The state of the computer.

Turns out the computer monitor is toast. Since we can use the TV as a monitor for the time being, I'm going to hold off ten days until the Halloween sales.

Reworking the computer-lifestyle changes. I like the quiet time in the morning, and the space before I get on the computer in the afternoon works out well for me, as does getting my news from NPR instead of websites. Limiting my LJ f-list time to when I check in at school is working fine. Closing windows once I'm done with them helps a lot.

The trouble is the monitor situation. WG has wanted to watch movies and Star Trek videos in the evening. So I'm not really getting any computer time until 10pm, when I'm a little tired. Once on the computer, I kick around a bit... sketchily answer emails... and then I'm really tired. Finally I stay up till 3am writing Out Of Bounds because, damn it, I'm going to write if it kills me.

Icarus + 3:30am bed time + 9:30am class = one very grouchy Icarus.

Solutions:

1 - Replace the bloody monitor. We can go back to playing movies while I'm on the computer.
2 - Actually get on the computer at 7pm. I do this every time. Whenever I put restrictions on myself, I instantly go more extreme.
3 - Based on my computer use (10pm - 3am), I need five hours a day, at least three of those dedicated to writing. I can do email and editing at school, and the remaining three at home, or I can do all five here.

I hope to have the next part of Out Of Bounds up this weekend. Hell or high water.

In the market for a new, slashy fandom?

In the market for a new show?

20thcenturyvole pimps the new Merlin most effectively.

There are several reasons why you should be watching this show. It's a hella fun take on Arthurian legend which, like Robin Hood, is an attempt by the BBC to fill the Doctor Who slot and please the same target audience - but unlike Robin Hood, Merlin actually rocks. It has an awesome cast, including John Hurt as a dragon - yes, the smug-looking one in my icon - and Anthony Stewart Head as Uther Pendragon. And, only four episodes into the first season, it has an epic slash quotient only comparable to Smallville - except, as I said before, it actually rocks.

Intrigued yet? Not on dial-up? Hooray!

It was the word "Prague" that caught my eye.

Now working on another scene of Out Of Bounds. Rolling right along, rolling, rolling, rolling.