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  • Jan. 13th, 2009 at 11:34 AM
credit to Kaigou, Mark Twain, heaven and hell
Page 133 of 335-or-so proof pages eyeballed. They're nice and clean so it's just the brute work of rereading and thinking very carefully about some of the issues that were raised last time someone went through. I like to make these things intentional.

The workout was effing hard this morning. But I am breaking barriers--at the end of my run today I went for two whole minutes at four miles an hour. This may not sound like much, but considering when I started this whole thing out I could barely run at 2mph for a whole minute, I think it's awesome. I'm settling into 40-minute runs, which I think will be about my limit. I'll up the speed/intensity from there, but I really can't afford to spend more than that on the treadmill. I'm adding a nice slow walk in the evening and getting pretty good at the shovelgloving, too.

When the zombies attack, man, I'll be ready.

For those of you wondering, the dye job came off perfectly. My hairdresser babe has been bugging me to get rid of my roots for a while. "Blonde roots with black hair just are SO NOT HAPPENING, Lili. And you're using the wrong black, it's got a blue undertone and makes you look jaundiced. Look, just let me fix it for you. SIT DOWN AND LET ME FIX IT."

It's funny--when I started working at an optometrist's office I started noticing people's spectacles. As a massage therapist, I was always looking at how people were moving and where they were holding their pain. ("Look, just sit down here for five minutes and let me fix that for you...") Now as a writer I start flinching whenever I see misspelled signs, or misused apostrophes. I guess beauty-school students are the same way.

Anyway, my hair is now a neutral black instead of the blue-black, and there is a half-hidden blonde streak (very close to my natural color) at my right temple. It's an amazing job, and Hairdresser Babe (aka Make Me) was very pleased with the results. "Now for Christ's sake we'll do up your roots in a month or two. DON'T ARGUE."

It's nice to have friends.

Anyway, there's errands to run today and laundry to fold, and the rest of those proof pages to get through.

I'm thinking the laundry ain't gonna get done. Anyone want to take that bet?
  • Where I'm At:In The Rye
  • I'm Feelin' Mighty: thoughtful

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[info]quilterbear wrote:
Jan. 13th, 2009 08:15 pm (UTC)
Blonde hair, naturally? Dyed black? many women would kill to have your hair, I bet. I've seen that blue/black she is talking about and yep, jaundice. So glad that you got it fixed. I cracked up about professionals always wanting to say "c'mere, let me fix that"
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[info]kaigou wrote:
Jan. 13th, 2009 08:17 pm (UTC)
Random bizarro question for you: I was on Samhain's site the other night, looking at the latest releases and lo, there's a release for one of your books, and in little letters it said, "this is a partial reprint" (or partial re-release?) -- whatever it was, there was 'partial' in there.

So just what IS a partial re-release? It's only half the story you wrote before? Was it majorly rewritten in some way? Is it, uhm, I dunno. Something else? Curious minds are DYING heah, woman.
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[info]lilithsaintcrow wrote:
Jan. 14th, 2009 05:20 am (UTC)
It's a partial re-release because it was first (briefly) released by AnotherChapter.com as a web serial. AC.com (sadly) folded, but I liked the story and finished it, and as the rights reverted back to the artists when the press went out of business the story could be sold (vastly re-edited and tightened) to Samhain years later.
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[info]kaigou wrote:
Jan. 14th, 2009 05:29 am (UTC)
Ahhhhhh. Okay. I was having all sorts of peculiar visions dancing in my head about how you could manage a "partial re-release" and really hoping it didn't mean this version was partial. Like, get to page 200 and the next page is BLANK, with a note that says, "nope! for the rest, you must leave $200 in unmarked bills in a brown paper bag behind the ISP server or you WILL NEVER FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS."
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[info]lilithsaintcrow wrote:
Jan. 14th, 2009 05:30 am (UTC)
Nope. None of that. But I DO have to write the second book in the series...
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[info]kaigou wrote:
Jan. 13th, 2009 08:21 pm (UTC)
More to the point of the post: I remember when I was lucky enough to have the same stylist for, oh, maybe five or six years (who was also a really good friend). I was always getting her to do wild and crazy things to my hair -- hey, I was 20 when we met -- and she did, within reason.

One time, in the salon, I was pushing for this cut that was really REALLY short (like 1" to 2" long at most), and thought it'd be cute. She said, not with your head. Nope. I said, but that's what I want! In full view of the rest of the salon, she POPPED ME ON THE HEAD WITH THE COMB and said, "shut up! it's not open for discussion, because this is MY REPUTATION on your head, SO WHAT I SAY GOES."

Me: *shuts up*

Other stylists: O.O
Other customers: O.O

But she got what she wanted, and she did always make me look really good, or as good as I was going to get, at least. Even with the purple streaks and that time we did a lovely shade of olive-green, which she declared was a color that only I could wear. Matched my eyes!

It's not a joke, after all: the two things you miss the most when you move are your OB/GYN and your stylist. When you've had really good ones, they're both so hard to replace... sigh.
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[info]lilithsaintcrow wrote:
Jan. 14th, 2009 05:24 am (UTC)
Lord yes. I've been looking for a good stylist for AGES, ever since I moved away from the woman I hated but who had impeccable instincts when it came to my hair.
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[info]martianmooncrab wrote:
Jan. 13th, 2009 08:22 pm (UTC)
(flipping madly through calendar) uh, just when are the Zombies coming? I need a new gaffing hook.
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[info]lilithsaintcrow wrote:
Jan. 14th, 2009 05:20 am (UTC)
I don't know when they're coming.

BUT BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY!!!!
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[info]martianmooncrab wrote:
Jan. 14th, 2009 06:47 am (UTC)
then two new gaffing hooks and a solid bat.
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[info]cscole wrote:
Jan. 13th, 2009 08:51 pm (UTC)
Congrats on uping your run time. Me, I'm still at the 2-miles per hour stage but your zombie comment renews my resolve to improve. You fixed that for me.
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[info]lilithsaintcrow wrote:
Jan. 14th, 2009 05:21 am (UTC)
It doesn't matter how fast one goes. Once I read that in a book for beginning runners, a vast weight lifted off my shoulders. :)
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[info]perishtwice wrote:
Jan. 13th, 2009 10:55 pm (UTC)
yay for no more pesky blonde roots! =P

as for outrunning zombies, the red queen principle dictates once you get in better shape, they'll evolve to be able to spit paralyzing toxins from a good distance or something. but hey, keep up the treadmilling and you'll look damn good while dodging that spit! ;)
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[info]lilithsaintcrow wrote:
Jan. 14th, 2009 05:23 am (UTC)
Dodging the spit is okay. I can live with that.
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[info]trashglamapoc wrote:
Jan. 14th, 2009 02:51 am (UTC)
But... I liked the blue roots. Can we put in blue highlights to go with the blonde? Okay, okay, leaving the hair alone...
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[info]lilithsaintcrow wrote:
Jan. 14th, 2009 05:23 am (UTC)
Blonde roots. Blue-black dye, blue sheen.

Dude, if you want to wrestle Hairdresser Babe for rights to my hair, that's okay.

But she's tough, man.
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[info]janastocks wrote:
Jan. 14th, 2009 06:06 pm (UTC)
Laundry is one of those things that never end. I think about the legends of brownies and I'm all for exchanging a bowl of milk for having THEM do the laundry...pretty please. :)
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