Wednesday, November 25, 2009

18 577 words to go


I've made some more celery carrot soup. I've made some apple walnut pudding. My fridge is almost empty. I've only 1 bagel left, then there's no bread. There's milk, but only non-vegan cereal which the husband bought 3 packages of and then left. No sugar left for making desserts.

There is lots of tea, however. I may survive on tea.

I'm ready to write... but I have to get up at 6 AM tomorrow for work, so... it's gonna be a tough last 5 days in nano land. I've finished my modernization of King Henry IV Part 1, so now it's on to Henry IV Part 2. I may accelerate through this part and get to Henry V. It's the adapting that slows me down--trying to figure out how to take a battle in the play, and turn it into something contemporary, not involving death since I'm writing a Light and Frothy Comedy. Yes yes, I'm turning three history plays about war into a screwball comedy. Failure is imminent.

As my father quoted on his facebook today, from Homer Simpson:

"I hate trying. Trying is just the first step towards failure."

Sunday, November 22, 2009

currently enjoying: Dragonette

I think this is my 2nd favourite




East coast! West coast!

If we get carried away
We might be gay married today!

Very thin ice very thin ice very thin ice...


Or is it this one?




Can a shorty get a shot to the frontal lobe?

People on the road can turn an lol into a great big OMG. (Katie Couric must be an endless source of material for these guys.)

I think this is my 2nd favourite



If we get carried away
We might be gay married today!

Saturday, November 21, 2009

ooouuuch

I'm getting Nano-numb-bottom. Been at this all day yesterday, all day today--10 hours so far today. I'm up to 21 300 words, which at least brings me somewhat into the possibly-I-can-finish-this range. I've completed Nano twice, so you'd think I'd go easier on myself about having to finish it a third time. But this time I'm working full-time... and refuse to let Work defeat Writing. Never give up! Never surrender!

I want to get to 25 000 before I go to bed. I calculated that I can write about 1700 words in one hour, if I'm working on a scene that doesn't require me to stop and plot. So I should be able to finish by 5 AM.

But now I shall take a short bottombreak. And watch my favourite autotune the news video, because it inspires me. Makes me laugh each time. Makes me want to have all the characters call each other "shortayee!"

Will we choose liberty? Or will we choose tyranny?
That depends who gets to be the tyrant!
I thought this bill was about the climate?

I've almost got it memorized. And once I have it memorized I can sing along to this!


Jobs jobs jobs
Don't forget about jobs!

They wake up dead! Wake up wake up dead!

(omg i'm sitting here laugh-crying to myself)

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