Some things

[truepenny]

Werewolf story finished, 6,000 words, except that (a.) it's turned into the first chapter of a novel on me and (b.) it's drivel. Utter damnable drivel.

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My aquarium has a new inhabitant, who was sold as a blue mystery snail, but who I believe is actually an apple snail, specifically a Pomacea bridgesii. The snail's name is Louise. (No, don't ask me, I don't know either. I put the snail in the tank, it opened its trapdoor to start looking around, and I thought, You go, Louise! You now know as much as I do. The fish, on the other hand, still does not have a name. He doesn't seem to require one.) Louise is fascinating and weirdly beautiful in a tentacled Lovecraftian way.

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Tomorrow the ninjas go in for their annual check-up. They would dread it more than I do if they knew, but they don't know, so I'm dreading it for all three of us.

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Piccadilly notebooks, while obviously Moleskine knock-offs, are (a.) cheaper, especially if you get them on clearance at Borders and (b.) use thicker paper, so--if you are a fountain pen user--there's less bleed-through than with Moleskine. Thus far, I certainly do not like them less.

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There was probably something else, but I've forgotten what it is.

Comments

[britmandelo.livejournal.com]

I so love the Picadilly notebooks. Because I work at a Waldenbooks, and I get a discount, too. *g* It's worth it for the discount.

[fidelioscabinet.livejournal.com]

Good luck with the feline medical expedition. I need to haul mine in, but as it's nearly impossible to lay hands on the Dread Pirate Roberts unless he's asleep (and he prefers to kip in spots with minimum monkey accessability when possible) getting him rounded up will be, shall we say, something to write home about.

[pixel39.livejournal.com]

The only reason I've had any luck in getting Charlie into the carrier is because he has been poorly and has lost muscle mass. If he were at his full fighting strength I would be needing skin grafts.

[fidelioscabinet.livejournal.com]

Poor Charlie!

[mia-mcdavid.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry about the werewolf story. Perhaps when you figure out what the rest of the novel is going to be you'll know how to fix it...

I have heard...

[themadblonde]

that it is bad luck to name fish, so perhaps that is just as well? ;-)

Re: I have heard...

[pixel39.livejournal.com]

I have also heard that.