You Could Have Stopped Me with One Word, but No, You Wouldn't...

Last day of November... are your Christmas decorations up yet?

Another quickie tonight. I wrote on the novel again last night, and it was unlike any writing session this whole month... I knew right were I wanted to take it, and it flew, it was awesome. I was so energized and rolling, I didn't want to stop. It felt great. But when 3:15 rolled around, I knew I'd have to get up this morning by 8am to prepare for church. So I forced myself to go to bed, even though I was wide awake and could have rolled...

Part of it might be the caffiene cycle I'm on... I wake in the morning, tired. I grab a coffee or energy drink sometime in the early afternoon, to keep me awake. It kicks in late afternoon and I roll until way late... then I collapse into bed at about 2am (except last night, as I said... I was firing on all cylinders at 3 and beyond), but I was a zombie this morning, it was brutal. So I grabbed a latte at about 2pm, and the cycle continues... I really should just force myself to bed at midnight and then have no caffeine the next day... try and balance it out.

Dang, you all didn't need to hear that, sorry. That was thoroughly skimmable...I'm free-associating again. Here, lemme post a cute cat clip, to break things up a bit...



In any case, I'm at 48.5K words... I'll pass my goal tonight. Then I will let out a victory roar, and gear up to keep writing daily. I think I'm looking at 100K+ words... probably a lot more... so much cool stuff to add!

Here's the Funny T-Shirt of the Day...

The two most important phone numbers, I suppose...

Here are some nice Christmassy Photos for you, as pleasant filler...

 

Hope you liked those as much as I do. I'm really feelin' Christmas this year for some reason. I hope that means it will be a good one. And by good one, I don't mean "get lots of swag", I mean, hopefully, I'll have some sort of breakthru in one or more areas, personal, spiritual, occupational, creatively, etc.

Lately on Facebook, for my status updates, I've been dropping a Beatle lyric, just to be innocuously vacuous. A friend commented that it was a shame that Christians listen to the Beatles, since they were (in the friend's opinion) a bad influence on society. I guess this gets back into the issue of Christians listening to secular music. Personally, I don't idolize or admire the Beatles for who they were or what they stood for - or at all, really. I know they were just people doing what they felt best to pursue what they loved and get through the day, like the rest of us. I feel no urge to take drugs or get into Eastern philosophy or "love love love" stuff. I just really like their music, as in musically. Lyrically, the songs are a mixed bag (IMHO), but there are many songs that just flat-out are awesome to me.

One reason I bring this up is that I replied to his comment about Christians feeling shamed for listening by saying "Well, I suppose you can color me shamed, then." Today I noticed he'd "unfriended" me. Perhaps it was mere coincidence, I don't know. I wrote him a private message and sent it to him, haven't received a reply yet. But I really do value his friendship, always have. I'd hate to think I've offended him.

That reminds me, I made a comment in jest yesterday at the play rehearsal that was spontaneous and didn't have much thought behind it. It kind of came out wrong, and I could see how it could have been interpreted as a thinly-veiled insult. I hate that I do that - I did that last year, too... make a comment thinking one thing and having it come out wrong and hurt someone's feelings. I wish life had a "control-Z" function, so I could undo stuff like that. I apologized to the person yesterday, and the person assured me it was ok, but still, I feel like a turd.

I guess I need a cookie...

A 35-layer Oreo... dang...

OK, I'm done for now. Gonna go crack the 50K mark, submit my manuscript to get an official word count, and pat myself on the back. Until tomorrow, remember, just pretend you're a janitor. Janitors are never terrified.