Late shift, anyone?

03:21 / 17.06.08

Anybody there?

I really should be going to bed, but I've been having trouble sleeping and I'm off work tomorrow, so screw it.

03:41 / 17.06.08

Hey, Liger. I'm 'round. Thinking about doing the dishes and reading. Maybe try to scribble out a story opening.

04:17 / 17.06.08

Ooh, sounds like good scribblin'.

I've actually come up with a couple of story ideas recently. Haven't quite figured out how to open them though.

04:59 / 17.06.08

I've had the same scene in my head for, like, three days now but I'm having trouble finding the right way to approach it.

05:06 / 17.06.08

The right mode will come to you. You may need to just try a few methods, though, and write off the failures as acceptable losses.

I'm slightly shook up that people are offering to drive hours and hours with gas prices being what they are, just to pick me up and go to parties. Especially since I am notoriously not a party-going person (I immediately start looking for someone to leave with). It's really sweet.

05:27 / 17.06.08

Oh well, Trips, LA DE DA. You with your generous friends and their expensive party rides, and your...your...

(What's it called?)

...SOCIAL LIFE!

I'm here reading Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga.

Like a good little otaku.

05:42 / 17.06.08

I dunno--a party is a great way to unwind. Sometimes you need a party.

Meanwhile, my train of thought crashed unexpectedly when the Accomplice called to say he missed me, wished me good night, et cetera. I think I'm probably going over there tomorrow night after beers with a friend of mine.

But the shitty, vicious little writer part of me is bitter for having the train of thought crashed.

Will you be drawing some manga, Liger?

05:48 / 17.06.08

Been considering it, as a couple of ideas I have would lend themselves well to that style, methinks.

The Monkey Manga book is more of a parody than an actual "How-to", though.

05:57 / 17.06.08

I'm basically killing time trying not to sleep, 'cause I'm supposed to do Thai food and Sin City with a friend and his new bf late late tonight. But am half hoping they cancel and we do it tomorrow. It's late and I had a hard day of typing and hitting the delete key a whole lot.

05:59 / 17.06.08

So who's cooking the (possibly hypothetical) Thai food? Or is it not going to be homemade?

06:07 / 17.06.08

It's ordered from a little local place and currently being refrigerated far from me (where it's safer, since I'd probably piece).

06:09 / 17.06.08

Dude, If it were being refrigerated at my place, well, let's just say it probably wouldn't make it to the refrigerator.

I love Thai.

06:13 / 17.06.08

And they cancelled. So, Thai will have to wait 'til tomorrow.

So I will un-caffeinate a bit more and then drift to bed.

But, yeah, I think even passing acquaintances and business-friends are getting a clear notion that I should not be trusted with food. I either have no will power or, more honestly, my will power drives me to eat when good stuff is available and I haven't the sufficient guilt.

06:28 / 17.06.08

I'll be heading of to bed now, myself. I feel the sleepy coming on.

Good night, Daytripper! Goodnight, Papers!
Good night, John-Boy! Good night, Moon!

06:46 / 17.06.08

Night, LN.

And, end of things as it is for me, good night, Papers.

At least the shifts haven't died off.

02:15 / 19.06.08

Am killing time before go-out-tonight-not-die-by-morning time. Who's around?

02:25 / 19.06.08

I'm here. I can't sleep.

02:28 / 19.06.08

I can't believe I have to be reasonable at two in the morning tonight! After how much caffeine, liquor and lack of sleep?

But I shall, I shall.

Anyhow, outside of not sleeping, how're you holding up?

02:36 / 19.06.08

Well, I've been going to the gym four times a week (for the past week and a half), and now my calves are solid blocks of comic-book muscle.

I'm hoping to work my way up.

I'm listening to "Their Satanic Majesties Request"; I have a theory that this album is intended as a blatant mockery of the Beatles.

02:41 / 19.06.08

[A] blatant mockery of the Beatles.

So, like Paul's last solo album, then?

I always thought White Zombie's Astro Creep 2000 was like a nega-version of the Beatles' Revolver but have very little actual evidence. Just syncronicity and gut reaction.

02:49 / 19.06.08

I'll have to check that one out.

I have been feeling a little wiggy as of late. I'm alternating between extreme lethargy and nervous energy. I thought the exercise would help even things out a bit, but it hasn't so far.

02:53 / 19.06.08

All it's ever done to me is give me tone for about three seconds and make me sleepy right after.

03:00 / 19.06.08

I get hungry right after.

Which kinda defeats the purpose I suppose...

03:17 / 19.06.08

I don't know about that. Not necessarily, anyway.

Working out as min. as I do, basically means I have good tone but no mass whatsoever. So eating mass quantities along with could only help me.

It's all ratios and balances.

And cheating some snacks, sometimes.

03:27 / 19.06.08

I talked to a personal trainer, and now I've got a little system going, which is monotonous at first.

I like cardio best, I can just turn on the Ipod and zone out for a half our or so.

Sleepy at last! I guess all this talk of monotonous gym routines did the job.

03:29 / 19.06.08

Good luck on the sleep. I'm just counting down the minutes to awkward silences and desperate fresh rounds of sweet liquid pretend-not-here. Or something like that.

03:42 / 19.06.08

Thanks

Good luck with enduring the awkward silences and such.

Off to bed now. G'night!

02:04 / 20.06.08

One more hour of this work bollocks and then it's off home to watch Doctor Who.

Saint Keggers

02:31 / 20.06.08

Hello Papers!

02:40 / 20.06.08

Keggers! Huzzah!

How are you doing?

Saint Keggers

03:00 / 20.06.08

Im doing well. Spent the day immersed in editing my photos and screaming at my computer for not working correctly. It was a very joy vs pain day.

and you?

03:31 / 20.06.08

Downloading the Spore creature creator and off work, finally. I want to try and churn out a bit of cheap fiction before the night's over, but we'll see how that goes.

Hey, anybody there?

Where?