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stgulik ([personal profile] stgulik) wrote2012-09-11 09:36 am
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Dear Universe: I wish to register a complaint

Thanks for all your good wishes yesterday. I could honestly feel them across the miles. Today I am almost back to my old self, hardly able to comprehend the thoughts chasing through my brain yesterday.

On the beta front, when it rains, it pours. A few weeks ago, one of my regular fanfic writers told me she would have a piece ready to edit in a while. So I thought, in the meantime, I'd answer a request on [livejournal.com profile] hp_betas to edit a new piece. That person didn't immediately send me her piece, so I signed up a second time on the beta site.

As you can guess, this is the week that all three pieces were emailed to me. O_o  

I can handle it and everything, but it's just ridiculous the way Life throws your responsibilities your way in fits and starts. Such a disorganized way to run a universe. I intend to write a strongly-worded letter.

The practical upshot of this is, if anybody wants to chat on Gmail the next few evenings, you know where I'll be. My handle is p.stgulik. Feel free!

[identity profile] noxiaa.livejournal.com 2012-09-11 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
*chuckles at such an appropriate icon*

I may not have actually posted, but I was sending well wishes your way, too, since oh I know that battle you had yesterday so well.

That IS the way things happen, though. You have everything planned out the way you can handle it best.. and BAM! Murphy's Law applies. I know you'll do a fantastic job on all three stories! *sends fortifying goodies of choice for the hard, long beta slog*

[identity profile] stgulik.livejournal.com 2012-09-11 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I always heard "Murphy was an optimist," but I never understood it until recently. It means he was always positive everything would go wrong. And I should have been! But I guess I needed the stimulus of due dates to keep my evenings interesting.