NANOWRIMO, CATS, MOVIES, SINGING AND THE B-L-U-E-S…

This post is full of random, out-of-the-clear-blue-sky non-information that nobody will  care about.  Having said that, let me get on with my monologue.  It must be said or I shall burst. 

My NaNoWriMo word count is shameful at this time.  I’m having serious plot (or rather non-plot) problems.  But in any case, I have put together a rather outlandish, hippified NaNoWriMo book jacket using my computer. I couldn’t save it as a jpeg so I had to take a picture of it and upload it to my computer; that’s why its not very sharp.  But it was fun doing it.  Here it is below:

Nanowrimo 2009 Book Jacket

I guess I will plug along with my little novel until November has ended.  Here it is the 7th of November and I don’t even have two thousand words yet when I should have nearly 12,000.  Oops–I guess I’m behind.  Don’t know if I’ll pull it off this year or not–having serious motivational problems.  SERIOUS motivational problems. 

Still having issues regarding my cat who died in September.  He was missing for seven weeks and then found dead in a yard about 1/4 of a mile from my house.  I’ve tried several different things to cope with it and they all help some, but it’s still a struggle sometimes.  My cat and I lived together for 14 years; that’s longer than I’ve lived with any people other than my parents and my siblings when I was growing up.  Even though I have two other cats, there’s a void, a loneliness inside of me now that wasn’t there before.    

The movie Slumdog Millionaire has been sitting on my coffee table since the end of July.  I got it from Netflix but this is not the right time for me to watch a downer like that.  And two more Netflix movies have been on my coffee table since September.  SERIOUS lack of motivation, huh?

BUT…I have news of not one, but TWO movies that will be soon released that I actually want to see.  One of them is The Road, based on Cormac McCarthy’s book of the same name.  It will be starring the wonderful and extremely handsome Viggo Mortensen.  The other movie is A Single Man, starring the incomparable and extremely handsome Colin Firth.  So, I may venture forth from my movie dolldrums yet.    

When I’m feeling especially sad and blue, sometimes it helps me to sing.  Strangely enough, I also like to sing when I’m feeling especially happy.  Unfortunately, I don’t sing all that great and nobody is begging me to sing in their band or anything.   BUT I still get to sing anyway through a neat online karaoke site called SingSnap.  I’ve been using it for a couple of years now and it’s a lot of fun plus a great stress reliever. 

Those darned  b-l-u-e-s.  They’ve been chasing me ever since I can remember, but I’m still running anyway.  Sometimes I trip and fall back a little, but I always get back up and keep going. 

Oh, well, let me try to get a few more Nanowrimo words under my belt before I clock out for the evening.  Cheers.    

 

NANOWRIMO: TO BE OR NOT TO BE, THAT IS THE QUESTION :)

Not doing too well with Nanowrimo so far, I’m afraid.  Too many other things on my mind, I guess.  Plus my plot is not all that great.  Maybe I can get it together this weekend; I’ve been known to write thousands of words over a weekend.  Just don’t know if I can pull it off this year.  Oh well, ho hum, boring myself with this post, lol.

GETTING IN THE NANOWRIMO 2009 MOOD–I NEED A DRINK, LOL

This will be my fourth consecutive year doing NaNoWriMo–has it really been that long–yes, I guess it has.  Oh my word.

Out of all the people I know who have done this–admittedly, not that many–I’m the only one who has participated and “won” for three consecutive years.  Not sure what that means, if anything.  Am I more dedicated, more stubborn, more obsessive-compulsive than they are, or is it just that I don’t have a life, lol? 

Still waiting for that brilliant plotline to illuminate my brain, but just in case it doesn’t, I’ve got a mediocre backup plot in mind AND a main character who is 100% NOT like me–my main character will never be accused of being passive!  So there! 

Here’s hoping I can uphold my Nanowrimo tradition and bring in another “win” for 2009!      :)

 

THE GUNK and OTHER SILLINESS

Not having a good day–I’ve been home instead of at work for the past two days–feeling crummy.  It’s not the flu, but what my doctor calls The Gunk.  Sinus infection, laryngitis, allergies, URI all rolled into one, plus a little nausea added in as a result of the antibiotic I’m taking.

Since I was home anyway, I’ve been trying to do a little planning on my NaNoWriMo novel.  OMG, it’s hopeless.  My characters are flat and my plot is pretty much nonexistent.  I just don’t know.  Even though I want to participate in Nanowrimo this year, my brain is not cooperating! 

Oh, this is a silly post and I guess I’m going to end it now.  Cheers.

 

WRITING AND THIS AND THAT

Getting ready to gear up for NaNoWriMo 2009.  This will be my fourth go-round with the event and I have a love/hate relationship with it–when I love it, I really love it and when I hate it, grrr…!   I wasn’t sure I was going to participate this year because I’ve been down in the dumps, but hey, that’s the best time to jump in (or jump out)–the only place to go is up!

Still working on my characters–haven’t even thought about the plot yet.  Need a title, too–that will help me to decide what kind of bookcover I’m going to create.

This is completely off topic but golly-gosh, I hate it when people condescend to me, especially when they try to be smooth about it.  I can always see right through them–I know when I’m being “handled!”  Whatever happened to honesty?  Oh, I forgot, most people don’t even know what that word means, lol.  

   

SCARS CAN BE A GOOD THING, CAN’T THEY?

Finally, finally, finally, praise be, I’ve been inspired to draw something for the first time in about three months!  It’s not anything great, mind you, just another cathartic piece that expresses some of the negative feelings that I’ve been having about what’s been going on in my life lately.  I’ve titled this woodless graphite drawing ”Scars.”  It was done on 8×11″ drawing paper.

SCARS