A week of accomplishing not much.
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lenora_roseTwo job interviews so far this week - the first went quite well, the second didn't seem to be as good, to me.
I haven't, however, managed to get new resumes out this week. Someone needs to kick me in the arse. (I was looking at postings today, and some are flagged to go for tomorrow, because I do feel weird e-mailing past 10:00.)
Went to archery Monday and shot noticeably worse than I had Saturday. Tried to go on Tuesday after that interview, and the third time horrible pain shot up my stringside forearm, stopped and packed it in. The first was early on, and seemed isolated - I had a twinge or two between, but hard tot ell if that was the nerves settling down again or warning. The second and third were one shot right after the other, and I stopped immediately. (Though I couldn't exactly shoot well while clutching my forearm the way I was.)
Alas, one thing I did notice was that the twinges and the shooting pain happened when i was using better technique. So, lest I accidentally start committing aversion therapy on myself, I'm not going to shoot again until Saturday, though I will see if I can't do some strength building exercises meantime. And if one happens Saturday, call it until Monday.
Went to dance practice; alas, there ended up being only three of us for most of the evening, and a fourth showed up late enough that we shrugged and kept talking, even though four is usually the point at which we can be productive. OTOH, we made plans for making goodies on Pi Day (Monday) to use to supply as a dessert revel for next dance practice, and lure out dancers, non-dancers and anyone who likes pie.
So far, I got a fair bit of writing on a necessary plot summary done, but not much actual text. This two-pronged thing with Labyrinth is kind of strange; I wrote Heather's stretch to date as one steady sequence. Not that it lacked scene breaks, but one writes slightly differently if one knows there's a pause and cut to another locale coming up. Certainly, Laurel(formerly Holly)'s side is being written with me fully aware there are time gaps. But mostly the issue is that I know what the end result of the next big scene is, but not how to get there.
Tomorrow, I need to lock myself in the library or something. After I've put out some more resumes and done all the tax/financial stuff on my to-do list.
I haven't, however, managed to get new resumes out this week. Someone needs to kick me in the arse. (I was looking at postings today, and some are flagged to go for tomorrow, because I do feel weird e-mailing past 10:00.)
Went to archery Monday and shot noticeably worse than I had Saturday. Tried to go on Tuesday after that interview, and the third time horrible pain shot up my stringside forearm, stopped and packed it in. The first was early on, and seemed isolated - I had a twinge or two between, but hard tot ell if that was the nerves settling down again or warning. The second and third were one shot right after the other, and I stopped immediately. (Though I couldn't exactly shoot well while clutching my forearm the way I was.)
Alas, one thing I did notice was that the twinges and the shooting pain happened when i was using better technique. So, lest I accidentally start committing aversion therapy on myself, I'm not going to shoot again until Saturday, though I will see if I can't do some strength building exercises meantime. And if one happens Saturday, call it until Monday.
Went to dance practice; alas, there ended up being only three of us for most of the evening, and a fourth showed up late enough that we shrugged and kept talking, even though four is usually the point at which we can be productive. OTOH, we made plans for making goodies on Pi Day (Monday) to use to supply as a dessert revel for next dance practice, and lure out dancers, non-dancers and anyone who likes pie.
So far, I got a fair bit of writing on a necessary plot summary done, but not much actual text. This two-pronged thing with Labyrinth is kind of strange; I wrote Heather's stretch to date as one steady sequence. Not that it lacked scene breaks, but one writes slightly differently if one knows there's a pause and cut to another locale coming up. Certainly, Laurel(formerly Holly)'s side is being written with me fully aware there are time gaps. But mostly the issue is that I know what the end result of the next big scene is, but not how to get there.
Tomorrow, I need to lock myself in the library or something. After I've put out some more resumes and done all the tax/financial stuff on my to-do list.
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Date: 2011-03-10 12:42 pm (UTC)The dancing sounds awesome, though.
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Date: 2011-03-10 06:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-03-10 05:33 pm (UTC)When is dance again?
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Date: 2011-03-10 06:16 pm (UTC)Wednesday nights, officially 7:00, but people are more likely to show at 7:30.
Bow Shooting Technique
Date: 2011-03-11 03:57 am (UTC)The only technique that they tried to teach us at the YMCA was to not fillet the inside of our forearm. The lessons failed on me every once in awhile.
I spent most of the evening going through my mail, looking for my bank interest statement so that I can file. Unfortunately, I'm also having to dig through a years worth of mail to find it. Yes, I started at the top of the heap but the heap has fallen over more than once in recent months. I know, I should keep up to date on my incoming mail but it's one of my weaknesses. I have filled a 33 gallon trash-bag half-full of mail, catalogs etc that is heading for the trash and still haven't found it. I think it will be easier to go to the bank and request a new copy of it.
Re: Bow Shooting Technique
Date: 2011-03-11 04:38 am (UTC)This isn't the arm you thwap with the bowstring periodically (Actually, I rarely do that. So rarely I haven't worn an arm guard in years). It's the arm you draw with, and it's something in the correct position of thumb and forefinger (I shoot with a thumbring, not the more common three-finger draw) that does it. If I COULD switch back to three-finger, I could probably shoot without aggravating the damage. But if I do, I miss by at least five feet to the left.
The real fun with the taxes is this wasn't this year's I was finally filing... but the husband and I do have to do exactly the same thing, and start going through stacks of mail in several places to make sure we have all the fun stuff (Donation receipts, RRSPs). At least I know exactly where my T4 is. That I was pretty much paranoid about missing.