It's too early to be so early

[naomi_jay]

Okay. I'm back. Sort of. I don't really have anything interesting to blog about, but dammit, I've been at work since 7.30 this morning and my brain is all funny. I spent the weekend at my parents' house, catsitting Fergus while they were on holiday, which meant getting up at 5am this morning to get a bus into Cambridge for work. And because, like a sensible person, I stayed up til nearly midnight watching Ichi the Killer, I am now the tiredest.

But it was a nice weekend! Pip and I went to Whipsnade Zoo on Saturday, and despite the miserable weather, saw lots of cute animals. Like pygmy hippos and flamingos! And meerkats! And these little deer things that were just running around everywhere unchecked. And then on Sunday, Kyle and I watched Fawlty Towers all day and that was also good.

So I'm feeling a lot more relaxed and at peace with the universe than I was this time last week. BLOOD HUNT currently stands at 40k, which is pretty good, but does mean I'm behind schedule. I didn't get any writing done over the weekend, but that was by choice. I know! I can't afford to give myself weekends off with 30k still to write! But this week all is returning to it's regular schedule. I'm pretty sure I can crack this by the end of August (well, I don't really have a choice!), and having a couple of weekends all to myself will help. After that, I owe a couple of critiques to people (although one is just a single chapter, so I'm planning to that today at work since it's quiet here and my boss is off. Sshh!).

Comments

[tezmilleroz.livejournal.com]

Looking at your icon, it seems as though Chthulhu would fit into high society better than I would ;-)

[naomi-jay.livejournal.com]

Oh, you can take Cthulhu anywhere.

[rowanda380.livejournal.com]

pygmy hippos? Never heard of those.

[naomi-jay.livejournal.com]

Aw, she was adorable. We thought she was just a baby hippo who'd been penned on her own for some reason, but apparently she was a legitmate pygmy hippo!

[rowanda380.livejournal.com]

um, where can I buy one please? :0) lol. sounds too cute!

[craving-vintage.livejournal.com]

How was Ichi the Killer? I saw previews for that a long time ago and not sure if I wanted to watch it. It looks good but a little gory/excessively violent. Not that I already don't watch movies that have gore and excessive violence. lol

[naomi-jay.livejournal.com]

Um, it was okay. Not as good as Oldboy or Sympathy for Mr Vengeance, and fairly standard for Asian cinema in terms of violence and gore. I didn't really get why Ichi was so messed-up; he seemed quite arbitrarily crazy, and I like a bit of meaning to my senseless craziness, lol.

[craving-vintage.livejournal.com]

Maybe I'll check it out one day. Thanks!

Not sure if you mentioned it or know already but they are remaking Old Boy with Will Smith. I think a lot of people aren't happy with that.

[naomi-jay.livejournal.com]

Yeah, count me as one of the unhappy people! I love Will Smith, but I think this is another film that does not need remaking.

[craving-vintage.livejournal.com]

Totally understandable!