What’s going on with me lately

[stormkeeper_lovedoris]

- Lately looking at the computer screen has really been making my eyes sore. Not good since I basically look at one all day at work.

- I’ve also been re-reading my looong X-men fanfic and really getting into X-men, especially the Northstar/Iceman pairing. However, reading this fic after work is not helping my eyes much.

- So I have fallen behind on my emails to people. Sorry. I will try to rest my eyes and catch up.

- I am thrilled to see a pretty active Northstar/Iceman following on LJ though. There are sooo many fanfics I need to catch up on reading. I know it's silly but I think of myself as one of the first fanfic writers to pair these two up (I might be wrong on that, but still) and now there are LJ communities dedicated to them and lots of fanfic as well.

- Oddly, I’m not as into Spiderman as I was just a couple weeks ago. When I think of writing fanfic now, I think of writing more X-men again instead of Spiderman. Weird.

- The X-men fic I want to write is basically a re-write of my long X-men trilogy. I
want to do it, but what’d be the point? I feel that I should cover new ground, but then again I do have some cool ideas for my re-write so it might be worth it.

- One sad thing is that I haven’t been reading much lately, other than fanfic. Normally I’m in the middle of 2 or 3 books at a time. I put 2 library books aside that weren’t hooking me and am slowly reading a really boring book that I bought, and nothing else now for days. That’s unusual for me. I guess it’s mostly because my eyes are sore, I don’t have much free time, and I’m reading X-men stuff now. I’m sure I will get back into reading again.

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Re: Last comment of the day, I swear :)

[loopeleigh.livejournal.com]

Maybe. That all I'll promise. But I am sitting here, in front of my PC nibbling on homemade frozen yoghurt (yum!) and staring at Chapter 6, trying to find my "voice", and contemplating not going to bed tonight cause I probably won't be tempted to write tomorrow (I'm sure the bed, a book and or some other leisurely non-effort inducing pursuit will win).

Re: Last comment of the day, I swear :)

[stormkpr.livejournal.com]

You can make yoghurt? That's pretty impressive. You still have all those dietary restrictions, right?

Well, please do keep me posted and I dearly hope you write more.

Re: Last comment of the day, I swear :)

[loopeleigh.livejournal.com]

You can make yoghurt?

Yes, I can. But I actually meant just the frozen part (used bought yoghurt). Making yoghurt is long process, and IMO not worth the hassle when I can pop down to the store and gab whatever I want (and to the delicatessent/health store if I want it to be homemade or organic). Make my own ice-creams and sorbets too.

You still have all those dietary restrictions, right?

yip, and always will I'm afraid. It's tough at times (mainly when at parties or visiting parent because temptation abounds. But I'm making it a life-style. It realy boils down to a low-GI, hi-protein, low-medium fat diet (I actually have to increase fat compared to normal recommended diets because I basically can't get enough calories from the carbs (have to severly limit them given the effects of sugars on my body) to sustain my exercise levels). But it is difficult because most food these days, esp prepared meal, has high amounts of processed food in it. And even the "sugar-free" foods aren't actually (they're sucrose-free). Or they contain chemicals (like aspertame) which I'm over-sensitive too (esp since I started eating so organicly)

Thats actually why I started making my own ice-creams etc, because I could buy one, even from the health store that fit my requirements. I've done that with a lot of foods. But cooking/baking has always been a big part of my life (my mom being into SugarCraft- does wedding cakes etc) and my grandmother was a caterer. So I've been baking and cooking (and even on occasions been dragged into doing the odd wedding) since, well, forever.

I actually real miss baking a lot. I love to bake (anything) or make desserts. I used to bake for fun, and just invent stuff, quite a bit. But given that basics like flour are big no-nos for me, I'm a little limited in that regard, and while I have invented substitutes, what can I do with a whole cake when I can't eat more than a slice?

I've been joking that I should give up my job and be a baker, so that I can bake to my hearts content and the food doesn't go to waste :)

(Actually seriously considering trating myself to the Lindt Dessert Cooking course for my June holiday :) )

Re: Last comment of the day, I swear :)

[stormkpr.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the update. I'm sorry to hear that the dietary restriction will be forever for you and it does sound so severe. But it sounds like you've gotten used to it and I'm glad you've gotten used to making your own foods that you can have.

And I agree that parties and visits can be tough because of all the temptation. I often eat beforehand - that helps a bit.

Re: Last comment of the day, I swear :)

[loopeleigh.livejournal.com]

Oops, In my lammenting about the goodness of baking, I forgot to tell you. I did manage to write a first draft of Chapter 6 before going to bed on friday.

Woke up 2 hrs later with a 40C (104F?) temperature about 2hrs later, which put an end to my intentions of proofing it as soon as I woke up the next morning. But I'll try doing that and sending it through to you (if you are willing to give it a read :) ) sometime this week.

Re: Last comment of the day, I swear :)

[stormkpr.livejournal.com]

Love to!!