Soccer Report and the State of the Union

[przed]

I was coaching solo last night since the Sweetie and Ros are up north visiting his parents. It was a lovely night for playing, just the right temperature, but the team sort of completely fell apart. Even our best players weren't playing well, and I had to keep reminding several of our less enthusiastic kids that they were there to play soccer, not tag. I also nearly lost my voice yelling at one of our goalies who was sitting on the ground, facing the wrong way as the opposing team was barrelling towards him. Final score, 6 – 0, and not for us. Oh well, we're still having fun, and I'm hoping this is just a blip.

In other news, I've been spending my time sans famille in reasonably productive and fun ways. I have:

Gone out for dinner and a movie with a friend I haven't seen for ages (The movie was Prometheus, which was middling, but Michael Fassbender was awesome in it, and I had fun picking out the Lawrence of Arabia quotes)

Gone for a pedicure and lunch with another friend

Gone to see Toronto FC play a friendly match with Liverpool FC with a mate from work (As a bonus, TFC held their own and kept LFC to a draw)

Frozen some fresh peaches (I'm hoping to get some actual canning done in the next week)

Tamed the weeds in the backyard

Seen The Dark Knight Rises in IMAX. (My verdict: The film did not need to be nearly 3 hours long, but the climax and denouement knock it out of the park. Loved Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Michael Caine made me cry. Twice!)

Added over 5,000 new words to my Take That Big Bang story (The sucker is going to hit nearly 20,000 words. Crikey!)

Not bad, considering I've been dealing with a stupid pain flare that resulted in not a whole lot of sleep over the weekend. (It was kicked off by me having two white chocolate chip cookies on Friday at a company picnic. Two measly cookies! Clearly, I need to avoid sugar entirely. Which okay, is a healthy thing to do, but still sucks. I've only had ice cream a couple of times this summer! /whine)

Tonight, I'm off to see Magic Mike with a few friends. Then tomorrow night, I jump on a bus and join the family up at my mom's.

Now, I just need to get cracking on the Pros Big Bang story. Zombies, ahoy!

Comments

[halotolerant.livejournal.com]

Boo for the pain flare *hugs* And being triggered by sugar? That sucks... Apply more Howard Donald and see if that helps, maybe... And if it's bad enough to interfere with sleep, add Jason too (I'm not saying you'd get more sleep, per se, with Howard and Jason around, but being awake might be more fun...)

Hee, Magic Mike! It's cracktastic, frankly and I think may do more good spawning AUs than anything else. And I'm glad the Dark Knight was worth it (I have quite deliberately spoiled myself for at least one Big Spoiler because I'll never make it to see it in cinema (not least if it's 3 hrs long) so I want to be able to read the fic before the DVD hits - yes, I'm prioritising *g*)

Woot wordcounts! I'm currently trying to herd my Pros into something more - might succeed. Otherwise I'm just being tremendously optimistic about my ability to write the last 5k of Pros and my whole TT fic in one month, which is actually not that unreasonable *coughs* because I often am most productive under pressure. We'll see *g*

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The pain thing for me is all about diet. I've already lost tomato sauce, spicy stuff, acidic stuff (including most fruit), and caffeine (including chocolate). To lose sugar entirely would be...irksome. Less irksome with added Howard and Jason, though. *g*

I'm approaching Magic Mike with muted expectations, but expect to enjoy it, even if only from an AU-inspring perspective. I have to say that the seats in The Dark Knight were not kind to the arthritis in my back, so I would not recommend it with your far more serious case.

I'm astounded this TT story is as long as it is. I've just hit 17,000 words, FFS. Crazy. But at least it's nearly done. The Pros story probably needs another 14,000 words, but I'm hoping to do all that in the next month. (Like you, I find a virtual gun to my head inspiring.) If I can get the two stories done for the end of August, I'm signing up as a vidder for the TT BB. Keep your fingers crossed!

[halotolerant.livejournal.com]

I've never thought my flares were diet-related but if it has such an effect on you now I'm wondering if I ought to try elimination diets or something... *ponders* Mind you, I'm off a few things on your list anyway due to my heartburn (which is the legacy of two weeks on Diclofenac so kind of the arthritis' fault too) If I 'lost' caffeine I don't think I could move at all, though, so probably not that *g*

I really wouldn't go to a 3 hour film now unless I was expecting to adore it, and whilst I'm keen to see Dark Knight, I'm not expecting it to make me bounce with joy.

It is very exciting that your TT story is so long! And I certainly hope you can vid for the Big Bang because that would be *awesome* I still need to settle on a plot idea for my TT fic - I have a few kicking about that could finally get beyond the first sketch of an idea but then other ideas assault me too. Hmmm. I keep promising elfwhistletree something with dragons in it, for a start... *ponder!face*

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My pain issue at the moment isn't the arthritis thing, it's interstitial cystitis, a.k.a. painful bladder syndrome, which is a whole different ball of wax. And not something I'd wish on my worst enemy. Fortunately I have a mild case and I can mostly keep it at bay with diet, but when I cheat or accidentally eat/drink something I shouldn't, it's miserable.

I can just about handle 3 hour films, but I no longer do double bills. Unless it's the film festival, in which case I break out the ibuprofen and hope it doesn't eat a hole in my stomach before the festival is over.

The TT story is ridiculously long. Especially since I initially thought I'd be hard pressed to get even 10,000 words from the story idea. (Which was no more than "what was going through Mark's head during the FTR interview?") Whether I vid for the BB or not, I think when the BBs are done I'm going to go on another writing hiatus and try and finish another vid or two. Must vid TT!

Dragons! TT with dragons! I heartily approve of this idea. Or any other idea you come up with. More TT from you would be a very good thing.