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2004-07-18 at 12:31 a.m.

Well, I have been having a minor celebration today. Not that I've done anything world-shaking, but I did manage to complete a short story. Though it was meant to be around 2,000 words and ended up as 10,000, which was a bit irritating. Still its finished now, and thats good. Plus people seem to like it, even if it is rather slushy in parts.

Did I mention I bought a great book called 65 Ways to Kill Your Victim? Its really entertaining.

Aside from that, little is going on. I've had a couple of ideas for original fiction (not fanfic) which I think I might develop. I'm treating the fanfic as a writing exercise, really, getting used to writing characterisation and dialogue, and because people will review and criticise it, whereas most people cannot be arsed doing that with original fiction. Plus its an entertaining way to spend my days.

We've been invaded by insects today. Flying things that get caught in your hair, and hard-shelled enormous ant things which keep wandering into the house and have to be killed. Naturally its also been very hot today, and we've not been able to open the windows/door because of the flying things...grrr. I hope they are insects with a short lifespan because I hate being hot.

In other news, the parents are heading north on Wednesday and I'll be joining them sometime in the next week or so after. I have to stay here to sign on on Monday, I have to get my brain scanned again because the hospital lost my records, and then I have to see my GP. And hopefully that is all I will have to do, and I might go up to Edinburgh and visit friends. Which reminds me that I must ring my friends, because I haven't spoken to anyone real in so long that people have probably forgotten me now. Plus its probably not great to be always having conversations with people I make up in my head.

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