my life in four sections

Oh God, Thanksgiving

Along with the turkey, I volunteered to make bread for the upcoming festivities. I honestly don't know what I was thinking; the yeast alone is terrifying me. Currently waiting with bated breath to see if the goddamn thing rises. We did buy rolls for backup, but seriously, what was I thinking?

Oh God, Thanksgiving 2

Apparently all the relatives who signed up for visits (HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?) are still showing. I have spent way too much time hoping for the Apocalypse. And/or snow. Same thing, but one is guaranteed to come with the potential for snowmen before the end.

Oh God, Writing

I feel like I've been writing this fic forever, but I can at least verify progress. It passed 537,000 words. I wrote a set of Excel macros to help me summarize events and follow the plotlines because again 537,000 words.

The following were relevant google searches:
1.) safest dosage of intravenous amphetamines and rate of building tolerance.
2.) minimum circumference of a space to hold X (very large) number of people.
3.) Number of people who can fit into a space 18 feet by 1/2 mile, multiplied by six. (You'd be surprised.)
4.) ....and they don't need to breathe in shifts. (This only occurred to me later. Still surprised.)
5.) How many hamburgers you can get from a single cow. (Really surprised.)
6.) ...bacon from a hog. (Also, pork chops and assorted other)
7.) Meat from assorted wildlife. (I didn't know you could eat some of these wildlife. The more you know.)
8.) How you butcher things. (It is not, as you might think, as easy as picking up a sharp object with an empty stomach and an inner soundtrack exclusively devoted to death metal and Eye of the Tiger.)
9.) Potential practical ways to avoid scurvy with limited supplies but a lot of nature around you. (Also, scurvy as a thing.)
10.) What Disney World's parking lot looks like.
11.) Historical storefronts of towns settled before 1880.
12.) Highway system of the US.
13.) Various firearms, everything.
14.) If you can feel heat or just pressure three inches above your ankle. (Mixed.)
15.) Natural deposits of rock salt in the US that can be accessed easily by car.

There's no way in hell I'm not flagged, I know that, but I'm guessing at least 10 and 11 will at least raise the sheer variety of flags available. Someone at NSA is utterly terrified right now but isn't sure of what yet.

Oh God, Apps! (this is a good thing, weird)

Pepperplate - website, with apps for Android and iPhone for the most awesome recipe holding, menu creating, and shopping list building app ever. I have been adding my recipes to it pretty much all day. Which is why I got all bread-inspired actually, goddamn their ease of import and ridic simple manual cut-and-paste adding. Bastards.

It is the day before Thanksgiving. How is everyone else?

Comments

[kass]

That set of google searches -- wow.

May your bread dough rise, and may your Thanksgiving be a lot of fun. Failing that, may there be booze. *grin*

[seperis]

Not on this last month's google search: making wine and beer

I wonder if that would have been better worse with these searches.

Thanks! You as well!

[batdina]

that story has a mind of its own doesn't it? I remember it at about 120k before I ran out of free time to keep pre-reading.

good luck when they knock on your door. I know attorneys if you end up in need. just saying.

[seperis]

I think maybe one scene from then survived. Maybe.

[blueraccoon]

your 537,000 words makes me feel much better about my 191,000 words (currently AO3's posted count) although who the hell knows when mine will ever end. sigh. Although I have 191,000 in one file and about 60,000 in another (different story) so...yeah, I still feel better about my slightly-less-epicness.

[seperis]

I feel there should be a support group.

[blueraccoon]

total agreement. But I think we're too busy writing to start it.

[via_ostiense]

You've piqued my curiosity. How many hamburgers can you get from one cow?

[seperis]

Two thousand, roughly, but to get that kind of return, you need a butcher who knows how to do it well. Somewhere there's a calculator for this.

[domarzione]

You know, I'd point and laugh at your word count, but I'm pretty sure all of my MCU series fits in that time period and that's crawling toward 400K words. But at least mine isn't all one story?

Speaking of, I actually did some fanfic google research on separate ISPs because there was no way the NSA was going to take "longest range of a sniper rifle" and "map of Arlington National Cemetery" well.

Bread is easy. Proof your yeast first if it makes you nervous, but if it's been bought this decade, you're fine.

[seperis]

I may split it, and by that, I mean, I probably have to for thematic and practical reasons.

Speaking of, I actually did some fanfic google research on separate ISPs because there was no way the NSA was going to take "longest range of a sniper rifle" and "map of Arlington National Cemetery" well.

Oh God. I'm not laughing, I swear, but dude, that's a good idea. I knew I was getting sketchy when I was using Disney's Parking lot to model creating a very low-tech way of making sure people are stuck in one place right after amphetamine use and how many magazines a person could carry, practically speaking, during a fight and the entire highway system of southern Kansas. I was tempted to send them a note via google search: https://www.google.com/search?num=100&site=&source=hp&q=this+is+for+fanfic+research+purposes+only&oq=this+is+for+fanfic+research+purposes+only&gs_l=hp.3...1566.6089.0.6289.41.36.0.0.0.0.178.3523.18j18.36.0.eprnk%2Cfr%3Dtrue%2Cfrlen%3D1...0...1.1.32.hp..17.24.2065.1Gdtc8MgW5A

Think that might help?

[silvainshadows]

Thank you so much for that website/app! I've been looking for an easier cross-platform recipe site than allrecipes- especially since allrecipes doesn't always have a recipe I like for what I'm looking for- and the way that consolidates things is absolutely perfect.

[seperis]

IT's amazing. I've been adding my favorites (those I lose like a lot) as fast as I can. The cooking timer is awesome too.

[rheasilvia]

Wow! Your massive wordcount awes me. What fandom is this story in - or is it original?

Heee, those searches. *g* Story research always looks highly dubious in search history, somehow. I'd say you're still doing great; you just seem like a crackpot survivalist nut with end-of-the-world fantasies. Harmless, as these things go. ;-)

[seperis]

Wow! Your massive wordcount awes me. What fandom is this story in - or is it original?

Heee, those searches. *g* Story research always looks highly dubious in search history, somehow. I'd say you're still doing great; you just seem like a crackpot survivalist nut with end-of-the-world fantasies. Harmless, as these things go. ;-)

Supernatural AU - and your description totally nails the entire premise of the story. *g*

[bikitchi]

I loooove Pepperplate! Recipe cards were just too ridiculous to maintain. The bookmarklet is crazy convenient. I just wish I could easily categorize via the bookmarket.

[seperis]

That's the one thing I wish--teh bookmarklet, like delicious, had tagging capabilities (category, whatever). I assume that'll happen eventually; they got so much right.