I... lost a fic
Dec. 3rd, 2009 12:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ink_in_handEver since I did that picture of a titanium moosebot looming over Dead End, I've been working on a fanfic that's evolved from that snapshot into a full blown story. And I lost it, deleted somehow. What's worse is that the reason I discovered it was gone, I was backing up my files and I couldn't find it. *sigh* I think I spent over two and a half hours exploiting every trick in the book I knew trying to find it again without success. /vent
In other news, I got my first cell phone over the weekend. I've never felt a pressing need for one, even when I went to college. (guess who was pissed when they started getting rid of their payphones) And I didn't even bother activating my messages until today, well, yesterday to be technical. Obviously, I'm one of those doesn't talk to people much types.
Oh! And it finally snowed. Thank Primus. Anyone who doesn't believe in global warming doesn't know how scary it is to have key seasonal weather be over a month late. (or they just don't care, which is scary in itself) And as much as we joke "if you don't like the weather in Michigan, wait ten minutes" this last year has been all over the place. A few of our festivals took me by surprise in their timing because I think of the seasonal changes and climate as temporal markers. And with those screwed up, so was my sense of yearly time.
I also need to gain some weight, at least ten pounds. While I kept my fluids up, I hardly ate at all when I was sick. I also tend to forget to eat when stressed, which I've realized I have been for over the last month, so that didn't help either. It's happened before in various intensities, so I didn't put to much thought into it. But then I knew I had a problem when I had to wait a little while so I could finish my plate at Thanksgiving. Hey self, you can't keep inadvertently starving yourself. You've lost weight like this before remember? You need to eat, but I guess the fact that you didn't drop below a hundred pounds this time is good.
In other news, I got my first cell phone over the weekend. I've never felt a pressing need for one, even when I went to college. (guess who was pissed when they started getting rid of their payphones) And I didn't even bother activating my messages until today, well, yesterday to be technical. Obviously, I'm one of those doesn't talk to people much types.
Oh! And it finally snowed. Thank Primus. Anyone who doesn't believe in global warming doesn't know how scary it is to have key seasonal weather be over a month late. (or they just don't care, which is scary in itself) And as much as we joke "if you don't like the weather in Michigan, wait ten minutes" this last year has been all over the place. A few of our festivals took me by surprise in their timing because I think of the seasonal changes and climate as temporal markers. And with those screwed up, so was my sense of yearly time.
I also need to gain some weight, at least ten pounds. While I kept my fluids up, I hardly ate at all when I was sick. I also tend to forget to eat when stressed, which I've realized I have been for over the last month, so that didn't help either. It's happened before in various intensities, so I didn't put to much thought into it. But then I knew I had a problem when I had to wait a little while so I could finish my plate at Thanksgiving. Hey self, you can't keep inadvertently starving yourself. You've lost weight like this before remember? You need to eat, but I guess the fact that you didn't drop below a hundred pounds this time is good.
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Another long comment...
on 2009-12-04 05:59 am (UTC)I...don't use phones much anyway, but I can't envision not having my cell. All I use it for is calling in/answering out (mostly for notifying of plan changes/ect), since I'm not much of a casual talker, but it's still not something I'd go without before I leave the house.
Yay, snow! We don't get snow here (there is snow in CA, just not where I live), so good on you!
...uh, I'm not much help on the weight thing--no matter what, I'm overweight for my height (I'm five-foot-nothing), and I'd rather not give up eating. But, here's to you de-stressing and getting more than a few bites in!
*mesmerized by the shiny* Ooo...glowy...
Late reply I know...
on 2009-12-27 02:32 am (UTC)Oh Primus, I've had the phone this long?! I still haven't programmed numbers into it.
We got about seven inches of snow dumped on us about a week later. It was really brutal trying to navigate the roads, and I went off the road for the second time in my life rather epically. Fishtailed, spun 180 degrees and slid perfectly sideways into the ditch. So perfectly that there were no tire tracks even remotely forward or back for me to use to get out. Personally, I have a hard time imagining living where there's no snow.
I have gained my weight back, thanks for the well wishes. Almost didn't bother posting that bit of news but you almost never see people complaining about how they need to gain weight, I thought I'd shake things up a bit.
*sniggers* I got a lot of oooos for this. *is ridiculously amused*
Totally understandable.
on 2009-12-27 08:23 am (UTC)I...can't help you there.
Whoa, I'd be scared to death if that happened to me. I hope you got out of that alright. And living with snow is hard to fathom for me; here I am, home in sunny, rainy, windy, anything-but-snowing-where-I-live (except for a solo instance this year where my old high school received less than an inch of flakes while I was away at uni) CA.
It's good to hear that you've regained your weight; you're getting better, which gladdens me, and I'm sure, you. It's true that it's rare to hear anyone say how they need to gain weight, but my best friend is 6' 2", and has the figure of a stick and the BMI to match, all of which he is very aware of...so I often find myself watching him cram enough food for 2 college students every time I join him for a meal, but it's business as usual, since I don't eat on a schedule anymore and I end up stuffing myself for the day in 1 or 2 meals...
As you rightly should. It is very, very shiny, and shiny things are awesome.
Re: Totally understandable.
on 2010-01-02 02:54 am (UTC)My speed was just over 30mph so nothing too terrible could have happened, no hills and the road was clear of other vehicles. I was more annoyed that I was stuck fast than strung out about what put me there. Living where there's lots of snow is also the reason I've got some cold weather OCs, I'm influenced by where I live when it comes to some of them.
Thanks, and it's not so easy to gain weight for some people, much like loosing it is for others. Depending on the person, one or two meals a day can help when you're trying to get some weight, your body thinks there's not much food available and so packs it on. But it's not a wise strategy, as it stresses the body too.
Re: Totally understandable.
on 2010-01-03 05:01 am (UTC)I've never been in any vehicular incidents, mainly because I have neither a vehicle nor a license and substantial driving knowledge.
Thanks for the advice; the vacation more or less got me back on an actual eating schedule, meaning I can dump that strategy. Thing is, I was never actually trying to change my weight, it's just that I lose track of time so easily and so frequently that I went and gave up on any kind of regularity in eating besides remembering to ingest something during the day and at night.
Re: Totally understandable.
on 2010-01-03 09:08 pm (UTC)Knowing how to drive is kinda required when you live where there's no public transportation or ease of getting anywhere you have to. My other 'accident' was sliding into a snowdrift when going 11mph, and bumping the pile lightly. I still consider it an accident even though it's hardly something you'd define it as, I lost control of the vehicle = accident.
You're welcome, I tried my best to word it as inoffensively as possible. I'm not familiar or comfortable with giving people weight advice, and all too often do they not like it. But I hear you on the forgetting to eat, very clearly.