morganskye: (Mup - Swedish Chef)
morganskye ([personal profile] morganskye) wrote2008-09-29 08:57 am

More babble

This weekend was fairly productive. I made more soap for the holidays, and will be able 1/2 way through after I wrap the stuff I did last night. I also applied to a few more places. Still no calls from the last batch. >_<

I finished the main quest for Oblivion. It was surprisingly easy to do. I guess it helps that I waited till I was level 31. lol! Now I'm going through and doing the guild missions. When I'm finished with that I'll probably stop playing. I still have quite a bit of time left in the game though. I haven't done any fighters quests, barely touches the mages guild, and am only 1/2 way through the Dark Brotherhood. The Thieves Guild stuff was done ages ago.

I'll be putting up my Halloween decorations up soon. Other neighbors beat me to it! That's a rarity.

I've started looking for wedding bands, just to have one more thing out of the way. Ugh! Why is it so hard to find simple silver bands? There are a few that I've found that are really generic rings (which is fine), but they're too thick for my taste. I want something thin. The engagement ring B got me is perfect. Although, I don't plan on wearing my engagement ring after we get married, but that's not set in stone.

Part of me wants the wedding to get here NOW, but I also have to remember that the journey is part of the fun. That and I'll be dead broke till after Christmas. lol!!

[identity profile] morganskye.livejournal.com 2008-09-29 02:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm, that's not too bad. We wanted to stay within a budget of $70 per ring since we're paying for almost everything for the wedding on our own.

[identity profile] blueknight02.livejournal.com 2008-09-29 02:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I totally understand.

I am a net hound, send me parameters and I'll find what you seek. :)

[identity profile] morganskye.livejournal.com 2008-09-29 02:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Cool. ^_^
We're both easy. 2mm for me, 3-4mm for him. Anything but yellow gold, and engraving would be nice but not necessary. Below $70 per ring, the lower the better. Thanks!

Btw, I've been trying to read your story. It's good, but it needs editing work. I also think that changing it from 1st person to 3rd would help the flow a lot.

[identity profile] blueknight02.livejournal.com 2008-09-29 02:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Your wish is my command -

http://www.vitadigest.com/classic-titanium-ring.html

Less then half of what you requested in price. :)

Feel free to show me where to edit. I always thought running the story from 1st person would make it more personal.

[identity profile] morganskye.livejournal.com 2008-09-29 02:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Sweet! I'll send it on to Barry and see what he thinks.

I'll go over it again tonight. Some are minor grammar/spelling mistakes, which I can fix. The rest will be a little more in depth. While I agree that 1st person is more intimate, it can make for jerky reading when there's a lot of it. You might want to think about breaking it into smaller chapters. That way you can have an important scenes in 1st person, then change the rest into 3rd so your reader doesn't get swamped.

[identity profile] blueknight02.livejournal.com 2008-09-29 02:47 pm (UTC)(link)
*nods* Sounds good. I'll look into your suggestions.

I never thought the story would have stretched to 40+ pages.

[identity profile] morganskye.livejournal.com 2008-09-29 02:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Chapters will help. It will also give people stopping points, which oddly enough encourages them to keep reading. We've all thought at one time or another "Just one more chapter!".

[identity profile] blueknight02.livejournal.com 2008-09-29 02:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I never thought of that when I write, because I never know where to put a chapter break in it.

[identity profile] morganskye.livejournal.com 2008-09-29 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Every 5-7 pages is a good rule of thumb, unless it breaks up a major scene. I'll put in some markers for you.

[identity profile] morganskye.livejournal.com 2008-09-29 02:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Happy to help. ^_^

[identity profile] blueknight02.livejournal.com 2008-09-29 02:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I forgot to mention.

I know this has been on the net for awhile, but I just heard about it and thought it was great.

www.drhorrible.com - It's done by Joss Whedon

I love listening to the songs and watching it. :)

[identity profile] morganskye.livejournal.com 2008-09-29 03:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I saw it a while ago. Everyone in the nation should be required to see it. I hear there's another one in the works.

[identity profile] blueknight02.livejournal.com 2008-09-29 03:18 pm (UTC)(link)
That's what I heard too.

I hope so, this is definitly original.

[identity profile] morganskye.livejournal.com 2008-09-29 03:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Yup! They all do great work. <3 Neil. ^_^

[identity profile] blueknight02.livejournal.com 2008-09-29 03:22 pm (UTC)(link)
I love freeze ray and brand new day and what a man's got to do song. :)

[identity profile] morganskye.livejournal.com 2008-09-29 03:48 pm (UTC)(link)
It's all good. ^_^