On Battery Life, and Writing on Tiny Keyboards

[evilhippo]

I tried to write at work today during my lunch break. I'd had Hrunting, Netbook of Rassilon out all weekend, so it was a bit tired, battery-wise. I made it about 200 words before the battery died on me. Tonight when I booted everything back up, this was the last paragraph in my novel:

"We are a moving patrol out upon the bayou. I remember why the Bethesda was lost to us. I fought for her, but she was lost, sunk into the mud and kept from me and my ass"

I believe the last word was supposed to be "assailants," but I'm going to take this as proof that Hrunting has a sense of humor. I could've sworn I got the last of that word in before everything shut down, but I guess not.

Also, yeah, guys I broke down and bought a netbook and I don't regret it at all. It's so nice to have something that I use only for writing. I sit down at my big laptop and it's distraction city, but since all I've done with Hrunting is take out the useless programs that came with it, there's little to no chance for distraction. Also the battery generally lasts me about five hours, which is awesome. (And there's a part of me that's quite happy that I named him Hrunting, because what's cooler than having a writing tool that's a sword? Mighty pen? Psh. I have a sword with a keyboard. I just have to be careful not to get into any fights with Grendel's mother.)

Comments

[zolac-no-miko.livejournal.com]

*dies laughing* That's fabulous!! I'm glad Hrunting's got a sense of humor... that's much better than stupidity or maliciousness, which is sometimes what you get from technology instead. Also, cheers for making simultaneous references to both Beowulf and Doctor Who. You are all the best kinds of geeky. <3

[evilhippo.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've gotten solid ambivalence from most of my technology lately. (Though my laptop has developed a bit of one recently, now that it stopped maliciously shutting down on me at random. I think maybe it's mellowed with age.)

I've like cultivating this kind of geeky, it bears the best fruit. (-;