Dear Diary . . . day by day

Friday, August 11th - Every fortune is better when you add "In Bed"
Sometimes I feel like my life is approaching the denoument of an emotional thriller novel. If I could tell you guys everything - and you know I just can't - you'd be astonished. In fact, as fiction it would never fly, as my readers would cry out, "Implausible! Life never happens like that!" It would be one of those novels where you see the shoe about to fall, and you yell out at the characters: "What! What are you thinking; don't you remember what happened LAST TIME! Don't do it!!!
Anyway.
I'm leaning towards a laptop. Mary Anne talked some sense into me, reminded me that I've been talking over which computer to get with techies here at work, and not writers. So, I cornered Jamie here at work (a tech writer who also writes creatively) and he confirmed: "It's great to be able to type in bed!"
Type in bed! Write in bed! Yes! Why hadn't I thought of that before!!!
Soo, it's gonna cost me more, and I've got a whole new load of pricing to do, but I'm gonna find me a laptop.
So, here at work today we're having a haiku contest for a free Palm III organizer. The best haiku wins, although we're told "the judges are highly corrupt and easy to bribe." Here's my entry:
Below are my entries in the PalmIII haiku contest. Picking my entry will get you a weekend getaway cruise at the Three Palms Floating Hotel, where the letters are all shaped the same odd way, and the waiters don't have much memory, but at least they're always around!
I'll start with the less strong haiku, and move on to my favorites, so be sure to read all the way through :-)
A quiet green glow,
Illuminates a sad face:
Error in download.
Like a Barbie doll
For adults; accessories
Are not included.
I'll dress my Palm III
In frilly, fold-out keyboard,
So I can write in Coach!
Stylus rolls through crack -
A lesser man would panic,
But I have long nails.
Geek box go crazy!
Beaming personal info;
Please don't call my friends!
My "Palm" is handy,
Downloading a naughty site,
Hot sync THIS baby!
If I win, you are also entered to win a chance at free green tomatoes. Flooded with a tangy flavor that ordinary RED tomatoes just can't match, these tomatoes will be hand delievered if both you AND I are winners!
Cheers,
Heather
Exercise log:
Ahem.
Writing log:
Worked on some new story ideas and a revision of "Thirds" (which will become two stories, I think).
I'm currently reading:
The Clewiston Test by Kate Wilhelm
oh so slowly:
Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand by Samuel R. Delany

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