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Dec. 8th, 2007 02:28 pmMy computer, she is fixed!
The new HD has gone in and Dad put XP on it, then I transferred over all my files and now I'm working on organising them. It's slow going, mainly because I don't get much time on the computer at any one point -- there's lots of preparation to be done before we leave to see Bernard, and Mum often needs my attention if not my active assistance.
And we've bought a ticket for me to return to Texas for Christmas. I'm not thrilled, but what can I do? If Bernard doesn't leave on the 22nd I need to be home to keep an eye on him and help with the covert deprogramming; if he leaves, Mum is going to be a wreck and Dad and Emmy shouldn't have to cope with that alone. Plus this way I get to see Mama Tickey, Dad's mother.
At some point I'm going to have to sit down and write family dramatis personae -- the story of how Mama Tickey got her name is especially amusing. I'm still getting used to calling Lucky "Dad", and this morning I was speaking to someone on the phone and used Mum's old surname, my surname, before realising that her surname was different now. Dad knows it's not a disrespect thing, it's just hard to get used to.
Anyway, we're leaving in about ten minutes. On the plus side, I do get my own hotel room tonight so I should have some time to write or organise or something tonight. Haven't done a lick of work on paper for Jack and Ellis, or anything else for that matter, but in my head I know what's coming. Part of it is that I have to absorb and comprehend the French invasion of Egypt and the British colonisation of various parts of Africa before I can write a 1600-word scene that has only minimal bearing on the plot to being with.
I suffer for my art, yo.
I'm behind on EVERYTHING -- Friendslist, email, writing...and despite having the iPhone-of-my-own, I can't use it till we activate it, which I have to wait on Mum for because we're activating it under her account. So I'm still faintly incommunicado right now. Someday, I will be caught up...I think that day is called "2008". :D
The new HD has gone in and Dad put XP on it, then I transferred over all my files and now I'm working on organising them. It's slow going, mainly because I don't get much time on the computer at any one point -- there's lots of preparation to be done before we leave to see Bernard, and Mum often needs my attention if not my active assistance.
And we've bought a ticket for me to return to Texas for Christmas. I'm not thrilled, but what can I do? If Bernard doesn't leave on the 22nd I need to be home to keep an eye on him and help with the covert deprogramming; if he leaves, Mum is going to be a wreck and Dad and Emmy shouldn't have to cope with that alone. Plus this way I get to see Mama Tickey, Dad's mother.
At some point I'm going to have to sit down and write family dramatis personae -- the story of how Mama Tickey got her name is especially amusing. I'm still getting used to calling Lucky "Dad", and this morning I was speaking to someone on the phone and used Mum's old surname, my surname, before realising that her surname was different now. Dad knows it's not a disrespect thing, it's just hard to get used to.
Anyway, we're leaving in about ten minutes. On the plus side, I do get my own hotel room tonight so I should have some time to write or organise or something tonight. Haven't done a lick of work on paper for Jack and Ellis, or anything else for that matter, but in my head I know what's coming. Part of it is that I have to absorb and comprehend the French invasion of Egypt and the British colonisation of various parts of Africa before I can write a 1600-word scene that has only minimal bearing on the plot to being with.
I suffer for my art, yo.
I'm behind on EVERYTHING -- Friendslist, email, writing...and despite having the iPhone-of-my-own, I can't use it till we activate it, which I have to wait on Mum for because we're activating it under her account. So I'm still faintly incommunicado right now. Someday, I will be caught up...I think that day is called "2008". :D
