14 days down on the Write Every Day Challenge! 2 weeks, woot woot!
So I've just got some more random things for you today:
1) Why oh why do they have to show Dairy Queen commercials on television in a state that does't even have Dairy Queens anymore? It makes me want a Blizzard soooo bad! Oh, wait, I'm wrong. I just went to their site and found out that there are several in my state, just not that close to me. I apologize, Dairy Queen gods, you have not completely failed me. I guess next time I see a commercial for a Brownie Batter Blizzard, I'll pick my happy ass up off the couch and drive 40+ miles to get one!
2) I am soooo loving the blog Mark Reads Harry Potter. So is my husband. He said yesterday that Mark can't put down Harry Potter, and we can't put down his blog! It's hilarious. A definite must-read if you are a Harry Potter dork like me.
3) Speaking of Harry Potter, the new trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 goes online tonight at 9/8 central. I'll be heading over to Mugglenet to view it. So excited!
4) I almost hit one of my friends today. One of my friends!!! I'm a dork. I was backing out of a parking spot and yes, I looked behind me, and he must have been in my blind spot for a second, because when I looked again, there he was. I wasn't that close to hitting him, but you get the picture. When I realized who it was I debated whether I should say hi (he worked with me at my previous job and we're friends on facebook but we're not real close) and before I knew it, he was inside. I'm a double dork. I sent him a message on facebook apologizing for both almost hitting him and not saying hi. Triple dork.
5) I'm only halfway through Oryx and Crake It's going sssllllooooowww. It's not that I don't like it, it's just that it's not action-packed and I'm so interested in other things right now (like Mark Reads Harry Potter and No Plot? No Problem! and watching fall shows and taking care of my son, etc.). I just did an automated renewal online so that I don't have to check it back into the library on Friday, but I still can't seem to want to read it instead of everything else. Damn you, Mark, you've got me addicted to your blog! I can't stop! ;) Hopefully I'll pick the book back up soon. I guess I'll have to, or just turn it back in, because pretty soon I'll have to start reading the October book selection for my book club.
So I guess that's all my randomness for today. See you tomorrow!
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Monday, September 20, 2010
Still Recovering From Book Club: Write Every Day Challenge, Day #12
So yesterday I forgot to write again! Gasp! So I'll do what I did last time: write this blog and then write in some other way to make up for my lost day, and today will be Day #12 (it would have been Day #13 if I had written yesterday).
Book club on Saturday was fun. We all had a LOT to say about Mockingjay and then we played The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Movie Board Game. A couple of the girls in my book club are total die-hard Twilight Saga fans and they kicked our butts. I came in fourth, but only because two girls left before the game was over. We all brought our "last meals" (what we would want to eat as a last meal), and we had quite a spread! I brought sushi, and the others brought ribs, chicken parmesan, salad, ice cream, and cake. We all ate too much and drank waaay too much wine and had lots of fun! I heart my book club! ;)
My husband and I have been reading the blog Mark Reads Harry Potter ever since I found out about it a couple days ago. It's hilarious! I'm still on the posts about Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, but my husband is ahead of me and I keep hearing him giggle and I want to get to what he's reading! We both think that Mark's next project should be The Hunger Games trilogy.
I'm gearing up for NaNoWriMo, and I think I may be onto a plot. I think we're supposed to have our first meeting this coming Sunday. I'm excited!
I'm not sure what else to write about today, so I'll go ahead and work on my other writing task. I'll be back tomorrow (hopefully) with Day #13 of my Write Every Day Challenge!
Book club on Saturday was fun. We all had a LOT to say about Mockingjay and then we played The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Movie Board Game. A couple of the girls in my book club are total die-hard Twilight Saga fans and they kicked our butts. I came in fourth, but only because two girls left before the game was over. We all brought our "last meals" (what we would want to eat as a last meal), and we had quite a spread! I brought sushi, and the others brought ribs, chicken parmesan, salad, ice cream, and cake. We all ate too much and drank waaay too much wine and had lots of fun! I heart my book club! ;)
My husband and I have been reading the blog Mark Reads Harry Potter ever since I found out about it a couple days ago. It's hilarious! I'm still on the posts about Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, but my husband is ahead of me and I keep hearing him giggle and I want to get to what he's reading! We both think that Mark's next project should be The Hunger Games trilogy.
I'm gearing up for NaNoWriMo, and I think I may be onto a plot. I think we're supposed to have our first meeting this coming Sunday. I'm excited!
I'm not sure what else to write about today, so I'll go ahead and work on my other writing task. I'll be back tomorrow (hopefully) with Day #13 of my Write Every Day Challenge!
Saturday, September 18, 2010
A Few Random Things: Write Every Day Challenge, Day #11
A few random things today...
On my last post I decided that, since I had missed a day of my Write Every Day Challenge, I would write more than just a blog post on Day #9. I looked online and found a website called Creative Writing Prompts. I perused the different prompts and found one that caught my eye: #4 challenges you to rewrite the ending of Cinderella so that the glass slipper actually fit on one of her ugly stepsisters. This is right up my alley, because in high school I wrote poem that was a different take on Cinderella, and I love the books of Gregory Maguire (Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West; Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister; and Mirror, Mirror). So off to write I went. I wrote a bit that day, and a bit more yesterday (to fulfill my quota for Day #10), and let me tell you, I had so much fun doing it! It reminded me just how much fun I can have while writing, while making up characters and describing their actions. If NaNoWriMo is anything like that for me this year, I'm sure to reach the goal of 50,000 words! I also found No Plot? No Problem! at the library yesterday! Score!
I went to see Scott Pilgrim vs. the World last night with my friend, Courtney. It was great! I'd like to write a review of it someday, but I think I'll watch it again first.
I was on Mugglenet the other day and they had a post about this really cool looking blog: Mark Reads Harry Potter. It's this guy who is reading the Harry Potter books for the first time, and posts about each chapter after he reads them. He only knew a few things about Harry Potter before he began his quest, and he asks his readers to not reveal any spoilers within their comments (he is currently on The Half-Blood Prince). I've only read one of his posts, but this seems like a great blog! He uses a lot of adult language, so this blog isn't really for kids, but adult lovers of Harry Potter will get a kick out of it! Oh, and there's supposed to be a new trailer for The Deathly Hallows, Part 1 online on Wednesday! Sooo excited!
So tonight I have book club! We're (finally) discussing Mockingjay. We all love this series, so we are all going to have a lot to say! We are also doing a kind of potluck thing this time: only we're each bringing a dish that we'd want to have as our last meal. We were inspired by the meals that Katniss and Peeta eat on the train on their way to their first Games. I'm bringing some sushi. I wanted to bring escargot (my absolute favorite!) but I wasn't sure that others would like it as much as I do. I'm so ready for the meeting; it should be a blast!
On my last post I decided that, since I had missed a day of my Write Every Day Challenge, I would write more than just a blog post on Day #9. I looked online and found a website called Creative Writing Prompts. I perused the different prompts and found one that caught my eye: #4 challenges you to rewrite the ending of Cinderella so that the glass slipper actually fit on one of her ugly stepsisters. This is right up my alley, because in high school I wrote poem that was a different take on Cinderella, and I love the books of Gregory Maguire (Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West; Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister; and Mirror, Mirror). So off to write I went. I wrote a bit that day, and a bit more yesterday (to fulfill my quota for Day #10), and let me tell you, I had so much fun doing it! It reminded me just how much fun I can have while writing, while making up characters and describing their actions. If NaNoWriMo is anything like that for me this year, I'm sure to reach the goal of 50,000 words! I also found No Plot? No Problem! at the library yesterday! Score!
I went to see Scott Pilgrim vs. the World last night with my friend, Courtney. It was great! I'd like to write a review of it someday, but I think I'll watch it again first.
I was on Mugglenet the other day and they had a post about this really cool looking blog: Mark Reads Harry Potter. It's this guy who is reading the Harry Potter books for the first time, and posts about each chapter after he reads them. He only knew a few things about Harry Potter before he began his quest, and he asks his readers to not reveal any spoilers within their comments (he is currently on The Half-Blood Prince). I've only read one of his posts, but this seems like a great blog! He uses a lot of adult language, so this blog isn't really for kids, but adult lovers of Harry Potter will get a kick out of it! Oh, and there's supposed to be a new trailer for The Deathly Hallows, Part 1 online on Wednesday! Sooo excited!
So tonight I have book club! We're (finally) discussing Mockingjay. We all love this series, so we are all going to have a lot to say! We are also doing a kind of potluck thing this time: only we're each bringing a dish that we'd want to have as our last meal. We were inspired by the meals that Katniss and Peeta eat on the train on their way to their first Games. I'm bringing some sushi. I wanted to bring escargot (my absolute favorite!) but I wasn't sure that others would like it as much as I do. I'm so ready for the meeting; it should be a blast!
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