Power Dining

I bought Edgar's lunch today.

Watching Edgar run the office of the production company he works at was a thing of beauty: he has no trouble asserting his authority. He frightens me, some times, with his schmooze ability.

Tonight Darin and I are having dinner with a guy he's done some consulting for. Today I got the latest Vanity Fair, et voila: our dinner date is mentioned in there. Whee ha!

Given the article though, I'm not sure I should bring it up.

Yesterday was a good day. Why? Well, in thesis class, Len had to go over Angie's and Erica's stories in great detail, because Angie has moved on to a new story (the old one wasn't working) and Erica's isn't quite solid.

Then he got to me. "Tell me the story."

I told him my story.

"You're in good shape," said Len.

Yes!

One of the best things happened when I gave the reason for my villain to be doing what he was doing. The class really liked it. Whoo hoo! Diane on a roll (with ham)!

What I actually may start doing for next week: pages. Yes, actual writing. I'd like to get the first act done by Christmas, and maybe even more than that.

In other writing news, I asked Tiffany a couple of medical questions about an idea I want to do in my ER spec, and she thinks my idea is

1. extremely tricky and
2. great, because it deals with a topic that means a lot to her.

Tiffany's going to do a read of my ER to be sure that it's medically accurate and to give me all the [ Insert Medical jargon here ]. ER is like the Star Trek shows when it comes to jargon; it's continuous and nonsensical. (Particularly when you watch the show with a real doctor, like I did with Tiffany last week.)

Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics

Yes, the Lies continue: I actually went running today. It was overcast and not too warm, even though I went at 9:30am. Since I hadn't gone for a week, I went for only 2 miles. I feel okay. I'll go again tomorrow. No, really, I will.