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2009-08-22 22:23Been locked out of my usual laptop due to what seems a final and total failure of power. Don't yet know when that will be resolved, or what the cost will be. Fortunately we were availed of some small degree of foresight and backed a few of our more crucial files - mainly fiction and resume - onto a USB flash drive from which we can comfortably operate awhile.
Attempts at industry have persisted, perhaps even been heightened. Some progress has been made in seeking work, though I fear the job found so far is beyond my qualifications. It is at least some renewed practice at the art of application. Hopefully that will serve well; library jobs seem fairly few and searching more often turns up programming jobs than anything else. I did actually consider today that I might undertake some course of study to render myself qualified for those as well, but I would be either employed or devoid of income for some long time before that could come to pass, which seems presently highly inadvisable.
Of less pressing activities... for the minor, I had resolved to fill my original intention and leave off playing roguelikes until I have done with the other games in my collection. Mainly because of the high difficulty and so forth they seem less exhaustible, less conquerable than games with more repeatable paths. Without our accustomed machine they have been turned to again as the amusement of our idle moments for now.
I think I shall play light, and take them in turn - a single game of each we collected and move on to the next in rotation, come death swift or slow. But there is always allowance for a change of mind as fancy suits, this just is what seems fun for the now.
More major accomplishments, to at least myself. Today has seen some story editing, enough perhaps to call two stories of mine 'done', perhaps as finished as they shall be, though one may yet bear further tweaking on future tweaking. We at least know where and in which direction, waiting only its precision for that presumed final amendment.
This goes with our other project, the pretence of publication in the form of a set of HTML files, as if a little website. In that there was also some great satisfaction, sense of triumph, as with the aid of loved ones in sociable discussion I found the path to some desired improvements in presented format via CSS which had previously been a source of much frustration.
Am very pleased with the accomplishments of the previous two paragraphs, having been vexed some long time by them and only yesterday to see some finalised resolution to them at the next opportunity. It is rare that I feel I have done well, that I consider myself to have done any worthwhile thing, even to myself, and I intend to savour this, to take advantage of it if I can.
Meanwhile of writing itself, though a backup was made, it was some couple of days previous to our most recent writing of the current story, which thus is locked away for now. Am treating this as a vacation from the story particular but do not feel content to cease writing entirely. Therefore a new tale is sought, one which would hopefully be light enough to write in a state of reduced access. I don't ever seem to find that easy, but right now the best chances for it seem either comedy, erotica, or fanfiction. I might take this as a freedom to right whatever takes my fancy of the moment, with no care for now to focus with the aim of steady completion.
Seems quiet since clearing out of flist, peaceful. Tempting sometimes to add people back but I don't know why, or if for motives I'd call worth following. Quietly frantic indecision when the subject arisen.
If I am going to be learning and doing more of HTML or coding, really ought to find a tag for that.
Attempts at industry have persisted, perhaps even been heightened. Some progress has been made in seeking work, though I fear the job found so far is beyond my qualifications. It is at least some renewed practice at the art of application. Hopefully that will serve well; library jobs seem fairly few and searching more often turns up programming jobs than anything else. I did actually consider today that I might undertake some course of study to render myself qualified for those as well, but I would be either employed or devoid of income for some long time before that could come to pass, which seems presently highly inadvisable.
Of less pressing activities... for the minor, I had resolved to fill my original intention and leave off playing roguelikes until I have done with the other games in my collection. Mainly because of the high difficulty and so forth they seem less exhaustible, less conquerable than games with more repeatable paths. Without our accustomed machine they have been turned to again as the amusement of our idle moments for now.
I think I shall play light, and take them in turn - a single game of each we collected and move on to the next in rotation, come death swift or slow. But there is always allowance for a change of mind as fancy suits, this just is what seems fun for the now.
More major accomplishments, to at least myself. Today has seen some story editing, enough perhaps to call two stories of mine 'done', perhaps as finished as they shall be, though one may yet bear further tweaking on future tweaking. We at least know where and in which direction, waiting only its precision for that presumed final amendment.
This goes with our other project, the pretence of publication in the form of a set of HTML files, as if a little website. In that there was also some great satisfaction, sense of triumph, as with the aid of loved ones in sociable discussion I found the path to some desired improvements in presented format via CSS which had previously been a source of much frustration.
Am very pleased with the accomplishments of the previous two paragraphs, having been vexed some long time by them and only yesterday to see some finalised resolution to them at the next opportunity. It is rare that I feel I have done well, that I consider myself to have done any worthwhile thing, even to myself, and I intend to savour this, to take advantage of it if I can.
Meanwhile of writing itself, though a backup was made, it was some couple of days previous to our most recent writing of the current story, which thus is locked away for now. Am treating this as a vacation from the story particular but do not feel content to cease writing entirely. Therefore a new tale is sought, one which would hopefully be light enough to write in a state of reduced access. I don't ever seem to find that easy, but right now the best chances for it seem either comedy, erotica, or fanfiction. I might take this as a freedom to right whatever takes my fancy of the moment, with no care for now to focus with the aim of steady completion.
Seems quiet since clearing out of flist, peaceful. Tempting sometimes to add people back but I don't know why, or if for motives I'd call worth following. Quietly frantic indecision when the subject arisen.
If I am going to be learning and doing more of HTML or coding, really ought to find a tag for that.
