Tails’ Blography

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 30 days later and I’m DONE DONE DONE!!!

It’s hard to believe but after hours and hours of typing, blisters on my fingers (not kidding!) and many a sigh later and I’m offically done with NaNoWriMo ‘09!!

WOW what a feeling to have written a novel, or at least 50,000 words of one (it’s still not 100% complete)….and my bf was so proud of me, and was sitting right next to me as I finished! When I phoned my dad to tell him, he congratulated me and said he was so proud that I saw it through to completion, because I easily could have given up at any point.

I’m so exhausted! Having been off for a week while I was ill, I literally wrote a book in 3 weeks….wow. Just wow!

Now to take a 2 week break and then get editing with a fresh mindset! And there is the TGIO (Thank Goodness It’s Over) Party to look forward to this week! I’m so excited for my fellow nano’ers to have done this with me, whether you finished or not!

As a reward, I get to deck my house out in Christmas goodies and set up my tree!

Which is YOUR favourite (movie)?

Harry Potter (67%, 4 Votes)
Twilight (33%, 2 Votes)

Total Voters: 6

Last I checked, the votes were sitting on 3 votes, so nice to see 3 more people got their vote on before it closed!

Sorry for my delayed post, I’ve been sick as a dog (I’ve never really understood that saying?) since last Wednesday. This meant I lost my voice, slept all day, cried out in pain when I swallowed or coughed (sore throat – felt like I was swallowing glass), blew my nose til it was raw (actually, thats still happening), and eventually coughing up blood. Yes. Charming. Went to the doc who diagnosed me with a Septic Post Nasal Drip (mmmm, lovely hey!) and gave me some antibiotics. I’m a homeopathic lover, so I feel like a cheat using antibiotics, but yay for feeling a little better. Nose is drying up, throat is not so sore, and while there still is blood, I’m told it’ll go away when my throat heals.

In NaNo news, I havent written ANYTHING since last week!! I’m so far behind and I have so much to catch up on!! I’m supposed to be at 40k by tonight *sob*. Wish me luck in catching up! I’m currently on 31742…eep!

And finally, I’d like to point your attention to a super-talented friend of mine, FXMorph, who so kindly drew a beautiful rat-girl background for me (pic inset, click for larger version), and I LOVE it! I have to seriously control myself from begging for a few more in different poses hehe but seriously, I was feeling so ill and down these past few days, and this talented guy cheered me right up! So thank you, FXMorph! *hugs*

Today we’re offically through into our third week of NaNoWriMo! I’m at 24,168 words and going strong! We met at the River Club for our halfway party, with EvilBelgian, his dad, Magependragon, myself and my bf having breakfast there beforehand.

The breakfast deal is well worth it, at R70, for a self-helping of cold breakfast (cereals, croissants, danishes, etc), and hot serving of eggs, bacon, sauteed potatoes, friend onion rings, fried tomatoes, and sausages. The deal also included a bucket of 50 balls (hiring of a club is R10) which you could then knock off the driving range or you could rather choose to play a 9 hole game instead of the bucket. I had fun taking food pics, but I forgot to take a photo of our hot breakfast…lesigh.

Fruit salad!

Lots of pastries

The buffet itself

The bf whacking it to the moon!

The Hot Food buffet

After eating our fill and putting (in my case) our balls off the second floor of the driving range, we proceeded with the NaNo Half Way Party. Loot in the form of adorable Dinosaur Erasers, which I dubbed Wrimo’Rasers, noise making balloon blowers (gosh these things were noisy!), and other cool things (I got a replacement feather for my one that blew away at the kick off party haha).

After we ate, laughed, drank, laughed some more (that creepy murder music was eery!) we eventually parted ways, with promises to continue on with our novel plight with due diligence.

And for the first time in ages, I lugged my camera with to document the event

Everyone chatting…

An authentic NaNo Sticker

My Wrimo’Raser: Gearz

My “Snack Basket” (there are chips under those spring rolls haha)

Gearz making a break for it!

What’s your weakness…

Certain foods (ie chocolate, etc) (38%, 3 Votes)
Shopping for hobby stuff (ie photography stuff, craft stuff, etc) (25%, 2 Votes)
Watching TV (ie lazing on the couch all day) (13%, 1 Votes)
PC modding stuff (ie better graphics card, new chassis, etc) (13%, 1 Votes)
Bargains (ie cant resist a bargin even if you dont need it) (13%, 1 Votes)
Partying (0%, 0 Votes)
Jewellery (0%, 0 Votes)
Clothing (ie shoes, bags, etc) (0%, 0 Votes)
Dinners/Take outs (0%, 0 Votes)
Smoking (-2%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 8

I chose shopping for hobby stuff hehe whenever I see something for either card making or photography…I spend! Money sadly doesnt last long with me and I have no restraint! New poll up: collecting.

Nano is going well, but I’m giving you updates on those as I go. I participated in a Write-In yesterday with about 7 other Wrimos but a few of us barely got much writing done for all the chatting haha. I guess the chatting worked as inspiration for some, but for me (since I cannot speak for others), writing a love-scene (it happened to be where I was at the time of the write-in) amongst a cacophony of chatter…not easy! I took a pic or three with my cellphone, sorry they’re blurry thought.

We’re into Week 2 now and the “OMGosh I have to start over! This plot is rubbish” totally bit me this morning. Hard. Le sigh. I’m stuck…my story is written in a Young Adult style thus far, but the plot itself is a little more darker and would appeal to a more mature audience…I dont know how to blend the two

I will resist the urge to Ctrl+A+Del!! I will resist the urge to Ctrl+A+Del!! I will resist the urge to Ctrl+A+Del!! I will resist the urge to Ctrl+A+Del!! I will resist the urge to Ctrl+A+Del!!

I decided to look for some backgrounds for my laptop (which is solely being used for NaNo Novelling at the moment) and found these:

http://www.focalpointgraphicdesign.com/blog/?p=60 (I’m using the second one here)

http://www.yourcre8tivity.com/nanowrimo-progress/nanowrimo-desktop-wallpapers/

http://lunatismo.blogspot.com/2009/10/nanowrimo-desktop-background-calendar.html

http://scarlettarcher.deviantart.com/art/NaNoWriMo-Desktop-Wallpaper-V-66292531

If you’ve made any desktop backgrounds, feel free to drop a link in the comment box! I’d love to see them! Thanks to everyone who’s made backgrounds…I think next year I’ll make up a few myself!