NaNoWriMo – Day One
Ugh. Ok. I’m back. No, really. I am this time. I might not feel like it but I am. Day One of NaNoWriMo didn’t start all that well for me. Too hung over, but I did insist on going out last night and it was a pretty good party. That said, I’m pretty clear on how the whole thing gets started and I’m planning a pretty intensive day of writing tomorrow once I’ve had some decent sleep (I got four hours worth sleeping on a pile of clothes on my floor).
What I’m finding difficult at the moment (well, apart from the whole scattered and sleepy brain thing) is pinning down the details. My novel is set this year in Ancient Rome and it’s not a period I’m well versed in. I know what I want to do and say and how my characters develop and what happens to them, but all the tiny little details are things I’m just not well versed on. Oh well, I’m trying not to get hung up on it. I’m writing things the way that make sense to me and trying to move along before I get too bogged down.
Anyway, tomorrow’s a new day. Expect big things then.
It’s Friday, so why does it feel like Monday?
This week has been long. Really long. Even though I haven’t really done half the things I normally do in a normal week – hell, I haven’t even been to belly dancing once – but I’m exhausted, I’m frazzled, and it feels like it’s only just beginning. Part of it might be this murder-mystery dinner thing I’m in tomorrow night. Half of me is going “Yay! Performing again! Fun!” and the other half is dragging me down, going “I’m over it. Need. Brain. Rest.” But brain rest ain’t forthcoming at the moment, and I’m worried about money which always makes me feel worse. At least I got a free dinner courtesy of one of my work colleagues tonight – spinach and paneer curry with homemade naan . . . mmmmm . . . . so good!
— Random Aside — my computer automatically spell checks things for me in pretty much every program. If it’s spelt wrong, I get that standard red wiggly line. For some reason, English spellings of things like “realise” get a squiggly line, and standard slang like “ain’t” gets one, but I had cause to use the phrase “bridezilla” when commenting on someone’s work on Worth the other night and NO SQUIGGLY LINE. It’s not even a real word, for heaven’s sake!!
Anyway, back to normality. I’ve been looking at replacing my phone – the poor old thing is cracked right across the screen and the battery life is rapidly running down which I know from past mobiles is a really, really bad sign. Besides, on the plan I’m on, it’s not going to cost me anything to get a new handset. So I went into the store after work and had a chat to one of the guys there to see if any of the phones there would be compatible with my Mac. There’s no point in me getting a new phone with all the bells and whistles if I can’t transfer data to and from my computer. I’ve got loads of crappy, grainy photos on my phone now I can’t do anything with and there’s no point using my phone as an MP3 player if I can’t get music onto it.
The guy I spoke to was pretty clueless but sweet and tried his best to find out but with no luck. He was chattering away and mentioned Bluetooth. Ding! I never thought to use Bluetooth to get my computer and phone to talk to each other! He was really apologetic about not being able to help, but I figured this Bluetooth thing was worth a go. So I tried it when I got home and it worked! So now I can get to all those crappy, grainy photos again.
Like this one . . .
Kermit the Frog gets smashed
That’s from this New Year’s Eve at a friend’s party – most of us were having a great time, but poor Kermit was quietly drowning his sorrows in the corner.
