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Bill Cowher and I have something in common
I'm thinking about taking a blogging hiatus. Over the last months or so, I've been less and less excited to write about what's been going on in my life, not because nothing is happening (quite the opposite), but simply because I don't know if I have any words left to fill in the nooks and crannies of my day at this point ( Read more... ) -
Nothing/Everything to report.
I want to say that not much has happened over the last few weeks, but really it's been quite the opposite. Instead of having nothing to post about, I've almost had too much, and the resulting overload prevented me from even checking my friends-list, much less yapping about what I've been up to. But I have time now, so what the hell ( Read more... ) -
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Mike forwarded me an email sent out by Nintendo to anyone who registered a Wii which provided a link to a long list of warnings and do-not-dos. None of these warnings were a surprise to me; they were all enumerated in the Wii operating manual that came with the system. Being me, I read the whole thing ( Read more... ) -
Artifical trees.
My interviews on Friday were incredibly trying, and by the end I was so completely exhausted I felt like slumping over in my chair and taking a nap under the conference room table. They went...ehh. Not great. Not horrific, but not great either. Luckily, I had a nice weekend to help me recuperate ( Read more... ) -
Jerking me around on a short leash.
Last Spring, my supervisor let slip that he was pretty much over acting as my work team's lead instead of just being a middle manager, and said that they were opening the position up for applicants and that I should apply. Of course I did, because it's a good career move and an increase in pay grade, and the fact was back then I really wanted the ( Read more... ) -
The End, bitches.
I finally finished the thing, and it felt really great. There's nothing quite like putting the words, "The End" on the page. This one's going to need a shitload of editing, and tons of problem solving, but the first draft, she is down on paper. Now comes the second most gratifying thing about NaNo: printing off the novel at work. Ah, nothing ( Read more... ) -
Inspired, Energized, and Jubiliant.
This is the best part of hitting 50K, but not being done with the novel. Because so many people finish up their novel just at or barely above 50K words even, I just keep moving up the total word ranking as I finish my book. I have about 6K left--one more chapter, and it's a doozy--but I'm too hungry to write right now. I'm going to take a break ( Read more... ) -
Rededicated.
Reached 50K ( Read more... ) -
Reinvigoration.
A friend of mine at work, Lauren, lent me Madonna's most recent CD which I added to my iPod. It's surprising how an infusion of new music can be inspiring, especially beat-heavy dance music. I didn't want to write tonight, true, but I did, and there were those brief spans of time when I wouldn't really look at the screen; instead I would stare ( Read more... ) -
Obligatory.
I'm ready for NaNo to be over. I need to get back into the damn gym. I need to spend a lot of time with the Wii. I need to be able to come home and sit my ass on the couch and not feel like I have a huge obligation sitting on my shoulders. I just want this book to be done. In order to get to "the end" by the end of the month, I'm glossing over ( Read more... )