Dear Diary . . . day by day

Thurssday, July 27th - A Rant on Survivor (and maybe some other stuff after the bar)
My vote's on Colleen.
She's playing the game MUCH more subtely than anyone else on the island. She's sweet, acts very innocent and just a little dumb.
But she's not dumb, people. Personally? I think she threw the square game immediately because she knew she wasn't going to win and it makes her look not-so-bright to lose right away like that. She knows who's playing hardball, and she stays out of their way, and brushes off her own needs with cute attitude. She knows that she's one of the cutest, most likable, least threatening people on that island, and she'll ride that all the way to the final four. Maybe two. And, if she gets in the final two, she's won it. Really, would you vote for Gervase over Colleen? Rudy? Sean? Sue? Kelly? She's the biggest threat on that island to those ruthless players, but she's playing it cool enough that they don't notice. Yet.
I was cheering when the four women went out and brought back that nice looking fish (which I would eat; I would have a much harder time with those scrawny rays - ick). Rich was flaunting his fishing skills WAY too much. I also love the girlpower thing. I think it was good for Sue to feel included in that, too, although if they'd managed to exclude her, maybe they could've gotten Kelly voting with them on that trip. Oh well.
I wanted to hit Sean. All during the "If I though Jenna was in jeopardy, I wouldn't vote for her, but I don't think she is . . ." I was screaming at him. He's either an idiot or an asshole. If he really doesn't think there's an alliance, and if there was one they wouldn't vote Jenna even though he ANNOUNCED that that was his vote, then I just don't see how he ever made it through medical school. Honestly. The people I was watching with didn't get it until after the votes were tallied, though, but they're not neurosurgeons, either, so they've got an excuse, sorta.
Anyhow, that's my take on survivor from last night. I'm sadly addicted to this show. You have to watch the night it airs, too, otherwise Thursdays suck.
One more thing. The women on the rope course? Beautiful. They were like brightly colored spiders, and it was incredibly hot to watch them climb around so deftly. When Jenna (or was it Kelly) went under Gervase on the rope bridge - well, that was some fine manuevering.
I'll put a more personal update here in a bit.
Well, I lied to you again! Bad Heather! But, well, I've got this story to read and write on by 7pm, not to mention two student stories that I don't know how to critique nicely (one in particular that's just . . . well, can you apply "if can't say anything nice, don't say anything" when you're critiquing someone's fiction in class?). Argh! And I need to fix a few embarrassing mistakes on my "Forest for the Trees" piece (although Dave has probably figured out by now my little habit of mistaking words for other words that sound similar . . . ).
Anyhow, life's ok, I can sometimes hear out my right ear again (sometimes not). My body is happy that it's getting worked out again after being ill. My garden is booming. I'm writing. I'm full of ideas. I've made a list of prestigious and well-paying markets to which I will submit all appropriate material until I get something in there. I made a list of my stories by genre, which I might post here sometime. There are 8 stories on the list, although one is not finished (Forest) and two need revising (Cat Enchanter, Thirds). That's exciting - I'm tired of pimping the same 2 or 3 stories over and over again. This gives me more to try and sell - more eggs in the basket.
Well, that's it for now. Ciao!
Exercise log:
An abrreviated workout. Lifted weights: legs (oof - do they ever get any easier?), chest and one tricep exercise. And mild abs. When I belted my jeans last night, I noticed I needed a new hole - the most worn notch (from this winter) on this belt is two notches over. I think the twisties (twist side-to-side with a bar over your shoulders) really whittle you down; it's also one of the least painful ab exercises, so I do it everytime.
Writing log:
Once the antibiotics kicked in Tuesday evening, I wrote about 2780 words of a new story - "Forest for the Trees". I'm very fond of the title; I'm very fond of the story, too, although I'm not quite sure where it's going.
I'm having a lot of fun writing "speculative fiction" these days. I just sit down and pick a personality to throw into a strange new world which is created scene by scene. Sometimes I don't even know what or where until halfway through. I've always had other places I escape to in my mind, but always before they were some spin-off of whatever novel I was reading at the time. Now they're my own creations - sometimes spurred on by my "worst-case-scenario" extrapolations from talk radio stories I listen to. I never knew the news could be so useful to a creative mind!
I'm currently reading:
Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand by Samuel R. Delany

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