Writing...

Despite the potential expansion of my free time, I will not be participating in NaNoWriMo. For the past few weeks, however, I've been brainstorming original (autobiographical?) fiction to submit to Creative Loafing's fiction contest. Because 2500 words is considerably fewer than a novel's worth, and I figure I should learn to crawl before channeling Phidippides.

Plus there's a potential cash prize...

The chilling results of lack of sleep

Staying up watching Smallville, Angel, and The O.C. as well as playing a Hold'em and a 7-stud Tournament on Hoyle Casino has reduced my mind to simple declarative statements today. From a morning chat:

tmhsiao: eggs are yummy
...
tmhsiao: I like cheese, but cheese don't like me.
...
tmhsiao: Candy is good.

ETA: Reading that over, the phrase "Murdered by pirates is good" suddenly came to mind...

Incidentally, the second line has nothing to do with "Restless."

One of the benefits of reduced hours...

Well, despite the chance that I might lose my job, because our client reduced our hours this week, I'm taking a half day today and tomorrow...

I'm going to go have some Bún, grab some Sung buns, and then go home and watch the second season of Coupling.

Woohoo!