Writing, PM

Remember that post I made at the beginning of the day? This afternoon before I hit workshop, I wrote and finished a story, coming in at 2500 words in about 2.5 hours. It needs revision, but the bones are there and it was complete enough to actually be coherent and not bad in the reading.

I'll shut up now.

Lovin' A.Word.A.Day

I get the A.Word.A.Day e-mails from wordsmith.org and today's quite pleased me. I share it here for your edification:

This week's theme: words related to shoes.

goody two-shoes (GOOD-ee TOO-shooz) noun

A smugly virtuous person.

[After the title character in The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes, a children's book believed to have been written by Oliver Goldsmith.]

In this moralistic nursery tale, Margery is an orphan who has only one shoe. One day, when she gets the full pair, she runs about shouting, "Two shoes!" Eventually she becomes rich and educated through her virtue and hard work.

The word goody was a polite term of address for a woman of humble social status. It's a contraction of the word goodwife and was formerly used as a title in a manner similar to the current Mrs.

-Anu Garg (gargATwordsmith.org)

A break in habit: clothes not jewels

There's something . . . not sad, but telling about the fact that I can say, "Every time I get a new job . . . ", the implication being that I do this often which, over the last few years, has in fact been true.

Okay, what I intended to write was: Every time I get a new job, my habit has been to buy myself a new piece of jewelery in celebration. I only started the search for such on Wednesday, but haven't found just the right thing. There is danger inherent in this process, however. It means one is within reaching distance of other things one enjoys, like clothes. Yesterday we were allowed out of the office early because relocation to the Bothell office began. I took advantage of the Redmond Town Center location to stop into Lane Bryant. I tried on this, but didn't have enough bust for it. Tried on this, which didn't do anything for me. But then, I found myself with this top, which I loved, took home and am wearing today. (I shouldn't be spending money yet, as I am not yet rolling in the cash due to come from the new job yet, but what the hell.) It's pretty, and I can wearit with the purple shrug I picked up a couple of weeks ago if I need to cover my shoulders.

I'm really digging the ultra-femmy tops we've seen for summer the last couple of years. They're flattering to the figure and just really attractive to the eye. And they mean I can expose a little skin (wih care and sunscreen aforethought, of course), which I like to do, as my skin is really pretty good.

Still haven't found the right piece of jewelry to celebrate the job, but I will. I will.

(As for the icon, it's the closest thing I have to anything fashion-like in my collection. I also freely admit that I hijacked it from spazzychic who has the best collection of icons evar!)