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Morgan Briarwood ([personal profile] briarwood) wrote2008-02-18 06:42 pm

Soundbites

Sis got engaged. Um...on Friday I think. I am finding it difficult to be excited about this. Don't get me wrong, I wish her every happiness. But I don't understand what she wants with this guy. About the only good thing I can say about him is he's an improvement on the abusive bastard she lived with before.

The BBC is reporting that the HDDVD/BluRay war may be over. I sure hope so, though I'm very torn on the result. Blu Ray is, as far as I've been able to find out, the better technology, but I really, really really didn't want Sony to win. It'll be a cold day in Hell before I forgive Sony for deliberately putting a computer virus on their music CDs. But if the BBC is correct, then hopefully next year (when I've finished paying for my super new TV) I can get a good high-def DVD player.

I am almost at the 10,000 word mark on Never Say Die. That's two chapters, plus a prologue which I may put into a later chapter as a flashback. It's an important scene, but I think maybe it gives away too much information for a prologue. Darn it; I like stories in chronological order. The next chapter includes the first real sex scene...so I need to decide now what rating I want on this fic. Anyone want to vote?

Alias is good for my SPN muse. I think maybe it's because both have a strong family theme.

Also need to chase my beta for my Sweet Charity fic. She's been sick, I know, but I want to get the story finished...

I spent the day wrestling with Excel, trying to figure out Phil's magic spreadsheets. Phil is the guy who did my job before me. Or, technically, he would have been my manager, but he did what I now do. Anyhow, he had all these statistical reports set up for import into Excel spreadsheets and complicated conditional formulae to do stuff with the raw data. Trouble is, his reports don't include enough information for the analysis I'm being asked for. So I figured I could enhance his work and set up new reports. Apparently, I was being too ambitious. I can reproduce his reports. I can even figure out how they work but I can't get them to work with the enhanced data.

For the record: I hate Excel. Except when it works for me.

[identity profile] krazykipper.livejournal.com 2008-02-18 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
- Well congrats to your sis anyway, long as she's happy.

- It'll be a cold day in Hell before I forgive Sony for deliberately putting a computer virus on their music CDs.
Ditto on that one. I won't buy anything Sony these days if I can possibly avoid it.

- The next chapter includes the first real sex scene...so I need to decide now what rating I want on this fic. Anyone want to vote?
Sure, if it's not RPS or incest, count me in.

[identity profile] morgan32.livejournal.com 2008-02-18 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Sure, if it's not RPS or incest, count me in.

LOL! I never write RPS, and if I ever did, I'd never post it anywhere.

Incest...well, the main pairing definitely isn't. I'm undecided on whether to include a little Sam/Dean later in the story...I'm leaning toward not, but I want to see how the plot develops.

[identity profile] krazykipper.livejournal.com 2008-02-18 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)
I know you don't, but it's my general standard response, of the 4 things I won't read.

Well, in which case, count me in. *nods*
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[identity profile] snailbones.livejournal.com 2008-02-18 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)


I so agree with you on both Sony and Excel... I don't think I'm ever going to forgive Sony ::mutter mutter:: *g*

[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/litota_/ 2008-02-21 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
hello. my name is zhenya. i'm from european radio for belarus. we'll have a welsh week here soon. i'm looking for a welsh persone, who can answer some questions about welsh culture. could you halp us, please? :)

[identity profile] morgan32.livejournal.com 2008-02-21 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes. If you message me, I'll be happy to help.

[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/litota_/ 2008-02-21 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
can you give me your phone number? or send it to my email malayaya@list.ru
i'll call you to talk

[identity profile] morgan32.livejournal.com 2008-02-21 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Sorry, I NEVER give out personal details to strangers. You can use LJ's IM service or nothing.