"There's no such thing as 'Frankensteins.' There's no plural to Frankenstein."
Halfway through December, let's check in with my progress on my list:
GOALS FOR DECEMBER: PROFESSIONAL
- Get the rough draft of my WIP up to at least 75,000 words.
I'm stuck at 40,000 words. Curse this writer's block! But I did do this. That's three-fifths of my novel, in notecard-and-string format. I couldn't do the other two-fifths 'cause they wouldn't fit on the corkboard. But that's gotta count for something.
- Get at least 2 classical monologues and 2 contemporary monologues audition-ready.
I've picked and memorized 2 classical monologues, but I still need to find contemporary monologues. Curse my love of Shakespeare to the exclusion of all the playwrights who came after him!
- Stop procrastinating on work. Get work done early.
I'm really blocked. All block, all the time. But I'm doing my best.
✓ Save up money and stop spending it on things I don't need.
I think I can check this off. I haven't bought anything except food all month. Although...
No. Cookies are necessary.
GOALS FOR DECEMBER: FOOD
- Eat less processed sugar.
I've cut down. A bit. Not a lot. But a bit.
- Eat more vegetables.
I'm eating more than I used to, but it's still not exactly a lot.
- Learn how to cook fish.
Not yet. BUT I WILL.
✓ Stop eating giant bags of Cheetos.
Success! He Bei, assuming I remain strong, there is a bag of Cheetos awaiting you when you return Stateside.
GOALS FOR DECEMBER: JUST FOR ME
- Get my mile time down to 7 minutes or less.
I gave in to laziness and set myself back a bit. And by "a bit" I mean like, a week and a half. I did 11 minutes yesterday. I can cut off 4 minutes in two weeks. Absolutely. Hopefully. It's... harder than it sounds for someone as lazy as me.
- Practice playing power chords on the guitar and get a lot better at it. Just practice the guitar in general.
I'll let you guys judge for yourselves on this one. I apologize in advance for my lackluster singing and (apparently hereditary) complete lack of rhythm. And the awkward pause in the middle, 'cause I had to put my capo on and I have an elastic one and the elastic ones are awful. Also I lost my grip on my pick a couple times so there's other, smaller awkward pauses 'cause of that. But I was too lazy to re-record so ENJOY THIS SMORGASBORD OF FAILURE.
- Get conversant in Irish.
Dia dhuit. Eimíle is ainm dom. Conas atá tú?
Irish is really hard you guys. Their grammar is not like our grammar.
- Get functionally fluent in French.
Je ne sais pas comment à definir de "fonctionnellement couramment." Je parle d'accord le français. Donc... eh?
- Do more digital art projects for me.
Nope. Blocked.
GOALS FOR DECEMBER: JUST FOR WIGGLES
- Walk Wiggles twice a day and take her for at least 2 short runs a day so she's less bored all the time :C
One walk and 2 short runs a day isn't too bad.
- Look into playcare so she can make some dog friends and chew on them instead of chewing on me all the time :C
I've gotten the necessary forms to fill out. Next step: fill them out.
✓ Work on her separation anxiety. Gradually accustom her to staying in her crate by herself so she can go in there an hour or 2 at a time.
She seems to be okay as long as she's been walked before going into the crate.
GOALS FOR DECEMBER: NERD STUFF
- Beat at least 1 L4D campaign on expert without the use of an M60. This is obviously the least important thing on the list and probably won't happen.
If it weren't for Coachbot, I'm pretty sure I could beat Dead Center on expert. Curse you, Coachbot!
✓ Play less tetris. Spend the time I usually spend playing tetris on doing the rest of the things on the list.
At least I've got this down.
Welp. All in all I think I'm doing okay. It's mainly this hideous block that's keeping me from being productive with work and the book. It's been going on for weeks now so idek. Hopefully I'll get over it soon :/
PS. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE, STEVEN MOFFAT? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?
Here is a gif illustrating the things I am feeling towards Steven Moffat at this time.
ETA: More Moffat-appropriate gifs:
GOALS FOR DECEMBER: PROFESSIONAL
- Get the rough draft of my WIP up to at least 75,000 words.
I'm stuck at 40,000 words. Curse this writer's block! But I did do this. That's three-fifths of my novel, in notecard-and-string format. I couldn't do the other two-fifths 'cause they wouldn't fit on the corkboard. But that's gotta count for something.
- Get at least 2 classical monologues and 2 contemporary monologues audition-ready.
I've picked and memorized 2 classical monologues, but I still need to find contemporary monologues. Curse my love of Shakespeare to the exclusion of all the playwrights who came after him!
- Stop procrastinating on work. Get work done early.
I'm really blocked. All block, all the time. But I'm doing my best.
✓ Save up money and stop spending it on things I don't need.
I think I can check this off. I haven't bought anything except food all month. Although...
No. Cookies are necessary.
GOALS FOR DECEMBER: FOOD
- Eat less processed sugar.
I've cut down. A bit. Not a lot. But a bit.
- Eat more vegetables.
I'm eating more than I used to, but it's still not exactly a lot.
- Learn how to cook fish.
Not yet. BUT I WILL.
✓ Stop eating giant bags of Cheetos.
Success! He Bei, assuming I remain strong, there is a bag of Cheetos awaiting you when you return Stateside.
GOALS FOR DECEMBER: JUST FOR ME
- Get my mile time down to 7 minutes or less.
I gave in to laziness and set myself back a bit. And by "a bit" I mean like, a week and a half. I did 11 minutes yesterday. I can cut off 4 minutes in two weeks. Absolutely. Hopefully. It's... harder than it sounds for someone as lazy as me.
- Practice playing power chords on the guitar and get a lot better at it. Just practice the guitar in general.
I'll let you guys judge for yourselves on this one. I apologize in advance for my lackluster singing and (apparently hereditary) complete lack of rhythm. And the awkward pause in the middle, 'cause I had to put my capo on and I have an elastic one and the elastic ones are awful. Also I lost my grip on my pick a couple times so there's other, smaller awkward pauses 'cause of that. But I was too lazy to re-record so ENJOY THIS SMORGASBORD OF FAILURE.
- Get conversant in Irish.
Dia dhuit. Eimíle is ainm dom. Conas atá tú?
Irish is really hard you guys. Their grammar is not like our grammar.
- Get functionally fluent in French.
Je ne sais pas comment à definir de "fonctionnellement couramment." Je parle d'accord le français. Donc... eh?
- Do more digital art projects for me.
Nope. Blocked.
GOALS FOR DECEMBER: JUST FOR WIGGLES
- Walk Wiggles twice a day and take her for at least 2 short runs a day so she's less bored all the time :C
One walk and 2 short runs a day isn't too bad.
- Look into playcare so she can make some dog friends and chew on them instead of chewing on me all the time :C
I've gotten the necessary forms to fill out. Next step: fill them out.
✓ Work on her separation anxiety. Gradually accustom her to staying in her crate by herself so she can go in there an hour or 2 at a time.
She seems to be okay as long as she's been walked before going into the crate.
GOALS FOR DECEMBER: NERD STUFF
- Beat at least 1 L4D campaign on expert without the use of an M60. This is obviously the least important thing on the list and probably won't happen.
If it weren't for Coachbot, I'm pretty sure I could beat Dead Center on expert. Curse you, Coachbot!
✓ Play less tetris. Spend the time I usually spend playing tetris on doing the rest of the things on the list.
At least I've got this down.
Welp. All in all I think I'm doing okay. It's mainly this hideous block that's keeping me from being productive with work and the book. It's been going on for weeks now so idek. Hopefully I'll get over it soon :/
PS. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE, STEVEN MOFFAT? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?
Here is a gif illustrating the things I am feeling towards Steven Moffat at this time.
ETA: More Moffat-appropriate gifs: