Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Quotes Aplenty
On a brief non-NaNoWriMo rant I must express my frustration at being part of an unmarried couple trying to do anything in this world! We buy a house: we have to jump through hoops to do so; we are looked down upon; we are sneered at. We go to get insurance for said house (including car insurance on the same policy, 'cause why not?! You'll get discounts): "oh ma'am, we can't do that, our legal team would never approve that policy." WTF!!!! We've been in a freakin' committed relationship for going on 4 1/2 years, some marriages don't even last that long!!! So we choose not to follow the "norm" and decide to skip a few steps...so what?! I just don't get why our society loves to favor the married.
Monday, October 19, 2009
We're Getting Close Folks!
I just checked my calendar and it says 12 days until NaNoWriMo '09 begins! Yipee! I've been working hard on my outline notecards. It stalled for a bit because I had my wisdom teeth yanked out (that's how it felt anyway), and a rather painful recovery--stupid crappy teeth!
I'm all awash in this amazing excited feeling this year. It's almost November, which is time to start writing like a maniac, and we found out when our new house will be finished (before the winter holidays--which was what I had been hoping for). I'm all tingly to get this month started because the sooner NaNoWriMo is over, the sooner I can move into my new house! I'm still nervous that my anticipation of the house will overrule my drive for WriMo....but maybe all the pent up energy I'll have can be put to good use....we'll see :)
My plot this year is pretty intriguing....I'm excited to see where it leads...my MC wakes up in a mental institution with no idea how she got there, and the story is from her POV and her psychiatrist's as they both deal with what life has dealt them. There is a lot that can happen and a lot of twists I can take the plot so I'm really, really hoping for my first win this year.
As with last year, the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure is this coming weekend. A fitting way for me to remember my sister, before I try to forget and just write. I love the race, and we have a huge team this year....almost 20! It's great! I always get all choked up when the starting shot is fired, and I look around at all the people, there for the same reason. All of whom have their own story, or know someone else's. It's moving, really moving.
My NaNo Eve is going to be spent in my kitty costume passing out candy to the neighborhood kids. I'm so pumped that this year we're actually in a real house (our interim place until ours is finished) so we will get trick-or-treaters. I love passing out candy. Then (and this was someone's tradition from on the forums) I will take a shower as it gets closer to midnight...in hopes of waking myself up some. I will watch SNL with the gang, start chugging my Diet Mountain Dew, and pray to stay awake to start my novel at 12:00am Nov. 1. Plus I'd like to take advantage of the return to normal time from Daylight Savings Time...I'm totally not a night owl, but the crew is there for support (even if they did all bail on me last year in favor of sleep!).
Happy planning to all of the NaNo-ers out there!
I'm all awash in this amazing excited feeling this year. It's almost November, which is time to start writing like a maniac, and we found out when our new house will be finished (before the winter holidays--which was what I had been hoping for). I'm all tingly to get this month started because the sooner NaNoWriMo is over, the sooner I can move into my new house! I'm still nervous that my anticipation of the house will overrule my drive for WriMo....but maybe all the pent up energy I'll have can be put to good use....we'll see :)
My plot this year is pretty intriguing....I'm excited to see where it leads...my MC wakes up in a mental institution with no idea how she got there, and the story is from her POV and her psychiatrist's as they both deal with what life has dealt them. There is a lot that can happen and a lot of twists I can take the plot so I'm really, really hoping for my first win this year.
As with last year, the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure is this coming weekend. A fitting way for me to remember my sister, before I try to forget and just write. I love the race, and we have a huge team this year....almost 20! It's great! I always get all choked up when the starting shot is fired, and I look around at all the people, there for the same reason. All of whom have their own story, or know someone else's. It's moving, really moving.
My NaNo Eve is going to be spent in my kitty costume passing out candy to the neighborhood kids. I'm so pumped that this year we're actually in a real house (our interim place until ours is finished) so we will get trick-or-treaters. I love passing out candy. Then (and this was someone's tradition from on the forums) I will take a shower as it gets closer to midnight...in hopes of waking myself up some. I will watch SNL with the gang, start chugging my Diet Mountain Dew, and pray to stay awake to start my novel at 12:00am Nov. 1. Plus I'd like to take advantage of the return to normal time from Daylight Savings Time...I'm totally not a night owl, but the crew is there for support (even if they did all bail on me last year in favor of sleep!).
Happy planning to all of the NaNo-ers out there!
Monday, September 28, 2009
Fading Summer
Ah, as summer fades I find myself rejoycing! This is the last day of heat and I'm jumping for joy.
For the time being we have a lovely backyard with lots of trees and grass and shrubbery and I'm excited as can be to watch those trees drop their leaves and to get that smell of Fall in the air.
Can you tell I hate summer? I would much rather have a rainy overcast day to a sunny one (even if the temperature isn't "surface of the sun"). Sadly, I have chosen to settle where we get few rainy days and mostly sunny days...
I'm also very excited for this year's NaNoWriMo. I've got my plot starter stirring away in my mind. And with just over a month until the starting shot is fired I'm pumped! We got moved in to our temp housing and I'm ready to do two things: whip out my sewing machine and work on my quilts; and start writing this years novel!
On the sad news front I am missing out on one of my dearest obsessions. You see: my car and my iPod have decided not to play nice. Ever since the latest update to the iPod Touch (the new iPhone 3.0 software) they have become no longer compatible. This leaves me with an empty spot in my commute where Keith and the Girl used to sit. I really miss them...I have come up with a temp solution, however, (until I collect enough funds to buy myself an iPod Classic) which is to plug in a headphone into one ear. I figure people with Bluetooth do it all the time, why not my iPod?! It is nicer, though, to have the integrated technology so that if I get a phone call the car will automatically pause my iPod....but hopefully one day I can get that working again. *Sigh*
For the time being we have a lovely backyard with lots of trees and grass and shrubbery and I'm excited as can be to watch those trees drop their leaves and to get that smell of Fall in the air.
Can you tell I hate summer? I would much rather have a rainy overcast day to a sunny one (even if the temperature isn't "surface of the sun"). Sadly, I have chosen to settle where we get few rainy days and mostly sunny days...
I'm also very excited for this year's NaNoWriMo. I've got my plot starter stirring away in my mind. And with just over a month until the starting shot is fired I'm pumped! We got moved in to our temp housing and I'm ready to do two things: whip out my sewing machine and work on my quilts; and start writing this years novel!
On the sad news front I am missing out on one of my dearest obsessions. You see: my car and my iPod have decided not to play nice. Ever since the latest update to the iPod Touch (the new iPhone 3.0 software) they have become no longer compatible. This leaves me with an empty spot in my commute where Keith and the Girl used to sit. I really miss them...I have come up with a temp solution, however, (until I collect enough funds to buy myself an iPod Classic) which is to plug in a headphone into one ear. I figure people with Bluetooth do it all the time, why not my iPod?! It is nicer, though, to have the integrated technology so that if I get a phone call the car will automatically pause my iPod....but hopefully one day I can get that working again. *Sigh*
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
4 Months away
So, I realized that it's time to start thinking about NaNoWriMo '09. It's only 4 months out and I have no ideas for plot, characters or anything that needs to go into writing a novel. My mind is drawing a big fat blank. I've started WriMo in this situation before, but last year when I actually had ideas I did much better, I even made it almost half way.
Hmmm, I need something to inspire me....but what?!
Hmmm, I need something to inspire me....but what?!
Monday, June 1, 2009
Calm after the storm
Sigh....that was me just taking a deep breath and letting the weight of the last few months drift away from my sore shoulders. Both weddings are now complete, the brides and grooms are happy and content (and also de-stressing).
I can now focus on more important things...like The Sims 3 (being released tomorrow...I'm about to bounce out of my chair I'm so excited) and my impending vacation to the coast. Ah, I can feel the cool weather, see the beautiful fog, smell the ocean, hear the birds...and let's not forget taste the yummy Mexican food & pasta (two of my favorite places to go to eat). I think I've covered all the senses!
Ta-ta for now, I will be lost in Sunset Valley starting tomorrow when I get home from work ;)
I can now focus on more important things...like The Sims 3 (being released tomorrow...I'm about to bounce out of my chair I'm so excited) and my impending vacation to the coast. Ah, I can feel the cool weather, see the beautiful fog, smell the ocean, hear the birds...and let's not forget taste the yummy Mexican food & pasta (two of my favorite places to go to eat). I think I've covered all the senses!
Ta-ta for now, I will be lost in Sunset Valley starting tomorrow when I get home from work ;)
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Wasting Time with The Sims
Another little known fact about me: I am obsessed with The Sims! I own both generations with a complete set of expansion packs for each generation.
Why do I bring this up? you ask...well on June 2 The Sims 3 gets released, and I'm jumping for joy. Guess what my evenings are going to be spent doing (after cleaning of course!). In general I'm a bit of a video game nerd anyway, but I've been hooked on the Sims titles since my aunt bought me the little known title "SimAnt" nearly 20 years ago. I still have it on my ancient Apple, and whenever I go home I bust out a game of SimAnt and Oregon Trail.
When I was younger I was socially awkward, and didn't make friends easily. When the Sims originally came out it was a way for me to live vicariously through them. After that point I just couldn't stop, so when The Sims 2 came out, I had to get it, it was revolutionary in is own right. But now, NOW--oh boy, I'm like a kid at Christmas, who was just told that not only do I get the bike I wanted, but I also get a pony and the Barbie Dream House. June 2 cannot get here fast enough for me, I spend all of my spare time on the Sims 2 forums looking at all the latest rumors, pictures, video clips, interviews, and information...I have a disease, but it's a disease I like, lol!
Why do I bring this up? you ask...well on June 2 The Sims 3 gets released, and I'm jumping for joy. Guess what my evenings are going to be spent doing (after cleaning of course!). In general I'm a bit of a video game nerd anyway, but I've been hooked on the Sims titles since my aunt bought me the little known title "SimAnt" nearly 20 years ago. I still have it on my ancient Apple, and whenever I go home I bust out a game of SimAnt and Oregon Trail.
When I was younger I was socially awkward, and didn't make friends easily. When the Sims originally came out it was a way for me to live vicariously through them. After that point I just couldn't stop, so when The Sims 2 came out, I had to get it, it was revolutionary in is own right. But now, NOW--oh boy, I'm like a kid at Christmas, who was just told that not only do I get the bike I wanted, but I also get a pony and the Barbie Dream House. June 2 cannot get here fast enough for me, I spend all of my spare time on the Sims 2 forums looking at all the latest rumors, pictures, video clips, interviews, and information...I have a disease, but it's a disease I like, lol!
Monday, May 18, 2009
My Voluptuous Lips and My Messy Place
I did a good job keeping the sun off my skin on Saturday, the only body part that was out of my control were my lips...yesterday they were all swollen up and I looked like Angelina Jolie. They're still pretty tender, but I'm keeping them doused with "Softlips."
So, with commencement now 2 days behind me, and Salt and Pepper's wedding 5 days ahead, I'm wondering how I'm going to spend the rest of my summer. Sure I've got more than enough to think about right now, but I need a plan and I need to stick with it.
My goal is to clean my apartment. I inherited (from who I'm not sure) the messy gene. I can't keep my place clean for the life of me. Mostly it has to do with the fact that I could care less about my apartment, it isn't "home" to me, and I'm only there a few days a week. It's funny because Wino is the cleanest male I have ever met, and at first my messiness was "endearing,"--a real quote I'm not kidding--now I know it gets on his nerves.
I've always hated that about myself, I have a strange inability to keep things tidy. I think it's because I'm a pack rat. Or anyway I used to be, since I've met Wino, I've gotten a lot better at saying "no" and tossing things in the trash. I need to get rid of all the junk that I don't use. But it's still hard to go through the mounds of boxes that I have still not unpacked since moving out of my parents house (4 years ago today actually).
The only way to do it is alone. I feel guilty beyond belief when Wino steps up to the plate to help me clean...it's not his mess. I think I will start spending an hour at my house each night and work on an area. I really want to have virtually nothing but furniture and the essentials to live left in my home when I'm done. That much less to move out when I do decide to get a new place.
So, that said, I need accountability: that's where by blog comes in as useful again. I'm going to make myself report every night how much cleaning I got done. If I slack there will be public humiliation involved! Sigh, the things I do to keep myself in check...
So, with commencement now 2 days behind me, and Salt and Pepper's wedding 5 days ahead, I'm wondering how I'm going to spend the rest of my summer. Sure I've got more than enough to think about right now, but I need a plan and I need to stick with it.
My goal is to clean my apartment. I inherited (from who I'm not sure) the messy gene. I can't keep my place clean for the life of me. Mostly it has to do with the fact that I could care less about my apartment, it isn't "home" to me, and I'm only there a few days a week. It's funny because Wino is the cleanest male I have ever met, and at first my messiness was "endearing,"--a real quote I'm not kidding--now I know it gets on his nerves.
I've always hated that about myself, I have a strange inability to keep things tidy. I think it's because I'm a pack rat. Or anyway I used to be, since I've met Wino, I've gotten a lot better at saying "no" and tossing things in the trash. I need to get rid of all the junk that I don't use. But it's still hard to go through the mounds of boxes that I have still not unpacked since moving out of my parents house (4 years ago today actually).
The only way to do it is alone. I feel guilty beyond belief when Wino steps up to the plate to help me clean...it's not his mess. I think I will start spending an hour at my house each night and work on an area. I really want to have virtually nothing but furniture and the essentials to live left in my home when I'm done. That much less to move out when I do decide to get a new place.
So, that said, I need accountability: that's where by blog comes in as useful again. I'm going to make myself report every night how much cleaning I got done. If I slack there will be public humiliation involved! Sigh, the things I do to keep myself in check...
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