Crazy November

The past month has been an odd trip. In October, several friends were talking about doing NaNoWriMo -- National Novel Writing Month. The goal is to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. At first, I dismissed it entirely, as far as personal participation goes. Then I started thinking that maybe I'd try it. But I certainly wasn't going to tell anyone about it! After all, I've never written anything that wasn't required for school, except for a few sporadic attempts at journaling over the years. Then I actually opened my mouth. Long story short (too late!) after a crazy month and far too many all-night typing sessions for someone of my advanced age, I actually won! (Meaning that I finished the 50,000 words before 11:59:59 p.m. on November 30.) And I was one of the few winners among those who attempted it. How on earth did this happen?

Of course, the novel's not finished, even though it's over 51,000 words. And most of it is complete dreck. And no, you can't read it. Sorry. But I actually did it. And it's created the most bewildered sense of triumph that I've ever experienced.

Just don't ask me how my schoolwork is going.

Country Music

You know, it's probably not a good thing when a Brad Paisley song sounds like your life. I was listening to his Part II CD tonight ... for several reasons, none of which were a burning desire to hear any of the songs on this CD. And I realized that the chorus to one of his songs fits my life quite well at the moment.

Of course, the rest of the song's about wanting to get back together with his girlfriend, which doesn't apply nearly so much.

"Two Feet of Topsoil" chorus
There's two feet of topsoil
A little bit of bedrock, limestone in between
A fossilized dinosaur
A little patch of crude oil
A thousand feet of granite underneath
Then there's me.

Word Counts

Okay, just because I have to. I know it's boring, but it's been driving me crazy(ier) not to post it somewhere.

History Prof's Word Counts:

(class date).....9/27...10/4...10/11...10/18
Essentially.......410+....269....352......266
More or Less------22+.....32......70........6
Any Way, Shape
or Form............6+......5.......11........4
However Though..................24.......27
Sort of.............................209.....127
Basically.....................................69


I didn't count today because he barely talked, since it was the mid-term. He did manage 1 "sort of" though. lol

P.S. I apologize for all the dots (although it does fit with the page theme). I couldn't get it to stay in table format without them.

History Midterm

Well, it's over. I think it went pretty well. I haven't actually had anything graded by this prof yet, so we'll see what he thinks.

And no, I didn't use the word "essentially." lol

I guess I'm moving, too.

Well, I've begun to move over to BlogSpot/Google Blogger, too. Let me know if you want an invite.

I'm going to miss the Comic Sans MS font though.

(moved from old blog)

Comments:

Pansy: Why don't you send me an invite at pansymakehay@gmail.com, babe. Then I can keep up with ya!

I wonder why Yahoo is being such a butt head all of a sudden?

New Blog *sigh*

Just setting up over here. I'll have to copy my stuff from 360 when I've got some time.

An Essential Update

It's Thursday, so I had history class again. There has been more or less no drop in any way, shape, or form in the "essentially" counts.

13.5 Ppt pages

294 "essentially"s

22 "more or less"s

6 "in any way, shape, or form"s

High count -- 39 "essentially"s each on pages 7 and 10.

Low count -- just 4 "essentially"s on page 12.

He seems to say it more when he's not as interested in the topic he's lecturing on.

(moved from old blog)

Comments:

Aibrean: That's so hysterical, Beccaie! Sounds like drinking game potential! lol!