Today's image is just a random one... not sure if that's supposed to be a rocket ship or a flying squid but I was compelled to take the picture anyway.
None the less, this was my first week working every single day, monday- Saturday till closing... and well... I'm exausted. If its not crazy customers, it's crazy office equipment, or crazy smells that make me feel ill by the time we close... todays wretched scent was burning butter from the popcorn maker in the hall next to ours. And I have to admit, working saturdays is a bit maddening.
Luckily monday is labor day so I have an extra day off -next to sunday- so... keeping my fingers crossed... Rae and I will get some work done on editing. Not too much longer now... but I think I will feel much better if we get it done before my set goal.
for a while I managed to get a little editing done before work and during, if I swiftly read over a ch and took notes on what needed to be fixed/ changed on scrap paper when no one was looking but at this point I think my brain's pretty tapped out. It's the follow up to the denoument so its more simplistic in style and though I would really like to think more on book 2 now, the end to book 1 seems more important (though i still am taking down ideas and notes as they come to me, even if it is something small and unimportant)
Our computers at work are also censored so if there is any downtime there is very little I can do to keep myself busy/ inspired/entertained. Though I dont think bringing my work from home would be a wise idea, even if I only did it during my break. So instead I've been bringing a chapter book with me and when I get the chance (during my lunch break or dead closing hours) I catch up on reading. I've been told by many novelists/ writers that its a good thing to keep doing, read read read. and I do LOVE to read... its just that I usually find it hard to, well, find something i can sink my brains teeth into.
Presently I am reading "The City of Ember: the first Book of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau. I never knew it was a book until I rented the movie and you know... usually I don't like film adaptations of books... especially with child actors but I have to say... I really did enjoy the film (granted I wouldn't have paid the steep theater fee's to see it) but for a rental I was very pleased. of course things have to be taken with a grain of salt since hollywood tends to change storylines or leave out certain details from the original write, which was obviously done in Ember's case, but that is what got me to want to read the book, to know what was missing in those places throughout the film that felt so empty. I'm glad I did and so far I'm not disapointed. I'm about half way through now and not sure if I will continue the series or move on to other first volumes I have sitting on my shelf, i think i'll be able to tell once i get to the final chapters.
if ever there was a film based on my novel... I know what I would want to change already, along with some actors I would like to portray my characters... but that's probably along way away... but then again... it gives me some hope... and something to think about.
Well... not really... I just got a copy of the Road to Perdition soundtrack and Road to Chicago is my favorite track so far. Today's pic of the day is the abandoned back lot i have to cross to get to our employee parking lot. You can see the small opening we have to cross through under the hut to get in and out. Its horrible at night, can't see your nose in front of your face... or even your own shadow.
