Canine joys- I never expected to have them!

[thrihyrne]

I'm a cat person. Thoroughly. And yet, this English redtick hound Taffy is a creature I look forward to walking, and to seeing her wag her tail like crazy when I come home. Today I had my first joyful experience of buying her a new squeaky toy when at Best Buy. And repairing it within 12 minutes of her chewing on it. And seeing the stuffing scattered all over the dining room floor, the squeaker mangled and in pieces within 90 minutes of having brought it home. :P

But she loved it! Definitely worth the $3, but next time I'll get a rope toy that might survive longer.

I'm also in a strange state of being surrounded by four massive computer manuals checked out of the JMU library for two very different projects; one to improve my Photoshop skills, and three to see if I can create a kick ass database in Access— a program I've never used. I've built databases in Excel and figure if I can do that, I can certainly do so in Access, but being a Mac woman, that program is not something I'd seek out. I'm glad I'm multi-platform, and this could be a few-months project for me, with funding, that could actually then be sold. I could write the manual as well and make a percentage on sales of that, too! And go and teach people! I did get a little carried away in my head, but it was a great meeting despite being at 8:15 a.m. and me having gotten all of two hours of sleep. Not even that.

And in final news, I now have two balls of yarn rather than skeins, am about to embark on new knitting project #1, and decided as of tonight I'm going to draft an outline for an original fic m/m story for one of the e-book companies where I know people. By gosh, I'm going to try my hand at putting something out there for those of us who love m/m stories and are looking beyond fanfic. Since 2007 I've said I was going to do that. I'm not putting it off any longer.

So, a good day. :)

Comments

[sanguinity]

Hahaha! Squeaky stuffies are pretty much consumables; I'm always surprised when I meet a dog that doesn't treat them like an evisceration toy. As long as you think of it as an evisceration toy from the get-go, it's fine.

However, 25-cent garage-sale stuffed animals give better value. ;-)

[thrihyrne.livejournal.com]

Well, she has another squeaky toy that's still survived, so I'd had higher hopes than 90 minutes, lol. I'll definitely be on the lookout for garage and yard sales coming up, especially when the university lets out!

[kymyrra.livejournal.com]

You always were a sucker for a redhead...

[thrihyrne.livejournal.com]

Guilty!! :D

[mercuries.livejournal.com]

Aww, that pic is so adorable. I'm a cat person, too, but dogs can be cute... from a distance. :D

I've been hearing a lot about original m/m fiction lately. There seems to be a fair amount of overlap with slash - is this developing out of fandom or is it a separate thing that's sort of intertwined with fandom?

[thrihyrne.livejournal.com]

Taffy has really surprised me. I'm such a cat person!!

There's a lot of slash writers moving over into the m/m market, especially now with e-books and self-publishing and knowing there's quite a market out there. It's not quite as organized as things are in fandom, or perhaps not as segmented, depending on fandom… Does that make sense?

[mercuries.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it does. It'll be interesting to see where it goes and if it'll ever be mainstream.

[verdenia.livejournal.com]

Awww, cute puppy! I, too, am a Definite Cat Person, but I've got to enjoy a few dogs and that one does have a very pretty coat!