Of course, NaNo is a huge challenge, and I'm trying not to be discouraged by how hard I'm finding it. I thought the first week was supposed to pass in a rush? Only the first day did for me. However, as I have never finished anything longer than a couple pages, the fact that my page count is at 12 is very encouraging. I can do this. At JCF (Cherry Forums), there is a thread called "I am a great writer" which discusses (among other things) how what you say, and what you believe, affect your reality. I am a great writer.
So, Saturday night - after I made my 1667 for the day, I finally put up my shelves, and unpacked the candles and frames. I'm pretty pleased with the way they look. The ribbon on the upper left corner is to neaten up the edges, but I don't think it's the right trim yet. *sigh*
These are my favorite set of shelves, but they were a nightmare to hang, since they needed to align. Although I was temped to hang them with a gap between them, but then my mistakes trying to hang them would show. In the end, I'm glad I didn't give up...
This is a shelf for my home office (which was already painted lemon yellow, but I like the lightness among all the bookcases and desks. I'm excited that it's back to being a home office, for the five weeks I painted the bedroom, I slept on a futon mattress on the floor of the office.
Tonight was Halloween, and being a security guard means no elaborate costume. Cherry Con set me up for some fun, although it was too warm in the office tonight to wear the feather boa. Still, everyone loved the flamingos, and fought over who got to wear the flashing glasses. The playdoh was a hot commodity, and the cookie Deb brought was very yummy. Not pictured was Sue's delicious pumpkin roll.
During and After, Window Wall
Closeup of Shapes
Wall #2, painted & beaded (& bonus clutter!)
Wall #3, Painted & Beaded (with stained shelves)
Wall #4, Just Painted a Whole Bunch
Detail, Edge of Stripe with Swirls and Beads
You're Watership Down!
by Richard Adams
Though many think of you as a bit young, even childish, you're
actually incredibly deep and complex. You show people the need to rethink their
assumptions, and confront them on everything from how they think to where they
build their houses. You might be one of the greatest people of all time. You'd
be recognized as such if you weren't always talking about talking rabbits.
Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.
1. Hardcover or paperback, and why?
Paperback, so I can fit more in the space I have. Plus, I like the size in my hands better...
2. If I were to own a book shop I would call it…
The Manhattan Restaurant of the Mind. (No, I don't care that it's unoriginal. Bonus points if you recognize the reference!)
3. My favorite quote from a book (mention the title) is…
Considering how much I love quotes, I'll just go with a recent favorite, and not spend all night contemplating my all-time favorite book quotes.
"If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to serve as a horrible warning." Faking It, Jennifer Crusie
4. The author (alive or deceased) I would love to have lunch with would be ….
Hehehehe - in about two weeks, I get to meet Jennifer Crusie, Alesia Holliday, Lani Diane Rich, Anne Stuart, and a whole lot of other published and unpublished authors. I'm absolutely giddy ;) Although I would love to have lunch with Doug, Dean, and Erin, too!
5. If I was going to a deserted island and could only bring one book, except from the SAS survival guide, it would be…
The revision of Doug's book, which I have not had a chance to read. Being too busy to sit down with a much anticipated changed ending drives me crazy!
6. I would love someone to invent a bookish gadget that….
Contained a virtual library that held like a paperback book. Sorta like the books in the Wolfram & Hart offices in the last season of Angel, where you whisper to the book what you need and it becomes that book.
7. The smell of an old book reminds me of….
Growing up, hiding in the camper in the driveway and reading alone.
8. If I could be the lead character in a book (mention the title), it would be….
Oh, hell. Too many I'd love to be, so I'm just going with Carly from The Fortune Quilt by Lani Diane Rich. God knows I've been towered enough, now I want the psychic quilt and amazing painter boyfriend. (And you should go buy this book! Even my mom liked it, and our taste in books is mostly very different.)
9. The most overestimated book of all times is….
Overestimated? Hmmm. I thought Moby Dick was a drag, hated The Awakening, thought LA Banks should be banned from writing in english after reading Minion, and completely failed to see why my mom liked Mary Higgins Clark (sorry, really don't remember which one I read...) But honestly, the occasional wallbanger is a small price to pay for everything I get from the books I buy and love.
10. I hate it when a book….
Is badly copyedited *cough Laurell K. Hamilton cough*. Has a TSTL heroine (with optional glittery hoo-ha). Has an oversimplified climax - deux ex machina, anyone? Some books I like so much up until the sudden oversimplified ending, that I read them again and quit before the bad ending. (Fairyville by Emma Holly is a little like that)
Ooh, 5:17 am already, where does the time go? If I fell asleep right now, I could nap for about 1 1/2 hours.
*Coming Soon* (hopefully!) pictures from my crazily elaborate hand painted four color bedroom, and my return to blogging?!?!
So, my 34th birthday was last Tuesday, and I spent it in Chicago with my family walking. We waled a lot all three days, actually. While I was walking around Shedd Aquarium, I came across two girls doing face paintings, and just had to get one. One girl was going on break, and she had an amazing seahorse on her face, and I like seahorses, so I asked for one like hers in teal. While cute, the one I got was nowhere near as amazing, but I'm still glad I did it.
