Rambly McRambleson

[castalie]

We have heating at work! I can feel my fingers again when typing and writing and, well, I can feel my fingers, is all :-) The Cellie's feet were hurting the other day, it was that cold in our office - and aforementioned feet were inside shoes and not flip-flops, in case you were wondering.

People kept joking about how the Person in Charge of Paying the Heating Bills must have forgotten them and I was like, 'hi! Person in Charge of Those Bills speaking, this is so not funny, dudes! And FYI, they were paid, thx. I think it's just the universe hating us'. But it's done hating us and it's warm and all here.

I still wish I was home, mind you.

I had a very cosy Sunday. I did go out but not for long and I spent most of my afternoon snuggled on my couch, reading, watching telly and just being all kinds of lazy. I totally approve of that program sometimes *nods*

Oh and I bought a book on scrapbooking. I've been wanting to try my hands at scrapbooking for ages and I decided it was the right time. I also bought some Christmassy stuff to try and make some nice home-made Christmas cards. And if I discover that I have some scrapbooking skillz, I'm also thinking of doing something for my mother, either for Christmas or her birthday... I already know what pictures of my grandparents I'll use and I have an inkling of what kind of theme I'd like to work with. So I might do that *g* We'll see.

Thing is, I'm afraid I've lost my writing mojo - I haven't written a single line in months - so I might as well try to find a new mojo to have fun with, right? Seriously, is there a cure for writer's block? And if you tell me 'sure there is, you should write!', I might cry, I'm just sayin'.

Unrelated, my sister's baby - man, you can't imagine the thrill I get each time I say those words. Or think them - is due at the end of May. My first thought? Omg what if The Baby arrives on my birthday? I'm already losing auntie points for selfish thoughts *cries*

Comments

[katikat.livejournal.com]

Try writing a drabble. That's 100 words with no plot whatsoever. That's the way I kick start my muse :) BTW, what command do you use to align your paragraphs so nicely?

[castalie.livejournal.com]

It wouldn't work; drabbles are a) too short and b) demands too strong a discipline to try and stick to the word count :-) But I see that it worked like a charm for you, that's awesome.

And I use the justify HMTL code: [div align=justify] Text [/div] Except, as usual [] is replaced by < >

[katikat.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the command :) I use only HTML in my entries because the rich text function never seems to work for me :P

And it's a part of the fun to try and stick to 100 words :D And you are so right, it worked miracles for me. Three fics and one drabble in a week :D

[castalie.livejournal.com]

I'm so used to using HTML coding that it would feel weir not to do it myself; I sometimes find myself writing the code even in mails; it's really automatic by now. Too many entries written, I guess lol

Three fics and one drabble in a week :D

Go you!

[sockich.livejournal.com]

Yay for heating. I love cold, but it has it's time and place and work/school sure as hell isn't one of them.

Good luck with the scrapbooking, sounds like fun.

And if you tell me 'sure there is, you should write!', I might cry, I'm just sayin'.

*hugs you muchly* Hope it goes away and soon.

And hey, everyone's allowed a little selfishness, especially in our thoughts. I think the sheer amount of happiness you have for the fact that there will be a baby prevents you from ever losing auntie points. ;)

[castalie.livejournal.com]

Word on the cold thing; cold is for outside. It definitely doesn't have it place indoors. Ironically enough, the heating is a bit screwed up at the moment and we actually have to open the windows just a bit so that we can have a bit of fresh air; it's like hell in there otherwise *shakes head*

I found a shop that is 100% about scrapbooking in Paris, so I think I'll go and have a look. Should be fun, yeah *g*

So I didn't lose any points, eh? Good to know! \o/

[moimoietmoi.livejournal.com]

Ooh, scrapbooking! You'll have to tell me how one does that. I'm pretty curious about it.

[castalie.livejournal.com]

Dès que je m'y mets sérieusement, ie dès que je commence à créer quelque chose pour de bon, je te le ferais savoir. En plus, j'ai trouvé l'adresse d'un magasin spécialisé dans le scrapbooking à Paris, donc je pense que j'irais y faire un tour, histoire de m'inspirer un peu... et de trouver des trucs à utiliser :-)

[turps33.livejournal.com]

Heat is always a good thing!

A lot of my flist seem to love scrap booking, and I think you could be great at it. You've got the attention to detail and artistic eye that's so good for those projects. Plus, making it for family would give it that addition of love, which is a huge plus.

I don't think you're selfish about not wanting to share a birthday at all. It's your day after all. Baby will just have to hold on if it comes to that *g*

[castalie.livejournal.com]

Heat is love. Except when it's being all screwed up and overheating the whole floor; that's irony at its finest, really, we have to open the windows a bit so that we're not all dying from the heat today. Go figure.

You've got the attention to detail and artistic eye that's so good for those projects.

Ohh thanks *g* Hopefully I'll prove you right :-)

Baby will just have to hold on if it comes to that *g*

Dude, totally! I already told my sister she'd better hold too *nods*