Night shift

[StillStunned]

I've just finished a project that took me 14 days straight (I began on Boxing Day). My brain is its own little wormhole.

Past Me is wisely staying out of sight.

ETA: A work project. Not the kind of something-fun-for-in-my-spare-time writing project that we usually talk about here.

 

[onehitwanda]

I've just finished a project that took me 14 days straight (I began on Boxing Day). My brain is its own little wormhole.

Past Me is wisely staying out of sight.

ETA: A work project. Not the kind of something-fun-for-in-my-spare-time writing project that we usually talk about here.

I'm going to use your furry tummy as a stress ball for a moment or two. Don't worry, I know what I'm doing.

 

[StillStunned]

I'm going to use your furry tummy as a stress ball for a moment or two. Don't worry, I know what I'm doing.

My furry tummy? Have you just outed yourself as Anonybush?

 

[onehitwanda]

My furry tummy? Have you just outed yourself as Anonybush?

I am Anonybush's older, wiser sister - Anonymiss.

 

[StillStunned]

Not Anonymuff?

 

[onehitwanda]

Not Anonymuff?

My lawyers have told me that I'm not allowed to admit (sorry, imply ) that I shave my lady garden.

 

[yowser]

At least not Anonymerkin.

 

[StillStunned]

My lawyers have told me that I'm not allowed to admit (sorry, imply ) that I shave my lady garden.

"Lady garden" sounds like something that doesn't need a razor so much as shears.

 

[onehitwanda]

"Lady garden" sounds like something that doesn't need a razor so much as shears.

It's more for when I let @EmilyMiller wander down the garden path.

how's my poker face, Em? I've been practicing

 

[StillStunned]

It's more for when I let @EmilyMiller wander down the garden path.

how's my poker face, Em? I've been practicing

I'll leave the two of you to your horticulture and wheelbarrows.

 

[onehitwanda]

I'll leave the two of you to your horticulture and wheelbarrows.

whoreticulture, I think you'll find.

 

[SimonDoom]

Good book. I like Steven King, and I love short stories. A great time killer. I've read it a dozen times.

I've read quite a bit of Steven King, and I think that book is his best work. Short stories capture his talent best; he has a fabulous, twisted imagination, but give him too many pages and he tends to lose his way. There are so many good stories in that collection. Like the one about the guy who receives a package consisting of toy soldiers who attack him. Who thinks of something like that? Or Gray Matter-- chilling story.

 

[SimonDoom]

whoreticulture, I think you'll find.

Or "hortaculture."

"Within range of our sensors, there is no life, other than the accountable human residents of this colony beneath the surface. At least, no life as we know it."

 

[alohadave]

I've read quite a bit of Steven King, and I think that book is his best work. Short stories capture his talent best; he has a fabulous, twisted imagination, but give him too many pages and he tends to lose his way. There are so many good stories in that collection. Like the one about the guy who receives a package consisting of toy soldiers who attack him. Who thinks of something like that? Or Gray Matter-- chilling story.

I haven't read much of his work, but 11/22/63 is really good. It meanders a bit in the middle, it's worth it.

I've never hated a fictional place more than after reading his descriptions of Derry.

 

[bestkeptsecret678]

Back in the day, I did some fugitive recovery. Yes, I'm sort of small for that kind of work, but I did it. I'm a master with the collapsible baton, so that helps. Anyway, we worked 24 on and 24 off, two crews of four. Two people per car. Usually, staking out a favorite haunt, a girlfriend's place, the wife, or their moms. It was long hours, and we'd trade off who watched and who rested. We sat in cars, one vehicle in an area near the target, the other in another area on the other side. We'd try to disappear, but in daylight, it isn't so easy.

I would log on to my home computer through my laptop and write when I wasn't the one watching. I'd often go without sleep and write instead. I was never happier than we I was doing investigations rather than recovery. However, I got a lot of writing done on those stakeouts.

I am impressed... and I suppose terrified! Not that I expect to be a fugitive on the run anytime soon. I've not read all of your work, but I'd think there's some interesting plotlines for you there, right?

 

[StillStunned]

whoreticulture, I think you'll find.

I thought it best to leave that one for you.

 

[onehitwanda]

I thought it best to leave that one for you.

ooh, you bitch.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Yes, some of my life experiences are in some of my writing.

I am impressed... and I suppose terrified! Not that I expect to be a fugitive on the run anytime soon. I've not read all of your work, but I'd think there's some interesting plotlines for you there, right?

 

[EmilyMiller]

how's my poker face, Em? I've been practicing

A little more work maybe…

Em

 

[Priscilla_June]

Does writing and being a student at night count?!

 

[Rob_Royale]

Great opening for a classic trope. Do you trust your neighbors?

I trust my wife, which is the important part. But you're not wrong, it's a classic LW trope that would work especially well in our situation. I live in a canyon, very rurally. If my wife was so inclined she could easily do so and the chances of being caught would be very low. My area gets plenty of traffic during hunting season and several have permission to park on my property. My neighbors are around frequently when the weather is good.

But I do have very trustworthy neighbors, all married with families and we're quick to help each other out when something goes wrong.