Writting: Got about 800 words in on a short story that had an irresistible prompt about a mom smudging her son's dorm room. Submitted a "light fluff" short story Tuesday morning; it got rejected Wednesday night. On one hand, at least they didn't sit on it forever; on the other hand, it would have been nice if they bought it. Submitted a different short story and I'm expecting a rejection there, too, if only because that particular market is famous for quick rejections. I've a third story that's due to be rejected any time now from a market that's famous for slow rejections. The Halloween short that I read to the Wordos last week is up for critique next week; I'm always interested in how these stories get critiqued because my voice usually hypnotizes everyone into thinking the story is the next best thing to laser-sliced bread, but once folks read words on paper, the spell is broken and I get critiques like, "I remember thinking this was hilarious when you read it, but..."
Design: I wanted to make some sort of paper Christmas Unicorn thing for the holidays. When I brought up the unicorn designs I'd come up with, I noticed that I'd made two of the unicorns' bodies way too short for their legs and heads. Fiddled with the splines, and now I have better looking unicorns overall. Alas, the unicorns have different bodies and poses than the deer I created to great effect a few years ago, so I'm going to have to rethink what I want to do. (And thinking about it has just given me an idea.... which trying much later today has panned out.)
More Working Out: Got to the gym late Thursday. Elliptical, 150 cal in 15 minutes. 3X12X30 on the pec fly. 3X12X70 on the lat pulldown. 2X12 curl-ups. Tried to straighten my spine on a pool noodle. Discovered the gym has an electronic body fat measuring tool; I think it was mis-calibrated, because it said I had about 10% body fat (or about 16lbs of it) which sounds a little low to me (who knows, maybe I'm wrong).
More Working Out: Got to the gym late Thursday. Elliptical, 150 cal in 15 minutes. 3X12X30 on the pec fly. 3X12X70 on the lat pulldown. 2X12 curl-ups. Tried to straighten my spine on a pool noodle. Discovered the gym has an electronic body fat measuring tool; I think it was mis-calibrated, because it said I had about 10% body fat (or about 16lbs of it) which sounds a little low to me (who knows, maybe I'm wrong).
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