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Major milestone

Last night I broke the 50,000 word mark on my NaNovel!

Too bad it isn't finished yet. I keep thinking I'm halfway done. At first I was afraid that I wouldn't have enough story for November, now I'm afraid that I'll always be only halfway done, no matter how much I write.

Anyway, I must keep writing! Blogging will be light for a while longer while I beat my plot into submission. More truthfully, I think the beating goes the other way. Okay, and I should definitely stop there.

Other recent excitement:

I have to buy business casual clothes for a job-related thing. Business casual (no jeans). Little do they know, business casual at my workplace is pajamas! No blue jeans, sure, but how about flannel pants printed with monkeys in spacesuits? So now I must go shopping.

Yesterday the oil cap popped off my car's engine and spewed oil all over while I was driving somewhere. It's really alarming when smoke starts pouring out from the air vents and all around the edges of the hood. I called Oz, who gave me comforting advice on how to open up the hood and check, but beware of shooting flames! I got it to the dealer, blamed the whole thing on Jiffy Lube (and gave Oz full credit for taking it there), and they cleaned it up and checked out the engine. And put in more oil, of course. It seems to be fine, but smoke is still coming off the engine from the residual oil. Stinky.

256 words | November 29, 2005 08:01 PM | Writer's block