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[bironic]

Of the suck:

- I hadn't read the U Penn CFP list the whole time I was in school. I finally checked it yesterday (they changed their format! at last!) and found one soliciting book chapters under a theme that would have been perfect for some work I did in undergrad and at a couple of conferences and that I've been wanting to try to publish... only the deadline for proposals was in May. It would have been right when I was finishing my thesis. Sad face.

- You know how sometimes you have an emotion and your body produces the chemicals to physically experience it, but then sometimes your body produces the chemicals when you have no reason to feel a particular way? I've felt jittery and anxious and haven't been able to sleep well for two nights now despite being dead tired, and I can't figure out why. I feel fine. There's nothing to worry about.

- Also, my face is peeling, so on top of the sunburn that looks like a bad tanning salon job, I now look like I've got dried toothpaste all over me. I know you all wanted to know this.


Not of the suck:

- The people who put out the above-mentioned CFP replied to the "disappointed I missed the opportunity, but good luck" email I sent them with recommendations on other venues to try. That was nice of them.

- I don't have to drop out of Remix. Last night I finally managed to write something, after ditching Ideas 1 and 2 and fighting with Idea 3. I'm back to Idea 2, and for whatever reason, it's working now. Now if I can just finish it and convince some poor beta to give me immediate feedback...

- http://delicious.com/st_xi_kink/

- My mom is visiting this weekend, I'm going semi-camping with some of my classmates and faculty next weekend, and the weekend after that, my dad and his girlfriend are coming down for my birthday. I wasn't ready for visitors last month, but now I'm looking forward to them.



Two ellipses in one post. Hm.

Comments

[stephantom.livejournal.com]

Huh, you went to UPenn? I somehow hadn't realized that until now. One of my sisters went there. It's possible you guys were there together (though she may have graduated before you -- I don't know when you went but she was class of 2004, and anyway, it's a very big school).

And god, I hate when you physically feel an emotion for no reason. Lately, it seems that not many days go by where there isn't an hour or so of being gripped by an inexplicably overwhelming, sad and kind of anxious feeling. It's so weird and frustrating. And embarassing if I'm with other people -- I find myself yawning desperately to try and cover it / ignore it. Eh. Hasn't happened for the past two days though. I hope your anxious feeling goes away.

Congrats on the remix! I... might end up needing to get a pinch-hitter. *facepalm* The person I have has some good stuff, but I just... don't know what to do with it.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Same here. I can't say much until the reveal, but there was a lot to work with, except the stories that spoke most to me spoke because I liked them so much, so I basically just wanted to retell them without changing anything. Not a good idea for this challenge. Good luck to you, though! Hopefully you'll figure it out soon and be able to write something.

And god, I hate when you physically feel an emotion for no reason.

Yeah. Not even the right time for hormones to explain it. Just, bleh. My best guess is that it's odd remnants of having sleep unusual hours over the weekend. What you've described sounds sucky, though. Does this happen often? Does it go away on its own?

I didn't actually attend U Penn, but they have the best CFP list I know of.

[mer-duff.livejournal.com]

Eek, Remix! What was I thinking? It's a very cool process, but the deadline is in five days and I'm only half-finished. I know they strongly recommend a beta, but will I get black marks against my name if there's no time because I'm still editing up until 11:58pm ET on July 12?

Yay for welcome visitors!

[bironic.livejournal.com]

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No black marks unless you flake out entirely without warning. :) Then again, you're asking someone who believes that the week between uploading your remix and the archive going live, when pinch-hitters do their pinch-hitting, is fair game for going back in and making edits.