From 33445e2ef5ae51395b1223b08253d3979aa341d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Madison Scott-Clary Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 13:20:03 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] update from sparkleup --- .tags | 7 +++++++ writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/003.md | 2 +- writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/004-a.md | 10 ++++++---- 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/.tags b/.tags index 91186391..7ca06dd8 100644 --- a/.tags +++ b/.tags @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ chapter writing/post-self/qoheleth/Qoheleth/006.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self chapter writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/001.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/001\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/001 chapter writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/002.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/002\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/002 chapter writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/003.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/003\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/003 +chapter writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/004-a.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/004-a\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/004-a chapter writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/013.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/013\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/013 chapter writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/014.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/014\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/014 chapter writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/015.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/015\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/015 @@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ fiction writing/post-self/qoheleth/Qoheleth/006.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self fiction writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/001.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/001\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/001 fiction writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/002.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/002\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/002 fiction writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/003.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/003\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/003 +fiction writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/004-a.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/004-a\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/004-a fiction writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/013.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/013\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/013 fiction writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/014.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/014\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/014 fiction writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/015.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/015\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/015 @@ -175,6 +177,7 @@ novel writing/post-self/qoheleth/Qoheleth/006.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/q novel writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/001.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/001\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/001 novel writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/002.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/002\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/002 novel writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/003.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/003\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/003 +novel writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/004-a.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/004-a\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/004-a novel writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/013.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/013\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/013 novel writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/014.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/014\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/014 novel writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/015.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/015\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/015 @@ -222,6 +225,7 @@ post-self writing/post-self/qoheleth/Qoheleth/006.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-se post-self writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/001.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/001\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/001 post-self writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/002.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/002\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/002 post-self writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/003.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/003\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/003 +post-self writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/004-a.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/004-a\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/004-a post-self writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/013.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/013\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/013 post-self writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/014.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/014\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/014 post-self writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/015.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/015\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/015 @@ -256,6 +260,7 @@ qoheleth writing/post-self/qoheleth/Qoheleth/006.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-sel qoheleth writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/001.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/001\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/001 qoheleth writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/002.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/002\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/002 qoheleth writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/003.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/003\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/003 +qoheleth writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/004-a.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/004-a\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/004-a qoheleth writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/013.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/013\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/013 qoheleth writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/014.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/014\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/014 qoheleth writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/015.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/015\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/015 @@ -315,6 +320,7 @@ scifi writing/post-self/qoheleth/Qoheleth/006.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/q scifi writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/001.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/001\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/001 scifi writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/002.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/002\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/002 scifi writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/003.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/003\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/003 +scifi writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/004-a.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/004-a\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/004-a scifi writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/013.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/013\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/013 scifi writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/014.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/014\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/014 scifi writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/015.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/015\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/015 @@ -368,6 +374,7 @@ writing writing/post-self/qoheleth/Qoheleth/006.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self writing writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/001.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/001\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/001 writing writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/002.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/002\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/002 writing writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/003.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/003\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/003 +writing writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/004-a.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/004-a\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/004-a writing writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/013.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/013\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/013 writing writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/014.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/014\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/014 writing writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/015.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/015\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/015 diff --git a/writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/003.md b/writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/003.md index 217d86dd..6f28e623 100644 --- a/writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/003.md +++ b/writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/003.md @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Burying emself deeper into the covers and the mattress, leaving enough room for Losing Cicero had been a shock. A disappearance, at first. Last seen two days ago. Three. And then it went on. Debarre hollering one night after getting in touch with Cice's family. Lost, lost, he was lost. -And getting lost was rare. Vanishingly so, with perhaps fifty cases at the time. Still, among those who were counted among the lost, all were heavy interfacers. It was a risk, everyone had assumed, just as was travel. Call it occupational hazard. Something could always happen. Something could always go wrong. +And getting lost was rare. Vanishingly so, with perhaps a hundre cases at the time. Still, among those who were counted among the lost, all were heavy interfacers. It was a risk, everyone had assumed, just as was travel. Call it occupational hazard. Something could always happen. Something could always go wrong. To lose someone so close, though. That hit hard. diff --git a/writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/004-a.md b/writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/004-a.md index a043cbff..c238ef7f 100644 --- a/writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/004-a.md +++ b/writing/post-self/qoheleth/RJ/004-a.md @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Many other members of the troupe held part time jobs during the day, and ey ran As it was, on days when ey had nighttime rehearsals, ey felt no compunctions about sleeping in. Nothing to be up for, only the 'net to keep them occupied in the mornings, little enough need to get moving. -It was Priscilla who eventually succeeded in waking em, butting her head against eir cheek and purring obscenely. The more insistent the cat became, the less able ey was to ignore her intrusions on eir admittedly banal dreams. +It was Priscilla who eventually succeeded in waking em, butting her head against eir cheek and purring obscenely, stomping on em through the blanket with kneading paws. The more insistent the cat became, the less able ey was to ignore her intrusions on eir admittedly banal dreams. Fine. Trudge out of bed. Refill cat's water and food. Give the requisite morning pets to keep her happy. Scoop the litter box. Make self a pot of tea. Tea to shake the grogginess. @@ -15,13 +15,15 @@ Ey sat at the tiny kitchen table, sipping from eir oversized mug and watching th By the time ey had finished eir first mug of tea, RJ had woken up enough to start on the prowl. As with the night before, ey made sure that everything was in order before touching eir rig. Ey'd taken care of the cat, but ey still needed to eat, emself. So, remembering eir promise, ey set about making a small pot of rice. Fifteen minutes to cook, plenty enough time to finish another mug of tea. -RJ left most of the rice cooling in the pot and took for emself a small bowl of rice and leftover curry. The process of swiping eir hand over the controls of the stove had reminded em of the deck that Sasha had shared last night. There was no reason to think that some random person in London would have much to offer in the case of another person ey had never met getting lost. No reason not to try, though. Maybe there was something, some small insight that ey had that, which, when pooled with those of others, which would help in some way. +RJ left most of the rice cooling in the pot and took for emself a small bowl to go with the leftover curry. The process of swiping eir hand over the controls of the stove had reminded em of the deck that Sasha had shared last night. There was no reason to think that some random person in London would have much to offer in the case of another person ey had never met getting lost. No reason not to try, though. Maybe there was something, some small insight that ey had which, when pooled with those of others, might help in some way. So many maybes. So many mights and perhapses. Empty bowl in sink. Third and final cup of tea in the thick-walled mug. Good enough. Ey allowed emself to settle before eir rig at last. -As before, ey keyed in the password and rested eir hand onto the cradle for the two-factor. However, instead of delving in as ey had last night, ey flipped up the monitor and pulled the keyboard closer, swinging the hand rests to the side and the headrest up and out of the way. No need to go immersive, with work like this. Ey could just as easily work as a fox, of course, but it was so easy to lose track of time in there, and the night's rehearsal mustn't be forgotten. +As before, ey keyed in the password and rested eir hand onto the cradle for the two-factor. However, instead of delving in as ey had last night, ey unfolded the screen to full height and pulled the keyboard closer, swinging the hand rests to the side and the headrest up and out of the way. No need to go immersive, with work like this. Ey could just as easily work as a fox, of course, but it was so easy to lose track of time in there, and the night's rehearsal mustn't be forgotten. + +Besides, eir tea was here. "Let's see," ey murmured, taking a sip of tea before setting the mug down @@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ Ey called up Sasha's deck. dad in govt, mother stays home -------------------------------- -And on it went for nearly a dozen cards. Each had its own cover embossed with a few lines of type, and each contained upwards of a gig of information culled from various sources, doubtless of varied quality. +And on it went for nearly a dozen cards. Each had its own cover embossed with a few lines of type, each containing upwards of a gig of information culled from various sources, doubtless of varied quality. RJ flipped through each, gleaning what ey could from a quick scan, before collapsing the deck once more and sitting back to think. Nothing in there seemed new. Nothing out of place. Ey had only received the deck last night, and yet nothing felt like it had been revealed, uncovered.