November Approaches
National Novel Writing Month 2008
Despite how hectic my life is going to be during November, I signed up for NaNoWriMo this year. Somehow, I will crank out 50,000 words despite a week vacation in Mississippi, a birthday, Thanksgiving, and friends coming to visit. No, really, I will. So far, I’ve really enjoyed throwing myself into brainstorming silly plot ideas. I find it strange that despite how big of a fan I am of fantasy and sci-fi that I haven’t even considered a plot that would fall into either of those categories. No, I keep falling back on chick lit, a genre which I don’t even actually read much of. Perhaps this is destined to fail, but I’m still looking forward to giving it a go. In trying to psych myself up for it, I decided I should better get into the habit of writing every day again. I’m going to let blogging count because I’m lazy (No, I’m efficient - that’s it!). I don’t think I’m going to take on a forced 2,000 words a day just yet but maybe set a much smaller and more achievable goal. Perhaps 500 a day.
I just made up a new word: obchievable. Obtainable meets achievable. o_O
November is going to be so so busy, but I’m looking forward to it. I fly out to Mississippi on November 18th for a week. It’s going to be nice to see a few friends and definitely to see my family but I am NOT looking forward to the flight. I admit to not enjoying a loss of control and what can you control when you’re at the mercy of a pilot in an airborne piece of metal. I guess it’s normal to feel that way and be a bit nervous. I know all the statistics about how much safer it is than other forms of travel so I guess I’ll just have to take comfort in the numbers.
My birthday is next month as well. Finally turning a quarter of a century old on the 25th. I’m not sure how I feel about that. I’ve never been a fan of birthdays anyway, but they seem to be getting closer and closer together. When I was a little kid, I seriously thought that 25 would be the absolute perfect age - you’d be young enough to still get away with doing whatever cool (or dumb) shit you wanted to do, but you’d be old enough to have some idea about life and perhaps smart enough to not actually do too terribly much dumb shit. Looking back, I definitely think I was a stupid kid. Still, I am hoping 25 turns out to be better than any of the previous years.
Oh, lookit. I breached 500 words of babbling! Maybe I should be shooting for 1,000 a day instead, hmmmm.
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