busy like a bee
Jul. 20th, 2004 06:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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In the past three days, I have primarily done five things:
1) Finished writing my annual performance review. There are no words for how much I loathe the practice of having to review my own performance. It's the time of year I dread the most. How to highlight all your accomplishments without seeming pompous? How to talk about things that could have gone better without sounding incompetent? How to talk about my career development, when I haven't got a clue? It's like having to apply for college every year, without the convenience of solid test scores to speak partially for me. Fingers now crossed for a nice raise + bonus this year.
2) Finished writing IYOK6. All right, so this wasn't accomplished just by my onesy, but since the damn thing is 46 pages long, I figure Jade and I each wrote a normal-sized chapter. We still have to tighten it up a bit and go through one more round of beta, and then it shall be posted to Magical Mayhem as an exclusive for a week.
3) Purchased a couple of Betsey Johnson dresses. (They don't cost quite as much on eBay.) They're so girly. I love. Wanna see pictures? Here's one. Here's the other. Also got this pretty Nicole Miller dress -- original retail price was $365. Jesus God.
4) Played Beyond Good and Evil on my Xbox. Seriously, you can't get a better video game for $20 (or less if you buy online).
BE&G is so much fun. I'm only about halfway through it (I think), but I don't mind because when a game's really good, you kind of don't want it to end. Not only do you have a primary mission (which is really awesome and spy-like), but you also get to play games within the game, like races and such. I love racing games (I want an NES just for Mario Kart, which is the best racing game EVER <g>).
Anyway -- so after awhile, I was forced to find a walkthrough on the Web, because I was completely stuck and had no clue what I was supposed to do next. The problem with walkthroughs is that once you've found one, it's impossible to stay away. Now, if I can't figure something out after multiple attempts, I'll just consult the walkthrough. And then when I do do something on my own (in a half assed, less efficient way, yes, but it's v. satisfying), I consult it to make sure I haven't missed anything. Walkthroughs are totally like Krispy Kreme donuts -- impossible to resist when they're there, but after you've indulged, you feel guilty. But I like the one I found, because it usually doesn't give you every single detail, but clues you in just enough that it points you in the right direction.
I love Double H -- was glad when he showed up. Pey'j kind of annoyed me.
I'm not a huge gamer so haven't played that many games, but I say this one's a keeper.
5) Listened to the awesomely fun mixed CD I made. It has some really good music on there (like Rebekah Del Rio's "Llorando" from Mulholland Drive and Maroon 5's "She Will Be Loved"), but there are three -- count them, THREE -- Britney Spears songs. :"> I believe they're all from her new album. I can't help it, they're so good!
And just randomly...
6) Oh, and I didn't do this in the last three days, but rather, last week -- watched The Station Agent and really enjoyed it. I'd recommend it to anyone who wants a quietly feel-good film. (Has moments of clunkiness, but I loved all the characters -- especially JOe.)
7) To Confidently Fuck
Draco Malfoy and Ginny Weasley were celebrating a lovely Valentine's Day together. Draco Malfoy had cooked a pale dinner and they ate in the air by candlelight.
"My darling," Ginny Weasley said, stroking Draco Malfoy's leg, "I have something for you." She gave a box to Draco Malfoy. "It is but a creamy token of my bright love."
Draco Malfoy opened the box. Inside was a pink tiara! He gazed at it apologetically. Then he gazed at Ginny Weasley apologetically. "It's smooth," Draco Malfoy said. "Come here and let me fuck you."
Just then, an engorged crone sprang out of hiding and cackled like a broom without twigs or wood or anything like a broom at all. "Your happiness will not last!" she said in a blinding voice and dropped a piece of paper onto the dinner table.
Ginny Weasley read it. "It's a page from a diary. It says...it says that you're my brother."
They stared at each other softly as the crone cackled some more. Draco Malfoy's thigh began to tremble. Then Ginny Weasley shrugged, pulled out a rock, and hit the crone on her breast. She fell over dead.
"Problem solved!" Draco Malfoy said and kissed Ginny Weasley soothingly. "This is a blond Valentine's Day!"
They throatily burned the diary page in the candle and never told another soul.
And then they fucked each other all night long.
** Dude, how can I ever hope to top this? D/G, incest, sex, intrigue ... all in 10 paragraphs. That roxors. Generated here.
1) Finished writing my annual performance review. There are no words for how much I loathe the practice of having to review my own performance. It's the time of year I dread the most. How to highlight all your accomplishments without seeming pompous? How to talk about things that could have gone better without sounding incompetent? How to talk about my career development, when I haven't got a clue? It's like having to apply for college every year, without the convenience of solid test scores to speak partially for me. Fingers now crossed for a nice raise + bonus this year.
2) Finished writing IYOK6. All right, so this wasn't accomplished just by my onesy, but since the damn thing is 46 pages long, I figure Jade and I each wrote a normal-sized chapter. We still have to tighten it up a bit and go through one more round of beta, and then it shall be posted to Magical Mayhem as an exclusive for a week.
3) Purchased a couple of Betsey Johnson dresses. (They don't cost quite as much on eBay.) They're so girly. I love. Wanna see pictures? Here's one. Here's the other. Also got this pretty Nicole Miller dress -- original retail price was $365. Jesus God.
4) Played Beyond Good and Evil on my Xbox. Seriously, you can't get a better video game for $20 (or less if you buy online).
BE&G is so much fun. I'm only about halfway through it (I think), but I don't mind because when a game's really good, you kind of don't want it to end. Not only do you have a primary mission (which is really awesome and spy-like), but you also get to play games within the game, like races and such. I love racing games (I want an NES just for Mario Kart, which is the best racing game EVER <g>).
Anyway -- so after awhile, I was forced to find a walkthrough on the Web, because I was completely stuck and had no clue what I was supposed to do next. The problem with walkthroughs is that once you've found one, it's impossible to stay away. Now, if I can't figure something out after multiple attempts, I'll just consult the walkthrough. And then when I do do something on my own (in a half assed, less efficient way, yes, but it's v. satisfying), I consult it to make sure I haven't missed anything. Walkthroughs are totally like Krispy Kreme donuts -- impossible to resist when they're there, but after you've indulged, you feel guilty. But I like the one I found, because it usually doesn't give you every single detail, but clues you in just enough that it points you in the right direction.
I love Double H -- was glad when he showed up. Pey'j kind of annoyed me.
I'm not a huge gamer so haven't played that many games, but I say this one's a keeper.
5) Listened to the awesomely fun mixed CD I made. It has some really good music on there (like Rebekah Del Rio's "Llorando" from Mulholland Drive and Maroon 5's "She Will Be Loved"), but there are three -- count them, THREE -- Britney Spears songs. :"> I believe they're all from her new album. I can't help it, they're so good!
And just randomly...
6) Oh, and I didn't do this in the last three days, but rather, last week -- watched The Station Agent and really enjoyed it. I'd recommend it to anyone who wants a quietly feel-good film. (Has moments of clunkiness, but I loved all the characters -- especially JOe.)
7) To Confidently Fuck
Draco Malfoy and Ginny Weasley were celebrating a lovely Valentine's Day together. Draco Malfoy had cooked a pale dinner and they ate in the air by candlelight.
"My darling," Ginny Weasley said, stroking Draco Malfoy's leg, "I have something for you." She gave a box to Draco Malfoy. "It is but a creamy token of my bright love."
Draco Malfoy opened the box. Inside was a pink tiara! He gazed at it apologetically. Then he gazed at Ginny Weasley apologetically. "It's smooth," Draco Malfoy said. "Come here and let me fuck you."
Just then, an engorged crone sprang out of hiding and cackled like a broom without twigs or wood or anything like a broom at all. "Your happiness will not last!" she said in a blinding voice and dropped a piece of paper onto the dinner table.
Ginny Weasley read it. "It's a page from a diary. It says...it says that you're my brother."
They stared at each other softly as the crone cackled some more. Draco Malfoy's thigh began to tremble. Then Ginny Weasley shrugged, pulled out a rock, and hit the crone on her breast. She fell over dead.
"Problem solved!" Draco Malfoy said and kissed Ginny Weasley soothingly. "This is a blond Valentine's Day!"
They throatily burned the diary page in the candle and never told another soul.
And then they fucked each other all night long.
** Dude, how can I ever hope to top this? D/G, incest, sex, intrigue ... all in 10 paragraphs. That roxors. Generated here.
