There was a storm on the radar on its way to the Braves stadium, and I swear they set off the fireworks triple time to "Living in R-O-C-K in Coming to America Stars and Stripes Overture."
The Braves did not lose, but not for lack of trying.
I've been out of the abbey two days, I've beaten a lawman senseless, I've fallen in with criminals. I watched the captain shoot the man I swore to protect. And I'm not even sure if I think he was wrong.
Book ,'Serenity'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Ginger - Jul 04, 2015 7:37:59 pm PDT #304 of 30003
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
shrift - Jul 04, 2015 8:21:11 pm PDT #305 of 30003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I spent most of today Adulting while catching up on some shows that I couldn't keep up with during playoffs. I'm close to the lake and my neighborhood was getting cray when I went out for groceries this afternoon to get ricotta & spinach so I could make stuffed shells for dinner. I'm still hearing loud booming fireworks. It's after midnight and I wish they'd knock it off already.
Had a fascinating convo with a dude firefighter who writes kindle romance/erotica for extra money.
I want to know more about this!
Theodosia - Jul 05, 2015 4:30:01 am PDT #306 of 30003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
What shrift said!
Amy - Jul 05, 2015 4:34:16 am PDT #307 of 30003
Because books.
Me, too!
Sheryl - Jul 05, 2015 4:49:16 am PDT #308 of 30003
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Ended up going up to Frederick for their festivities. Listened to sets by Sons of Pirates(mostly Jimmy Buffet covers, but also other country and rock covers) and Damn the Torpedos(Tom Petty tribute band). Weather turned out nice for it.
Anne W. - Jul 05, 2015 6:44:24 am PDT #309 of 30003
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Seconding shrift, Theodosia, and Amy on wanting to know more.
In other news, it took me way too long to figure out that the reason I had a horrible headache is that I accidentally made a pot of decaf this morning instead of regular coffee.
flea - Jul 05, 2015 6:46:21 am PDT #310 of 30003
information libertarian
This is an excellent reason one should never keep decaf in the house.
meara - Jul 05, 2015 6:56:18 am PDT #311 of 30003
So yeah, the firefighter--he knew the host because she is also a firefighter (...and hot. Sigh). Apparently he got into it initially from reading reddit!?! where they discussed how it worked, and he was like "dude, I could make money!" He started doing the kindle self-publishing thing, especially the books you can read on kindle unlimited. I tuned into the conversation when he was explaining the popularity of vampires, and from there we discussed how kindle unlimited recently changed how they pay authors (it used to be if someone "borrowed" your book, you got a flat fee provided they read more than 10%, but now it's based on how much of the book they read, and there are tricks to making sure your scene peaks on 11% and so on and so forth). He writes a lot of M/M and MMF erotica, apparently (he is straight), and we also discussed bizarro things like shifters (he thought it would be hilarious to write a were-buffalo) and milking porn (...I know too much about things I do not want to know about). He said he knows now he's never going to get rich off it, but he's making his way from writing short stories to more novellas, and feels like he's getting better at it, and is enjoying himself. He was a pretty interesting dude. His 5 year old daughter was there and was hilarious.
Scrappy - Jul 05, 2015 8:00:41 am PDT #312 of 30003
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Spent the 4th binge-watching Bosch and keeping an eye on the pups. Not a bad evening.
Consuela - Jul 05, 2015 8:43:08 am PDT #313 of 30003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
He said he knows now he's never going to get rich off it, but he's making his way from writing short stories to more novellas, and feels like he's getting better at it, and is enjoying himself.
I don't know about getting rich, but an online friend of mine made $35K a couple of years ago, doing that. Paid for her grad program. It's apparently very by the numbers, but if you put out content on a regular schedule, if it's even okay quality, you get a lot of people dropping $3.99 a hit on you. If I had any interest, I'd give it a try for kicks, but I'm crap at writing erotica.