Bogged Down and Ready for Something to Happen

Well, all is going well for the Trishverse. I have my other half of my loan, which means my money worries are over...I'm still trying to be judicious with my money, mind you, but at least now I can get started on my Xmas shopping. Which, I've already bought my Father's gift and part of dear Slinky's gift...and I already had part of Kimmi's gift...so I'm doing fine.

Above you see a new obsessive pastime of mine...thank you, Slinky...Thanks to her introducing me to the Gimp Program, I am now free to do my own fanart...and so it began. This is one of my two favorites (I've done three...working on a fourth with several more planned.). Also, I finally got my nanovid out...I was really happy with it!

School's going fine...I had a change of work schedules, which is tiring me out even more trying to adjust...My writing has been nil...that part is really what's bothering me...I wanted to finish All Fall Down before Nano...I'm still going to try, despite that I've got a crapload of plans this weekend...

As for Nano, I realized something the other day...I think, for me, I've been going about it all wrong these past few years...I've been too concerned about keeping up with the word count...which is important, but it bogs me down. However, I've found that if I just take it a chapter at a time, not concerned with word count, I actually get more words (see Untested and Years After for examples of this, haha). So, that's how I'm looking at it this year. 50, 000 words, yes...but one chapter at a time.

So, that's it for me. Until next time!

Could Someone Explain to Me...??

Okay, so UNA's handing out additional funds to certain, qualifying students. Now, could someone explain to me why the hell they can't hand me over the other half of my damn refund? I've only waited half the freakin' semester. I'm going to be left high and dry with no money to spend this weekend if that check isn't in the mail tomorrow. And you know what? In good ol' UNA fashion, it probably won't be.

This place bugs me sometimes.

Moments From This Weekend

All in all, not a bad weekend. I became entirely too addicted to a flash web RPG called DragonFable...yeah...I'm still addicted. Preston and I woke up and went on a walk through downtown Florence on Saturday which was very nice despite it being very windy and cold. We'll be doing that again...well, not until after Xmas village...

Ren. Faire is this week!!! I'm so excited! I can't wait to walk through, smelling the carnaval food...watching the belly dancers...listening to the funny announcer...seeing what color the Troll is this year...

It's also a four day week for me...Fall break is Fri.! *sigh* I love having one less day of AL History and Philosophy...I have a test tomorrow that I almost forgot about...I'll have to do some reading tonight, but that's about it...not too hard. It's in Romantic and Victorian Poetry.

By the way, speaking of poetry, is anyone else pissed that Levi is using Walt Whitman's poetry to hock jeans? This bothers me for some reason...

Anyway, next week should begin my Xmas shopping...I'm so happy! I can't wait to get started on everything!! I've gotten the greatest ideas for decorating and gifts! I can also work on Thanksgiving...gotta work a little more on my nano...my challenge is almost done, by the way...just lacking a few more things. Oh God, I also have to finish Fun, Sun, and Spells....talk about approaching a novella....

Anyone else pissed that people on fictionpress apparently don't know what poetry is?

Let's see...I think that's all from me. I need to do some cleaning around my house and carve a pumpkin sometime this weekend...but that's about it...oh, and do the book review (I'm assuming...not definite yet) for my Medieval Europe class...

Now, for the thing I have to remind myself happened....this one's more of reminding myself that something is...not happened:

That a Pumpkin is a Squash: Okay, random, I know. But I was looking at the pumpkin Preston and I bought. I just suddenly remembered that it was a squash...I don't know...I guess I just think of them as their own thing...

PS

I think I'm going to start adding an example of things I have to keep reminding myself happened at the end of all my blogs...since I forgot it on the last one, here's an example for that:

That Lisa "Left Eye" Lopez (TLC) is dead--okay, I swear they aren't all sad things. But for this one, I was watching top 100 songs of the 90s last night (the home stretch episode) and they noted, kind of off-handledly that she had died in a car wreck. I was kind of like, "Oh yeah...that's right." It was just another one of those weird, "I didn't dream that" moments.

Meh

Well, I'm passing my classes with higher grades than I thought I was going to after some of those tests. The test I had truly thought I had flunked (one that was nothing but two in-class essays) I made a 95 on, so I was estatic! I made another 95 on my Medieval Europe I test and an 81 on my History of AL test (better than I thought I was going to do). Have no idea what my grade is on my paper for philosophy...

I started my Nano Backstory challenge last night and I really like where it's going. I also have planned to get a couple more things out this weekend.

So, I'm feeling kind of down today. Why? Reasons I won't explain here. A small part is me hating my next class...God, I just really don't want to go again. But I have to because I've lost track of how many days I've missed. I was kind of upset this morning, again can't state why. (Btw, as I look over to the next row of computers here at Collier, I see a student using Wikipedia as a source...epic fail at life.)

I just can't wait until this damn school gives me the other half of my loan check. I want to get started on my holiday shopping, which always cheers me up. They're supposed to release it the 22nd...next week. So, I really can't wait.

Well, that's all from me. Heading off to a class I hate in about 20mins...

Bored and Hungry

Well, that about sums me up right now. I'm bored, I'm tired, and I'm hungry. I don't wanna go to class (but I will) and I don't wanna go to work (but I will...because they pay me).

So, an update on my schedule...

Oct. 17- Costume sale at the Shoals Theater in downtown Florence (across from Legends!)
Oct. 20- First Romantic and Victorian Poetry test!
Oct. 22- (tentative) Questions on the Viking book is due in
Oct. 23- Fall Break and going to Graystone Manor!! (We're bringing Laura along...just because she's so funny when she freaks out...and she's going to Ren. Faire with us...)
Oct. 24 & 25- Ren. Faire! The Shoals Theater is also selling costumes on the morning of the 24th as well.
Nov. 7- Xmas Village! I'm going to buy up so many dip mixes, it's not even funny!

Now, I think there's another test or paper somewhere in all of that...but not to worry! It's when the big stuff comes along that I'll make this face: O.o...

Feeling Rather Wasteful of my Weekend...

I've got so much I want/need to do...and I just don't feel like doing it right now...I want to outline my nano story, decorate for Halloween, make so many lists it's not even funny, do a chapter or two for various stories, catch up on my reading for ff.net and fp.com...and I just don't feel like doing anything right now...

Well, I could grocery shop...but I don't think Preston wants to go right now...

I feel tired, but I got plenty of sleep...I don't know...just a lazy Sunday I guess...at least my week won't produce anything I'll need to do...

PS--added my nano banner way down at the bottom of this blog, check it out!

Trishverse...on a schedule...

Okay, a couple of little things...I've added my Nano-badge here on the right, as well as a quote, a poll, and a picture. Check 'em out! Ahem, that being said...

I have such a schedule ahead of me!!! Okay, check out this list:

Oct. 10-- Visiting Mom and Laura
Oct. 11-- Cleaning house & decorating door for Halloween & general outlining/planning
Oct. 17-- Visiting Graystone Manor
Oct. 24 & 25-- Renaissance Faire (Yay!!)
Entire Month of Nov.-- Nano!!
Nov. 7-- Christmas Village
Nov. 24-- Term paper and Movie project

This list is not including tests and Philosophy papers...yeesh. Oh, and Xmas shopping, craft making, holiday cooking, cooking and grocery shopping in general, and various other tiny things that must be done in order for me to survive. So, yeah. If people hear from me in general, it's going to be a miracle.

Oh, I have to make my nano-playlist!! Sorry, random thought...really, I need to make like four different lists for four different things...

So It Begins...

Note-taking and a crazy race to 50,000 words...right on!

Things That I Still Have to Tell Myself Really Happened

This post isn't meant to be depressing or anything, lol. It was just that I was looking back over my blog at some things I talked about...and I had the thought, "Oh, yeah, that wasn't just a figment of my imagination." Here are some examples:

The Last Harry Potter Book-- There are times when I look up and think, despite myself, "When's the next HP book coming out?" Then I have to remind myself that that's done, over, fin. I miss HP, dearly, but I'm not one of those who's like "There should be a prequel!!" or something. I totally get why she stopped there. It's a perfect end that feels like an end...I just have to remember that it happened.

The Fact that I'm 23-- ...I don't like it...but it's real. But I wouldn't want to be a kid again either...like, maybe just 21, okay?

College Graduation-- I know that two of my friends have already experienced this...so, this is more of a question. Did you guys ever have to convince yourself that it's really happening? That you DON'T have a semester or something left?

Michael Jackson's Death-- Yeah, yeah. I'm sure everyone is sick of hearing me mention this, but one more time, huh? I just can't believe I didn't dream it all...it feels...faraway, you know?

I'm Living with my Fiance-- I just feel all mature with this one.

That Buffy the Vampire Slayer has been off the air for six years-- *sniffle* Why? It was so good? At least we have the comics...

That Darkwing Duck is an 18-year-old cartoon-- Okay, really gonna cry here...makes me feel so old...and makes me lose even more faith in the cartoons of today...

That I'm getting married a little over a year from now-- This one just inspires a bit of panic...not at the prospect of being married, but at the prospect of paying to be married...

So, that's it for me...I'm sure there's more, but I think that's enough to go on. So, any of you guys got things that make you feel this way?

Busy, Busy

Wow, got so much to do this week. I've got a test today (in about 2 hours, actually), I've got a test Thursday in a different class, and I've got a 5-page paper due Friday. On top of that, I've still got to go grocery shopping. *sigh* Oh! And I've still got to get a topic approved for my History of England paper. I'm currently torn between doing Joan of Arc or Eleanor of Aquitaine.

Next week will prove a bit more relaxing. One of my classes are canceled Fri (which provides for more paper time), and next Thursday morning, my English class is cancelled. I intended to write in the weekend and week that is coming up, due to the fact that Nano is coming up and, on top of that, papers and projects are due in Nov. as well. In fact, my Kingdom of Heaven project AND my History of Enland term paper are due on the same, bloody day! So, I've got to trick myself into believing that one is due before the other...what fun...and my next Philosophy paper is due somewhere in Nov...I think early Nov.

On the writing front, the new challenges on the Guild sound great, and I can't wait to get started on them! And I've still got to do notes for Nano. Crazy...not to mention, I've got to keep up my semi-regular postings on my fanfic chapters or I'll drift off to lala land again and never get those fics done! Not to mention the fics that I want to start (and finish, including old ones here) that need more outlining. And my original fiction? I've got the beginning of the journal for the next chapter of Dilemma in my head, but haven't had the time to write it down.

And then there's the holidays! I'm hosting Thanksgiving at my new apartment, which means that I've got to get it ready for such an occasion. I will go to Graystone Manor this year, I swear it. Gots to buy the candys for the children for actual Halloween. And then Xmas shopping...I love it all, but I need a separate list for what I've got to do to prepare for the Holidays alone!

Am I the only one out there wondering what dishes I'm making for our girls' Xmas get together? Any requests? Do you guys want me to bring old faves or new ones? Or a mix of both? And what do people feel like for dessert? And does Savvy remember that it's her turn to host (lol)?

*sigh* I feel like Ria in chapter one of Trials (and no, that wasn't a shameless plug...of course, is it sad when you feel like a character that YOU created???). Anyhow, I feel like Ria...all questions, no answers.

Waiting for responses ;),
Trish

PS A belated Happy B-day to my sister, who is now 17!!! (God, I feel old....T_T)

Writing Goals and Random Funnies

Kay, I'm gonna start out with the random funnies. Best quotes ever:

Kevin Conroy (as Batman in the new Superman/Batman: Public Enemies):

Batman: Clark, what the hell is a "good villian"?

And later in the show...

Batman: (looking up at a particular something that I won't reveal for spoiler purposes): Wow.

Okay, now to writing goals...

I plan, this weekend, to get out at least one chapter of each of the following:

--All Fall Down

--Trials

--How to be a Dhampire (b/c they have to know I'm still writing this)

--Pardoning the Prince (to get more voters on my poll)

--Dilemma of House Wraithwood

Now, that's only five chapters. I should be able to do this. Let's see.