I'm a quarter of the way there!


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Yet another day where I met all my goals. I'm only on day two, so I don't want to jinx it, but I'm feeling pretty good about my novel. There's dialogue between multiple characters, characters with names and personalities. One flaw in my NaNo novel was that, basically, the same two characters talked to each other almost exclusively for the entire ( Read more... )

So far, so good. I reached my daily goal fornovel_in_90, worked out, watched my diet and started working on cards for St. Patrick's Day. Four out of five on the first day isn't bad, especially since it's going to take more than a single day to get started selling on eBay. I also did some work in the office, making packets, mileage reports and all that jazz. I ( Read more... )

Weird coincidence of the day: I watched Marie Antoinette yesterday. It was good; I really enjoyed it. Today, we picked up my mom from a conference and went to the Galleria. We stopped at the Metropolitan Museum of Art store. Sitting there, all by its lonesome, was a copy of Antonia Fraser's Marie Antoinette: The Journey. On sale. I figured it was a ( Read more... )

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I finally saw Footlight Parade today, which is, of course, famous for its Bugsby Berkley designed show numbers. And James Cagny dancing on a bar in a sailor suit. It was actually quite fantastic and I can see why Joan Blondell's ability with physical comedy is literally to die for. The plot is a bit confusing, since there's actually six or seven of ( Read more... )

I saw Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest for the second time today. Actually, it's the first time I've been to the movie theater since Pirates came out in July. I really don't get out much, huh? I went with my mother, who hadn't seen it yet; it was a lot of fun because I got to see her reactions. I did get to notice little details like( Spoiler! )

My mother and I watched Lindsay Lohan's latest movie, Just My Luck, tonight. It was actually a rather cute movie, very clever and comedic. Anyone who has ever been completely down on their luck, or has wanted to see someone with perfect luck get their comeuppance will greatly enjoy the film. Lindsay Lohan was quite good in the film; she has an ( Read more... )

GIP.

Mary Poppins is honestly my favorite live-action Disney film of all time, followed by a close second of Bedknobs & Broomsticks. Every time I watch it now, I have the urge to write a crossover fic with Harry Potter, where Mary and Bert are wizards and went to Hogwarts, and now they work on acclimating muggle-born children to magic. I mean, ( Read more... )

My mother is still sick, so we brought home dinner and movies. The first movie wasFailure To Launch, with Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew McConaughey. It was actually a cute movie, though I want to grow up to be Kit, played by Zooey Deschanel ( Read more... )