Jul. 27th, 2005

Wow...

Jul. 27th, 2005 10:56 pm
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Okay... wow. I don't even know when the last time I updated my journal was, and I'm not going to look to find out.

I've been keeping myself busy, of course. I spent a lovely weekend with [livejournal.com profile] kightp, and she helped me with apartment hunting. We found a beautiful place, with a one bedroom being about the same price as my two-bedroom here. I finally decided against it, because I'd found another place with rent about $80 a month cheaper, with $150 less in deposits, room about the same size, and, though it's in a cheaper part of Washington, the area doesn't feel dump-ish. The grounds are nice; the apartments aren't as nice, quite, but they're good enough.

I'm still in debt, to some degree, having to pay off Chris's student loan ($4000 to go), and I finally decided I needed financial flexibility more than I needed the slightly better location for an apartment. The good news is, I don't quite feel like I'm settling for something I don't like. I feel as if I'm making a choice to minimize my costs, while maintaining a decent living situation. Plus, I don't need to take mroe than a six month lease.

I'm still writing, of course, and I'm trying to put together blog entries. Eventually, I hope to make this journal just a personal journal, and have my blog be my main outlet for political stuff.

Speaking of which, is there anyone out there with experience in using blogging software - that is, server side software, for publishing a blog on a website - or know of a good, easy way to put a blogger.com blog onto another website? I've finally registered "ForTheDream.com" and [livejournal.com profile] kightp is helping with website design, but this is one thing that seems ridiculously simple, yet might require more brainpower than it should, to get it off the ground.

I can't remember who else has rejected me so far, but I've collected at least one other rejection from a literary agency, and my recent forays into help requests have yielded nothing so far. Right now, I have nothing 'out' (no proposals to agents or publishers or anyone/thing else. I have to change that soon.)

Oh well... I'm thinking of all of you, a lot more often than I'm writing to you. I hope everything's going well.

Wow...

Jul. 27th, 2005 10:56 pm
johnpalmer: (Default)
Okay... wow. I don't even know when the last time I updated my journal was, and I'm not going to look to find out.

I've been keeping myself busy, of course. I spent a lovely weekend with [livejournal.com profile] kightp, and she helped me with apartment hunting. We found a beautiful place, with a one bedroom being about the same price as my two-bedroom here. I finally decided against it, because I'd found another place with rent about $80 a month cheaper, with $150 less in deposits, room about the same size, and, though it's in a cheaper part of Washington, the area doesn't feel dump-ish. The grounds are nice; the apartments aren't as nice, quite, but they're good enough.

I'm still in debt, to some degree, having to pay off Chris's student loan ($4000 to go), and I finally decided I needed financial flexibility more than I needed the slightly better location for an apartment. The good news is, I don't quite feel like I'm settling for something I don't like. I feel as if I'm making a choice to minimize my costs, while maintaining a decent living situation. Plus, I don't need to take mroe than a six month lease.

I'm still writing, of course, and I'm trying to put together blog entries. Eventually, I hope to make this journal just a personal journal, and have my blog be my main outlet for political stuff.

Speaking of which, is there anyone out there with experience in using blogging software - that is, server side software, for publishing a blog on a website - or know of a good, easy way to put a blogger.com blog onto another website? I've finally registered "ForTheDream.com" and [livejournal.com profile] kightp is helping with website design, but this is one thing that seems ridiculously simple, yet might require more brainpower than it should, to get it off the ground.

I can't remember who else has rejected me so far, but I've collected at least one other rejection from a literary agency, and my recent forays into help requests have yielded nothing so far. Right now, I have nothing 'out' (no proposals to agents or publishers or anyone/thing else. I have to change that soon.)

Oh well... I'm thinking of all of you, a lot more often than I'm writing to you. I hope everything's going well.

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