Stupid Muses

[dawn_felagund]

Well, I gave in. meryth has a LiveJournal now. He's very excited. I'm not so sure.

The funny thing is that Meryth hasn't even been born yet in my story. He is still the proverbial twinkle in his father's eye. Well, I guess by the time he is born and grown up enough to become an actual character, I'll have a good handle on him.

So last night, I let Meryth design his layout, and this morning, I let him write his bio and his first entry. (His bio is, I believe, a whopping three sentences long. My little note about how his LJ is friend-locked was longer than what he had to say.)

Of course, I don't mind if people on my flist friend Meryth. Actually, he wanted me to make a plea to friend him, but I'm not going to do that because I think that most of what he has to say will probably boring to anyone who isn't interested in the original universe that I use in my stories and RPG.

So, enough about my imaginary friends. My cough is much better today; I think it's finally starting to go away. My right hip/leg still hurts like hell. I did an analysis this morning while putting warrants in the officers' mailboxes about how exactly it hurts to move. It hurts to step forward and then hurts again when my leg is behind me and I lift the foot off the ground. (Does that make sense? Probably not, but who cares.) So it hurts twice per step. I'm pretty sure it's a pulled muscle, not something bone/tendon-related like I originally thought. At times, I can feel it aching down my leg. And, stupidly, I'm pretty sure that it was caused by coughing. I think I aggravated the original injury while coughing. How daft do you have to be to hurt your leg coughing?? Anyway, it hurts like crazy when I cough, so that's where those suspicions come from.

I really want to skate tonight, but I will have to play it by ear. Despite my brave front, I don't want to aggravate an injury that's been bugging me for a few weeks now. I pulled a groin in 2001 (didn'tcha want to know that?) and it hurt intermittently for the next two years and I lost all flexibility in my right leg. I aggravated it once kicking a box of French fries at The Piece. (I am very good at hurting myself in profoundly stupid ways, as you can see. I can never hurt myself doing something scary, like an axel. No, it has to be kicking a French fry box. Or coughing.) But I don't want another two-year injury, if I can help it.

My sister-in-law is home from the hospital and doing fine. Thanks to all who gave me well wishes and happy thoughts for her! :)

Last night, I finally started watching Lost. Jenni mailed me her copy of the DVDs back before Christmas, and I finally got to start watching them last night. It wasn't something in which Bobby was interested, and it's hard to coordinate DVD-watching when one of us is not interested. There are always scads of things in which we are both interested that tend to usurp the watching of things that tickle the fancy of just one of us. So my plan now is to watch an episode every time Bobby has hockey. Last night I watched Pilot 1 (ironic name) and liked it a good deal, despite some eyerolling at melodrama and canned characterization. But that's just me. I can't help myself. And the pervading creepy/scary mood of the program made even those things bearable.

Edit: It seems that stupid Meryth even gets his own tag now. *rolls eyes*

Comments

[digdigil.livejournal.com]

Okay, so is Meryth one of the main characters in your original novel and are you going to start posting it?

I'm really sorry about your leg/injury. Maybe you should see a good physiotherapist. That really worked for me where all else (including drugs) failed, when I had pulled the muscles in my hand. I hope your cold gets better soon so you don't have to cough and strain your leg. (I know that sounds crazy but I've had those kinds of things happen too.)

I'm glad that your sister-in-law is doing well. Poor thing. She's too young to have this kind of trauma.

Well, I hope you continue to enjoy LOST. The dark aspects are what keep me involved and some of the characterizations, once they start getting interesting. I loved the ending of that first season. (Well, that's been the only season so far, although we are nearing the end of Season Two, I think.)

[dawn_felagund]

The NaNo novel is set right before Talban and Meryth are conceived and goes until shortly after they are born. It centers on the wild antics of Felak (Felagund's name in the novel) and his spunky pal Belegil.

Meryth is raising his eyebrows and asking on what bizarre planet Belegil counts as "spunky." :^P

But in later stories (because you know I can never write just one!) Meryth--and, incidentally, Talban and Celinna--are very central to the story.

Meryth's diary (I should have told you) takes place two years ago, starting on the day the boys come of age. So I'm working in two time periods (three, if you count the Felagund/Ciris thing) and hoping not to get too confoosed! ;) But it's all in the name of characterization.

I've decided to take Mom-Jenni's advice and not skate tonight. :) Since I can't even walk down the back path without limping, it seems prudent to take a night off. Since the coughing is subsiding, I'm going to see how the leg feels over the next couple of days. I'm hoping it will heal itself, like it did the first time.

In the meantime, I'm keeping Icy Hot and Well Patches close by!

[digdigil.livejournal.com]

LOL! Talban thinks Meryth is a scream when he insults Dad! But then he would.

Ah! Now I've got the timeframe down!

Oh, good. You should always listen to Mom/Jenni!