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I'm CD, a thirtysomething living in the northeastern part of Sweden, and this is my livejournal.

Here I post personal stuff, fandom stuff (mostly about actors/actresses, movies, books and TV series I fancy - especially if it has disability/owie content), religious stuff (I was a Bahá'í 1992-2008) and rant and rave about life in general (though I'm mostly positive, or so I've been told) as well as sometimes share pictures and fiction. There may also be some girlfriend-related squeeage. *g*

I do reflect on life as a person with a disability (mainly spina bifida), and/or life as an intergender identified person (I have another journal, devinlind, which I created when I first came out to get an outlet for the more male side of me) from time to time, and in those (and all other) matters I can voice my opinion quite strongly. This is something that I sometimes also do in comments to other people's journal entries. While I may come across as a rude know-it-all, my objective is always to help other people.

My posts are mostly public, but I do make some friends-locked posts. If you don't want to miss out on any of that, you will have to friend me. When you've done so, please make a comment to this post, and I might friend you back.

If I don't, please try to not take it personally. It might be a language problem, or I may find that I don't have enough in common with you to friend you.

The same goes for defriending. If you were defriended and want to know why, e-mail me.

Okay, that's enough of that. *hopes for comments*

I'm still working on my NaNovel. I have yet to reach 30K, but I'm confident I'll get there before long.

Tomorrow I won't be able to do all that much writing, because at 1pm (until at least 5pm) I have a group meeting in preparation for the city council meeting in December.

Speaking of politics, this is just unbelievable.I'm not sure the site is available - I guess all the tweeters caused a Service Unavailable. But basically what the article says is that the United Nations have ruled that being gay or bi is reason to be executed! I mean, WTF, world!


Both Mom and Dad have been here today and helped me pack, so I have about 10 movies to watch, and hardly any books.... Erika and Nova were here too - Erika's very good at assembling moving boxes. *g* (she's also moving now, which might explain that skill)

New day tomorrow filled with work, politics and more sorting and packing. I need to go to bed, but in order to do that I have to sort through some more stuff on my bed. Man, remind me to not move for another ten or so years after this is over?

My Inner Editor got loose during week two of NaNoWriMo, and ze seems to think it's still week two. Not only am I terribly behind, but I'm also critizicing the story as well as myself as a writer. I mean, I know it's a good story and nice characters, but the Inner Editor keeps telling me NaNo's not the right venue for it. Or my writing in general.

Any advise on how to get back on track (apart from dares including zombies, rabid ninja squirrels and stuff like that)? I'd give WriteOrDie a try if I only had any kind of idea for a scene.... NaNo's supposed to be all about the fun, but I take it - and not to mention my characters and their stories - really seriously.

Well, I managed to go to work today, but I was very tired. I had a little helper for about an hour, though - my sister's youngest stayed with me at work while Carola was at the dentist. :)

I got an e-mail this morning from my landlord; I'm on top of the list for a 2BR apartment, and I'll go and check it out tomorrow at 1 pm! Keep your fingers crossed it'll work out and that we'll get it?

Choir practice tonight was nice as always, and for a while my energy was renewed. But after I came home I've become tired again... I'm going to meet Mom and Carola for lunch tomorrow, then it's time for checking out the apartment!

But now I'm off to bed.... :)

I'm really tired, so this'll be a short entry.

Today I reached 25K on my NaNovel! I'll celebrate this shortly, with some goodies and SPN and sleep. I really need that sleep! I didn't sleep all that well last night because I took a Tramadol (but not sleeping due to Tramadol is better than not sleeping due to pain, IM(nas)HO), and then I had to get up early this morning to attend the Social Democrats' group meeting before city council.

Then some of us went to lunch, and then at 1 pm the city council meeting started. Initial estimates indicated that we wouldn't be finished until 8 pm, but we were actually done by 5 pm. Sweet. It was an interesting meeting, and I don't feel like I'm in over my head. :)

Speaking of my head, it needs a rest if I'm to be able to go to work tomorrow!

Well, I've reached 20K. I know I'm over 3K behind, but that's doable. :)

Now I'm off to watch some SPN and sleep. Tomorrow's Father's Day over here so I'll visit with Dad and Morfar. Then I need to prepare for the all-day city council on Monday. And write, of course....

Haven't done much today. I had planned to go and watch Cornelis, but haven't really felt like it. When I woke up, it took me quite some time to realize it was indeed Saturday, not Friday - what a relief! I've also emptied a closet so that Mia has some room for her clothes, and tried to get some writing done. I am now 1,313 words shy of 20k, and need to chug out another 2,980 words in one hour and 25 minutes to be back on track. Could I manage this? I should. I just need to show up at the page. And possibly Write or Die.

I'm starting to get a feel for my MC now, which is nice. Finding out that he has problems talking to people about things related to his health gives some explanation to why some portions of his life is more difficult to write than others.... I also have a tendency to rush through the scenes, relying on dialog to forward the story. I know I have problems with this, but I have yet to find a technique to show rather than tell that works for me. Any suggestions?

E texted me and asked me if I wanted to come and check out the progress on her apartment. It's starting to look really nice, and I can hardly wait for Mia and me to try and create a home from our respective belongings in a 2BR apartment I hope we will get our hands on before long (but there's a huge surge for rental apartments in town atm). Then we went back to my place, and I haven't moved from the couch since. At least I've managed to get some more writing done! I really like the story, and I hope to expand it once November is over.

Speaking of the novel, I'd better get back to it. :)

I wasn't going to post another entry until I was caught up on my word count, but I doubt that's gonna happen today (Week Two seems like a self-fulfilling curse or something) so I decided to post this now instead.

All day today I've felt as if it's Thursday, and I'm still not convinced it's really Friday. But people who normally work Fridays have wished me a happy weekend, so I guess it is Friday after all.

My knees have really acted up today, which has me slightly worried. Once when I stood up my bum right knee actually dislocated for a while and I had to put it back myself. Need I say "Ouch!"? My left knee also feels wonky, and if they both keep doing that I might have to get them checked out again.

The day at work was short and sweet, and included lingonberry glögg & gingerbread cookies! Then I had a long lunch with A and J before going to a nominating committe meeting for the regional LGBTQ association. After that I went grocery shopping, and I've spent the evening watching mind-numbing game shows. I know I ought to be writing, and I really like the main character in my novel, so why aren't I writing?! Meh.

There's only one way to get this thing written, and that's to show up at the page and just let go. Even if the 6K I should have finished within the next 50 minutes feel quite daunting at the moment. I'd do dares if I didn't take my novel seriously... Of course, NaNoWriMo isn't exactly a time when you should take your writing seriously, is it?

Also, StereoMood is made of awesome. Thanks, asgaja for telling me about it!

We accepted an offer from a mover today. 16,900 SEK. Mia will be here on November 30, the movers on December 1. \o/

Today I had my first real struggle with the snow. Took me close to 15 minutes to get to work - it usually takes five minutes - and I had to accept help getting over a snow bank left by the plow. I know I shouldn't have a problem with accepting help, but I still do sometimes.

I had lunch at Sushi & Te with sammet and asgaja. Yummy and nice company - I wish we could hang out more.... Then I went back to work for a while before it was time to go to my writing class. It was awesome as usual, and I got some nice feedback on a short I wrote. It still feels kind of weird writing in Swedish, but I'll get a hang of it eventually.

My latex allergy test has been postponed until December. Can't say that I mind, as this enables me to hang out with friends A and J instead. Tomorrow night I just might go to the movies. Cornelis the biopic on singer-songwriter Cornelis Vreeswijk, opens, and I'd really like to see it. I've been thinking about watching Psalm 21, a Swedish horror movie, but I might be too chicken for that.

Now I'm going to keep procrastinating on my NaNovel go to bed. My energy level's waning, and it's only November. It's gonna be a long, long winter....