Friday, I'm in love

So, tell me again: Where did this week go, exactly? I feel like this must be what happens when I start getting out--I went to community group on Tuesday and knitting group on Wednesday, and there has been craziness at work, so that yesterday I came home meaning to go for a run (because it was warm and the trees are so pink and flowery!), but instead crawled into bed and took a nap. Yeah.

But. This weekend I'm going away! Some not-family family (my childhood pastor's sister, to be exact; also my friend Brydon's aunt) heard that I'm a writer, and called me up to offer me use of their cottage on the Rappahannock river as a writer's retreat. I have never met these people, but far be it from me to decline some free cabin time! I'm just going Saturday to Sunday--I couldn't face driving down after work today, and also Sherlock can fend for himself for one night--but I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to a mini-road trip and some uninterrupted writing time.

So, can we talk about TV for a sec?

( Chuck vs. the Broken Heart )

( Lost: Whatever Happened, Happened )

( Bones: The Doctor in the Den )

Oh, hey, so I have a question, flist: I'm working out a contract with the designer of those cool telephone calling cards to change the phone to a typewriter and make me some business cards. And I'm realizing that, as a person that exists in several locations online (Read in Reverse, Cinema Hype, and one in the oven), it may be best for me to create a single "professional" website where I can link to all these things. All I'd need is a home page with some links and possibly space for my resume. I know some of you have been through this, or at least researched it--bilunabirotunda? midtownmandy?--so...how would you all go about this as quickly and inexpensively as possible? And, uh, way to think about this stuff well in advance, self.

And, finally, I think I need to stop reading Story. It's highly theoretical, and kind of condescending, and it's stressing me out, and I'm annoyed with the author anyway. On the other hand, I'm having a hard time actually stopping, because reading about writing keeps me in the writerly headspace. STEP AWAY FROM THE BOOK, SELF. I'm totally going back to Syd Field and his hands-on, pep-talky Screenplay ways.

Chatty Friday, apparently. Whoops. Work now, I guess?