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Continuing the theme of "stuff what I've been doin' this year"...

I chopped off all my hair! OK, not all of it. But it's super-short now. I usually keep my hair anywhere between chin length and shoulder length, which I guess it short by most people's standards. But I haaate the feeling of hair falling in my face, so no matter how short my hair was, I always pinned, braided, or otherwise tied it back. Eventually, I got the bright idea to just get a pixie-cut so I wouldn't have to go to the hassle of always scrounging around for a hair tie. (This became especially necessary once I started kickboxing classes, because vigorous jumping around made my hair fall down, no matter how snugly I tied it back.) But I'm kind of a weenie about change, so I put off getting my hair whacked off, until a good friend of mine got a pixie cut and looked utterly adorable. So I gathered up my courage, went to the hair salon last week, and just did it. And now, of course, I wish I'd done it months ago. So breezy and convenient! No hair falling in my face! I hardly need any shampoo or styling time! I love it. Short hair, woo!

Also, I kind of decided to do the "fifty books into fifty weeks" challenge thingummy. I haven't actually posted anything to the 50bookchallenge community yet, but I have been reading a book a week, and it's been great for me. I basically stopped reading for pleasure during my undergrad years, simply because I was always so pressed for time, and also because I was doing so much fiction-reading for my courses that reading anything else felt like doing extra work. It's weird, I feel like I'm rediscovering the joy of reading at this point! Anyhow, I'll probably want to draw up short summaries of what I'm reading, what I thought of each book, etc. I'll be posting all that to the comm, natch, but shall I crosspost them here as well? I guess what I'm asking it, would anybody be interested in reading that stuff? Anyone? Bueller?

I am currently dealing with the Revenge of the Son of the Bride of the Sinus Infections, part 2: Electric Boogaloo. I had about a year, a lovely year, when I had no sinus infections whatsoever. It was glorious. Now I'm back to the old pattern of three-to-four sinus infections per year. Ugh. It's ridiculous, because at this point, there's nothing the doctors can do, short of surgery. Which I do not want. The problem is entirely structural. My sinuses are arranged, um, badly. So they don't drain properly, mucus pools, bacteria flourishes, la la la. ...Sorry, I hope you weren't eating while you read this? Anyhow. Nothing to be done for it, except round after round of antibiotics, and a regimen of nasal rinses (which I hate), steaming my sinuses, loading up on Sudafed, slapping on a BreatheRight strip, etc. It's super sexy, let me tell you. Orz.

I hope you folks are feeling better than I am! Tell me how things are going for you right now! Are you having a good day? Inquiring minds want to know!

Happy New Year! Hopefully you didn't spend the first day of 2011 dealing with a nasty Trojan attack on your computer, the way I did. Ugh. Five hours later, I THINK I've got it sorted out, but I'll certainly be having a professional look it over come Monday morning. *crosses fingers*

I hope you all had lovely holidays and are enjoying 2011 so far. And for those of you following A Long Slow Collision, let me take this opportunity to get down on my knees and beg for mercy. I swear to you, I have not abandoned this story and, barring some computer-related calamity, the final installment ought to be up tomorrow evening. Please forgive the long hiatus! Real Life was just beating me black and blue for a while there, but things are much better now. Still, I'm so sorry for the prolonged radio silence, and for missing so many deadlines. D: Please forgive me. I will be making a fanmix and some other little treats for this story, so hopefully that will make up for it.

Be well, all of you! I will see you tomorrow!

Oh dear. I'm so sorry it took so long to get this part up. Grad school applications + NaNoWriMo + senior portfolio project = a cicer who has been in a work-coma for the past couple of weeks. Arg.

We're almost through here, though. One more part, and then probably a little epilogue. And a fanmix, because if I'm going to write 50k+ of dumb pregnancy fic, then I'm gonna have some musical accompaniment, dammit!


( Part XIII )


Onto the final part...

Ha ha, wow, the past two weeks have been a total clusterfuck of illness, personal drama, and entirely too much work to be done. Dear World: plz stop beating up on me nao, kthx. Sorry I'm being so sluggish with the updates, guys. :(


( Part XI )


Onto the next part...


So, I'm thinkin' we got about maybe four more parts to go here, with maybe a little bitty epilogue or something after that. So that's where we are. I'm going to do my damndest to wrap this thing up by the end of the month, before NaNoWriMo starts. (Yes, I'm doing that again. Yes, I'm certifiable.)

...Wow, it was like pulling teeth to get this part finished. :(

( Part X )


Onto the next part...

Thanks so much for your patience and kind comments. You are all so lovely. ♥

Ta-da!

( Part IX )


Onto the next part...

So, I'm thinking we're past the halfway point here. Maybe six or seven parts left? (Don't hold me to that, I'm notorious for underestimating how long my stories will be.)

Would've had this part up earlier, but. Um. Governor of Poker is stupidly addictive.


( Part VII )


Onto the next part...


As always, thanks much for the comments. ♥ I don't have time to reply to each one, but I promise, I read them (and reread them x5) and squeal giddily every time.

Oho! What's this? A wild title appears!

I know, I'm slightly tardy with this part. Sorry. D: This chapter just would. not. end.

( Part V )


Onto the next part...

Looks like Sunday and Thursday are going to be the update days for this, so expect the next bit up on Thursday. As always, thanks much for reading and commenting! ♥

Aha. Ha. Look, the story's moving forward! ...At a snail's pace.


( Part III - In Which Cobb Prepares to Break Someone's Kneecaps )


Onto the next part...