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I had some good intentions about writing out a sort of media roundup of stuff I watched in the last week or two, and even got started on that, but... I need to shower and sleep and stuff like that, so gotta punt THAT forward a ways.

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I did get my new copy of City of Saints and Madmen - a day early! - and this one does include all the correct stories, ha. I'm glad of that, because I didn't want to have to try and hunt down a more obscure edition, lol. (Or, more likely, just borrow Taylor's copy. And maybe photocopy the missing bits.)

I'm part-way into "The Transformation of Martin Lake", which Taylor said was their very favorite story out of the book, and I'm liking so far.

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Work had some critical payroll failure last night, so no one's direct deposits went through. Apparently there was a mad crush early this morning to get physical checks printed and then distributed to all of our offices.

I got to use my bank's mobile check deposit for the first time, so that's fun.

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Mods for the zine I've been writing a fic for want me to change the end just slightly, so I've been trying to mentally figure how to rework it. I feel like I can just change a few pieces around... They said the ending seems abrupt, and want something to happen after the dialogue I closed on. I'm fine with that, but I really don't have any further parts I want to cut, so instead I just want to rework the scene. Seems like a matter of getting the bits to jigsaw back together, but I haven't had an Ah ha! moment just yet.

After sorting THAT out, I'll try to turn my energy toward some new writing project. I've been slacking on that (but enjoying reading, so not too sad that I've been spending my free time on that.)

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Oof, payroll failures are bad. They can cause a lot of problems for people.

Good luck with the edits!

Yeah, I know one of our instructors said he got an overdraft because of an autopayment than went through. Another staff member at a different center said she didn't get the check until too late yesterday to do anything with it, so it likely won't clear until mid-next week.

Thank you! That may be my Monday getting-snowed-in-again project, ha.

Yay for having all the correct stories now!

Work had some critical payroll failure last night, so no one's direct deposits went through.

O_O YIKES. Glad they were able to get everyone paid regardless.

Good luck with tweaking the fic ending!

Yes, I am very glad to have a "correct" version of the book!

And ugh, seriously. Super frustrated by the payroll thing, and I hope they can figure it out and keep it from happening again!

Thank you! I hope I can make it work in a way the zine staff like.

OMG, endings are so hard! I've usually said and done what I wanted to and I'm left going, now what? How do I get out of this?!@ o_O Good luck with the rework.

Ack! What the heck with the direct deposit snafu?!! (Reminds me, the garage just switched to a different payroll company beginning of this year. First two checks were physical, this week was supposed to be direct deposit. There was a snafu there, so I gave my s-i-l the account info and she finally said they needed a voided check. I was like o_O exactly how long have they been doing this job that they're only just now asking for a voided check?!! *head desk* 'Make a list and check it twice' isn't just for Santa, people!)

Endings are terrible! I never know how to do them. I don't want things to just... peter out into blah once everything is done, but it does need the right amount of closure.

And ugh, the payroll issue was so annoying! I know there were other people who had a much worse time of it, while for me it was fortunately just an annoyance, but UGH, so frustrating. [We've used this payroll software for about a year now, and it is near-singularly the reason my mom retired about 8 months before she planned to, because she hated it so much, lol.]
But jeez, the one you guys switched to sounds like kind of a headache. Why did they not get the check info before now?? Eesh.