First Friday of the Week - 2023-01-27
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natsinatorI was going to say "literally nothing of note happened to me this week so I'll skip writing this post" but that is actually completely untrue. I just haven't gotten any writing done lol.
Posting Update
One chapter to report
Serpent's Mouth, Serpent's Teeth - Chapter Twenty-Two - Leaving the City - 6,854 words
Writing Update
Been a bit of a rough one not gonna lie. I basically haven't written at all on the workdays this week. I'm hoping to get out the entire next chapter of WIAW this weekend, but we'll see if this actually comes to fruition. I want to be on top of things, I've just been completely fucking wiped after work for reasons that are beyond my ken, or at least beyond my ability to do something about. :| hopefully the days getting longer will relieve some of this, but man it has been rough.
I've also decided that for funsies I'm going to outline all the novels that I have ideas for, which is about 6ish books. These ideas are in varying states of "developed". (and none of them are WIAW-- that's a different task altogether lol). I just think it will be fun to have these as a backup of ideas that are ready to go when I'm feeling rough about whatever my current project is. Not that I necessarily NEED the distraction lol-- as always, the only way out is through.
I'm kinda feeling "the only way out is through" with SMST rn. This book is just taking so long to write, and I know that's because I've been distracted with other shit/been so so so tired. But I want to be done with it. I want to have a complete project. Nothing is better than sticking that FINISHED stamp on something lol. TBH, now that I'm really in the thick of the civil war arcs, I think that things are going *slightly* better than they were, but that's not saying that much lol.
Media
Still in the middle of 100 Years of Solitude. I like it alright but it is hard to keep track of who all these people are lol.
Life Update
I've decided that 2023 is The Year of the Spreadsheet, so this means that I'm religiously tracking my spending/eating/reading. The spending tracker has been particularly elucidating b/c it says I need to, for the love of god, stop shopping at the greek market b/c shit costs way too much money there lol. But it's also made me stressed about finances :| I'd be in the black this month if I hadn't spent money on a college course, but I did, so, you know, it is what it is. Unfortunately the fact that I did spend money on it means I'm very much in the red.
How is that course anyway? Uh well I've had one meeting of it and it was kinda bad. Unfortunate. The professor seems really nice but the students... oh god... The guy who came into the class pretending he had an intuitive understanding of spoken chinese from listening to it over the phone, and "when I'm not paying attention, it's just like they're speaking english" but then wanted to ask the most obnoxious clearly-knows-nothing-but-has-to-prove-he's-smart questions of all time. it killed me. i died. i am dead. also the guy who insisted on making iphone notification noises with his mouth all class long. lol.
i think i am already probably a more advanced student than the level of this class-- not exactly in terms of material covered, like i'm fine with starting at zero-- but a more rigorous and intense course would probably be better for me actually learning things. but this is the course i'm in so. whatever. i will stick with it for the next couple months. and at the end ask the prof to recommend what i do next.
Other than that... idk what's going on with my life. I'm still kinda in the hole. I cleaned up a bunch of nonsense from my house. I did end up buying new sneakers but they haven't arrived yet. IDK.
What's On the Docket?
Posting Update
One chapter to report
Serpent's Mouth, Serpent's Teeth - Chapter Twenty-Two - Leaving the City - 6,854 words
Whoo new POV time. It's always fun to play around in a new character's head-- in this case Evangeline. I feel like I've done her a bit of a bad turn thus far in WIAW. She's a /very/ flat character in the OVA, and the story in WIAW has been one of intentionally keeping her out of the loop, so it's been a little hard to develop her past a 2D image of a perfect wife. And like my goal for so much of WIAW is to flesh out people's lives beyond whatever they're supposed to "stand for" in the story-- and this works best when characters have things to do. And Eva is about to have Things To Do lol. I'm honestly surprised that no one has figured out exactly what things she's going to be doing, b/c I feel like the writing is blatantly on the wall, but foreshadowing is sometimes best recognized in hindsight :p
Writing Update
Been a bit of a rough one not gonna lie. I basically haven't written at all on the workdays this week. I'm hoping to get out the entire next chapter of WIAW this weekend, but we'll see if this actually comes to fruition. I want to be on top of things, I've just been completely fucking wiped after work for reasons that are beyond my ken, or at least beyond my ability to do something about. :| hopefully the days getting longer will relieve some of this, but man it has been rough.
I've also decided that for funsies I'm going to outline all the novels that I have ideas for, which is about 6ish books. These ideas are in varying states of "developed". (and none of them are WIAW-- that's a different task altogether lol). I just think it will be fun to have these as a backup of ideas that are ready to go when I'm feeling rough about whatever my current project is. Not that I necessarily NEED the distraction lol-- as always, the only way out is through.
I'm kinda feeling "the only way out is through" with SMST rn. This book is just taking so long to write, and I know that's because I've been distracted with other shit/been so so so tired. But I want to be done with it. I want to have a complete project. Nothing is better than sticking that FINISHED stamp on something lol. TBH, now that I'm really in the thick of the civil war arcs, I think that things are going *slightly* better than they were, but that's not saying that much lol.
Media
Still in the middle of 100 Years of Solitude. I like it alright but it is hard to keep track of who all these people are lol.
Life Update
I've decided that 2023 is The Year of the Spreadsheet, so this means that I'm religiously tracking my spending/eating/reading. The spending tracker has been particularly elucidating b/c it says I need to, for the love of god, stop shopping at the greek market b/c shit costs way too much money there lol. But it's also made me stressed about finances :| I'd be in the black this month if I hadn't spent money on a college course, but I did, so, you know, it is what it is. Unfortunately the fact that I did spend money on it means I'm very much in the red.
How is that course anyway? Uh well I've had one meeting of it and it was kinda bad. Unfortunate. The professor seems really nice but the students... oh god... The guy who came into the class pretending he had an intuitive understanding of spoken chinese from listening to it over the phone, and "when I'm not paying attention, it's just like they're speaking english" but then wanted to ask the most obnoxious clearly-knows-nothing-but-has-to-prove-he's-smart questions of all time. it killed me. i died. i am dead. also the guy who insisted on making iphone notification noises with his mouth all class long. lol.
i think i am already probably a more advanced student than the level of this class-- not exactly in terms of material covered, like i'm fine with starting at zero-- but a more rigorous and intense course would probably be better for me actually learning things. but this is the course i'm in so. whatever. i will stick with it for the next couple months. and at the end ask the prof to recommend what i do next.
Other than that... idk what's going on with my life. I'm still kinda in the hole. I cleaned up a bunch of nonsense from my house. I did end up buying new sneakers but they haven't arrived yet. IDK.
What's On the Docket?
- SMST ch23. I need to just get the whole thing done this weekend.
- I need to figure out what the homework is for my class and do it. I'm gonna get a good grade in school. something that's normal to want/possible to achieve
- Finish writing these silly little outlines
- Draw a picture during DND
- survive ig...
