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Mar. 3rd, 2008 at 11:40 AM

Progress notes for 3 March 2008

Chill

New words last night: 460
New words this morning: 918
Total Words: 7480
Deadline: April 15
Mammalian assistance: I think I may have caught the Presumptuous Cat peeing in the human toilet last night, but I am not entirely sure. Having never taught her that trick, if it's what she was doing, I am impressed. (I mean, she is a creepy kitty genius. But--)
Reason for stopping: Gotta get ready to go North!

Darling du jour: n/a
Tyop du jour: n/a
Phrases I spent fifteen minutes trying to work out a way to avoid: "lambent eyes"
Jury-rigging: And in this scene, the characters stand around and explain the plot to their author. Nevermind, I will fix it later.
There's always one more quirk in the character: Tristen continues remarkably precise of speech. Perhaps he's an albino Vulcan.

Other writing-related work: last night was mostly devoted to Shadow Unit. No further progress on the AtWS CEM. I have audio rights contracts to review, too, but that will happen Tuesday.
Books in progress: I am still reading the new Cook's Illustrated, and have two months of SciAm and SciAm Mind to get through.
Exercise: 2 miles walked yesterday, around the MEAT.
Miles to Lothlorien: 260.2
Guitar practice: Not today
Mail: flurry of emails for a different Secrit Projekt
~~Things Chaz/Hafidha ate, contemplated eating, or threatened to eat:~~

Today's words Word don't know: respawned, biosystems, failsafes, biologicals, unhelmed, misprogrammed, respawn,
Words I'm Surprised Word Do Know: lambent
Sustenance: coffee
Mean Things: parental angst
The Internet is Full of Things:

Mood: restless
Music:Oysterband - We Shall Come Home

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eiriene wrote:

Mar. 3rd, 2008 04:43 pm (UTC)

We haven't taught our cat to use the toilet, but she seems to have finally made the connection that when we humans use it, we're doing the same thing she does in her litter box.

How do I know?

I go to the bathroom, these last couple of days, and every single time I come out, she goes in and examines her litter box for changes. It's a comedy routine, it really is. =)

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mamculuna wrote:

Mar. 3rd, 2008 05:06 pm (UTC)

I'm in the middle of "Knock on Coffins," and loving it--but can't figure out where to post this note: On the Episodes page of the Shadow Unit site, the link for "Knock on Coffins" isn't working (http://www.shadowunit.org/episodes.html) It's fine on the home page, but not Episodes.

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owldaughter wrote:

Mar. 3rd, 2008 05:09 pm (UTC)

Jury-rigging: And in this scene, the characters stand around and explain the plot to their author. Nevermind, I will fix it later.

Hee!

(Oftentimes I am grateful for this, because it helps with the what-comes-next? bit... but yes, it usually requires rewriting later in the mix.)

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puzzlehouse wrote:

Mar. 3rd, 2008 06:09 pm (UTC)

Treeman and I woke up one night to the sound of peeing -- went into the bathroom and found my cat delicately straddling the toilet seat. She gave us a truly irritated "Do you *mind*?" glare. The litterbox, I have to admit, was pretty disgusting.

As soon as I changed the litter, Avalanche went back to using it. Why I didn't just *take the litterbox away*, God only knows. She probably would have happily continued using the toilet.

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cleo2584 wrote:

Mar. 3rd, 2008 08:14 pm (UTC)

God I wish my girl kitty (Titania) was smart enought o figure that one out (or even eb taught). We're having litter box problems with her. She can't seem to understand that my bathroom rug in not her litterbox--that there are two perfectly good boxes in the apartment and Oberon cannot possibly keep her from using both.

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neutronjockey wrote:

Mar. 3rd, 2008 08:31 pm (UTC)

I saw that...

Mail: flurry of emails for a different Secrit Projekt

O.o

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fledgist wrote:

Mar. 3rd, 2008 10:46 pm (UTC)

Respawn?

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heimshal wrote:

Mar. 4th, 2008 01:29 am (UTC)

World Domination Checklist

Step 1) Achieve liberation from litter boxes.
[...]

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aerinha wrote:

Mar. 4th, 2008 04:18 am (UTC)

Unrelated to Chill:
"Knock on Coffins" was great! I got the creeps at one point (full on goosebumps) and had to get up and head for the kitchen and a snack. :)

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matociquala wrote:

Mar. 4th, 2008 04:21 am (UTC)

That's cool! Which bit?

(I know the spot where I creeped myself out. But I am always curious what works on others.

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aerinha wrote:

Mar. 4th, 2008 04:30 am (UTC)

For whatever reason, it was when Melanie was having her flashback and Todd suddenly realized what was going on... it just hit my creepy bone, the whole channeled-flashback thing!

I need to reread it at least once more to catch the bits I missed in the initial gleeful speedthrough.

Oh, also, words can't express how cool Hafidha's new talent it!

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matociquala wrote:

Mar. 4th, 2008 04:33 am (UTC)

Hah! The part where I gave myself the wiggins is at the end of that scene, when she (or maybe It) looks out at him and she says, "You were there."

Poor Todd.

Rough day at work.

So glad you liked it. I am so made of squee regarding this project.

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elaine_brennan wrote:

Mar. 4th, 2008 05:24 am (UTC)

I had a cat once who taught himself to pee in the toilet ... and it was truly startling.

There I was at the sink, putting contacts in and suddenly hearing something that sounded like ... well, like peeing.

And when I turned around, there Mr Sluggo was, carefully balanced on the toilet seat (and carefully keeping his tail stretched out in full glory across the seat as well), peeing in the toilet.

It did suggest to me that perhaps he and I were spending a bit too much time alone together, but, hey ... cat peeing in the toilet with no work on my part. Big win all the way around, it was.

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matociquala wrote:

Mar. 4th, 2008 12:48 pm (UTC)

Absolutely! Cleaner litter box for him, cleaner litter box for you!

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alluringbane wrote:

Mar. 4th, 2008 08:03 pm (UTC)

Ammonia clouds

I had a cat who taught herself to pee in the toilet, for fear of the dog. One day she taught herself to pee in the drip pan on the stove. Didn't know about that when I made the tea. I mostly drink coffee now.

It could be worse.

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