{"id":3948,"date":"2016-06-07T21:47:50","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T02:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/?p=3948"},"modified":"2016-06-07T21:51:14","modified_gmt":"2016-06-08T02:51:14","slug":"taking-time-to-appreciate-an-historic-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/?p=3948","title":{"rendered":"Taking Time to Appreciate an Historic Moment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Say what you want. Be as against Clinton as much as you want. \u00a0But, as a woman, I’m thrilled that a major party has finally,\u00a0finally\u00a0<\/em>put up a woman as their presidential candidate. \u00a0Yes, I know; there’s still the convention. \u00a0But I think this is going to stand.<\/p>\n

And it’s great.<\/p>\n

You know, the husband did something tonight that ticked me off. \u00a0When someone came on to talk about how Clinton would mention this as an historic moment and all that, he just rolled his eyes.<\/p>\n

Well, that rubbed me the wrong way because it just shows how many men–even ones you might care about–still don’t get it.<\/p>\n

This is a big deal. \u00a0A woman is a big deal, and as a woman, I can tell you that I am sick and tired of men–who are frequently white and old–making the decisions for me.<\/p>\n

So take a second and sit back and think about this because it is a first.<\/p>\n

In other news: the book took another major turn I didn’t expect. \u00a0Principally, I wasn’t happy with one of the male characters. \u00a0He simply seemed too…pat. \u00a0Uninteresting and not terrifically complex, and if anyone’s read my books, then they know that I like complexity even (and especially) with my villains. \u00a0It shouldn’t be so easy to dislike them. \u00a0Even bad guys think they’re doing good, in their own deluded way. \u00a0(I keep wondering if this is the problem with writing into the dark, too, but it’s a little late to second-guess now.)<\/p>\n

Oh, and I didn’t write yesterday but not want of WANTING to. \u00a0Instead, I was a model for a visiting colorist at the local salon. \u00a0My hair has been just such a disaster since I’ve come here. \u00a0No one has seemed capable figuring out how to color it, even with detailed instructions. \u00a0They just don’t get it, and on Saturday when I went in, I’d pretty much had it and said something had to change or I was going to find myself another salon. \u00a0To her credit, the stylist I’ve been seeing–who means well but just isn’t that talented and doesn’t really\u00a0know\u00a0<\/em>or understand (a language barrier, I think)–brought in another guy who’s really interested in color and it was at his suggestion that I came back on Monday as a model.<\/p>\n

Well–five hours later . . . yes,\u00a0five\u00a0<\/em>hours . . . they were done with me. \u00a0I’m pretty pleased. \u00a0Let’s put it this way: anything would’ve been an improvement. \u00a0The hair’s no longer orange and red, though; it’s more red and violet, and much wilder-looking than before. \u00a0Which is fine because that was the way I used to wear it many moons ago.<\/p>\n

Anyway, time sort of wasted and sort of not. \u00a0It’s all a matter of priorities.<\/p>\n

WRITING OUT LOUD
\nStay\u00a0Dead\u00a0(started 5\/05; Days 1-4, false start)<\/p>\n

Day 1: 1000 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Day 23-26: 9450
\nDay 2: 1200 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Day 27: (novella) 2000
\nDay 3: 1800 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Day 28: 2500
\nDay 4: 1350
\nDay 5: 1000
\nDay 6: 2000
\nDay 7-10: ~4500
\nDay 11-12: ~5000
\nDay 13: 1600
\nDay 14: 2300
\nDay 15-17: 4450
\nDay 18-19: 4500
\nDay 20-22: 5220<\/p>\n

Blog Post: 720
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\nWhat I’m Watching:
\nMore\u00a0Dr. Who,\u00a0<\/em>Season 5. \u00a0The two episodes I saw today were only\u00a0meh. \u00a0<\/em>Kind of stupid, actually (space vampires and then Amy’s big “choice”). \u00a0First off, Rory is a ferret. \u00a0I’m sorry; he just is. \u00a0So the whole episode was kind of dumb. \u00a0Like, seriously, you’re choosing a ferret over a wag with wild hair? \u00a0And while I understand that the space vampires reiterated some major themes–the silence, the cracks, the Pandorica–I just found them tedious.
\n***
\nWhat I’m Reading:
\nInching my way through King’s\u00a0Bazaar of Bad Dreams. \u00a0<\/em>So far, I’m completely underwhelmed. \u00a0Which is sad because I really have liked King. \u00a0Although, I will also admit that I couldn’t get very far with\u00a0Finders Keepers. \u00a0<\/em> I was just\u00a0so\u00a0<\/em>very much\u00a0who cares? \u00a0<\/em>Having taken a peek at the blurb for\u00a0End of Watch<\/em>, I see that King’s abandoning what I would say is only a marginal mystery\/procedural and bringing in the supernatural. \u00a0That would make sense; that’s what he does best, and maybe even he was bored. \u00a0I know I sure was. \u00a0I might give\u00a0FsKs\u00a0<\/em>another try, if only to catch up and see if I can make the slog through\u00a0EoW<\/em>. \u00a0We’ll see.
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\nWhat I’m Listening to:
\nHillary Clinton talking about that glass ceiling and women and her mom. \u00a0Ladies, this is history in the making.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Say what you want. Be as against Clinton as much as you want. \u00a0But, as a woman, I’m thrilled that a major party has finally,\u00a0finally\u00a0put up a woman as their presidential candidate. \u00a0Yes, I know; there’s still the convention. \u00a0But…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3948"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3952,"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3948\/revisions\/3952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}