Today
I caught up and exceeded my word target today on NaNo now I am currently at 32,050 words which puts me above today's expected goal of around 26,600 words. I went to the halfway NaNo party yesterday and like the last one little writing was achieved but much hilarity and fun talks did occur as well - part of me is going to be very sad once November ends and I won't get these every two week conversations.
I realised that I really need to do my Christmas shopping soon, for the one particular reason - how busy the shops get - I won't have been paid until next weekend so I can't get to the shops until December, possibly the worst time to go. Until then I will make a list and sort out some Christmas cards.
Another thing I need to do at some point this coming week is see how much it will cost me to be a camp counsellor for a summer in America, I am still waiting for a friend to email me a link to the website. It is something I am considering doing as I really need to go and do something adventurous before I head off to university next summer.
Today I also ordered a fossil hunters guide from the OU, I love OU publications that are free especially ones on fossils. On the subject of the OU I really need to get back to my YASS course and finish this next chapter on measurements.
On a final note I am listening to a lot of Runrig again, partly because I love listening to the Gaelic words that I really don't quite understand, however looking at the lyrics both for the English songs and the Gaelic ones translated I have learnt that they have wrote a lot of songs based on the environment, love of nature and Scottish heritage - rather then the typical songs of heartache, I wish we had more songs that had lyrics like these in them:
At best your wisdom's a shot in the dark
So make yourself pretty, make yourself rich
Leopardskin, sealskin, money and sex
Apartheid, genocide, thalidomide, life
I am quite happy because I actually know what thalidomide is after a chemistry lesson on optical isomerism. The first time I read this song I had no idea what thalidomide was and I didn't even bother to search it... or maybe I did and just couldn't understand what it said.
I realised that I really need to do my Christmas shopping soon, for the one particular reason - how busy the shops get - I won't have been paid until next weekend so I can't get to the shops until December, possibly the worst time to go. Until then I will make a list and sort out some Christmas cards.
Another thing I need to do at some point this coming week is see how much it will cost me to be a camp counsellor for a summer in America, I am still waiting for a friend to email me a link to the website. It is something I am considering doing as I really need to go and do something adventurous before I head off to university next summer.
Today I also ordered a fossil hunters guide from the OU, I love OU publications that are free especially ones on fossils. On the subject of the OU I really need to get back to my YASS course and finish this next chapter on measurements.
On a final note I am listening to a lot of Runrig again, partly because I love listening to the Gaelic words that I really don't quite understand, however looking at the lyrics both for the English songs and the Gaelic ones translated I have learnt that they have wrote a lot of songs based on the environment, love of nature and Scottish heritage - rather then the typical songs of heartache, I wish we had more songs that had lyrics like these in them:
At best your wisdom's a shot in the dark
So make yourself pretty, make yourself rich
Leopardskin, sealskin, money and sex
Apartheid, genocide, thalidomide, life
I am quite happy because I actually know what thalidomide is after a chemistry lesson on optical isomerism. The first time I read this song I had no idea what thalidomide was and I didn't even bother to search it... or maybe I did and just couldn't understand what it said.