The Return of the Writer

Oh friends, the writing juices are flowing again. Let's all rejoice. Things were clogged for far too long. I must say thanks to all the people who ask me if I'm still working on it without even the tiniest bit of sarcasm. Also, I just heard about an exciting opportunity that might get me closer to publishing the darn thing. If you're a praying person, send one up for me and the novel, would you? Thanks.

By the way, it's almost September. Which means October knock on your door any day now (make sure he wipes his feet before you let him in). And that means...NaNoWriMo 2008 is almost here! If you have ever said to yourself, "You know, I'd like to write a book," then you need to know about NaNoWriMo. Come November, people around the world will be torturing themselves to finish a first draft of 50,000 words in a mere month. It's like the Olympics, except everyone wins, and you don't have to lie about your age to get in. If you're a teacher, you can sign up your class for the student version of NaNo. Adorable.

Your result for The Director Who Films Your Life Test...

Woody Allen

Your film will be 58% romantic, 41% comedy, 22% complex plot, and a $ 24 million budget.


Be prepared to have your life story shot entirely in New York City -- though lately Woody's been loving shooting in London. Also, your music soundtrack is all jazz from before 1949. Filmography: Annie Hall, Manhattan, Stardust Memories, Everyone Says I Love You, Match Point, Scoop, etc. Woody has released one film per year consistently for the past 35 years. For the past 15 years he's been trying to make films like his older, funnier ones, just like characters in his Stardust Memories film suggest throughout. Regardless of his personal life, his films are American classics.

Take The Director Who Films Your Life Test at HelloQuizzy

It doesn't get more boring than this.

Has it really been a month since my last post? Doesn't seem that long, but I guess blogger wouldn't make it up. Yeah, probably not.

Well, I've been taking a mini vacation from working on the book this month. I didn't plan to, but that's what happened. And I'm okay with it. Really. No, really. Okay! So I get a little cranky when I don't write. There, I've said it. And what have I been doing instead, you ask? Not a lot. Video games. The occasional movie. Finally jumping on the RSS bandwagon. Tennis and nerd games.

I've given myself July, but come August I will be back to writing. I've cleared off the desk, and it's time to get back to work.

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Now playing: David Crowder Band - A Beautiful Collision
via FoxyTunes

We'll Be Making a Left Turn at Albuquerque

We interrupt this new music week to bring you an exclusive bulletin:

Much to the delight of my music-loving self, I (and my sister and two of her friends) have secured tickets to go see Great Big Sea in October! The closest show to my current location? 8+ hours away in Albuquerque, NM. Awesome.

Hopefully, the new GBS CD will be in my mailbox tomorrow.

New Music Week

My webiness has waned in the last few weeks, but I'm not sure why. Perhaps it was just 'net overload that made me back off from facebook, twitter, urbis, and this very blog. The thing is, I didn't really even realize that I was doing it, and I didn't miss them much. I'll try to remedy that by stuffing as many links as possible in this post.

Tuesdays are climbing back up on my list of favorite weekdays. Since we've got fancy cable now, BBC America is my go-to channel. Besides Gordon Ramsay yelling at every chef in the UK, they've got comedy night on Tuesdays. The 1st show is Coupling, which I've seen before, followed by my current favorite show Not Going Out (I had an instant crush on Lee Mack and am still trying to figure out exactly how that happened.), with Absolutely Fabulous bringing up the rear. Apparently AF was a very popular show in its day, but I've got to admit that I just don't get it yet. I'm still watching to see if I will understand it one day. If someone told me they arranged for me to live in England, I'd take the offer in a second.

The other reason Tuesday are great? New music! This morning before work I picked up Coldplay's new cd. I saw Coldplay last time they came to the city, and they're coming back this summer. Friday night is the KC Clifford concert/cd release, and next Tuesday Great Big Sea's new cd should be arriving in my mailbox from our northern neighbors (Canada, not Kansas). I would love, love, love to see them live, but I have a feeling that would require a special trip north for my favorite Canadians; they don't seem to do much touring outside of the Northern states.

It's full-on storming here today, with lightning and thunder and flooding roads. My favorite weather, actually. And today's soundtrack is brilliant.

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