So I just hit 25k, and I’m taking a break to put on a new pot of coffee, forage for some much needed munching supplies in the pantry, and do a victory lap around the internet.
The official word count widgets are driving me absolutely up the wall and onto the ceiling. I think I would have to literally remove my brain and upload it into a word document to impress that little red square into turning green. Fortunately, I’m writing on a laptop without internet access, so if I’m stark raving mad by tomorrow, I won’t have those goddamn widgets to blame.
Anyway! I’m now only… let’s see… ten thousand words behind.
Wahey! Forward to victory!
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4. decide what the hell I would like to do with the rest of my life
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5. Stop overanalyzing
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7. get rid of unnecessary possessions
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13. Realize that some people are never going to be the people you thought they might be and be ok with that
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24. post letters here that i would never send
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36. be proud of what I create
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How I did it: Sonny has been complaining a lot lately about the humidity, and the fact that all there is to eat is bread. In his words, his diet needs "less sweets; more meat and soda"... so today we went and sat around in an air conditioned room and ate hamburgers, and it was quite nice. I learned about his mother (owes him $1800) and his grandmother (drinks 40s on the porch with supplicant drug lords) back in LA, how he feels about going to NYC in a … Read how I did it…
How I did it: A clear night, a bottle of wine, a hill, a big tree, a giant chocolate chip cookie, and five uncontrollably cuddly people: a recipe for an ideal (if unintentional) outdoor slumber party.We woke the next morning, wet and shivering with a consortium of yellow labs enthusiastically exploring our faces with theirs, and then stumbled home for coffee and breakfast goods, sleepy but contented. Read how I did it…
How I did it: I did what I do before every hyper-hyped societal ritual: went out and got exhausted and buzzed the night before, then slept for a good while, then obtained a decent quantity of coffee and a scone or two and kept my fingers crossed.As my boyfriend said: "Just demonstrate your obvious superiority." That's one sweet mantra, if you ask me. Read how I did it…
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Don’t get me wrong- I’m not saying I want to act of creation to be better than drugs or anything (cough cough). It’s just that I’ve taken EIGHT DAYS OFF from NaNoWriMo out of sheer despair, and as of this minute I’m declaring that nonsense over with. As I head upstairs to embark on a three hour sprint, here is my goal: I am going to churn out five thousand words, and then I’m going to go back and reread them, and I’m going to give myself a round of applause. Because goddamn it, I can write… that is, if I can stop bludgeoning myself long enough to get a word in edgewise.
Yesterday I sat in Calculus and slowly, methodically convinced an art geek friend that I was planning on majoring in fine art at the SMFA in Boston- that I had, in fact, compiled a portfolio in secret, and that I had, in fact, already been accepted. This story hatched as simple untruth (“Oh, I’m all set with the whole college deal”) and quietly morphed into an entire future, as a group of onlookers, all of whom knew far better than to believe any of this, were nevertheless at least partially convinced. At the end of class I admitted that, no, I hadn’t actually been accepted, and that, in fact, I would no more go to art school than join the rodeo.
Later that day, a sophomore boy stopped me in the hall. “So, wait,” he said. “Aren’t you going to SMFA? Because I was wondering if you could take a look at some of my stuff…”
That’s what I mean.
