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15th July, 2009. 5:37 pm. Well, Boss got told 'we work'
Today we had 3-4 more workers in our trench than yesterday. We needed to remove some dirt, clean the whole trench and have it ready for overhead photos (this trench is a small one that borders a larger trench). My workers and the Georgian archaeologist in my trench decided to go to the bottom so it was the same level as the bordering trench.
That's around 10 cubic metres of dirt that is hand picked, shovelled and trowelled away.
I told them to break, they said no. (Normally they want breaks). I told them to eat lunch. They said no. They wanted it done by 1pm for the photos.
They told me to go have a rest and eat. I told them no. I said if they work, I work. I think I got in their way, more often than not, trying to clean the trench and fix the edging, but we got it done on time. A mammoth effort. The director said he'd never seen so much dirt removed in a few hours.
Amazing effort for some photos. Turns out though, the cherry picker didn't show.
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taliehelene |
15th July, 2009. 11:32 pm. Vale Olive Dean Egan, 1918-2009
Today, at about 1.15pm, my Nana died. Her name is Olive Dean Egan (nee McInerney).
She had been in palliative care for the last two weeks. She was 90 - and had lymphoma. (She survived breast cancer when she was 45.) She is the only grandparent I've lost (whom I ever knew). Simply, she was lovely - she was insightful, funny, and kind - she deserves far more than I am writing tonight (more than I am capable of writing tonight). I don't want to sleep, or for this day to end. I already miss her tremendously.
I hope she always knew how much she was loved.
I love you, Nana.
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curufea |
15th July, 2009. 10:46 pm. Dungeon Keeper 6
I've finished writing up the cards, and almost finished making prototypes in photoshop.
I'm happy with the rules as they are and I think it's suitable for playtesting.
When I've uploaded the cards to the site and made thumbnails, I'll post again.
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First lot of cards uploaded 52 of them. Looks like the deck will be about 3-4 times that amount with the multiples needed.
http://www.curufea.com/Wikka/wikka.php?wakka=DungeonBuilderCards
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mikandra |
15th July, 2009. 10:25 pm. I was going to write an intelligent post...
... but, well, those plans were well and truly torpedoed when I found this. Oh, holy freakin' ferrets! A FREE 3D universe mapping program. That is something NO serious SF writer should do without. The ultimate geekery.
I've been reading the documentation, and tell you what, if this doesn't run properly on my computer, I'll go and buy another computer. Serious (the keyboard is worn anyway).
Sheesh. I'm speechless. I feel like a little kid in a toy shop. Can't wait to get started.
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deborahb |
15th July, 2009. 10:27 pm. Rest of the year
At highschool I had a friend who insisted it was important right after an exam to take the rest of the day off and not study. Important to rest the brain and re-establish your energies. Workable idea, provided you didn’t have a second exam that day.
I treat a lot of things like that. Reading (always take a break between books), writing, day-jobbing. A break is replenishing. Gets the mind geared up for the next thing.
Right now, my brain is exhausted, just like I’ve been through an intense exam period, but the schedule I put together earlier this month to plot out all my writing committments for the rest of the year (some of which are committments just to myself) is screaming, ‘No time to rest!’
… Best thing to do is just to shut down the schedule, I figure.
Mirrored from my website at deborahbiancotti.net. You can respond here or at the other deborahb blog.
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jasonfischer |
15th July, 2009. 9:20 pm. The Project Formerly Known as Super Secret Project A
As per Gillian Pollack's excellent suggestion, I am now referring to this secretive project as "Fred" :-)
Had a great old session on Ye Olde Typewriter tonight, then entered this inky mess into a 21st Century machine, and finished off by adding some more words to Fred. As a result of this, Fred is now 66% complete. I am on the home stretch, and all of the research and background work is starting to pay off. My characters seem to be alive on the page, they're making decisions that I'm not fully in control of, and everything's just going tickety-boo.
And there's gonna be Art of War in Fred. Oh, you'd best be *believing* that shit.
So I'm well in front with things, and should have Fred finished in plenty of time to meet his secretive deadline. Fred will get a jolly good polishing, redrafting, wash and wax, you name it. I've broken my laziness curse, and seem to have harnessed the Power of Greyskull.
Or something.
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benpayne |
15th July, 2009. 9:02 pm. Quote
Confidentially, I never told you of her charms
Confidentially, we never had a home
But this railroad apartment was the perfect place
When she lay and held me in her arms
They Might Be Giants
Current music: Ana Ng.
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