Bleah

So my enthusiasm has been derailed by a bug or virus. In my body, dork, not on my laptop. Tam and Melissa have been watching Family Guy and Weeds. If my forehead wasn't smoldering and my throat scratchy, it would be a distraction. Only 396 words today, but my brain made some future progress. I'm doubting I can hit 50,000 by next Wednesday. But I can probably do it in a month. National Novel Writing Phase Shift.

When you read this, be thankful you don't feel like I did at seven o'clock. Be thankful that you're well enough off to be an Internet user. Be thankful for the balance in your life. Be thankful you enjoy your family's traditions. Alternatively, be thankful that you don't have to spend an awkward evening with them this year. Alternatively, be thankful that you can look forward to putting it behind you and participate in the Great Holiday of Sloth and Gluttony.

And remember, Thanksgiving ain't over until you eat the last slice of pie.

Buy Nothing Day

I always forget to announce this well in advance, but this is a reminder that tomorrow is Buy Nothing Day. Participate by not participating!

Hot Language

"I think it's so sexy when a word circumflexes its vowels."

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I think I need a sexy letter icon. Like that Thai end-of-section character. Or a snake on roller skates.

Preponderance of the Words

In three days (if you combine yesterday and today as a single unit of mostly sick) I've exceeded my word count for the first two thirds of the month. Combining the two stories (hey, creative word count inflation is legit), I've written 10,509 words this month. More than 20% to the goal and a whole week left. Is it achievable after all?

It's a good thing that tamheals was feeling uncomfortable about a Thanksgiving with my parents and had invited friends over. My fuzzy-brained possibly contageous self didn't have to drive anywhere, could snack on tasty food throughout the day, and didn't expose professional wind instrument players and octogenarians to scratchy throat/heavy mucous/spacy head illness.

Thanks to Tylenol and Jasmine green tea, I wrote my best text segment yet this evening. Comments welcome. Please pardon the forced line breaks and LaTeX formatting. I'm writing a novel with vim, you see. (As he hits <ESC> to go back and change a word.)

( Chung Fu / Inner Truth )