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[mrissa]

I do not know in what universe writing 1500 words of "Singing Them Back" counts as sitting around eating bonbons and reading movie magazines, even metaphorically speaking. On the other hand, it's coming together well, and it looks to be a novelette and not a novella, so that's a relief. (Dislike marketing novelettes. Cannot stand marketing novellas.)

Anyway, markgritter and I are going to our church, where they probably think we're dead, since we haven't been there in so long. Then we will snarf leftovers and talk to my parents and hang out with the timprov a bit before he goes to sleep and we go up to help brithistorian and one_undone move their last few items in. And then we will eat dinner (likely chili) and I will head off to the Boiled In Lead show with dd_b and pameladean and lydy, who are kind enough to have agreed to this plan so I don't have to go alone and markgritter doesn't have to go at all. (If you want a jazz show or a classical concert, he's your man. Otherwise....)

We also attempted a little furniture shopping yesterday. They say that negative results are also important data, so at least we have that. More on which anon....

Comments

[genevra.livejournal.com]

Hey, I've always wondered: how do you writers count how many words are in a given piece? I know you don't just sit there and count them...

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

In my case? I hit "Word Count" on my word processor and subtract how many there were before.

I know some people use an average number per page; that works, too.

[loup_noir]

Boiled in Lead! Love them. I hear that their first vocalist, Todd Melton, is back with the band. Envy, envy.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I can verify that Todd Menton was singing last night and playing various instruments.

[merriehaskell.livejournal.com]

Boiled in Lead! The only time I had a chance to see them, they canceled the concert from lack of tickets sold. It was so very sad.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Oh, that is sad!

This was not sad at all. Good time had by etc.

[merriehaskell.livejournal.com]

Excellent. Did they sing your favorites? If so, what are they?

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Let us say that I have had vicious flying llamas in my head for the last 12ish hours.

I'm not sure I have favorites, very much. They're not a band with songs that have been Deep Personal Meaningful Soundtracks Of My Life (which is all for the best, really -- it's good to have some entirely angst-free concerts out there among bands I like), and mostly I like seeing how things are different in concert. With BiL, things are even more different right now, because I don't think the current lineup is the lineup on any of the albums, so it can't sound "exactly the same." Which is good: if I wanted exactly the same, I would stay home, put the CD in, and avoid People. (But there was good People last night, even among the people who count as people still.)

[merriehaskell.livejournal.com]

*nodsnods*

I get it. At the same time, I always hope the band I see will hit at least one thing I groove on regularly, so that I can get a baseline on how this performance is different than what I keep in the plastic box at home.