Write Until We Die July Update

I'm dyin' here guys.

Well, metaphorically, anyways.

Didn't hit anywhere near my goal yesterday. Like shamefully far from it. Hoping for a better night tonight.

I think one of my biggest problems is the sheer number of partially started projects I have and my inability to decide what to focus on. If I could just finish one thing, I have a feeling my sense 'oh god, I am made of suck' will go away a little. I just need that self esteem boost. So, you know, writing about it in my LJ definitely helps. *facepalm*

My other major problem is my inability to get past the fact that Big Bang #2 doesn't have a map. I guess I'm a visual person when it comes to that kind of thing and I am having mondo trouble working on this story without the city mapped out. epiphanyx7 would be able to fix me. *longs*

Anyways. Back to the drawing board (which is actually a hardcover book and a broken pencil held together with yarn).

425 / 1500

(plus half a map!)


Also very important and the reason I have selected that icon for today's update is the fact that I am hungry and yet unable to eat until Katie gets home. SAD DAY.

I Don't Get A Lot of Things

Here are some things I just don't understand.

1) Heavy metal. I mean, I kind of get heavy metals (although it's never really been well defined as to how you get into that club), but the music of the same name confuses me. It's probably really hard to play and more power to you, metal guitarists, but wow it just kind of hurts my ears and makes me angry. I can't understand what you're saying if you keep shouting and growling like that! It's like talking to an angry dog.

2) And why don't people like sitcoms? You don't have to like all of them, but I find it hard to believe there is not a single situation comedy you don't at least sometimes enjoy. WHY DO YOU HATE LAUGHTER.

3) And sausages are gross. What part of the animal are you even eating? I don't think you know. And that weird me out. Same with pepperoni (though it makes a good name for a gecko) and extra same goes for meatloaf.

4) What's the deal with Lost? What was the story for that even? It seems like six years of unanswered questions and random shit that the writers thought would be a good idea. Or maybe this is how it happened:

'Guys, the dog ate the scripts for this week! I think he got angry because he was listening to too much incoherent metal music and he couldn't figure out what he was eating, so he was trying to get back at me! What do we do?'

'Shit, I knew we should have let him watch Scrubs! Add a polar bears and some smudgy smoke shit that kills people. That'll do for at least another half a season!'

5) I like drinking booze. Alcohol makes me feel warm 'n' fuzzy and it makes it easier for me to deal with people. I am not a notoriously good dealer of people usually. But I don't get the appeal of being so drunk you throw up. Most people don't like throwing up. In fact, most people try to avoid it. Unless they're drinking. All I'm saying is if you hate your friends so much that you need to drink until you can't remember anything you did with them at all last night, maybe you need to Craigslist some new friends. Just sayin'.

6) What's the deal with spelling on the internet? Why do some people find it so difficult to do? I mean, you can navigate to facebook or twitter or whatever site you blow at spelling on. You typed in the url without killing anyone. How is 'where' or 'their' so hard to spell? ESPECIALLY considering most browsers have the option for auto-spellcheck?

These are just some of the things I don't get today, guys.