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1) Had a wonderful birthday on Wednesday (one of my uncles forgot I was turning 25. "I lost 2 years?!"). Highlights include my dad calling me while I was at CBC with 15 other people
(Dad: "Why is it so noisy? Are you out somewhere?"
Me: "Yep. I'm sitting in CBC, with a burger and a tower* right in front of me."
Dad: "That is exactly where you should be."
Me: "I thought you'd approve.")
and Alex, who was sitting next to me, typing away on his smartphone when the waitress was collecting plates. Now Alex always pulls out his smartphone and types on it when we're out eating, and I've just become so used to it that I don't even pay much attention to it anymore. Which is why I didn't notice when he typed on the memopad "BIRTHDAY -->" and aimed the arrow at me and showed it to the waitress.
And thus I was duly surprised by the slice of chocolate cake, scoop of vanilla ice cream, strawberries, and a lit birthday candle.
2) Last night was the other part of what has become something of a tradition for my birthday, which is find a bunch of bad movies, pile onto the couch, order pizza, and watch them. Sans alcohol, because we are masochists. This year we managed two: Sharktopus, the terrible SyFy made-for-TV movie from ~2 weeks ago (OH GOD, THE PAIN) and Battletruck (Warlords of the 21st Century), which was not actually terrible, just had terrible pacing (and had a very nice explosions budget).
The field trip to J.P. Licks for an oreo ice cream birthday cake made it better, followed by Tales from 3.091 First Exam from DMark, who's a TA this term. OH CHILDREN.
3) Why am I considering NaNoWriMo? Is it because I'm not in college any more? I'm already writing a tenday LARP and a DnD 4e mini-campaign. I guess this could be an excuse to get one of my original fic or fanfic epics done. I'd have to decide whether I want to do one of the xaos books (crazy science-fantasy space opera-ish, I guess. It's complicated and has been kicking around for over 10 years in my head), or Wintermarch (semi-low fantasy where magic is weirdshit and the protagonists are former child soldiers-now-adults mage mercenaries after the war is over. Since the titular "Wintermarch" is somewhat based on the holdings of the Matsumae clan, there's probably going to be a heavy influence of Japanese, Chinese, and Russian legend, myth, and culture. Yaay research).
4) I'm going back to ToV next weekend. I have yet to decide if this is a good idea or not, because right now, I'm not incredibly enthusiastic about spending 3 days LARPing in the woods in western Massachusetts. This will probably change over the week. (Unless this sporadic cough actually turns into an illness, at which point, uh, suck.)
5) I have Monday off! *dances* Yay Institute holidays!
*Tower = 100fl oz of beer in a cylinder with a tap at the bottom, so many people at the table can share.
(Dad: "Why is it so noisy? Are you out somewhere?"
Me: "Yep. I'm sitting in CBC, with a burger and a tower* right in front of me."
Dad: "That is exactly where you should be."
Me: "I thought you'd approve.")
and Alex, who was sitting next to me, typing away on his smartphone when the waitress was collecting plates. Now Alex always pulls out his smartphone and types on it when we're out eating, and I've just become so used to it that I don't even pay much attention to it anymore. Which is why I didn't notice when he typed on the memopad "BIRTHDAY -->" and aimed the arrow at me and showed it to the waitress.
And thus I was duly surprised by the slice of chocolate cake, scoop of vanilla ice cream, strawberries, and a lit birthday candle.
2) Last night was the other part of what has become something of a tradition for my birthday, which is find a bunch of bad movies, pile onto the couch, order pizza, and watch them. Sans alcohol, because we are masochists. This year we managed two: Sharktopus, the terrible SyFy made-for-TV movie from ~2 weeks ago (OH GOD, THE PAIN) and Battletruck (Warlords of the 21st Century), which was not actually terrible, just had terrible pacing (and had a very nice explosions budget).
The field trip to J.P. Licks for an oreo ice cream birthday cake made it better, followed by Tales from 3.091 First Exam from DMark, who's a TA this term. OH CHILDREN.
3) Why am I considering NaNoWriMo? Is it because I'm not in college any more? I'm already writing a tenday LARP and a DnD 4e mini-campaign. I guess this could be an excuse to get one of my original fic or fanfic epics done. I'd have to decide whether I want to do one of the xaos books (crazy science-fantasy space opera-ish, I guess. It's complicated and has been kicking around for over 10 years in my head), or Wintermarch (semi-low fantasy where magic is weirdshit and the protagonists are former child soldiers-now-adults mage mercenaries after the war is over. Since the titular "Wintermarch" is somewhat based on the holdings of the Matsumae clan, there's probably going to be a heavy influence of Japanese, Chinese, and Russian legend, myth, and culture. Yaay research).
4) I'm going back to ToV next weekend. I have yet to decide if this is a good idea or not, because right now, I'm not incredibly enthusiastic about spending 3 days LARPing in the woods in western Massachusetts. This will probably change over the week. (Unless this sporadic cough actually turns into an illness, at which point, uh, suck.)
5) I have Monday off! *dances* Yay Institute holidays!
*Tower = 100fl oz of beer in a cylinder with a tap at the bottom, so many people at the table can share.
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DO NANO DO IT DO IT. I think the key is to NOT take it seriously. I'm just going to write about (gay) elves and magic and sheeit.
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WHY IS NANO SO TEMPTING. And yeah, not taking it seriously. For me, it's an excuse to make me actually write the draft of the damn things. If I don't finish, I don't finish. Whatever. It's just, do I want to write about teenagers getting psychologically traumatized, or already-traumatized adults thrust into crazy political intrigue they have zero training for? :D THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT DECISION.