I'm thinking about doing NaNoWriMo. I could use something intense and crazy to focus on for a month.
For some reason it gives me great pleasure to know that people are always doing something way more cryptic than me.
Basically, in the month of November, a bunch of lunatics around the world all try to complete a 50,000-word novel in a single month. I'm wondering if I'm that crazy.
I keep wanting to get into writing again, but every time I grab a pencil and paper, I end up staring at it and thinking "...Fuck."
I'm thinking about doing NaNoWriMo. I could use something intense and crazy to focus on for a month.
For some reason it gives me great pleasure to know that people are always doing something way more cryptic than me.
Basically, in the month of November, a bunch of lunatics around the world all try to complete a 50,000-word novel in a single month. I'm wondering if I'm that crazy.
I keep wanting to get into writing again, but every time I grab a pencil and paper, I end up staring at it thinking "...Fuck."
I need to start pencil/paper writing again and then just typing it in later, because these days when I try to write on my computer I just get sucked into dicking around on the internet.
I'm thinking about doing NaNoWriMo. I could use something intense and crazy to focus on for a month.
For some reason it gives me great pleasure to know that people are always doing something way more cryptic than me.
Basically, in the month of November, a bunch of lunatics around the world all try to complete a 50,000-word novel in a single month. I'm wondering if I'm that crazy.
I keep wanting to get into writing again, but every time I grab a pencil and paper, I end up staring at it thinking "...Fuck."
I need to start pencil/paper writing again and then just typing it in later, because these days when I try to write on my computer I just get sucked into dicking around on the internet.
I much prefer physically writing something out than typing. I'm a shitty typist, for one thing. But it also keeps me from getting sidetracked fixing typos/making minor fixes/etc.
Isn't it against the law for you to teach books that aren't outright painful to read?
What can I say, I'm a rebel.
Teachers who rebel have their licenses revoked. And if you wanted to be a real rebel, you'd find the standardized test booklet for reading comprehension and hand that in as your assignment.
Thanks for the book suggestions, Will and Cat! I think I will head to the bookstore and/or library this afternoon and take a look at the Pratchett science books and the Feynman bio. That or I'll just be lazy and dig up my copy of "A Short History of Nearly Everything" (but I'd feel kind of bad about that because when I designed my Evolution unit plan I gave a reading handout from that book already).
I can drive a stick. People who drive stick are less likely to be in or cause accidents. Australia said so.
Edit: Seriously, this Australian dude I used to talk to was pulling insurance statistics and shit.
Didn't Australia also say people who speed have small genitalia?
Insurance statistics are a bit more reliable than most. There's kind of a vested-interest in their accuracy, as opposed to a vested interest in their proving your point.
I can drive a stick. People who drive stick are less likely to be in or cause accidents. Australia said so.
Edit: Seriously, this Australian dude I used to talk to was pulling insurance statistics and shit.
Didn't Australia also say people who speed have small genitalia?
Insurance statistics are a bit more reliable than most. There's kind of a vested-interest in their accuracy, as opposed to a vested interest in their proving your point.
No, I mean, I heard from my roommate (he keeps up with a few Aussie newspapers online) that there was an ad campaign which broke down to "If you speed, you have a small penis".
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edited November 2007
Make sure your huevos rancheros are good ones, Grace. I find:
corn tortilla
two eggs, over easy
pinto beans
green chile sauce
cheddar cheese
stacked in that order is pretty magnificent. Fried eggs with bottled salsa are like welfare huevos rancheros.
I can drive a stick. People who drive stick are less likely to be in or cause accidents. Australia said so.
Edit: Seriously, this Australian dude I used to talk to was pulling insurance statistics and shit.
Didn't Australia also say people who speed have small genitalia?
Insurance statistics are a bit more reliable than most. There's kind of a vested-interest in their accuracy, as opposed to a vested interest in their proving your point.
No, I mean, I heard from my roommate (he keeps up with a few Aussie newspapers online) that there was an ad campaign which broke down to "If you speed, you have a small penis".
Well that's an ad campaign. Expecting there to be any truth in it is like expecting people to thank you for stabbing them in the throat.
Thanks for the book suggestions, Will and Cat! I think I will head to the bookstore and/or library this afternoon and take a look at the Pratchett science books and the Feynman bio. That or I'll just be lazy and dig up my copy of "A Short History of Nearly Everything" (but I'd feel kind of bad about that because when I designed my Evolution unit plan I gave a reading handout from that book already).
I don't think I've met anyone who didn't like Surely You're Joking. It's pretty great. I don't know why I didn't think of it sooner.
whole wheat tortilla
2 eggs sunny side up
mozzarella/asiago cheese blend
Mrs Renfro's black bean salsa
healthy dollop of guacamole
smaller dollop of hot pepper cream cheese dip stuff
Verdict: delicious
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edited November 2007
Hmm. They sound awfully midwestern. Like, it sounds like you need a dollop of jello on there or something.
I've lived in the midwest since 1983 and have never heard a real person say this.
I've only heard a couple people say it, and they were both really, really Minnesotan.
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edited November 2007
So I was making tabouleh last night, and had a big baker's bowl of chopped parsley, onion and tomato. I was over at the fridge, and I look over, and Frankie is emptying the cat's bowl into my bowl of veggies for the tabouleh.
Me: "What the fuck are you doing?!"
Frankie (looking up surprised): "Nothing"
Me: "No, seriously. I am watching you empty the cat's bowl into the food I'm making! Why would you do such a thing?!"
Frankie: "Um. Well. I wasn't really thinking. I saw some parsley in the cat's bowl and thought it shouldn't be there so I guess I just wanted to put it back"
The third person thing at the end there is especially amusing to me because I say that kind of thing all the time. After I get caught doing something stupid. "That is one incompetent wife you have, mister!"
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I need to start pencil/paper writing again and then just typing it in later, because these days when I try to write on my computer I just get sucked into dicking around on the internet.
sort-of-stick-figures-god
Cry mich ein river
What's up, Hap?
Does _J_ have a new account?
Pros:
-I type really fast
-I can easily rearrange/rewrite as soon as I notice something I don't like
Cons:
-I agonize over every word so who cares how fast I type?
-I can easily rearrange/rewrite as soon as I notice something I don't like
What can I say, I'm a rebel.
I have a stick right here. wanna see?
Teachers who rebel have their licenses revoked. And if you wanted to be a real rebel, you'd find the standardized test booklet for reading comprehension and hand that in as your assignment.
I have made poast in your H/A thread but the damned cat stole my thought and pre-empted me.
Really, though, the Feynman suggestion is the best one. You should go with that one.
well you can't so nyer
Holiday's up. And I'm tweaking the Crysis demo.
I hope that you preordered your sentient aluminum.
Edit: Seriously, this Australian dude I used to talk to was pulling insurance statistics and shit.
Didn't Australia also say people who speed have small genitalia?
Hey, it's playable with all settings on very high. I'm constantly over 30fps when I reduce shadow compexity to "high" instead of "very high".
So far I'm happy and it looks gorgeous.
Thanks for the book suggestions, Will and Cat! I think I will head to the bookstore and/or library this afternoon and take a look at the Pratchett science books and the Feynman bio. That or I'll just be lazy and dig up my copy of "A Short History of Nearly Everything" (but I'd feel kind of bad about that because when I designed my Evolution unit plan I gave a reading handout from that book already).
Insurance statistics are a bit more reliable than most. There's kind of a vested-interest in their accuracy, as opposed to a vested interest in their proving your point.
No, I mean, I heard from my roommate (he keeps up with a few Aussie newspapers online) that there was an ad campaign which broke down to "If you speed, you have a small penis".
corn tortilla
two eggs, over easy
pinto beans
green chile sauce
cheddar cheese
stacked in that order is pretty magnificent. Fried eggs with bottled salsa are like welfare huevos rancheros.
Well that's an ad campaign. Expecting there to be any truth in it is like expecting people to thank you for stabbing them in the throat.
I don't think I've met anyone who didn't like Surely You're Joking. It's pretty great. I don't know why I didn't think of it sooner.
I need my breakfast first. Or coffee. Whichever takes longer to get.
whole wheat tortilla
2 eggs sunny side up
mozzarella/asiago cheese blend
Mrs Renfro's black bean salsa
healthy dollop of guacamole
smaller dollop of hot pepper cream cheese dip stuff
Verdict: delicious
I've lived in the midwest since 1983 and have never heard a real person say this.
I've only heard a couple people say it, and they were both really, really Minnesotan.
Me: "What the fuck are you doing?!"
Frankie (looking up surprised): "Nothing"
Me: "No, seriously. I am watching you empty the cat's bowl into the food I'm making! Why would you do such a thing?!"
Frankie: "Um. Well. I wasn't really thinking. I saw some parsley in the cat's bowl and thought it shouldn't be there so I guess I just wanted to put it back"
Me: "..."
Frankie: "Your girlfriend is kind of retarded"
The third person thing at the end there is especially amusing to me because I say that kind of thing all the time. After I get caught doing something stupid. "That is one incompetent wife you have, mister!"