Seemed So Out of Context
This post is brought to you by staying up past my bed time, listening to the Postal Service, and the very sad truth that I didn't want to get to a year long gap between posts (just under the wire!).
I am not at all the same person I was when I stopped blogging. I've been through panic attacks and graduation. I've spent several months just sitting in my room in front of a computer and I've finally worked my butt off in the real world. I'm still the exact same nerd, but I'm a more socially acceptable one. I get up in the morning, brush my teeth and go to work where I answer phones and joke with my colleagues and generally find myself feeling more and more comfortable away from the the constant schooling that was my safety blanket. At this point in my life I can say with slight wonder that I am actually supporting myself. I pay for my bills and my extras and I finally have health insurance again, which I'm happier about that having extra money.
So what am I doing here? I'm really not sure, but I feel like if I'm paying for it I should be making it useful. It might be horribly personal or I might post weird pictures of my cats.
Procrastination, Or Justifying Writing A Novel
I have a paper due Wednesday and I'm not done with the spreadsheet for my professor, but I've written some of my NaNoWriMo novel. I haven't gotten as far with it as I want to, but ideas are buzzing around my head and I'm feeling pretty good about this novel, even if I don't make the November deadline.
My story Jack, Or Things I Know About the World is kind of a weird fantasy/alternate universe/finding yourself drama. The main guy's personality is based off my cat... Yeah, I promise I'm not a crazy cat lady yet, it just really worked out. He's slightly quirked but loyal. The main girl is a bit of a ditz, but really she just wants a daddy-figure. And then there's a guy named Richard, who may actually be two or three different guys, but is probably just one and a half.
Anyway, the preface (or Chapter Zero) is up at a blog I've made for the challenge. I'm probably going to post more, but not until I've worked and reworked each section. The preface has been looked over about five times already. There's also a pre-preface but it was written before the challenge and is basically plotness that may/may not actually be given away early on so I think I'm going to keep it to myself until I decided how the story will actually play out.
Oh, where's this blog you say, it's here(Blogspot).