I'm almost done with HP#6 for the second time. Have managed to eat and watch part of the Blow Out marathon on Bravo. Am going to go take a shower and then settle in to grade and course prep, since I didn't do any of that yesterday.

I'm pleased that the laptop seems to be running off of the chord and keeping the battery charged, so perhaps it's okay...

Meanwhile, on the creative front, I have all of these half-way-off-the-ground things going on but they are all dependent on other people and so I think I am afraid to commit to them. I feel as if I am in a holding pattern waiting for clearance to land (or take off, I guess)...This isn't meant to be a complaint or anything, it's just this weird place I'm in. Academic writing is a very solitary process and I think that part of the fun of chats or shared fics, for me, is the fact that it's social. But that also means that I don't really know how to negotiate the ins-and-outs of partnered writing. I love my writing buddies...and I certainly hope that I don't muck things up with this current weirdness--especially since it very probably has a lot to do with the fact that I am feeling the need to work, to write, and that my frustration with my own inability to do these things independently. Meanwhile, I keep hoping that inspiration will strike and I'll be able to embark on my own little creative journey, but so far no luck.

Okay. Time for a shower and some work. I keep eyeing this book that Dr. B. gave me for graduation (a scholarly book no less)...I wonder if I'm ready to pick it up now. Maybe I should be filling that well and hope that inspiration might strike on that front...

Take care everyone...