WOO HOO!!! All done!! It took 2 all nighters, but I won in the end!! Now, I've just got to finish the story...

Here's the final tally!

51,339 / 50,000 (102.7%)

I rock.

Okay, two days let, time to get to work. Looks like it's going to be another all nighter.

38,622 / 50,000 (77.2%)

Day 27...

34,229 / 50,000 (68.5%)

Happy Thanksgiving to all!!

26,879 / 50,000 (53.8%)

Still behind. In other news, it's my birthday. Yay me!!

25,032 / 50,000 (50.1%)

Okay, seriously need to play catch-up!!

24,011 / 50,000 (48.0%)

Day 18, still not caught up, but working on it.

19,283 / 50,000 (38.6%)

Day seventeen and still behind.

15,688 / 50,000 (31.4%)

Nano day 14, falling behind, ack!!

11,947 / 50,000 (23.9%)

I should be at 24K!!

Alright, here we go with day seven!!

9,573 / 50,000 (19.1%)

Alright, here's the count for day 3!!

8,219 / 50,000 (16.4%)

Woot!!

So far, so good...

4,242 / 50,000 (8.5%)

So far today my chick has become a jeweler and my dude has joined a secret society.  I mean, really.  Is it too much to ask for a little advance warning about these things?

Alright, so here we go. Nano is underway, I have no plot, only 2 characters, and no idea where it's going. But hey, I also have...

2,002 / 50,000 (4.0%)

So, hurray!!

Happy Halloween, and also Nanowrimo!!

Ah yes, its that time of year again.  Today was the last day of freedom before the insanity that is Nano.  Goodluck to all who are participating.

So, last week I watched the premier of the HBO series True Blood based on the Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlene Harris. I actually went out and read the first book the week before the series came out so that I would have some clue as to what was going on.

I think I should have skipped the book.

I'm not sure why, but Dead Until Dark, just didn't do it for me. There's just someting about the characters that didn't quite click for me. Sookie seemed almost too-stupid-to-live and that is one trait that I can not tolerate in a heroine of any kind. Also, the interaction between the siblings really bothered me. I have brothers. If one of them ever dared slap me, there'd be hell to pay, no matter what the situation.

That being said, the HBO series was surprisingly good. The story line followed the opening half of the first book from the beginning to the part where Sookie get attacked.  It followed the book fairly faithfully.  I'd be interested to know how long it does that. 

I could have done without all the random nudity, and I didn't quite get the gargling cat noises the one vampire was making, but Ann Paquin did a good job of playing a naive southern girl from a small town without being annoying. I especially liked the way she laughed at Bill for being Bill the Vampire.  I also liked the inclusion of Tara.  I'm not sure if she's from later books or if they created the character for the TV show, but she's sure not in the first one.  She was fun.

All in all I have no desire to read any more of the Sookie Stackhouse novels, but I'm going to give True Blood a chance. I think I'd like to see where it goes.

So, I haven't posted for a while. I guess, it's not really a big deal, but real life has been getting me down recently. I've been pretty miserable. My job is not so great. The problem is more with the manager than the job, but... I think I'll be heading out of there soon.

In order to get my life back on track, I've changed up the daily routine a little. No more sleeping in and being lazy for me. I've started getting up early, going running, checking my e-mail regularly, and writing again. I've already written over 5,000 words this month. So, despite the upcoming talk I'm going to have to have with my boss, I'm feeling like I'm in a much better place.

Also, the grad school search seems to be moving along. Go me! I'm still not sure where I'm going to end up, but I'll let you know when I get there.

Which sci-fi crew would you best fit in with? (pics) created with QuizFarm.com

You scored as Serenity (Firefly) You like to live your own way and don't enjoy when anyone but a friend tries to tell you should do different. Now if only the Reavers would quit trying to skin you. Serenity (Firefly) 100% Heart of Gold (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) 81% Babylon 5 (Babylon 5) 81% SG-1 (Stargate) 75% Deep Space Nine (Star Trek) 75% Moya (Farscape) 56% FBI's X-Files Division (The X-Files) 56% Millennium Falcon (Star Wars) 56% Bebop (Cowboy Bebop) 56% Nebuchadnezzar (The Matrix) 50% Andromeda Ascendant (Andromeda) 50% Galactica (Battlestar: Galactica) 44% Enterprise D (Star Trek) 38%

I am so far behind. Oh well, I'm going to do my best.

13,560 / 50,000 (27.1%)

Well, I finally had a day off and found some time to get some writing done today. So here I am at the end of day nine:

11,275 / 50,000 (22.6%)

Not quite caught up, but I'm getting there. Here's to hoping I can keep making progress.

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