Sunday, December 19, 2010

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Dear Safeway In-store Broadcasting Network,
More "Carol of the Bells," less "I'll Be Home for Christmas."
K Thx Bai!

One of the things about working in a grocery store is that you're stuck listening to various renditions of the same old Christmas songs over and over and over. I'd like to hear "The 12 Pains of Christmas" or "Mele Kalikimaka" but instead I get to hear "Frosty the Snowman" and--the horror--"I'll Be Home for Christmas."

You're probably wondering why that last song bothers me. It's because the singer promises to be home for Christmas only to negate it by adding "if only in my dreams." Don't tell me I can count on you if I can't, darn it! Everytime I hear it I get disappointed. And then I have to remind myself that my sister is coming home for Christmas and I don't need to be sad. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I don't think Christmas carols should make you unhappy. That's what seasonal affective disorder is for.

Sunday, December 5, 2010

A Month in the Life of a Procrastinating Writer

It's that time of year again. No, I don't mean Christmas. I mean the end of NaNoWriMo. Every November it reminds me that I need to write more and I usually have pathetic results. While I've never tried to actually do NaNoWriMo, I like to make a bit of an effort towards NaFADOYBIMSCOM (National Finish A Draft Of Your Book I Mean Seriously Come On Month) like author and vlogger John Green. Not that I think I'm going to finish anything because I've been working on this one story for years. Anyway, here's a look at my 2010 NaNoWriMo progress.

Day 1: Mentioned NaNoWriMo in my Facebook status.
Day 4: Found notebook containing story bits that need to be added to my typed draft and carried said notebook downstairs to my computer.
Day 5: Nearly opened Word document containing draft of story.
Day 6: Decided to start blogging again, posting once a week.
Day 13: Too lazy to post second blog.
Day 20: Wrote two blog posts to make up for previous week.
Day 25: Opened story doc. Starting word count: 17,853. End of day: 18,985.
Day 29: Post blog a couple days late, staying up until 1 am messing around with it even though I had to get up for work in the morning.

Fantastically pathetic, I know. But at least I've still managed to keep blogging. Woot?