*grits teeth*

[bedlamsbard]

I see I have written myself into one of those corners where I am not writing an action scene.

And I really want to write a fight scene.

Off the boat, Peter. Stop with the negotiation; you suck at it and I suck at writing it. And this, sadly, cannot devolve into fisticuffs.

Hey. I wonder if this was the chapter where I was going to have Peter get arrested? (I don't outline. I don't keep notes except for my usual list-upon-list of relevent information, like names.)

You know, I was planning to have neck-breaking a couple chapters back, but that scene never made it into draft.

I suppose I could switch from Dust to Water; the next scene in Water is supposed to be a fight scene. Peter's cynicism is starting to grate on me, especially without his siblings to leaven it.

I mean, not that Peta is all that much better -- god, she may be worse; at least Peter is practical about it -- but at least I'm not in her head. On the other hand, the Petaverse Pevensies aren't much with the banter. On the other other hand, sex. Which we're clearly not getting in Dust. Although I'm not particularly in a Peta mood.

*grinds teeth* Action or description; come on, now. Okay, back to the writing.

ETA: OH MAN I FORGOT HOW MUCH I LIKE PETA. AND CASPIAN. Good god, they're straightforward compared to the Dust characters, where it's all manipulation and politics and back-stabbing and world-building, oh my god, don't even get into the world-building. In Water they're just hack and bash and make out and it is SUCH A RELIEF.

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[ineptshieldmaid.livejournal.com]

SO I went in quest of that Kasey Chambers CD. Like, three times. Today, I managed to finally find a library that was open. And they didn't have it. BUT I now have three other Kasey Chambers CDs, because on picking up 'Barricades and Brick Walls' I remembered that I'd really *liked* her stuff when it was getting airplay.

And I have a New Pornographers CD and a full recording of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde. Because I can.

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

Gosh, now I am jealous, because I don't have those CDs. *pouts* Although. I do have a $25 iTunes giftcard courtesy of my mother.

I also have a dentist appointment at 8 am tomorrow, but hey! Let's dwell on the pleasant things.

[ineptshieldmaid.livejournal.com]

*eyes you* how do you feel about piracy? because i'm completely unscrupulous...

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

*perks up* I rip my local library's CDs to my computer, why should I care about some other library's CDs?

And I buy books and DVDs at full price, too. *virtuous*

[ineptshieldmaid.livejournal.com]

Right. I have here 'Carnival', 'Barricades and Brick Walls' and the special ed of 'The Captain'. What is your crack of choice?

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

Barricades, ohmygod. Because iTunes, in its infinite wisdom, refuses to let one buy the entire album online.

You know I will totally write you fic for this, by the way.

[ineptshieldmaid.livejournal.com]

*grins* I'm listening through it to make sure it's not scratched. It's *awesome*. She just won my eternal love with 'Nullabor song'.

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

Mmm, speaking of library music, I got back from Tulane and was incredibly thrilled to find out that the public library here now has two (!) Ani DiFranco CDs. LOVE.

*cough* Tulane's library scares me. We have gone over this before.

[ineptshieldmaid.livejournal.com]

Heh, cool. I nabbed a stack of Ani from someone, a couple of years ago, still can't decide if I like it.

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

Of course, I haven't, uh, actually listened to them. Yet. *facepalm* There have been extenuating circumstances?

Okay, I am going to bed, because I get to go see my dentist in approximately seven hours. *dramatic sigh* Christmas vacation: wherein I see my dentist, my orthodontist, possibly my hairdresser, and one parent.

Not my friends, though. *stabbity*

[ineptshieldmaid.livejournal.com]

GNIGHT!