happychemist

I don't usually go into WHY I enjoy the books I do, but when I set out to write this entry, I found myself brimming over with ideas.

( Two books that have made me think about writing )

( Something that I've noticed )

Well, that's it. I feel compelled to end on a familiar note, so I say, "...but you don't have to take my word for it." ;)

Chemistry's really exciting, but wearing at my nerves. I haven't been able to sleep soundly. Wish I could back to this past weekend, when I was hanging out with jennlynnfs and bijoux. (We ended up staying at Jenn's and I actually slept the full 8 hours sans chem-related nightmares.)

There are jokes that if you're not having nightmares about your project, you're not working hard enough. But this is ridiculous. I'm sooo extremely nervous now, and I walk around as if I'm half asleep all day. How is this good?

But it's addictive, getting results. Must...keep...going...

To take the edge off, I try to write while waiting for things to stir, centrifuge, etc., but my mind doesn't settle well. Nevertheless, I toyed around with my (recently registered!) Writer's Cafe software. A really neat (and integral) part of Writer's Cafe is Storylines, which is a program that allows you to lay out your plotline according to plot arc, mix and match to your heart's content, etc. It's like having index cards for all your scenes, dialogues, etc. So I put in my draft of EE to see how it held up.

I got disgusted. I'm laying this out ground up again. But least I've taken inventory of what scenes I have...

EDIT: I forgot to say! I would like to thank heart_set_afire for this totally awesome icon. When I see it I think of Tannar. :p

Having spent nine hours of my day today watching baseball, I feel pretty useless. And I feel like it's later than it really is.

( Baseball. )

( More Adventures in Jane Austen's Lab? )

Absolutely fantastic evening because:

• J and I finally went grocery shopping! And I now know what a shallot looks like! Keep in mind the only things I make in the kitchen are desserts, cranberry sauce, and pasta of some sort. Lately, I told J that I wanted to actually learn how to cook, and I wanted to practice. (Prior to this, my dear J made dinner for us all the time. It's not as unfair as you may think; J despises dishes, so I'd wash the dishes, and he'd cook dinner. He thought that was fair!) So now I shall be cooking once a week. I know, you're thinking: "But you're a chemist, you can follow instructions and combine ingredients. What gives?" Three words that doom me forever: Salt to taste. Tragically, (my brother will agree with me), I have no taste. My first effort will be tomorrow night. I won't post my menu, because it'll most likely end up changing at the last minute to McDonald's :p. But wish me luck!
  
• Worked out another few scenes of Emma Experiments. 8 more scenes to edit, and the draft will be finished! I tried to knock down another three, but they all were entirely too hard so I had to give it up.
  
• Worked out more details for my NaNo 2005 project! Am excited! That brings me to another point: how many of you are doing National Novel Writing Month with me this year?
  
• Postcard from jimmyhk from Cambridge! *hugs* yay! Thank you! Hope you have fun at DU!!

Hoping to get in a run tomorrow morning. It's been forever since I've been out and it's about time I started it up again. The reason why I'm posting this here is, of course, so that my own ego will force me to get up tomorrow to make sure that I'm telling the truth :p

You girls ROCK!!!!!!!

Thanks to Word Wars, I got a little over 1000 words written over one hour today!

dctemo_13, manda_in_sd, and heart_set_afire, you guys are just so awesome! I really enjoyed chat today! Thanks for being so wonderful and easy to work with!

Life is nice and slow while I'm at home. I've been reading a few books here and there. I've developed a taste for mysteries these days.

And the TV! Oh my. There are simply too many shows on. How does any one pick out what to watch? I think I shall stick with watching TV shows on DVD.

( What I've been writing )

Whenever I am most stressed out, I have this strange propensity to dress up. And this makes me feel better.

Inspired by [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com], I've been working away to Frank Sinatra today and I can't feel sad or stressed with him :)

Edmund Bertram: Fanny, that retrosynthetic analysis is stunning.
Fanny Price, (blushing): Why, thank you.
Edmind Bertram: I never noticed how beautiful your strategies are.
Fanny Price (thinking "Finally!"): Awww, shucks.

William Darcy: You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love your tryptophan radicals. I love your radical way of thinking.
Elizabeth Bennet: No, William. There is no room for you on my project. So stay away from my radicals.

Evil Alyson, Evil!

Catherine Morland: Henry, why do we use e. coli to express protein anyhow?
Henry Tilney: Because we didn't want to hurt their feelings. and the e. coli union would revolt.
Catherine Moland: Oh my!
Elinor Dashwood: Catherine, don't pay attention to that. He's telling you lies.
Catherine Morland: Then why do we use e. coli?
Marianne Dashwood: Because they're beautiful!