I can see clearly now

Got my new specs last night. The second prescription I’ve had with progressive lenses. These ones are more sophisticated than the previous. They handle angular/peripheral differently in addition to being stronger. They’re taking a little getting used to, but I noticed an immediate improvement when I put them on yesterday, so I guess that’s good. It’s gotten to the point where I have to tilt my head to find the “sweet spot” for whatever distance I’m trying to see.

I just submitted a 300-word bio for my appearance in the next issue of Apex Digest. Hell, that’s nearly as long as the story.

I’m loving my new iPod. Last night I transferred all the albums I’ve purchased through iTunes onto it. I have over a day’s worth of listening on the thing, and it’s just over 3% full. Remember the days when we were pleased to be able to take an hour’s worth of music on a cassette tape—and later on a CD? Now we can easily carry a month’s worth in a gadget a fraction the size of the original Walkmans.

I took the morning off from writing. If I get up at 5 a.m. every weekday, by the time Friday rolls around I’m pretty wrung out. Since I’m between projects, it seemed like a good day to skip. Tomorrow I’ll edit my Storytellers essay to get it ready for Saturday. I know what market I’m going to write a story for next, and I’ve been doing some research, but I don’t have a plot yet, just the shadowy, vague concept of one. This weekend I plan to read the rest of the research material I downloaded and then do some serious cogitating about the nature of my protagonist (I kind of know him, but not quite). I know the setting and the circumstances, but not the details nor the outcome. I may not start the story this weekend, but I want to be ready to start it next week, since the deadline is in early March.