January 10th, 2010

What I Did This Week

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  • Off to LA. #
  • Going to test my Bluetooth keyboard for my iPhone on this flight. Would be cool if I could write via my iPhone! #
  • Keyboard with iPhone? Total economy class win! It's much better than struggling with a laptop. #
  • It probably isn't good that I'm in Santa Monica, California the day after watching 2012. Hahaha. #
  • Just realized that in the past 28 hours I've eaten exactly one power bar. Luckily, dinner at Wolfgang Puck's Chinois is in 45 minutes. #
  • Wolfgang Puck's Asian fusion restaurant Chinois was absolutely fantastic last night. One of my new favorites in LA. #
  • Finally back in Dallas. #
  • My cat must have missed me. He won't leave my side while I'm working. #
  • Picking the kids up at school. #
  • At an interesting point in my novel. Really need to pay a bit more attention to plot now. #
  • Really can't wait for my Nook. Come on February! #
  • Going to totally rewrite the last chapter I did. Need to. #
  • Quick Starbucks run. #
  • And this is why writing a first draft straight through is the way to go. I'm scrapping a whole chapter. #
  • Running around with the family. #
  • Having lunch date with the wife. #

January 3rd, 2010

What I Did This Week

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  • At Barnes & Noble. #
  • Fun but long day. Sitting down to work on my novel. #
  • Just passed 68,000 words in my novel. Looks like this will end up being around 130K or so. That means I'm over half way done! #
  • At Borders. #
  • First a nap, then I'll work on my novel. #
  • Writing break for a new Mythbusters on the DVR! #
  • Think I'll wait on doing my "continuity reference" for my novel after I finish the first draft. #
  • Sweet: Was able to bring one of my main characters back into play in my novel. Need to tie up one more loose end in the next 40 pages or so. #
  • Starbucks run! #
  • Working on my novel. #
  • Calling it a night on the novel. 71K words done. #
  • Cleaning the house, while Lea rests. #
  • Yikes, forgot that I need to update my health insurance and 401K online before tomorrow. Will do that now. #
  • Finally signed up for my 401K, now I need to convert my health insurance from the 1,500 to the 500 deductible. #
  • Mia: I like when you smile at me, Daddy. #
  • My chapters average 4K to 7K, and I just wrote an 1800 word chapter. Any thoughts on whether that's bad or not? #
  • 72,382 words done on my novel. The pieces are slowly coming together. #
  • Off to pay bills. Got a nice year-end bonus, making this less painful. :) #
  • Just put $100 on my Starbucks gold card. First bill paid! :) #
  • All credit cards down to zero balance. End of year budget win. #
  • Off to Ikea. Perhaps a new mattress is in my future. #
  • Ikea is kind of nuts. #
  • Buying a sparkling red at Central Market. #
  • Booking my LA travel. #
  • Just waking up. Ah, sweet new year! #
  • Had a 101 fever, and an unpleasant evening, but I feel a lot better now. #
  • Downloading Reeldirector for iPhone. I'm very curious if this can actually do decent video editing on a phone. We'll see! #
  • Just did a load of laundry and emptied the dishwasher. #
  • Lea going off to get her hair done at Toni & Guy with Zoe. Me? I'm doing dishes, laundry, and watching Mia and Willow. #
  • Lady Gaga: "I promised them a 30 minute set and I'm not stopping" http://bit.ly/5Gbgml Awesome. #
  • Downloading Scooby Doo episodes onto my iPhone for Mia. To the kids, the iPhone is pretty much their personal TV. #
  • I must have like 2+ gigs worth of videos on my iPhone and not one song. Although I have the Rhapsody app, so I guess I have 8 million songs. #
  • Buying clothes. I hate buying clothes. #
  • Just watched 2012. Disbelief suspension pushed to the limit. #
  • Got my Bluetooth keyboard working with my iPhone. I may not need a laptop for long if this works well. #
  • Brunch at IHOP. #
  • Shopping. I think Lea has strep throat. :( #

December 27th, 2009

What I Did This Week

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  • Just watched The Core. Not so good. #
  • Great lunch at Al Biernat's. I love this place. #
  • Helping my wife clean. #
  • Finished King's Under The Dome. Good, but not great. There are a few transcendent scenes that are breathtaking, however. #
  • Okay, enough reading–time to go back to writing! #
  • Talking to the IRS. My are they nice. #
  • Running errands. #
  • A quick bath and then writing time begins! #
  • Ah, sweet imagination, how I have tamed thee. #
  • Wrote 1400 words. Now time for bed. #
  • Mire errands to run. My crazy wife never went to bed. How can someone live without sleep? #
  • Shopping with Willow. #
  • Shopping with Lea now. #
  • Disappointed that @cashmere no longer rises to my baiting her about living in an arctic wasteland. #
  • Off to get the car washed. #
  • Playing chess against Willow. #
  • Enjoying Quinn and Scott's visit. #
  • Relaxing at home with the family. Lea is working on her art. I'm writing. The kids are watching Pokemon. #
  • Hanging with Quinn, Scott, and the family. #
  • Takeout Chinese–the perfect Christmas eve dinner! #
  • Out shopping on Xmas day, heh. #
  • Just logged onto a text MUD I used to play for 10 years. Haven't been on there in like two years. Any text MUDs still thriving? #
  • I can't begin to say how excited I am to have a Nook. Of course Lea will buy all the books at the store anyway, so it won't save us money! #
  • What else? Need to buy batteries. It's a post-Christmas tradition. #
  • Willow is the master of the "shocked disbelief" face. AKA the "can you BELIEVE she said that?!" face. #
  • The aforementioned Willow look. http://yfrog.com/4eiqtsj #
  • 1100 words written for my novel tonight. I need to pick up the pace. #
  • Out shopping with Quinn, Scott, Lea, and Mia. #

December 20th, 2009

What I Did This Week

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  • Ooh, another iPhone Twitter client. #
  • Prepping to back up my iPhone. Need to restore it and take it into the Apple store tomorrow. #
  • Trying Tweetdeck for iPhone. Not too into this. #
  • Ah, Twitterific… Much better! #
  • Loving Twitterific. Now to finish my iPhone upgrade project. #
  • Out shopping with Willow. #
  • Testing you just drag and out to see if it works for transcription I won't edit this so if it looks weird you know why-transcribed by Dragon #
  • Great update @foursquare. Getting points in daylight hours was way overdue, and the favorites are more accurate. #
  • Taking family to Theatre Britain for the holiday Panto. #
  • Watching my daughters' school holiday program. #
  • Watching Willow draw nature while outside near our walking bridge with the waterfall underneath. #
  • At Mavs game… Overtime! #mavs #
  • First time ever having problems with my jailbroken iPhone. Thinking it's the Location Faker app. Need to test, though. #
  • I burnt some chocolate. Burnt chocolate really stinks. Need to go to store to buy more. Willow is making chocolate popcorn. #
  • Off to get croissants and coffee. It's breakfast you know. #
  • Lots of shoppers out today. #
  • No chocolate croissants? How can they not have chocolate croissants? #
  • Dragon dictation is fast becoming a key app for me. I use it all the time. #
  • Lots of errands this morning. But finally done and I'm heading home. #
  • Off to the Apple store to fix my iPhone display. I hope it is not any trouble at all. #
  • Apple Store isn't very crowded. I'm surprised. #
  • I think the Apple Store dude fixed my display issue! Fingers crossed and all that. #
  • Okay, now I'm off to buy Lea her Christmas presents. #
  • Nook not available until Feb. 1. Bah. #
  • Off to my writers group holiday party. #
  • I had a great time at my writers group holiday party. But I must be getting old because it's not even 1am and it's time for me to go home. #
  • Slept in until 10:30. That was a rare and pleasant surprise. #
  • Putting together Christmas presents at my office. It is the perfect hiding place. #
  • Sonic for dinner. Delightfully unhealthy. #
  • Watching Desperado with Lea. #

December 20th, 2009

What I Did This Week

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  • Ooh, another iPhone Twitter client. #
  • Prepping to back up my iPhone. Need to restore it and take it into the Apple store tomorrow. #
  • Trying Tweetdeck for iPhone. Not too into this. #
  • Ah, Twitterific… Much better! #
  • Loving Twitterific. Now to finish my iPhone upgrade project. #
  • Out shopping with Willow. #
  • Testing you just drag and out to see if it works for transcription I won't edit this so if it looks weird you know why-transcribed by Dragon #
  • Great update @foursquare. Getting points in daylight hours was way overdue, and the favorites are more accurate. #
  • Taking family to Theatre Britain for the holiday Panto. #
  • Watching my daughters' school holiday program. #
  • Watching Willow draw nature while outside near our walking bridge with the waterfall underneath. #
  • At Mavs game… Overtime! #mavs #
  • First time ever having problems with my jailbroken iPhone. Thinking it's the Location Faker app. Need to test, though. #
  • I burnt some chocolate. Burnt chocolate really stinks. Need to go to store to buy more. Willow is making chocolate popcorn. #
  • Off to get croissants and coffee. It's breakfast you know. #
  • Lots of shoppers out today. #
  • No chocolate croissants? How can they not have chocolate croissants? #
  • Dragon dictation is fast becoming a key app for me. I use it all the time. #
  • Lots of errands this morning. But finally done and I'm heading home. #
  • Off to the Apple store to fix my iPhone display. I hope it is not any trouble at all. #
  • Apple Store isn't very crowded. I'm surprised. #
  • I think the Apple Store dude fixed my display issue! Fingers crossed and all that. #
  • Okay, now I'm off to buy Lea her Christmas presents. #
  • Nook not available until Feb. 1. Bah. #
  • Off to my writers group holiday party. #
  • I had a great time at my writers group holiday party. But I must be getting old because it's not even 1am and it's time for me to go home. #
  • Slept in until 10:30. That was a rare and pleasant surprise. #
  • Putting together Christmas presents at my office. It is the perfect hiding place. #
  • Sonic for dinner. Delightfully unhealthy. #
  • Watching Desperado with Lea. #
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