A week in....

[jess_star123]

NaNo is very much like schoolwork. I know this because I can look around and see that the house is spotless, my toenails are painted, all my songs on i-Tunes have appropriate cover art and my phone's buzzing with unanswered messages because (put on sanctimonious voice) I'm working. Procrastination is a very handy thing for me, everything else in my

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[strayremnants]

so remember that bit about taking Murphy off you hands... I never intended for it to be quite so literal. The bastard has run amuck this weekend, ill never forgive him for the gorgeous boots he ruined on my first night out in them and I wont get into the limping that went along with it, the soup spilled on all over by a new waitress while out on a date, flash rainstorm while walking across the parking lot to my car an hour after going through the trouble to straighten my hair or the falling into evidence of secrets you were never supposed to find out... and dammit he better pay my parking ticket.

I think I'm properly flustered now... but aside from my boots, I can see the humor in my date from hell and well at least it'll be a story worth telling.

I do hope that NaNo will behave itself and give you some gratification for your efforts. I can definitely relate to the procrastination putting everything in order as I am never quite as clean as I am when stressed and on a deadline. I am quite impressed by how far you have gotten in just a week. Goodness, I can't imagine doing that. Have you chosen a reward yet? A "F-yeah! I did it!" gift to yourself for success in NaNoWriMo? I say go epic...

[jess_star123]

Oh hon, that's no good at all! What a comedy of errors. I love the 'falling into evidence of secrets' line, though, very intriguing. Intriguing from this side of the fence, obviously, when you do find out things you weren't supposed to know there's no going back. During my stint with Murphy I had quite a lot of that and kept walking around muttering 'You can't un-know things, there's no un-knowing things'. Yep, you can definitely wear an 'in it for the anecdotes' t-shirt after that night.

Who can we set Murphy on? There must be someone doing war crimes somewhere who deserves some comeuppance!

I've officially hit the very silly stage with NaNo. Because I hate the story and I hate the characters I'm just making it as silly and improbable as I like. Kind of fun to not have to worry about it being something a 6 year old would cringe at having written. My reward when I hit 50 thousand words will be stopping the stupidity and starting a story that I really, really want to write.

[strayremnants]

Boy if that's a reward then this must be real torture for you... or is it the vanity that comes with the creative mind? Your next work should be quite brilliant then, as it seems that my own best work comes after some serious folly. I am quite intrigued though and kind of want to request a read through of it...

Murphy has since gotten bored with me. Thankfully. Though I am nervous to put that in writing as he may stumble upon it and find a challenge in it... and I couldn't bear a one-up of the latest episode.

Wooo! *random excitement*

[jess_star123]

Haha, vanity, that's what it is! Still, let's not get too excited about my next project, it doesn't necessarily follow that it will be any good. I can, however, say that it will be better than my NaNo project, but that's not saying anything.

I'm happy to shout 'what's that behind you?' at Murphy so you have time to run away if he pops up again, just let me know.