writing software") Anyway, I just need a good laugh to get me through my workday and back home to actually put some words on paper.

Maybe it is in bad taste but I thought it went well with Jos' post on green eggs and ham over at the AG blog. :)

James Frey

2006-01-12T08:21:00.000-07:00

Apparently I quit watching Larry King too early last night. Oprah called in to say that she still supported his story because the emotional truth was there. I had quit watching because the man was making me sick by refusing to take responsibility for his lies. Jerk.

Audit?

2006-01-10T18:31:00.000-07:00

We got the letter today. I'm not quite sure what all is involved but is just sounds scary. You are being audited. Thank god we have a professional accountant do our taxes for us.

Writing Goals

2006-01-08T18:02:00.000-07:00

Well last week was good. I made my goal (a pitiful 100 words) every day. Except Tuesday, but I did a lot of editing so I don't mind not making the goal. And Except for Friday when the freaking scifi channel had to play Firefly episode after Firefly episode. And Except for Saturday when my daughter had all her friends over for her birthday and after the eight 5-7 year olds went home all I could think about was a glass of wine and a warm relaxing bath. But other than those days, I did great. I got to move my word meter.

As for this week's goal. I am going to be brave and roll two dice. DH is finally going back to work so I'll have some quiet time. And the magic number is 10. Ugh. 1000 words a day. It's a lot but I'll give it a shot.

John Cusack

2006-01-06T22:06:00.000-07:00

What can I say? I'm a child of the 80's. I remember loving this movie when I was younger. Heck, I still love it. But then I love a good romance.

Your Life is Like

Say Anything...

What John Cusack movie are you?

I got a ticket

2006-01-04T21:33:00.000-07:00

My first speeding ticket.

The cop said I was going 49 in a 35.

I think he was full of shit but thankfully I refrained from telling him so.

Back in the habit of writing.

2006-01-02T07:24:00.000-07:00

I usually write everyday. Literally. I don't need motivation or focus. I have a real feeling that if I don't write, my head will explode with all the crap cramming it.

The last month, I haven't written a word. And worse yet, I haven't wanted to. I even begged off Soup Du Jour which I love writing. I could blame DH's broken arm, the visit from in laws, school break or holiday chaos but those would just be excuses. If I wanted to write, none of those things would have stopped me. And it wasn't just writing. I didn't update my blog or even check my email. I have over 400 messages from the last few weeks (mostly junk) that I still need to wade through.

But last Friday, I logged onto the AG chat (something else I have ignored) and Honey and I just started plotting a random book. I doubt either of us will actually write it because we both have projects going (and if one of us did write it, she could do it better justice because it is a really funny idea) But it got my creative juices flowing.

All weekend that story just sort of simmered in my head. (Hey Honey, I thought up a name for the bar. Second Star to the Right. Of course that is pretty long so they could just call it Star.) Anyway, the more I thought about that story, the more my own peeps clamored for attention. I heard a very loud chorus of "don't even think about it sister, you got to tell our story first." So out of jealousy for another idea. Dragon Stone started speaking to me again.

This morning, I got my daughter on her bus for school. It comes at the ungodly time of 6:50am. Arizona doesn't do daylight savings and my poor girl was like, "but mommy, the sun isn't even up."

So here I am. The only one awake in the house. I get my coffee and settle at the computer. Check email. Check RWAonline boards. Check a few blogs. Put on headphones and turn on the music (yahoo streams free music).

Open Word and start typing on Dragon Stone. Now to write as much as possible before the little ones bug me for breakfast.

Happy New Year

2006-01-01T10:03:00.000-07:00

It's that time again. I hate making resolutions. I never keep them. This year I am going to keep it simple.

I am going to finish Dragon Stone.
I am going to submit it to at least three contests.
I am going to send out at least five query letters.
I am going to get my PRO pen.

There. Now to just do it.

Oh, and I'm going to catch that vampire and get him to bite my sim.

It's an addiction

2005-12-29T15:39:00.000-07:00

I've been glued to the computer for the last three days.

Writing?

No.

Playing the Sims?

A very sheepish Yes.

I would probably be playing now except when I got home from work my two year old was on the game computer and I didn't have the heart to kick him off. Luckily he has the attention span of a two year old. Soon he will get bored of Jay Jay the Jet Plane and go in search of his sisters to torture. When that happens, I will pounce on the game computer and hit downtown Sim land. There is a vampire count there I have been chasing for three days. Eventually, I will get him to bite me.

Happy Saturday

2005-12-17T09:19:00.000-07:00

I woke up at like 9am feeling great. I can't believe the kids let me sleep so late. Of course now I have to pay the price by picking up the mess they have made of the downstairs but I think those three hours are worth it. The worst part about being sick this last week is I have no christmas presents yet for any one. Oh Well. I'm sure it will all work out.

I'm really regretting not getting that flu shot

2005-12-14T14:39:00.000-07:00

I hate it when my kids are sick. I really hate it when I am sick. But worst of all is when I am sick and my kids are sick also.

The only good thing is that I have lost five pounds in the last three days. I hope I can keep it off.

Saturday Adventures

2005-12-11T08:31:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was fun. And then it was not so fun.

The fun part: I went on a date with myself. Meaning I left all three kids at home with DH and went to dinner and a movie all alone. (Goblet of Fire and Drive Thru Taco Bell) I've never been to see a movie alone before but I absolutely loved it. Not having to get up to go to the bathroom, twice (once with each girl) and not having to share my drink, not having to spend a quarter of the movie walking in the corridor outside because the two year old won't sit down. Very nice. And the movie was amazing. The other three movies closely followed the books with stuff cut out for time. In this movie, the stuff they cut out was central to the plot so the plot changed. And it totally worked. It made me think that J.K. Rowling put a lot of things in that could have been left out. I think the actors are improving too. There were several times I felt myself moved almost to tears. Good movie.

So the not so fun part: When I got home my husband met me at the door. He had tried to call me but I didn't have my phone. Devyn (our four year old) has a 104 temp. I freaked out wanting to know why they weren't in the emergency room. I ran upstairs and she is our bed laughing. She was watching cartoons. Her face was flushed and her eyes were glassy but she wasn't acting sick. When my oldest was a baby she had a high fever and she was like a little rag doll, she wouldn't move, wouldn't open her eyes, she got a trip to the ER which was luckily like five minutes from our house in Natchitoches.

Devyn had a low fever when I left. I just gave her some tylenol and didn't think about it. We gave her more tylenol and put her in a tepid bath. We've been living out here for four years and I have no idea where the closest hospital is. My kids are never sick (other than the above mentioned incident and an ear infection my son had once.) I've never taken any of them to the emergency room here. The hospital I used when my son was born and the other one my husband had his surgery at earlier this month are both about forty five minutes away. So I am seriously thinking of calling 911. Brought it down to 102. We were up late with her making sure it didn't go back up. And I did the crazy mommy thing all night where I went in her room to check on her every hour or so. She still has a low fever this morning but through it all she never acted sick. It is kind of freaking me out. If it's a tenth of a point above normal on Monday morning, I am taking her to see our pediatrician.

Happy Friday!!!

2005-12-09T06:08:00.000-07:00

Today's morning giggle is curtesy of Jos. I won't tell you about how when I first saw it I laughed and coco-cola went up my nose.

Christmas party

2005-12-06T14:44:00.000-07:00

Last sunday was the Christmas party for DH's drill unit.
Kids had a blast.

These are my boys.

These are my girls.

Good Morning.

2005-12-06T05:42:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was a complete bummer because I couldn't get on blogger to read the soup update. (Woohoo Kait. Great job.)

Not that I spent a lot of time at the computer. Actually, I spent the majority of yesterday in bed nursing an awful headache. A headache most likely made worse by the crying I was doing over The Masquerade by Brenda Joyce. As a mother with a young son, I totally identified with the heroine. I love when a book makes me cry. Even if I do end up with a raging headache.

Tag list

2005-12-03T08:24:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I have this tag thing to deal with. Let's see. Fifteen things I think about books.

1. I love books
2. I hate when the ink comes off on my fingers.
3. I have over three hundred books in my too be read pile but I still bought four new ones last week.
4. I rarely, as in almost never, take my books to the used book store or loan them out, or throw them a way.
5. Of all the books I have read, the only movie adaptation I thought was better than the book was The Color Purple.
6. When I said I never got rid of books I meant I have always been that way. So I still own every college text book I ever used.
7. The last time we moved, I put a layer of books on the bottom of every box. Then lighter stuff on top of the books.
8. My keeper shelves are alphabetized. The only thing slightly organized in the whole house.
9. I love Christine Feehan, Sherrylin Kenyon and Laurel K Hamilton.
10. I love plots that are tightly braided and leave no loose ends.
11. I don't particularly like books that are overly emotional in an attempt to hide the fact that there is no plot.
12. Same with sex. Lots of sex and no plot = boring
13. I hate when the books of a series are the same book different names.
14. I love meeting authors.
15. I love books.

As to who to tag next, There are three AGs left who haven't been tagged and I wouldn't want them to feel left out. So Jos, Winnie, and Rhoda are it.

Hey Winnie, guess you'll have to set that blog up now. And if you don't, then when you finally get around to it, you know what your first post will be. LOL.

Anarchist Unite!

2005-12-02T18:13:00.000-07:00

Unfortunately my writing, as my profile says, is non-profit. My real world job is often frustrating and sometimes entertaining. Rarely is it both but today it was.

I got a new case. Boy is 12 years old and refused to take a test. He was arrested for Disorderly Conduct. That is the frustrating part. I don't care what kind of trouble maker the kid is, refusing to take a test doesn't warrant suspension much less arrest.

The entertaining part? The teacher made him write a note why he was refusing to take the test. It said:

I hate test
I'm an anarchist
the government sucks

Ok, I know I have a weird sense of humor but I laughed my ass off that the kid knew not only how to spell anarchist but knew what it meant.

Tag?

2005-12-02T07:06:00.000-07:00

I'm fixing to have to go to work but I wanted to post something light and cheery to make up for the whining I did earlier in the week. So, I was thinking about what to write and surfing around some of my favorite blogs till inspiration hit. I suppose if I did the whole "Lucy you got some splaining to do" thing that would be totally obvious. So I won't do it. I've never been tagged and not quite sure how to deal with it. I do know, I'll deal with the tag this evening.

Happy Friday All!

I woke up on the wrong side of the bed

2005-11-30T19:01:00.000-07:00

I could tell y'all about how my honey broke his right arm so I switched sides of the bed with him so that I didn't accidentally bang his hand, and I slept awful. I could tell y'all that when my alarm went off, he turned it off without waking me and I overslept by an hour. I could tell y'all about how my daughter missed the school bus and I was late to work. I could tell y'all that I don't know if I am getting the flu or just emotionally exhausted from the last few days. I could tell y'all about a hundred little things that just irritated me to no end today.

But I think, "I woke up on the wrong side of the bed," pretty much says all I need to tell y'all.

The truth about Alpha Males

2005-11-28T19:31:00.000-07:00

Being an avid reader of romance novels, I love a good alpha male. The problem with Romance novels is that they get their happily ever after--- the end. The truth is, living with an Alpha Male isn't always easy.

The main problem I have with being in love with an Alpha-Male-Hero-like person is that Alpha-Male-hero-like people have alpha-male-hero-like jobs (and if you do find the one odd alpha male who is a CPA or computer programmer, he has crazy adrenaline junkie hobbies like sky diving or something.) Take my Alpha male for instance. He was a police officer and is now a federal agent with the border patrol. He loves his job so much that he resists my nagging to move back to the south so he can be here, where is job is (no border in Louisiana). And really, what's not to love about his job? He carries a gun and rides around on four wheelers through the desert with his friends.

It's all fun and games until somebody (meaning my husband) gets in a wreck on the ATV and breaks his wrist. He is having surgery tomorrow to get two pins put in.

Domestic Goddess Day

2005-11-26T08:43:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was a good day. I put on my headphones, tuned out the kiddos and tuned in to the WIP. (I got to move my little word meter thing. I love moving my little word meter thing.)

Today, I tripped over the pile of clothes in the hall and almost landed on my butt. Toys from the playroom are starting to trickle into dining and I stepped on a friken lego. (For those of you who have never had the pleasure, stepping on legos hurts worse and broken glass.) Then I went to make coffee and the kitchen was so messy I had to shove stuff around to reach the coffee pot.

I can honestly say I was hoping little elves would breakin in the middle of the night and make all that go away. But no such luck. I really need a new house keeper. I wonder if this guy is available.

Happy Friday

2005-11-25T11:27:00.000-07:00

And with that in mind, I am going to take advantage of my rare day off. I am going to let the dishes from yesterday's dinner continue to clutter the kitchen. I am going to ignore the laundry piled up in the hall because the laundry room pile is overflowing. I am going to quit surfing around on the net and I am going to buckle down and write.

my non-blog worthy life

2005-11-22T06:57:00.000-07:00

I blame life for not giving me anything worthwhile to blog about. For a minute, a small voice in my head suggested just making something up. But then I thought, No. I won't make stuff up just yet (I'll save the fiction for later on down the road).

Then I thought, when life is giving you nothing to blog about, do a quiz.

Your Hidden Talent

You are both very knowledgeable and creative.
You tend to be full of new ideas and potential - big potential.
Ideas like yours could change the world, if you build them.
As long as you don't stop working on your dreams, you'll get there.

What's Your Hidden Talent?

I like this answer. I wish I didn't have to work today. But oh well, and I only have two more pages or so till I reach the end of chapter three. It's on the agenda.
Then once ch.3 is done, I will send it out for comments. Then I will send it off to contest. Goals are good. :)

Weird Dreams

2005-11-19T09:06:00.000-07:00

For the third night in a row, I have dreampt of fighting aliens. I'm trying not to think about it. I really like the way my WIP is going and don't want to start anything else until I get this one in the can.

But this futuristic is really sticking with me. Instead of fading away before breakfast, the dreams are sticking around all day to plague me again at night.

OK, Off to ignore the voices in my head so that I can work on Dragon Stone.

Getting to know me

2005-11-17T18:45:00.000-07:00

Your Birthdate: May 27

You are a spiritual soul - a person who tries to find meaning in everything.You spend a good amount of time meditating, trying to figure out life.Helping others is also important to you. You enjoy social activities with that goal.You are very generous and giving. Yet you expect very little in return.
Your strength: Getting along with anyone and everyone
Your weakness: Needing a good amount of downtime to recharge
Your power color: Cobalt blue
Your power symbol: Dove
Your power month: September

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

I'm not really sure how accurate this is. My mother would say the downtime is me being lazy and the time meditating is me being lazy.

My new hero

2005-11-16T17:07:00.000-07:00

My new hero is (drumroll please...) Kait.
She found this great template and emailed me.

Thanks for thinking of me K.

And though I thought my self blogtarded, I mangaed to get it set up.

Isn't it pretty?

Dishy Guy

2005-11-15T17:28:00.000-07:00

The vote was for a dishy guy. I decided to start with mine. He looks good in this picture because his hair isn't in its normal "jarhead" cut. That's my oldest, Darby. She is three years old in that picture.

WooHoo

2005-11-14T07:40:00.000-07:00

I got the links to work. Now all I have to do is find something really interesting to say.

Hi there

2005-11-06T10:48:00.000-07:00

Just seeing how this works.