Writing, dreams, and a realization of a tool I need

[cupcake_goth]

Last night I wrote slightly over 3,000 words on the story that is due Real Soon Now. I have not yet looked at what feedback awaits me from my beta readers/sanity net, but I will. Any minute now.

Last night was also the night of my subconscious being wacky. Once I fell asleep (sometime after 3:30AM), I had another installment of my "we're at the best thrift store ever!" dream. poh once again found a pair of his "ninjer" boots, domestinatrix was loading up a cart with canning jars, I was clutching a brand-new pair of the Dr. Marten "Skelly" boots AND a b&w striped military jacket with rows and rows of silver buttons, and The Husband had just walked up brandishing a first edition of Something Wicked This Way Comes. And then people ran into the store screaming about a zombie attack. Look, I don't understand it either, but it's still a better dream than the recurring stress nightmare where I'm stuck back working at Fred Meyer.

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I have realized that at some point I need to get a small soldering iron, because there are too many craft/jewelry projects I want to do that would be SO MUCH SIMPLER if I had one. Anyone have any recommendations for a good one?

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Okay, going to look at the feedback on the story. Really. Right now.

Comments

[poh.livejournal.com]

I WANT MY NINJER BOOTS!!! >:

[staxxy.livejournal.com]

I shan't have any time to do soldering projects for a while, if you would like to simply borrow *mine*. It will enable you to try it out and see what you do and do not like about them, and that will help you choose a better one in the future, for yourself. :)

and Eric

[maiaarts.livejournal.com]

is the handy guy for that - I wish I still had Tor - He would do stuff for you anytime. Ah well...

[caleidescopeyes.livejournal.com]

Zombies tend to be the apocalyptic traveling minstrels of dreams.

[noxenlux.livejournal.com]

I can suggest that you NOT get the cold soldering iron.. (it super cools off after each piece you solder)

It sucks and didn't work well.

[darmorazzini.livejournal.com]

After reading your LJ the last few weeks, I bought your book earlier today and then sat in a coffee shop and read it straight through.

WONDERFUL!

Thank you for this amazing contribution to Gothic culture!

[jmusicool.livejournal.com]

Recurring stress dream eh? I have a nightmare kind of like that, except its about being in an abusive relationship and/or married to a former boss who is about 10 years older than me and was a real asshole to me while I worked for him. Eeek! :-( I don't know why I keep dreaming about having a relationship with him when he is the LEAST likely person I would ever want to be with!

[keffufal.livejournal.com]

Heh I also have those dreams where I go to an op-shop and they have the most AWESOME clothes really cheap but then I wake up and I'm sad it was only a dream...
Now zombie dreams they are a whole other kettle of fish... generally in a bad way...

[tauren-wardrums.livejournal.com]

A craft store should have a nice, smallish soldering gun that should do nicely. I have a couple at the computer store I work at, for fixing small things, and I'm sure they'd be equally suitable for jewelry projects as they would for re-soldering tiny little jumper pins. ^_^

[sinicallytwsted.livejournal.com]

oh my creepy zombie dreams! Eep!

[domestinatrix.livejournal.com]

If there's going to be zombies, those jars had better all be the vintage Ball Perfect Masons or Atlas Strong Shoulders.