One of the horrible situations one finds oneself in when one lives alone is being ill with no one to attend you. I'm not talking about life threatening illness (for which relatives come out of the woodwork), I mean the ordinary everyday sort of sickness like a really, really bad cold, such as the one I have today. It has been coming on for days now and I didn't know it. I was ambushed yesterday and lay in bed and watched movies most of the day and night. Today is the same only worse.
Yesterday I had to haul my sick self out and purchase cold remedies. It had been so long since the last time I had a cold I couldn't remember what decongestant worked best. I remembered Nyquil, that blessed elixir of pain free deep sleep. So I got some healing sleep last night.
Today, however, I needed someone to riffle through my clothes and find soft warm things to put on after a lovely hot bath with epsom salts and euchilyptus oil. Someone to clean the tub first and run the water. Someone to find warm soft towels. Someone to care for the dog and do the dishes. Someone to sweep the floors which suddenly look germ infested. Someone to change out the smelly sheets for clean fragrant ones. Someone to run out to the video shop and find consoling humorous films to distract me.
You know, someone to cater to my every whim. I am, after all, the sick one. I know what will make me feel better. Right now it seems as if a moderate walk with the dog in the cool fresh sunshine would be lovely. I may actually do that.
Current Fads
Listening. recently purchased tunes (unpublished); a pin drop (everyone has left for Thanksgiving)
Watching. The Man With One Red Shoe (1993)
Activity. treading the sloppy wandering path of recovery from a rediculously brutal cold I do not deserve; fearfully watching the days go by and the word count needed to finish my novel draft by the end of the month multiply
Gadget. anything that plays movies
News Source. you gotta be kidding me
Reading. amusing detective novels by Simon Brett
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Birth by Monty Python
Watch it in high resolution! Any woman who's given birth in an hospital can testify that this is really how it is.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
novel writing statistics
I'm up to 15,561 words as of this precise moment. I'm ignoring the internal editor with a vengeance and even writing some things on purpose just to make her cringe. Ha! Ha!
I love the statistics page. I love seeing precisely how many words I've written and how many I need to write each day to make it to 50,000. I also like seeing how many days it will take me to finish at my current pace. I like it because even though the statistics are right they are wrong. You can't predict my novel writing behavior from what I've done in the past. I know that I will catch up (at least I'm assuming I will because I have in the past). I plan to catch up. I plan to make the goal no matter what it takes. Last year it took more than one 5,000 word day. This year I am (again!) trying to keep up and even get ahead. I'm not sure but might be that huge rolling stone of words left to write giving me the momentum I need to keep going.
I also like the process. I had no plan when I started writing. I simply began typing and a story presented itself. The story evolves on it's own. I open up and let the story out. That's all it takes.
Last year one of my motivations was having a donation page on FirstGiving where some of my family members had donated to my little write-a-thon. So, I had to finish. This year I'm just writing. I plan to finish, though. I've written it here so it must be happening.
You can find out more about this year's novel by clicking on the mini-graph on the right.
I love the statistics page. I love seeing precisely how many words I've written and how many I need to write each day to make it to 50,000. I also like seeing how many days it will take me to finish at my current pace. I like it because even though the statistics are right they are wrong. You can't predict my novel writing behavior from what I've done in the past. I know that I will catch up (at least I'm assuming I will because I have in the past). I plan to catch up. I plan to make the goal no matter what it takes. Last year it took more than one 5,000 word day. This year I am (again!) trying to keep up and even get ahead. I'm not sure but might be that huge rolling stone of words left to write giving me the momentum I need to keep going.
I also like the process. I had no plan when I started writing. I simply began typing and a story presented itself. The story evolves on it's own. I open up and let the story out. That's all it takes.
Last year one of my motivations was having a donation page on FirstGiving where some of my family members had donated to my little write-a-thon. So, I had to finish. This year I'm just writing. I plan to finish, though. I've written it here so it must be happening.
You can find out more about this year's novel by clicking on the mini-graph on the right.
Friday, November 07, 2008
I have a great RPG class and I don't even play!
Your result for The RPG Class Test...
Mystic Theurge
30% Combativeness, 10% Sneakiness, 76% Intellect, 69% Spirituality
Brilliant and spiritual! You are a Mystic Theurge!
Score! You have a prestige class. A prestige class can only be taken after you've fulfilled certain requirements. This may mean that you're an exceptionally talented person, but it probably doesn't.
The Mystic Theurge is a combination of a cleric and a mage. They can cast both arcane and divine spells, and are good at both, making them pretty terrifying on the battlefield. They have more raw spellpower than just about any other class.
You're both intelligent and faithful, but not violent or deceitful. I guess that makes you a pretty good person.
Score! You have a prestige class. A prestige class can only be taken after you've fulfilled certain requirements. This may mean that you're an exceptionally talented person, but it probably doesn't.
The Mystic Theurge is a combination of a cleric and a mage. They can cast both arcane and divine spells, and are good at both, making them pretty terrifying on the battlefield. They have more raw spellpower than just about any other class.
You're both intelligent and faithful, but not violent or deceitful. I guess that makes you a pretty good person.
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