I did my first full editing pass/read-through of the work in progress. As suspected, I introduced a few glitches by time-shifting the story a couple of times. I caught four or five of them on this pass. However, I think the story stands up well, and it is much less wishy washy in this new time frame. I only reduced the word count by 100 on this pass, which is unusual, as I would have expected something more on the order of 500-700 words. Maybe I’m getting better about not putting unnecessary words in the first draft. Or maybe it’s because I’d already revised the first 2/3 of the story a few times while trying to work out the ending. Another few read-throughs and it should be ready to send out.
What a difference a week makes. At 72°, it’s 50 degrees warmer today than it was this time last Wednesday. Fifty. Five zero.
I’m trying hard to avoid Jeopardy spoilers. The program runs at 11:35 p.m. here. Yes, really. After the late, late news. So I haven’t had a chance to watch the experts take on Watson, the IBM computer. I see news headlines about it almost everywhere I look, but I let my eyes glaze over when I see them.
I realized this morning that my total cholesterol level is almost exactly the same as my weight. I’m happy with both of those pieces of data.
A tweet by Olivia Wilde (you know, House, Tron II) led me to the Glitch Mob’s website. They have a two-CD set of remixes of their work that is available for download for a $10 contribution to Haiti reconstruction. I’d never heard them before, but from what I’ve listened to so far, it is ideal (for me at least) writing music.
Segueing from Ms Wilde to last night’s episode of House…the patient of the week had the same “skill” that was featured in a recent segment of 60 Minutes: total recall of every incident in her life. Only a handful of people who have this are known. Among them: Marilu Henner, who used to be on Taxi. As shown on House, it is a form of OCD, and the people interviewed for the news segment admitted to other obsessive behaviors (Henner’s had to do with the way she arranged her shoes). There was a random Lost reference, too, and a Twilight Zone nod as well. (referring to a diabetic cat, House says, “It’s like having your own button on Lost.”)
Things are advancing nicely on How I Met Your Mother with Jennifer Morrison’s Zoe and Ted taking things to the next level. (I’m sensing an overall House theme today.) Could she be the kids’ mother? And will Barney’s new laser-tag date become a regular?
