I bought a hippopotamus for Christmas

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas

It doesn't pay to be optimistic.

I had a second interview for a potential new job on Saturday. I was hopeful. Things went well.

Turns out they didn't go well enough. No new job for me.

Back to the drudgery that already exists, devoid of new challenge or excitement.

Watching Gilmore Girls

I've decided, I want a "Luke".

Not a Dean, or a Christopher.  Just a Luke.

I did it! And it's not even the end of the month yet!!

I am officially a NaNoWriMo 2013 winner!



For the first time since I've started trying (approximately 7 years now) I actually finished a 50,000 word "novel" in 30 days.  And I actually did it in 29.

Now, I'm not going to start claiming that what I've written is even remotely publishable.  But it's got enough words, and it's somewhat, remotely cohesive, so it could at some point in the future, if I put some effort into it, be an actual logical, readable story.  Maybe.

I'm just happy to have actually finished it.  Yey me!

Show 'Em What You're Made Of

Halfway point

Still on track halfway through NaNoWriMo.   It's been tough.  Some days are a struggle to hit the full number of words I need.  But I'm still working my way through.  There's not a lot of coherence, and I'll definitely not end up with a completed novel at the end, but that's not really the expectation anyway.  I just want to feel like I can still write, like I can do this.  Even if what I end up with is just a whole bunch of random stuff that might never actually be a novel, I know that I've written some scenes and created some characters, and that's good.  It's been a while since I've managed to do a decent job at that.

And now I go back to saving my words for NaNo.