NaNoWriMo
This year I’m taking part in NaNoWriMo, so if you’re interested in my progress you can follow it here (LJ), here (NaNo website), here (blog) and here (Twitter).
Also, why are there still Halloweeny things on the LJ home page? It’s November, Halloween is over. Didn’t we move on? No? Oh, okay. (I did my Halloweening last weekend as it was my sister's 30th birthday on Halloween and she was having a joint party with a friend who turned 30 on the 18th.)
It was a really good party, my sister always dresses well for Halloween. She came as a headless horse rider - she created a body that went up behind her head so her real head was the headless head. She had a hobby horse and everything. But someone actually topped her this year, my 81 year old grandma dressed as an NCIS agent, with leather trousers.
In the UK we have Bonfire Night (also known as Fireworks Night or Guy Fawkes Night) on November 5th, so there are a lot of fireworks around at this time of the year. I don't mind, to an extent. But when you have animals it's a little unfair. With Bonfire Night being a Tuesday this year we've got people setting off fireworks tonight, they'll probably be doing it all weekend. Then on Tuesday. Not to forget next week, just because someone didn't set them all off yet. One or two nights I can handle, I just hope my cats are okay with the continued banging outside. They don't understand!
In addition to all of this, my uncle died on Wednesday. He had a heart attack the week before and was in intensive care, he didn't make it. I didn't know him all that well, but it's still sad, of course. Got to wait a couple of weeks for his funeral, it seems to be a little busy at the moment. Which can only be a sad thing.
Also, why are there still Halloweeny things on the LJ home page? It’s November, Halloween is over. Didn’t we move on? No? Oh, okay. (I did my Halloweening last weekend as it was my sister's 30th birthday on Halloween and she was having a joint party with a friend who turned 30 on the 18th.)
It was a really good party, my sister always dresses well for Halloween. She came as a headless horse rider - she created a body that went up behind her head so her real head was the headless head. She had a hobby horse and everything. But someone actually topped her this year, my 81 year old grandma dressed as an NCIS agent, with leather trousers.
In the UK we have Bonfire Night (also known as Fireworks Night or Guy Fawkes Night) on November 5th, so there are a lot of fireworks around at this time of the year. I don't mind, to an extent. But when you have animals it's a little unfair. With Bonfire Night being a Tuesday this year we've got people setting off fireworks tonight, they'll probably be doing it all weekend. Then on Tuesday. Not to forget next week, just because someone didn't set them all off yet. One or two nights I can handle, I just hope my cats are okay with the continued banging outside. They don't understand!
In addition to all of this, my uncle died on Wednesday. He had a heart attack the week before and was in intensive care, he didn't make it. I didn't know him all that well, but it's still sad, of course. Got to wait a couple of weeks for his funeral, it seems to be a little busy at the moment. Which can only be a sad thing.