2 books, 2 days
...Admittedly they were 2 fluff novels, but I've got two more on the back burner when these are done. What can I say, I need a little bit of romance in my life, even if it is vicarious...
Kate, don't read this paragraph: I saw the weirdest little spider today on the window of the car I parked next to this morning. I have a mini Harry Potter calendar on my wall at work and it's got a picture of Ron brandishing his wand and a very colorful spider. It is blue and orange, while the spider I saw was yellow and green...pretty, colorful, and thank goodness, small and not on my car.
So I now own one MCAT book and checked out two others...now I just have to get on it. Ugh. Where is my motivation! It's just so hard to study when it's summer. It's like I'm disinclined to do hard work even though summer is certainly not the same as when I was in school. Don't guess it will ever be, really, not even when I have kids in school. Hah. Amazing how many future assumptions I put in that sentence
I'm excited because I finally get to take a day off and head over to see Leo and Alex (swimming pool! probable drunkenness!) and I have nice (not really new because they've been here the entire time I have I just never knew their names) coworkers who will help me out with the things I have Friday morning so I don't have to come in. Yay.
Must remember to send mail tomorrow. Darn it.
Why is it that I don't have motivation to write this month? Yes, I've written approximately 8,000 words this month, but I just can't seem to get up to the frenzy that I managed back in November. It was the deadline, I tell you. Self-imposed deadlines just don't seem to do it for me. And I still can't seem to meet with Ash, alas. Perhaps we will just see each other monthly at the writer's meetup. Still have to think up an ending, though I'm slowly but squirrelly moving onto the actual 'ascending the throne' bit.
And on a related tangent...should I break my no-hardcover rule and pre-order HP 6? I really want it, but I hate buying hardcover, but there's a big party down at Left Bank Books and I would be able to meet with like-minded St. Louisans who don't think I'm slightly off my rocker for liking fantasy so much (or even if they do, they're likely to be just the same). Choices, choices. I should save my money. I would hate having just one hardcover HP book (until the last one comes out, of course...) Bbbut it's a party! We'll see.
And something serious:
You know that email petition that keeps circulating about how Congress is slashing funding for NPR and PBS? Well, now it's actually true. (Really. Check at the bottom if you don't believe me.)
Sign the petition telling Congress to save NPR and PBS:
http://www.moveon.org/publicbroadcasting/?t=1
A House panel has voted to eliminate all public funding for NPR and PBS, starting with "Sesame Street," "Reading Rainbow," and other commercial-free children's shows. If approved, this would be the most severe cut in the history of public broadcasting, threatening to pull the plug on Big Bird, Cookie Monster, and Oscar the Grouch.
The cuts would slash 25% of the federal funding this year--$100 million--and end funding altogether within two years. The loss could kill beloved children's shows like "Clifford the Big Red Dog," "Arthur," and "Postcards from Buster." Rural stations and those serving low-income communities might not survive. Other stations would have to increase corporate sponsorships.
The next vote on the cuts will take place tomorrow (Thursday). Help us reach 400,000 signatures to be delivered to the committee members.
http://www.moveon.org/publicbroadcasting/?t=2
Thanks!
P.S. Read the Washington Post report on the threat to NPR and PBS at:
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=745
