In the dark, there is freedom

So, it's been forever since I've updated this thing I call a journal, and while there hasn't really been a lot going on in my life that needs to be rehashed here for everyone to read, I thought I'd give you all a little update about that crazy writing thing I do every year: NaNoWriMo. I wasn't going to participate this year because I always spend the first week or so not writing and berating myself for not writing, then I kick myself into action around the second week and write like a maniac, only to wind up with 50,000 words of an unfinished novel that I just shove into a corner, reassuring myself that I'll dust it off again one day.

Well, not this year! This year, I'm taking a step back from worrying about original characters and publishing and all that jazz. This year, I'm writing fanfiction. I know, I know, it's not getting me any closer to my goal of being a published author, but hey, if somebody can take Twatlight fanfiction, publish it and have it shoot to number one on the charts or whatever, maybe there's hope for Avengers/MI:4 high school fic, right? Right?

Eh, if nothing else, it'll be fun to write, and that's ultimately the goal of NaNoWriMo.

What's that? You want to know the plot of my novel? Oh! Well, I'm glad that you asked.
( Take a venture behind the cut to find out, my pretties... )

Drat! I didn't make any posts in October, so I missed the chances to use my Halloween sigtags and blinkies, sob.

Oh well. I'm gonna use them now anyway. Ahahaha


Credit goes to adorablexi

Well, we got tons of rain dumped on us by Isaac, and our ditches, part of our side yard and the two neighbors on either side of us are all flooded. Roads are flooded. But I still had to come into work, so I dropped my car off at the repair shop. Got my rental, and I'm good to go. \o/

I like my rental car. It's a Nissan Altima, and man, it's smooooooth. The base price is $23K though @_@ Liiiiitttle out of my price range, but...it's on my list >_>

How are all of you? :D


Blinkie by adorablexi

After waiting forever for my uncle to get together with his mechanic friend and get my car repaired, my mom and I decided to take matters into our own hands. Our insurance company was called, the roadside service sent along a tow truck which towed my car to our usual repair garage, and my car was fixed and back in my possession five hours later.

And that, folks, is how you get shit down. Okay, sure, it probably cost me a lot more than my uncle's friend would've but after two weeks of having to be carted around like I'm five fucking years old again, I don't really care. I'm just glad to have my car on the road again.

It's still got some issues with it — it needs a front end alignment (which supposedly the body shop did when they repaired it after the gator accident), the instrument panel is totally broken, and other miscellaneous things — so I think I'm going to possibly look into trading it in and seeing if I can get a new car. *crosses fingers*


Blinkie by adorablexi

Should I cross-post all my graphics and drabbles and things from my tumblr to here? Would anybody be interested in that? Or maybe I should just put the drabbles in my fic journal, didnttakestars.

Thoughts? Comments? How's it going? I know I don't post often, oops.

I think I really want to write for television. It would work so perfectly for my writing style. I mean, I basically write "episodes" now, if you look at my fics. I could have an main theme to the season, something that's revealed over time, and then have mini plots for each episodes.

The only thing is, would people be interested in a tv show about a medium and vampire, Odd Couples style? Or is that too clichéd? And how do I even go about pitching it to people? Hmm.

Off to do some research!

Also! Welcome to all my new friends that I got from the friending meme at beyond_dapper: whenidance, switch842 and missgoalie75! ♥

Edit: HOW THE HELL DID I NOT KNOW DARREN CRISS DID A COVER OF THE DUCKTALES THEME SONG? BE MORE PERFECT, DARREN, I DARE YOU!

( Video behind the cut )

THAT'S ONLY MY MOST FAVORITE CARTOON OF ALL FUCKING TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT EVEN?

My writing sucks. :| Too many repetitive actions. Everybody nods and smiles. It's all telling the action and plot and not enough showing. Detached and clinical are words that are coming to mind to describe my writing style...or lack thereof, more accurately.

I know, I know, that's what revisions are for, but if I can't even come up with something more than "he nodded and snorted" the first time around, what makes me think I can do better the second?

This update has been weeks in the making, mostly because I just haven't felt like writing up the entry. Please note that I did not take any of these photos. I just got copies from my friend and co-worker, Dee Hamilton. She doesn't have an LJ so I can't link to her profile.

So, what's a Grape Stomp, you ask? It's exactly what it sounds like, my friends: you stomp grapes. Dee, another co-worker Ann, Ann's sister Chris and I all went to Henscratch Farms, a local winery in Lake Placid, Florida. They have this annual Grape Stomp festival where you get to browse around the winery. You can pick grapes (scuppernongs and muscadines), there's live music and they have all kinds of food. They even have wine tastings. The main event is getting to stomp the grapes, I Love Lucy style. Yes, they have a giant tub filled with grapes, and you just climb into the tub with your bare feet and stomp, stomp, stomp. Then they take the grapes and make wine from it and sell it. They even take your picture and slap it on a label for the bottle.

Now, I've never been a huge wine drinker. I did try icewine when I was visiting Canada a few years ago and loved it, but most wine just tastes gross to me. But we sampled some wines and they were really, really good. I was surprised. I may go back and order some wines, I don't know.

Anyway, pictures, right?

( Remember, these weren't taken by me )

I was looking at the date I created my journal versus how many entries I have, and apparently I've had this journal for almost nine years yet I only have 544 entries. Pretty sad, huh? I guess my life is just too boring to update about on a daily basis.

I guess most of what I start to write turns out emo in my head, and who the fuck wants to read that, right? Besides, there are much worse things going on in the world than my petty shit.

Work is pretty boring and normal. Frustrating as hell, but whatever, what can you do, right? It's a job, yay. :)

Writing is going okay. I'm a little frustrated with my writing group. I saw a post in a writing comm about a small group forming where the people would post stuff they'd written and ask for critiques. There was a limited number of people who could join, and membership was closed after 29 or 30. Not so bad, right? It was agreed that everybody would get a certain day to post on, and a list was posted.

Well, I forgot for a couple of weeks to post on my day, which is my own fault, but I've been really good about reading other people's stuff and giving my thoughts, copy editing, and all that jazz. I finally remembered to post this week on my day, Friday. It's now Tuesday, and my post still has no comments, and nobody else has posted. I'm trying not to get too paranoid/frustrated, whatever. As likesthesilence pointed out, they could all be on Spring Break or just be busy or something. IDK. I'm just like some feedback on this story I'm writing. It's a vampire novella, untitled at the moment, that I'd really like to get published. E-harlequin is taking submissions, and I think it would be perfect for that. Of course, it's not finished yet, but I'm working on it pretty regularly.

So, after a lot of poking, prodding and puppy dog eyes, likesthesilence convinced me to watch Glee. The singing is okay. The only characters I care about anymore are Kurt, Blaine, Brittany and Santana. Everyone else is kinda "eh."

Blah. IDK.