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So those of you who stalk my fanfiction work have likely noticed the improbable, huge delay in me getting the next chapter of SotD out. Well, there's reasons. And they're halfway decent. See, work is work. Is work. Been busy at work, working. So work consumes much time. But lo, I have time now! So why is it not being written? Because I have another obligation. I'm creating a challenge coin for the First Class Petty Officer's Association (of which I am a member in good standing) on board USS Nimitz. The Association's already approved the design I sketched, and now I'm lining it and getting color onto it so we can start getting quotes to get it minted. And we all know how I am with computer colors. One. Freaking. Pixel. At a TIME. (proceeds to rip out all of her hair) In other words, this is going to take a good number of hours to complete, me using GraphicConverter and all. And the scan of the sketch refusing to go in decently as B&W, forcing me to use the millions o' colors option and now forcing me to go in and remove all those extraneous pixels. BLAAAAAAARGH. Should be done lining it tonight. Have tomorrow off, so I'm going to relax and spend it with the family (and get my sewing done... have to finish getting new stuff on my uniforms. Bleck). After that, when I return to another grand 50 hours of work, I'll likely be done with the graphics manipulation (and while I'm at home, I'll post it up on DeviantArt so you guys can see what's been consuming my limited sanity) and I'll get back to work on fics. Next few chapters shouldn't be too overly challenging. We'll see. :) Tags: pissing time away
Current Location: DAS BOOT
Current Mood:  busy
Current Music: 'The Oath' from the Final Fantasy VIII Orchestral Score
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So first off, I forgot entirely to post that I'd updated Shadow of the Day. Chapter 10!Alrighty. Unfortunately, there will be significant delays when it comes to Chapter 11. See, my job's literally sucked away my free time. We're doing this thing called 'fast cruise.' It's like being underway, except we're on the pier. My work days are literally 17 hours right now. I don't get to go home to see my husband and daughter, even though they're a 20 minute drive up the road. And our fast cruise might very well be extended up to and beyond a month. YAY. It's a necessary evil - we have so much testing and so many inspections to get through that a continual work presence is required to pull it off. End-of-Shipyard fast cruises are relatively normal. It's just that this was supposed to be a 3 day fast cruise. Now it might very well turn into about 30-40. Ish. We'll see. So even if I am productive (which I likely will be - I'm already starting to pound through my books faster than I'd like, and we've been onboard for 4 days now), it won't have an opportunity to get posted until I'm released from the boat, seeing as how we're not allowed to use portable media in conjunction with ship's lan computers. Otherwise known as 'no discs, no flash drives, no connections to the ship's lan.' If I wanted to post anything, I'd have to hand transpose it from my laptop (where I do all my work, as it's convenient in berthing) to a lan computer in my work center after hours. So... yeah. It'll simply have to wait. Just like my little girl will have to wait to see mommy. I knew I'd have to spend significant amounts of time away from her, but I was really hoping to save that shock for next month, darn it all. Blah. Tags: boat squawks, fanfiction news
Current Location: DAS BOOT
Current Mood:  aggravated
Current Music: Nadda. Going to bed in 10 minutes.
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