Entries from November 2005

Tuesday, November 29th, 2005

Need More Music

Having survived a busy Thanksgiving weekend, I’ve managed to uphold a personal tradition … getting sick at the tail end of days off. Still, before the sickness I was able to pick up the latest release Cinder from The Dirty Three. With a whopping 19 tracks (featuring the likes of Sally Timm and Chan Marshall) [...]

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005

Happy Thanksgiving

The weeks have been flying while I try (and fail) to acclimate to my new schedule at the new job (which by the way is going very well, thanks). Although I know it’s turkey oppression, I am looking forward to Thanksgiving. While the holidays tend to get the reputation of being stressful and sometimes depressing, [...]

Friday, November 11th, 2005

Holy Cow!

As in ‘Holy cow! It’s been a busy week!’ There is no skipping the Ubiquitous Sunday Post this week.
5 New And Different Things:
1. My cousins (er … second cousins?) are coming out to visit for the first time on Thanksgiving. My sister and I hadn’t seen them since we were kids and after spending some [...]

Sunday, November 6th, 2005

Writing Is Hard

Yes, I know this is obvious to many. But I’ve never attempted to write a novel before, so it’s news to me! Juggling web obligations, the nervousness of beginning a new job and trying to stick to cranking out 1700 words per day. When I signed up for NaNoWriMo, my goal was to just get [...]

Tuesday, November 1st, 2005

Writing, Hunting, Listening, Trying

Writing | Started my first attempt at participating in National Novel Writing Month. With a goal of 1700 words a day to meet the 50,000 word requirement, I certainly have my work cut out for me. As with so many things, this was inspired by the ever creative Sharyn. The idea for me is to [...]