First 3 Days of NaNoWriMo

Well, I have been procrastinating on updating my blog--but not on NaNoing. It is day 4, and while I haven't written yet today, I have yet to fall behind. (If you're thinking "of course not, it's week 1. Really." I'm usually behind by day 2.)

My average per day is 2k, and an average I am perfectly happy with. I hope after this three day-long headache goes away, to potentially up that.

Day 1:

Was a nightmare. Okay, a nightmare is a bit of an exageration. However, I still had no clue on what I was going to be writing about. I went through maybe three story beginnings ((which are strikethroughed so the words still count :P)) before finally landing on one that flows. :)

I managed to get in that 2k with some word wars with the awesome Miruial, Mangy and Yukioh. And voila, the story is flowing.

It is nothing special, which before would have made me cringe, but after taking a year long break from rules and in general writing, I'm thinking this story might actually come out non-barf worthy, even if it is cliched to no end.

My setting is an scientifically advanced city amidst an outer jungle, and the government is a monarchy. My MC has qualities of the 40s noir detective, and has been having problems with a certain mole in government. He has three personas, that one, that of a master thief and he is unintentionally engaged to the princess--who he has grown to love, but is not exactly sure how to explain to her her actual fiance died months back. He is pegged for being the mole, resulting in being arrested, and the villain revealed as pretty much insane.

The alternate plotlines I tried were 1) a world of silence and a pseudo-peace and happiness and 2) Rune's retirement story. The latter will be written at some point in time, but I am uncertain if I can write that. I'll probably use the idea dearest Joelle gave me and loophole. :)

On Non-NaNo News, my Aunt Mary and cousin Chelsea from Texas arrived on November 1st! It has been about ten years since we last saw them, so this is very exciting indeed. I haven't been with them too, too much, but it has been lovely having them visit. :) I will be muchly sad when they leave, they're so awesome to have around.

Day 2:

This was another difficult day to get started, due to only recently learning my story, and having introduced my MC I knew almost nothing about right before going to bed. Those few paragraphs from the night before got strikethroughed and thrown at the top with the axed plot ideas. However, I finally learned more about him and my villain and was happy with the results.

Day 2 eventually flowed fairly well. =)

Day 3:

Aunt Mary, Chelsea, Mom, Joelle and I all left the house (!!!), and headed over to Target, then Wal-Mart. There was this uber nifty jacket at Target, but I decided against getting it due to the large amount of jackets we have. Spending money on clothes makes me cringe unless it's just the most perfect thing. I was also going to get some of those amazing whale crackers and a calendar (all in the $1 section), but decided against it. I just didn't feel like spending money there. I did get an Eggnog Frappe at Starbucks (my Mommy got it for me :) ) as I was waiting for everyone else to be done, due to my headache. It was extremely good, and I will probably be getting it again in the future before it is gone again. Yay eggnog!

I sat there at one of the tables, poking away at The Vanishing Sculpture, and like any book I procrastinate on reading, am enjoying it. =) It was a bit odd because I felt stared at by this one guy who was sitting there, just watching people almost the whole time I was there. It's so fun to watch people, but when you are seen as watching people then it is kind of creepy, unless you are constantly smiling.

The next stop was Wal-Mart, where I made my mandatory dig through the $5 Bin--found nothing. I fluctuated on James and the Giant Peach, but then found part 1 of Soul Eater for $10, and went for that instead. I am still utterly shocked that was so cheap. And rather suspsicious. Hm. They had a lot of good anime in their "Featured Films" section (it was actually all anime. O_o) However, $10 for one volume of something when you can get the whole series in ONE boxset for 30-60, is not a screaming bargain.

At Wal-Mart, I also finally got my bottle of Mountain Dew for NaNo, which I just now broke into. But I don't foresee needing it much. :( So far NaNo this year has been a breeze (for the most part) but not exactly fun.

Today:

The only thing to report for today is that Jpeg keeps running off with Chelsea's jewelry and bobby pins. Bad cat. It's funny though...

Kick Off Party

No, I didn't ditch the blog. Good grief, it's only been a few days. :) The pace of my blogging will pick up during November as I make extreme efforts to procrastinate (then get behind, then write the last 20k in a week. it's a system that works, okay?)

On Sunday, Heidi aquiesced to taking me to the Swordsmanship class taught by our NaNo ML, and then afterwards the Kick-Off Party.

The Swordsmanship class was awesome, as is our ML. As a general rule I begin to get distracted after 30-45 minutes of things, but I didn't get bored once during her lecture! It was really quite interesting and I have the handout stuffed with notes for future reference. Although I have never been one to write about swordfights, it is good to have, and it's fun to know. Who knows, maybe this NaNo year will be the year I get over my loathing of writing fight scenes. Especially since quick = accurate.

*NOTE* If, for some reason, any of the people in these pictures do not want your picture up? Just let me know and I'll take it down. =) Please contact me over the NaNo site though.




After the class, Heidi and I braved trying to navigate the creepier part of town, and got to the Dairy Queen. Everyone seemed to be really nice, and despite the lack of too, too much chit-chat on my part, it was very fun.

The goody bags were also made of total and utter awesome:




*left to right*
- The Magic Golden Paperclip
- The Writer's Block Rock
- Toy Soldiers for Fight Scene Planning
- Peppermint Aroma Therapy (<3)
- Power Outage Emergency NaNo Kit.

The night ended well, though tiredly. It's starting to get cold here, which would be awesome if I could keep my blasted feet warm. :/

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Yesterday I made Red Bean Vegetable Soup with some minor alterations. Such as no red peppers due to lack of them being in stock (but I'm totally fine with that, I don't like peppers. Or things that are hot. Or have too much flavor at all.). We also only had two cans of kidney beans, therefore there were two cans of kidney beans and two cans of black beans, and it tasted great. There was also no hot sauce, and it was just fine. This was probably my favorite thing that I've made so far. =) Definitely one to remember.




I was also able to get my desk re-organized with the new drawers.



Due to the funky shape of my walls, the metal crate on the right is at a weird angle against my book wall. However it works because the crate is far enough from the book wall that it doesn't look too cramped. =)

Mom and I also hit Wal-Mart, and I found one thin that's been on my wishlist for a long time, and another awesome deal in the $5 Bin of Awesome.



I have been wanting Some Like it Hot for a long while, because it's hilarious and terrible that I find it hilarious but it's old and a classic and therefore justifiable in its hilarious terribleness and I will stop this long run-on sentence now. Honey and Clover I just decided to get due to it being only $5, and I haven't heard anything negative about it...if it's horrible though, I'll send it to Miruial. :)

Parting Shot:

Yesterday

Yesterday I got out of the house for the first time since Mangy left. Meaning...since Tuesday. 'Twas a glorious experience! Mom and I went over, got coffee at Starbucks, and then proceeded to PF to Wally World.

I found the perfect drawers I needed for my "desk" (which is a table, but since I now have drawers! it works fine.)



Also found the second box set for Honey and Clover in the Wal-Mart $5 Bin, which was weird, but decided not to get it. But if it is still there next time I go (which I'd be shocked) then I'll probably end up caving.

Big Lots! had a nice selection of things last night, first volume of School Rumble, Trinity Blood 5-6, Black Cat 4 and a couple other things. I did end up only spending $3 there on Black Cat, yayay! It's always nice to find even one disc of one of your favorites when you can't afford the $30 for the whole thing.



When I got home, Jpeg immediately claimed the bottom drawer of my tower for his own. It was pretty adorable considering it's no bigger than a three-ringed binder, but he's still pretty little. He did get booted, however, as I needed it for other things.



Oh, and as a side note, yes I did cook the last two days, just did not feel like posting it and sharing it. Whatever I did on Friday was entirely forgettable, what I did on Saturday was instant mashed potatoes (I was trying to hurry, okay?), Mom made green beans + cheese and we cooked up hamburg to throw in the potatoes. At night we got really fancy and made canned soup. Oooh yeah. Though I did throw the extra green beans and potatoes from lunch (Mom's suggestion) in there + parsley. So does that count as cooking more fancy if I add to the can? Probably not, but oh well. It was good. :)