Writing is So Not My Day Job

I'm really curvy... like... literal hourglass/true hourglass? So it will be interesting? My gyno said something about my uterus and it will be interesting when I have kids... possibly painful... (can't remember if she said it was inverted or shaped odd... or... NOT enthusiastic. XD; AWWWWWWW Your poor hubby!!! I just remember when my mom was pregnant with my brother... she craved Long John Silvers... A LOT. LOVED IT. I remember eating that a LOT. :3 So... man, now I want proper fish & chips. MAAAAAN... we don't got o UK till at least christmas... FISH&CHIPS <33333333

...mmmmmmmmmm. mainly chips. mmmmmmmmmmm.

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Does 'retroflexed' ring a bell?

Funny you say that - Katy is affectionately known as the 'potato' baby, Mackenna is the 'veggie' baby, and Keira wasn't really anything in particular - maybe grape Kool-aid? And she's my pickiest eater right now. Otherwise, they seem to prefer the foods I gravitated towards when they were in utero - bad news for Katy Rose... heh.

I noticed a chippy when I was driving home from the corporate gig a few months ago - hard NOT to notice a building with a big Union Jack painted on the outside. Will have to go there to investigate - maybe tomorrow. It's Lent, after all. I'm not Catholic, but I'm ok with fish Fridays. Now I want Fish & Chips too, darn you....

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We have a great Dublin-style chipper in Old Town Alexandria.

Eamonn's: A Dublin Chipper, if you're ever 'round these parts.

We also have some good sit-down Irish in the area (O'Connell's in Alexandria, O'Faolain's in Sterling, and then outlets of both Fado and Ri-Ra; there are others, but most of them tend more towards the bar food end of things).

Not Irish, but also great, is the Scottish bastion The Royal Mile Pub in Wheaton.

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We have the lovely Landsdowne Arms just down the street from us. The Sunday special is Fish and Chips. Not bad, but they batter the chips. Major fail, IMHO. Fish is good, though.

http://www.lansdownearmsbistroandpub.com/modules/wfchannel/

I'll actually be in Dublin next year, so I'll be able to make some sort of comparison at that point.

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Battering the chips is a style, although I've never heard of anywhere that only does the battered version.

Strangely enough, the chipper in Downtown Disney (attached to Raglan Road) is pretty good.

Best chippers I've ever visited are in the UK, though. Possibly because I can't get plaice Stateside.

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If I could combine the fish from Landsdowne, and the sweet potato chips (the really good skinny ones) from OBL next door, I'd be in a good place.

Isn't plaice dangerously close to being overexploited right now? That said, we had some in London and it was darned tasty.

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Isn't plaice dangerously close to being overexploited right now?

As with cod and salmon here in the States, it depends on the source. I was a good little munchkin and checked the provenance when I ordered it on the last trip.

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I grew up in Wisconsin, where the Friday Fish Fry is a year-round event. Every corner bar has them. It made me fussy about fish; there's very few fish and chips places here that compare to my favorite Madison pub :). Battered lake perch, rye bread and a salad with the best French dressing ever... yum.

P.S. -- Where's my copy of Chapter 12? ;)

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I could do Friday Fish Fry all year round. Where do I sign up?

Mmmmm... lake perch. Darn it, I want fish & chips!!!!!!!

PS - You can not has Chapter 12 because it sucks rocks and I should just go crawl under a rock for a while. Again. *headdesk*

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PS - You can not has Chapter 12 because it sucks rocks and I should just go crawl under a rock for a while. Again. *headdesk*

Might it not help to give it to your beta who could offer some handy suggestions?

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Mmmmm... I think I just need to get inspired.

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Inspired as in bad-things-happening inspired? Descriptions inspired?

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I'm not a natural at writing fiction, which should be obvious. I might have the outline in front of me, know how to get from point A to point B, but when it comes to the actual writing of that? It takes me a while. And the current distractions don't help, unfortunately.

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YES! IT DOES.

LOL. I can't remember what I was... Mom told me too... She said she just remembers being really sick with me. >>;

PROPER CHIPS?! CHIIIIIIIIIIIPS <333333333333 I'm a nut for chips. Closest thing we have is Wendy's. :P Man,I need to start working out too. Good for the body and stress relief. Gets me out of the house too. CHIPS and then workout. *wibbles for proper chips* <3

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There you go. Actually getting pregnant and then staying pregnant might be a problem. *hopes not*

Yes, you should start working out. I was at the gym at 4:30 this morning hating life in general. SHARE MY MISERY!!!

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wow. XD they were out of stock? Does IDW only print to order? Interesting.

That... well... that runs in PART of my family. The doctor told my mom she'd have a hard time getting pregnant and might look into fertility drugs, it took 3 years, but they had me I'm not sure what came inbetween. My brother, however, *evil grin* was, as my mom puts it, "a pleasant surprise." XD;;; Hopefully we do okay when the time comes. We can always keep trying... and go from there.

XD;;; Wonder how early the pool on campus opens. *if it's 6:00am like the Rec... I COULD be up early ish?

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This wasn't IDW - was a preorder with the Book Depository.

Here's hoping you won't have any trouble when the time is right. *crosses fingers*

Pool? Are you a swimmer?

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XD; I meant in the sense that IDW sometimes only prints to order. So if Book Depository only orders 400 copies. That is ALL they will get hence why they might have cancelled from the company. If the re-order they may get a different "second print" version or something. I'm not saying that's the case for sure, it's just something that comes up. :3

Me too *knocks on... uh... computer.*

YEP! Since I was 12 up through HS. I even taught lessons for awhile :3 I miss it. Nothing more relaxing that the quiet of the pool and the feel of that water... and swimming laps. Love swimming.

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Ah! Yes - I imagine they ordered X amount of copies at Y price for preorder pricing, then when all of those were spoken for, they order more at Z price. Will have to see, though. *waiting for confirmatory email*

There you go - get swimming!

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*hughug* GOOD LUCK! :D

XD; Working on it. Only NON seasonal pool in town? At the University... and there's an Alumni fee PLUS a membership fee to the pool. :P Or 5$ a pop.

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