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• The Secretariat trailer makes me tear up. As does watching any clips of his races on youtube. There is just something about that horse that makes me teary.

• I think I know what I want to write for NaNoWriMo. Now I just need to start constructing the plot a little more, and tweak the characters enough to give me some structure. I'm going to really try and get everything ready for me to write when November rolls around, so that I don't have to worry about the plot too much while I'm writing. Hopefully that will allow me to focus on getting the right number of words on the page. Here's hoping!

• That all being said, how do I reset my nanowrimo.org account? There's gotta be a better way than deleting all of last year's info, right?

• I've decided against doing any sort of holiday fic exchanges this year. I'm only interested in finishing the two fics that I started this summer, and not really looking to write anything other than original stuff for the next little while.

• Not that I really have time these days to do a whole lot of original writing. D:

• So not caught up on any of the TV shows I'm watching, and other shows are starting up again. How will I ever keep up? I did finish watching The Pillars of the Earth though. Which, while it was annoyingly inaccurate with the characters' ages/looks, was really amazing. And it had a song in the soundtrack that we sang during Freshman year music, and then later Euclid came up. I was like, "This is awesome. It's Freshman year come back to haunt me in my TV shows." Still, it was amusing and fun.

• I got an awesome pair of boots at Target last night. And discovered that Revlon is now making their lip stain again. In a different sort of applicator, but still. It's still called Just Bitten though, which amuses me to no end.

• A couple weeks ago I got free tickets to see Lúnasa here in Santa Fe. The show is next weekend, and I am super excited. I am taking my dad. :> Because no one but him could properly appreciate it with me. Here, have a video of my favorite song. I hope they play it.

• There are a bunch of things through the end of the year that are playing/showing/being performed at the local theater that I want to see. And they apparently have awesome student rates, so I might actually go see some of them. Including a "live in HD" showing of Das Rheingold, which is now playing at The Met in NYC. $15 student tickets are kind of way too good to pass up.

• My kitten was playing with a live bird in the living room this morning. I heard from the woman who's cleaning our house and apparently the bird died at some point. I am sorry, little birdy. I was running late, and you scare me, so I didn't rescue you. D:

on 2010-09-25 08:41 pm (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] imaginarycircus.livejournal.com
Jeez. How can you do NaNo and be in school?!

on 2010-09-25 09:04 pm (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] cerulean-sky.livejournal.com
Carefully? I wrote 13K+ words last year, and only stopped because I had no idea where my story was going. I'm hoping to get most of the pesky details out of the way early this year so I can focus on just getting down words.

Plus, I already know what I want to write my first seminar paper about, and already have a first (extremely) rough draft. So I ought to be able to dispense with that, too.

on 2010-09-25 09:14 pm (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] imaginarycircus.livejournal.com
I guess I can see that.

Huh, I have to write the first draft out to find out what the story is about. It's a messy way of doing it, but its the only way that works for me so far.

on 2010-09-25 09:20 pm (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] cerulean-sky.livejournal.com
I like knowing where the story is going before I write it. Sometimes things will change a little as I go along, but it's easier for me to keep going if I have a plan.

on 2010-09-25 09:24 pm (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] imaginarycircus.livejournal.com
When we went to see Stephen King, John Irving, and JK Rowling talk about writing that was something that came up. King writes to find the story. Irving has to know everything before he can write anything. Rowling said she does a bit of both. :D

on 2010-09-25 09:44 pm (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] cerulean-sky.livejournal.com
Yep. Everyone does it the way it works best for them. There's no "right" way and no "wrong" way. That's sorta what makes it awesome.

on 2010-09-25 11:03 pm (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] sunfall.livejournal.com
I did nano last year <3. I still haven't finished my book, and that's my priority, so I'm not sure if I'll do another while my ideas are still brimming. But I wish you well on yours :D

Ahh I love the revlon lipstains! I had them in two colors. I must go check it out. I've been meaning to buy a pair of boots from target since I saw them online but the stores near me don't have my size. If I can get free shipping I'm totally gonna cave and buy them online. Which did you buy? I want these (http://www.target.com/Mossimo-Supply-Co-Kaden-Buckle/dp/B003H8OU8U/ref=sc_qi_detaillink).

on 2010-09-25 11:11 pm (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] cerulean-sky.livejournal.com
I did it last year and didn't finish, but I still don't know where it's going, so I think I want to work on something else.

I bought these (http://www.target.com/Mossimo-Supply-Co-Kaiala-Leather/dp/B003H9KFXS/ref=br_1_56?ie=UTF8&id=Mossimo%20Supply%20Co%20Kaiala%20Leather&node=370189011&searchView=grid5&searchSize=150&searchPage=1&searchNodeID=370189011&sr=1-56&rh=target_com_primary_color-bin:Brown|target_com_category-bin:Fashion%20Boots|target_com_category-bin:Western%20Boots&searchBinNameList=target_com_category-bin,style_name,target_com_shoe_size-bin,lifestyle-bin,target_com_primary_color-bin,pattern_name-bin,price,target_com_brand-bin&searchRank=pmrank&frombrowse=1&qid=1285456125). They make me so happy. Target has some really awesome shoes. Every time I'm there I see at least five that I want. But I only got the boots because a girl can always use more boots. XD
Edited on 2010-09-25 11:12 pm (UTC)

on 2010-09-26 04:14 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] lux-alexander.livejournal.com
May I suggest you supplement your Secretariat viewings with this:
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1424886041/

on 2010-09-26 03:34 pm (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] cerulean-sky.livejournal.com
It's rather late in history for my tastes, but it's Colin Firth playing a British king, so I'll let it slide. And it does look rather amazing. :D

on 2010-09-26 07:04 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] dragon-gypsy.livejournal.com
If I remember correctly, it should reset on october first? I don't know I can't quite remember even though I've done it for three years hahaha

on 2010-09-26 03:35 pm (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] cerulean-sky.livejournal.com
I guess I shall just wait and see then! Thanks!

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a rose named sky

I'm a: 20-something, fantasy writer, deep thought thinker, sometime knitter, bookstore browser, amateur cook, journaler, cat owner, cheap wine connoisseur, ancient and medieval history lover, occasional philosopher, avid reader, museum wanderer.

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