davidklecha | The State of the Dave (Reply)

Hey look, it’s Friday! I love me some Friday.

The week has been a nice, if one that is slightly out of skew with my normal type weeks. Worked on a book production project, worked on revisions for a novel, and spent what seems to be an inordinate, but thoroughly enjoyable, amount of time hanging out with Mary Robinette Kowal. If you don’t know her (and I think there might be some who don’t), she’s a fabulous writer, currently the VP of SFWA, professional puppeteer, and delightful conversation partner. She also won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, so to say that she’s an awesome person for a fledgling writer to hang out with is a vast understatement.

But, it wasn’t all fun and games this week. I also tore what I think is my fourth pair of khakis since starting my current job in February, all due to the very non-desk-job nature of my supposed desk job. Since there’s a gazillion square feet of manufacturing plant and warehouse outside my office, I tend to have to squeeze into odd space and crawl around the occasional whirring, clanking machine, not to mention crawling under various and sundry office desks, and I realized that it’s just not a job for regular khakis. So I bought some Carhartt dungarees, which look surprisingly enough like ordinary khakis, just with much sturdier material/stitching and a few extra pockets.

Mmmmm, pockets.

Anyway, I’m looking forward to the weekend, which hopefully will feature plenty more writing and a bit of hanging out at Gun Lake.

Anybody else with fun plans for the weekend?

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