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(Random otter icon because I have no coffee icon as of yet. Yet.)

Yesterday I apparently woke up in a different time zone (somwhere in Australia I think), because I had random, epiphany-like moments where I suddenly cried out, "Wait! Today is Tuesday! Not Wednesday!" The tradition has continued into today, because I've already had to tell myself once that it's not Thursday. On the bright side, waking up a day ahead of the rest of the world has done marvelous things with my hair this morning, so I guess it's an even trade.

On an even brighter note, I ♥ write-offs.

Maybe a hundred or so words of that is from various tweaks when I was editing yesterday, but mostly from Monday's session with

kristen999. I'm in "The Little Engine That Could" mode right now in regards to this story, probably because I keep thinking up snatches of dialogue, and have to rush to the computer to write them down before I forget. I honestly don't think I can write 40K of pure snark, but there are days that I wonder. (Maybe 20K.)

Because I think I like stressing myself out, I went ahead and signed up for the

gateverse_remix. It sounds like such a fun exercise, I couldn't resist. I sort of feel sorry for the person who gets assigned to me, especially if they have no idea who I am and the first link they click on is either "A Fowl Encounter" or "Otters, Otters Everywhere!"

On a final note, I just frightened myself by looking at housing prices and mortgage rates. If you'll excuse me, I need to go breathe into a paper bag now.

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On a final note, I just frightened myself by looking at housing prices and mortgage rates.

Check out the prices in Marin County, you'll feel soooo much better. *g* It's one of the reasons I moved back to Europe. (Of course I now pay USD 9,56 for a gallon of gas, no kidding, so it evens out.)

And YAY for signing up for

gateverse_remix. I cheer you on.

Yay! 13% done already! See, knew you could do it - and you're getting more dialogue ideas as we speak!! And 40K of pure snark - well, if anyone could do it I'd bet on you!!!

And now you've signed up for the remix! Yikes! I was looking at that, but the fact it is all genre scared me off - and the fact that I'm not sure I could write a remix anyway! Part of me wants to give it a try, part of me is scared I'd fail miserably (or get a genre I don't like to read). Maybe I need to look at the rules again...

As for house prices, well, they're falling a little over here in the UK. How far they'll fall remains to be seen! Probably not a good time to buy unless you have to (which, of course, will push the market down even more...!). Glad we're not wanting/needing to move atm.

Hope you find the right house at the right price in the right neighbourhood soon (and don't panic about living alone - just buy yourself a dog that looks a bit fierce but is actually a little sweety!! Or get yourself a pack of Giant Otters, they take on caiman and win!).

*g* I'm signed up for the Remix too, although I'm now eyeing the other gen ficcers and getting nervous - Friendshippers are often so long and so right, and there's no way I can match your crack-tasticness (shush, it's a word).

My OC for the Big Bang is really trying to talk to me, so I'm concentrating on the Timestamp meme fics for now - I find that the longer I leave it, the stronger the idea. I can write 40k in a month. That's under 1k a day. *waves hands* easy o_O Really glad yours is starting to work, and having random ideas like that is always good.

I won't even start on the Oxford property market...