Scattered thoughts

[cleolinda]

So I wrote about 2600 words yesterday, and then I hit a wall. I still had ideas, but it was like... the words just weren't coming. Sentences wouldn't form. That's okay, you know--you do some good work, then you run out of words for the day.

I get up today and I'm still out of words. I'm a little pissed about this.

I really, really want to get in the pool, but I, um, can't. Feminine indisposition. Ahem. Because I would really like to get out there with a drink and pretend I'm on an island resort and not here with three (four, actually) other people who are driving me nuts. I haven't been on a vacation since 2001, people. Let me have the little things.

I did find some rum in my closet (three partially full bottles. Maybe runners once used it as a cache?). I have lime juice, maybe some pina colada mix, maybe a can of Coke if I'm lucky. I am going to make drinks.

(I am also perhaps one of the few Americans who can say they've had a Cuba libre in Cuba. It was the first time I'd left the country or been on a plane, and I haven't done either since. I don't get out much, but when I do, I apparently do it right.)

(Oh, dude, Tahitian Tea sounds really, really good. Of course, you're talking to someone whose favorite drink is the Long Island. Pity I don't have any gin or triple sec.)

Quick link: Numo the hedgehog. EEEEEEE.



ETA: OMG I TOTALLY HAVE TO MAKE SANGRIA, Y'ALL.

Comments

[pygmymetal.livejournal.com]

Have a drink. Relax. The words will come when they're ready. *hug* :)

[shoiryu.livejournal.com]

...You keep your alcohol in your closet?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

It's a walk-in with shelves! Shit, I keep books and candles and twenty-year-old My Little Ponies in there, too.

Besides, I don't want my underage sister ganking my stash.

[shoiryu.livejournal.com]

Hahahaha, damn it! I wish my closet was big enough for that. Though we like to joke that it could probably double as an emergency guest room, so long as said guest had no desire to roll over in the night.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I feel I fuckin' deserve a walk-in, too, because for the first fourteen years of my life I didn't even HAVE a closet in my room, and for the next seven, I had one that was two feet wide and two feet deep. Seriously, I really want to finish cleaning it out because you could put a beanbag chair in the back and have a totally sweet secret hideout. Which I feel like I really need right now.

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

I have a La-Z-Boy type reclinable chair thing in my closet. I have a studio apartment, so my closet kind of doubles as the guest bedroom. People have actually slept overnight in that chair. Anyhow, if you can get one second-hand, I recommend the setup.

[manoosha.livejournal.com]

Mmmm, when the inspiration runs dry, it's time to get hydrated. Have yourself a mini-vacation w/a drink by the pool!

[captainsblog.livejournal.com]

You mean Cuba the oppressive Communist dictatorship which must be dissed at every opportunity?

(Sorry. I just don't want my blog banned by the Miami school board. Asshattery link (http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060701/OPINION03/607010327/1071).)

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

What the shit?

I mean, yes, not the most exemplary government ever, but the open air market is frickin' sweet, the ice cream is fab, and the drinks are AWESOME.


(I have always liked Leonard Pitts, man.)

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

Good thing it wasn't a priest's hole. I'd wonder about the priests.

[redcoast.livejournal.com]

I feel your menstrual pain. Apparently these sorts of situations are what the Mooncup (http://www.mooncup.co.uk/index.html) is for, but I don't have the courage or the money to try it.

....am I misreading your post? I sure hope not.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

No, you're on the money. And yeah, I'm not that brave either.

Got Cup?

[stargategirl82.livejournal.com]

Dude, totally feeling the menstrual pain. BUT - I have a Divacup and it's great. Really. I know, it's kinda freaky when you first think about it. If you have the cash at some point, try it. It's freeing, I swear.

First time I get to use my diva icon!

[http://users.livejournal.com/belladonna_/]

The Instead cup (http://www.softcup.com/) has changed my life, and a box is available for roughly $7 at your local drug store. Insteads are disposable versions of the Diva cup and other such devices. They're *fantastic*, easy to use, and last for 12 hours. The biggest problem I have is that I literally forget I'm having lady troubles, and have to get out of bed to go, er, take care of things because I so thoroughly forgot.

My $.02.

secondeded

[gryvnos.livejournal.com]

insteads are bitchin'. last for hours, totally comfortable. my girl has a mooncup or something equivalent. way better and more environmentally friendly all around.

[phoebesmum.livejournal.com]

You can swim while you're using tampons. In fact, there is a v old and thus non-PC joke about three lighthouse keepers who were asked to take something along to occupy their time. Eliminating the racial element: one took a book, one took a radio, and the third took a box of Tampax - "Because, look, it says here, you can exercise, you can go swimming ..." The whole mooncup debate makes me go 'ew', but I suppose taking it out and putting it back in again is no worse than using a diaphragm, not that I've ever done that, either. (It was the suggestion of washing it in the dishwasher that really got me.)

[m4mitchell.livejournal.com]

I also have the DivaCup, and I *love* it. The packaging says you can leave it in for up to 12 hours (and honestly, I tend to forget about it and leave it in longer), and you can totally use it while swimming. I find it much less hassle than tampons or pads, plus it's better for the environment because there's nothing to throw away.

[evilbearhunter.livejournal.com]

I thought you'd like this: Harry needs to die. For the children. (http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/phil_maynard/2006/06/harry_potter_must_die.html)

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Heh. "Children have to learn to deal with death sooner or later, it's the reason they have hamsters for pets." Well... isn't that what they have the hamsters for, then? Why does Harry have to die?

[evilbearhunter.livejournal.com]

And isn't the death of like, Lupin or Ron or Neville sad enough? Someone's going to die. The children will learn about death, we promise.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Can't we just run film of Harry weeping over Cedric's body on a loop or something?

[count-01.livejournal.com]

Would that teach them more about death or homoerotic speculation among the fan factions..?

[scornedsaint.livejournal.com]

Shit, I'd forgotten to include Lupin in my death pool. Possibly because I'm in firm denial that he will ever die.

[christwise.livejournal.com]

I thought that the Numo site was the cutest thing on earth until I got to the cricket souffle. That is devotion right there. Oh, and EWWWWW.

Thanks for this post. You reminded me that there was a bottle of Mike's cranberry lemonade in the fridge.

Good luck with the writing. Drink up and join the high ranks of Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Wilde, and W.C. Fields (without all that deathly-death stuff).

[edda.livejournal.com]

Your icon made me lose my breath laughing and I'd like it back now, please.

[christwise.livejournal.com]

Not until inspiration gets it's due. It wants cookies for every good idea. They're not that easy to come by they'll have you know.

They would put this on their picket signs but they're blank because.... well you get it.

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum...

[anonymisty.livejournal.com]

Oh honey, I'm with you. I'm nearly to the bottom of a lovely lime daiquiri, and planning on making more shortly.

[drakefn.livejournal.com]

oblivious
serendipity
revolution


Just trying to help out by giving you some words since you're out. *hides*

[robyn-ma.livejournal.com]

BAHAHAHA HEDGEHOG WITH TUBE ON HEAD SQUEE.

*is 6*

...what?

[megmatthews20.livejournal.com]

I was all set for a three day write-in, just tackling my screenplay, when my mom called to tell me that the doctors have informed her she more than likely has ovarian cancer, stage IV we're guessing. So now I'm up at her apartment with very little inspiration to write anymore. It comes in small spurts late at night.

I just know that when I'm writing and enjoying it, all other problems in the world seem to drift to the background.

I hope your inspiration comes back, and I hope you keep on writing for your loving audience. We could all use lots of laughter. I know I can.

cheers

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Oh, God--I'll pray for y'all. Give her my best.

[megmatthews20.livejournal.com]

Thanks, that means a lot.

cheers

[claddagh812.livejournal.com]

I'm an American who can sya that I've had real Irish coffee in Ireland.

Umm...yeah. That's about it. Howdy.

[edda.livejournal.com]

*HEDGEHOG LOVE*

*wants sangria, too*

[suenosdejmi.livejournal.com]

*drools*

(will totally dream about Sangria now ;0)

[sexion8.livejournal.com]

The best thing about Tahitian Tea is you can substitute for pineapple juice, or mango juice, or kiwi-strawberry, or limeade...the world is your blood alcohol level!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Heeeee.

You know, I realized that limeade (which we have) + rum = grog, basically. Eeeeeee.

[sexion8.livejournal.com]

Like minds. I was thinking if you have the Super Cocktailcrafting skill, you can turn the bottle of rum into a bottle of Lietenant Freeman. Mix that with kiwi and you got Capifruta! Whee!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Which I so totally do, btw. I like making Neuromancers *a lot.*

I so wish I had this skill in real life.

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

You ought to save the grog for the Friday post-POTC partying.

[cindyg.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, Sangria! We call that a "ladies drink" here in the Philippines. ::grin::

I was one of the lucky ones to have Sangria in Madrid and Barcelona. In the latter city, I could hardly find the wine for all the fruit slices in it. Really good stuff!

^__^

[count-01.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but tinto de verano is totally better on a hot afternoon. Besides, as stated above, sangria is a "ladies' drink" and tinto is for everyone...even if it does make you a bit suspect ordering it after sunset.

[megmatthews20.livejournal.com]

But why's the rum gone! *looks in Cleolinda's closet* oh wait nm, good times all around!

kinda late for a joke...but meh.

cheers

[kpachayagolobka.livejournal.com]

I'm not a gin fan, but that Tahitian thingy sounds AWESOME

[kpachayagolobka.livejournal.com]

also, in prep for next week, my best friend and I had a marathon viewing of the first Pirates with a drinking game involving massive amounts of run. it was amazing.

This is rather pointless and belated, but oh well.

[freyalorelei.livejournal.com]

I just want to say that I had New York-style pizza in New York, and Chicago-style pizza in Chicago, on the same day.

And the next day I had a sip of someone else's Long Island iced tea, while on Long Island.

[adoresixtyfour.livejournal.com]

Mmmm, sangria...would love to have some of that now, but I'm at work (dammit), so my bosses would not appreciate such.

[lotusbiosm.livejournal.com]

I think every woman in America is indisposed today. That would explain the bitchy customers. Plus all my friends and half my female coworkers seem to be surfing the crimson wave this week.

And I totally understand the lure of the pool and a drink. I'd take 24 hours off. That would be nice. (In all fairness, I did this to myself, but still)