In the Queue 6

This looks like a fun place to be...

Hello, readers! How has the week been treating you? I've been pretty depressed this whole week, honestly. I think I just really need a holiday; I find myself fantasizing about taking a WHOLE DAY OFF. What luxury! I even was tempted to apply for a grant to do research in Moscow, that's how bad it is. Moscow, the land of bad night clubs and vodka, the only alcohol I absolutely can't stand. Still, I might apply, why not?

Speaking of Russia, last night on Project Runway the hot-blooded Sergio left the show (or was kicked off? hard to say) because he wasn't being appreciated. *tiniest violin in the world* That means all the other horrible designers got to stay. Sometimes I wish they'd just cull the designers who are obviously not going to win, which at this point would be half of them. Oh, and Tim Gunn is starting to sound like Yoda: "Sad it may be; necessary it IS." Make it work, Luke!

And now on to the queue...



Fiction


Editing: My main project this week has been editing The Real McGill. I'm almost done. It's going to need more editing after this first pass, for sure.

Planning: Once The Real McGill is done I plan to start thinking about publishing The Lonely Hipster.

Writing: Nothing, at the moment. I'm torn between starting the third and final book in the Hipstery series, editing another short story I want to polish up, or writing something completely different. I'll have to see where next week takes me.

Reading: This week I finished The Suicide Shop by Jean Teulé. If I had to describe it in one sentence, it would be The Addams Family meets Amélie (and personally I love The Addams Family, so). For the most part it was a really fun read, even though the story lost focus near the end and the conclusion didn't fit in with the theme of the book AT ALL.



Non-fiction

Planning: To write a tribute to Barbara Mertz (also know as Elizabeth Peters/Barbara Michaels), who died on Thursday. I'll probably sob all over it.

Editing: Nada.

Writing: I'm in the middle of an article about early 20th-century novels with more fully-realized/independent female characters than most 21st-century books. That's going pretty slowly.

Reading: Nothing, again. It's all I can do to read an hour's worth of novels these days. Sad.



What's on your plate this week?

In the Queue 2

What's happened, what's happening and what's about to happen.

It seemed as if this past week went by really quickly! I think because of the holiday; it threw my sense of timing off. In any event, I'm looking forward to The Daily Show and Colbert Report coming back on air next week.

Last night my mom and I watched The Bridge on FX (instead of Snarknado), and it was actually pretty entertaining! I think it's definitely a show we're going to put on our DVR queue. I recommend checking it out if you're a fan of mystery dramas. I believe it's based on a Norwegian series, but the American version is set on the Juarez/El Paso border.

Now on to the queue...



Fiction

Planning: to visit the blogs for The Aspen House blog tour, which is being hosted by ABG Reads Book Tours and will start on Monday, July 15th. There will be reviews, excerpts, and guest posts by moi. To check out the schedule, visit ABG Reads Book Tours. I'd love to have you drop by!

Editing: nada. I didn't even get around to TSQD this week.

Writing: I'm so close to finishing The Real McGill I can taste it.

Reading: The Wheel Spins, aka The Lady Vanishes by Ethel Lina White; and The Secret of the Night by Gaston Leroux.



Non-fiction

Planning: articles on classics that pass the Bechdel Test and maybe an ode to Underberg? Idk, I need to write a foodie post, though, before I get kicked out of the club house (i.e. Food Riot). Or maybe a piece on how women are targeted for being drinkers? Hmm.

Editing: I started editing that paper on rock art and realize it was going to be a MUCH larger job than I had anticipated. So... yeah. Still working on that.

Writing: Right now? Just this.

Reading: No non-fiction reading for me at the moment. I'm struggling just to keep up with fiction!



What's in your queue for the week?

Ode to Jake 2.0 and Chuck

My favorite TV show of all time is Jake 2.0. It lasted one season on the CW, and is about a tech support geek who's accidentally injected with nano technology that makes him super-fast, -strong, etc. It stars a young Christopher Gorham, and he is SO CUTE. I love this show so much. Sadly, it's not even on DVD, it's so obscure. Sometimes Syfy will play mini-marathons of it in the afternoon.

Another TV show I love love love love love is Chuck. Maybe not as much as Jake 2.0, because it doesn't have Christopher Gorham in it, but it is my anti-drug. I AM SERIOUS, it's my anti-drug. It's also about tech geek who works at a Best Buy-type store, and visually downloads "the Intersect," which gives him ALL THE INFORMATION. Then spies have to drag him along with them on missions.

So clearly, I have a think for computer geeks. What's you favorite TV show?


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