The Eldritch Tomb of Unknowable Caffeine

tiddlywinks · Sep 1, 2014

jallenecs said:
Would you settle for Reese's Pieces and ginger ale? The breakfast of champions!

SaraP said:
(As long as it isn't "There is no coffee".)

Ah...a lovely spot, indeed. Reese's pieces and coffee galore. I should have come in here sooner!

:hi:

I'm a wandering rambler, bumping my way through the AW boards with lofty ideals of writerly improvement that sometimes devolve into dismal procrastination. [Today might be one of those days - though I have spruced another 1K words from my finished novel while double-fisting coffee. Those words have to go somewhere, so... :evil

].

I'm working on an epic fantasy series in addition to the urban fantasy romance I'm hacking/er, editing, at the moment. I keep jumping between the two projects depending on how frustrated I get with the one. I like dwarves, elves, dragons, trolls, frost giants and gargoyles, among other things.

*taps chin thoughtfully*

Oh, and I like shiny things. So I sometimes follow Sara around, catching her glitter. She puts up with me as I'm mostly harmless, as long as I get my coffee.

:e2coffee:

LadyV · Sep 1, 2014

jallenecs said:
I saw one once where some guy was in an interview and was asked about his weaknesses. His answer was, "No way! I'm trying to sell you a product here, I'm not going to tell you its weaknesses!" Which was apparently well received in the interview. Of course, I'm not sure I'd be willing to take a similar tack, but still.....

That's a clever answer, but I'm not so sure how it would come off on in written form. That would be an excellent answer for a sales position.

zanzjan said:
This is an exercise in learning how to frame a positive as something negative, such as, "I can be a bit of a perfectionist about getting things done right", "My water-walking and turning loaves to fishes sometimes alienates my coworkers", etc.

I just said I get frustrated when there's a lack of progress. It's all I could come up with. :Shrug:

ION: I actually wrote something today. I started an outline for the third draft of my first novel. Outlines are something new for me. I'm hoping it'll help me maintain focus and assuage some of the anxiety I've been experiencing recently when I try to write.

SaraP · Sep 1, 2014

tiddlywinks said:
Oh, and I like shiny things. So I sometimes follow Sara around, catching her glitter. She puts up with me as I'm mostly harmless, as long as I get my coffee.

We do have coffee here, so you're in good company.

Welcome to the Cantina, Winks. :hi:

LadyV said:
ION: I actually wrote something today. I started an outline for the third draft of my first novel. Outlines are something new for me. I'm hoping it'll help me maintain focus and assuage some of the anxiety I've been experiencing recently when I try to write.

Good luck.

Liosse de Velishaf · Sep 1, 2014

I'm learning today that my college degree can make me a very interesting conversationalist, but really does squat for my job prospects.

I wish I lived in a Classical Greece-like society, where my musings on the interplay between historiography and literary trends would be more likely to have commercial value.

tjwriter · Sep 2, 2014

Happy Pretend Monday everyone!

*Falls face first in coffee.*

Lillith1991 · Sep 2, 2014

*burrows into smibble pile* Guys! I is tired! Someone bring me coffee so strong it's sludge. Oh and sugar, lots of sugar.

Shadowflame · Sep 2, 2014

Morning all. Hopefully it's not a double shot of Monday for anyone today. I've got a lot to do before friday so I'd better get hopping.

tjwriter · Sep 2, 2014

This morning has been so fun that I fixed a second cup of coffee before I left the house. I usually don't refill until I get to work.

We also had torrential rainfall of doom this morning.

Maggie Maxwell · Sep 2, 2014

Send some of that rain over here, TJ. It's hot and humid and not a cloud in the sky. I need to keep my plants alive.

*doles out coffee so thick you need a spoon to eat it*

amergina · Sep 2, 2014

I wanna go back to bed!

tianaluthien · Sep 2, 2014

Good morning Cantina!

*polishes table*

*fluffs pillows on chair*

*slurps tea*

So...today is my first day of grad school, round 2. Been a while since I was in academia. Part-time studies + (part-time job x 2) + writing a novel = #WhatAmIGettingMyselfInto?

Someone get me a TARDIS. I might need it

That being said...I'm super excited. *flails* :banana:

tjwriter said:
We also had torrential rainfall of doom this morning.

Hot and humid here today. If you could send some our way, that would be great...just not between the hours of 4pm and 5pm. I'll be outside walking from work to class at that point.

tjwriter · Sep 2, 2014

Don't worry, we will be back to hot and humid before the day is over. We won't see a real break in the temp and humidity before the weekend.

Hoplite · Sep 2, 2014

tiddlywinks said:
Ah...a lovely spot, indeed. Reese's pieces and coffee galore. I should have come in here sooner!

Oh, and I like shiny things. So I sometimes follow Sara around, catching her glitter. She puts up with me as I'm mostly harmless, as long as I get my coffee.

SaraP said:
We do have coffee here, so you're in good company.

Welcome to the Cantina, Winks.

Good luck.

Lillith1991 said:
*burrows into smibble pile* Guys! I is tired! Someone bring me coffee so strong it's sludge. Oh and sugar, lots of sugar.

TAMaxwell said:
*doles out coffee so thick you need a spoon to eat it*

*Strides into Cantina wearing bison-fur cloak, bear-claw necklace, elk-antler helmet, and beaver slippers*

Hello Cantina! Welcome tiddlywinks. I see the coffee has been well tended to in my absence (I NEEDS IT).

...where did these scorch marks on the wall come from?

Good to see everyone doing well.

Liosse de Velishaf said:
I wish I lived in a Classical Greece-like society

Amen.

LadyV · Sep 2, 2014

Good afternoon Cantina!

I'm tired. That's all I've got.

Hoplite · Sep 2, 2014

LadyV said:
Good afternoon Cantina!

I'm tired. That's all I've got.

*Prepares coffee IV-drip*

Liosse de Velishaf · Sep 2, 2014

Hoplite said:
Amen.

Obviously there are other aspects of classical greece-like society I am less than enthused about.

tjwriter · Sep 2, 2014

I'm sitting here trying to figure out how the FB app was all of sudden taking up 1.6 GB of my phone.

*DELETE, DELETE, DELETE*

Kricket · Sep 2, 2014

Hello Friends!

Writing is going smoothly for me today. Made up all the words I missed after not writing for four days. The kids are being kind and actually letting me get things done.

I'm now worried that aliens came and switched my boys out with well behaved clones. I need those aliens to come back and make a productive, house cleaning clone of me.

So how are y'all?

hillaryjacques · Sep 2, 2014

amergina said:
I wanna go back to bed!

Let's go.

tianaluthien said:
So...today is my first day of grad school, round 2.

Ooh, have fun!

Hoplite said:
*Strides into Cantina wearing bison-fur cloak, bear-claw necklace, elk-antler helmet, and beaver slippers*

*sits at bar, wearing banana peel pants, an edamame blouse, a mighty leek helmet, and fuzzy oat slippers*

'sup?

AceTachyon · Sep 2, 2014

hillaryjacques said:
*sits at bar, wearing banana peel pants, an edamame blouse, a mightly leek helmet, and fuzzy oat slippers*

The might leek helmet and edamame blouse?!?!?

That is the shiznit right there.

tiddlywinks · Sep 2, 2014

Thanks for the welcome and coffee, all!

I can use it as I continue to slog through my edits. Nasty habit of dependent clause overusage that I must nip in the bud as a certain Resident Alien brought to my attention.

*sighs*

*stares at screen*

stupid dependent clauses

hillaryjacques · Sep 2, 2014

AceTachyon said:
The might leek helmet and edamame blouse?!?!?

That is the shiznit right there.

Tis my power suit.

LadyV · Sep 2, 2014

Hoplite said:
*Prepares coffee IV-drip*

Oh no need Hop. I just woke from a nap.

Kricket said:
So how are y'all?

I'm alright. Same old thing, though.

tiddlywinks said:
stupid dependent clauses

I'll lose my writterly card for this, but I don't know what those are. :gone:

lilyWhite · Sep 2, 2014

All my super form is is just my hair turning pink.

I win.

tiddlywinks · Sep 2, 2014

LadyV said:
I'll lose my writterly card for this, but I don't know what those are.

Please see Reziac's excellent lesson* on the subject since I'm too mired in the "seek and destroy" to coherently explain.

*hand twitches toward coffee again for fuel*

(*and no, that is NOT a subtle ploy for more QL crit..I'm good. HONEST. Got more than enough to chew on.)

*rubs still slightly squashed nose and sighs at computer screen again*
(Reziac, you are still awesome. Though I might have cursed your name - in like a witches from MacBeth way - when I looked at my first chapter last night and went "awwww...MAN! I gotta edit this again...")

Can I add "ing" verbs to my hate pile today? Yeah, "ing" verbs. That aren't being used properly.

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