but I actually have the jodicam up. It’s day one of NaNoWriMo, and I’ve cleaned off my desk and getting down to business. Unfortunately, Pru just got down to business in the litter box behind me, so I might have to step out for a minute.
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Guess what kids…it’s my favorite time of year!
It’s sign up time!
I’ve already started working on my characters, what I need now is the perfect crime.
Don’t hate me because I’m speechless
How disappointed would you be in me, if I failed to complete the NaNoWriMo challenge this year? I’m just not writing anything. I’ve been doing a lot of Not Writing. Spending hours at it, really. Every night, I come home from work, change out of my binding party clothes and into my geek butt yoga pants – which you would think would be inspirational, wouldn’t you? – and sit down on the couch with the laptop and Not Write. I spent hours on Sunday Not Writing. It’s somewhat painful, actually.
I’m not giving up yet… I’m just saying. I might not win this year. Don’t keep your hopes too high, but it’s never over until November 30th at 11:59 pm PST.
I’m going to make cookies now. By the way, I can not recommend highly enough, the geek butt yoga pants, they are übercomfortable.
Mmmmm… only thing better than TiVo is… TWO TiVos!!
My NaNo word count is still below 1,000, and I have not yet finished my script. Yesterday ended up being a very busy day of meetings, and I had little time to work on it. And, as it sometimes happens, I got too close to the couch, and the TiVo, and lost my evening to an archive of the Daily Show and the Colbert Report. And South Park. And Law and Order: SVU. And last night’s CSI watched in real time. Damn my comfortable, but dilapidated, couch with it’s stripey flannel comforter and multitude of cushions. And damn you, TiVo, for being the bestest, most useful, most enjoyable, most valuable invention of the 21st century. Wait, when was TiVo invented… Google check!! … oops, 1997. Ok, well then, it’s definitely the most fabulous thing since 1996.
This means I have a lot of writing to do this weekend. However, I currently have two laptops with me, so that should help. Twice the writing!
My script is now complete. Soon I will rule the industry, and you’ll still be writing line one of whatever it’s called.
I’d say my NaNoWriMo word count is about… oh, 200? I have to admit, I did not work on it much last night. I’ve got this thing I have to write for work. It’s not technical documentation, but rather a little script for a little movie we are making. It’s a long story. Suffice to say, I am not used to being creative and funny on demand. I need to have something drafted by Friday morning, and since I have not had time to work on it during the day, I was researching last night. It’s not an unpleasant task, I just feel that I have to get this out of the way, and then I will be able to concentrate on my Nano project.
I also found many other means of procrastinating last night. Usually, I don’t procrastinate that hard until the 2nd week. I actually watched the movie Daredevil. Guh.
When I finish the script [I’ve never written a script before. Are they expecting it in script form? With, like … stuff about what people are to be doing, as well as saying?] I will have to give you guys the links to the online films I was watching to research dialog. They are pretty funny. Unfortunately, I do not believe I will be able to show you the little film after it is made, as it’s work stuff, and Top Secret work stuff at that.
I leave you with a hilarious link, instructions on becoming a Republican. Sorry to all my Republican readers, no offense intended. Although, it is pretty insulting to you guys, major generalizations and all that. But, hey.. love me, love my liberal outlook.
NaNoWriMo Day One
Word count? zero. But what do you expect, I’ve been at work. I got up, got dressed, went to work. No time to write yet. No, I am not making excuses. Shut up. I don’t need your pressure.
Dontcha wish your search strings were hot like mine? Dontcha?
I’d like to apologize to all the people who arrive here looking for tips on how to type, or get drunk, faster, information about the band, Faster Pussycat, or, lately, the Pussycat Dolls. (I feel especially sorry for the last group.) As far as typing goes, I got faster when i started doing medical transcription for a physical therapist, when I was in college. That’s back when we had TYPEWRITERS, kids. I was hooked up to a dictaphone. So, my methods are effective, just out of date. The drunk thing, I don’t know… drink on an empty stomach, I’d guess. Or chose things with a higher alcohol content? Drink a lot of booze really fast?
Additionally, if those of you arriving here via “hot sluts” could be more specific about the type of information you are looking for, maybe I could oblige? You want tips and tricks? Fashion suggestions? What? How am I supposed to know what you want, if all you type in is “hot sluts”?
And for the people still looking for help in writing their own wedding “vowels”, I give you the same advice I gave the last time: A, E, I, O, U and sometimes, if you are very lucky, Y.
NaNoWriMo starts tomorrow. Prepare for the madness.
Hooray Hooray it’s Neil Gaiman Day!
Tonight Louise and I are going to hear Neil Gaiman read or speak or answer questions or do whatever he wants. It’s all good to us. We have books to be signed as well. We already have our tickets for the line. You get a numbered ticket to keep things orderly. I am number 419. Can you believe that? That’s a metric buttload of books he is signing every time he stops in some city. He’s going to need a bionic hand. But that would rule because then he could crush things with his bare hand. And probably play a kick ass game of tiddlywinks as well. Or marbles.
Anyway, yes. That’s tonight. And I am excited to see all the people signing up for nanowrimo! Oh the fun we shall have. Trust me! It will be great. I have my 2003 Nanowrimo shirt on today, as a matter of fact. One of them. it’s not a significant event in life if it doesn’t come with a t-shirt!
Blog interrupted
I’ve been without my High Speed Internet access at home since Friday morning. It just came back on tonight. Hooray! Thanks to some kind, benevolent, top secret soul, I had dial up to hold me over. But I couldn’t work the Then and Now’s with dial up. It hurt me.
In the mean time, go sign up.
Actually, it seems their servers are down, so wait for tomorrow afternoon and then sign up. Wheeee! You can do it! Yes you can!
My NaNoWriMo wordcount
is 44,168, currently. Because today, and yesterday, I wrote like a fiend. But it’s babble. At this point, I’m just filling space in my story editor, you know? I don’t want to fail. and I won’t. I’ll have 50k by the end of the month. But it’s not exactly a win, either. I did not do as well as I did last year.
Oh well. No reason I can’t write a story in any other month, as well.