mslulu | October

It's October 4 and that can only mean one thing. Only 27 days until NaNoWriMo 2004 begins. I've been debating over the last few months whether or not I was going to do it again, and still am not convinced that I'm doing it, but I updated my registration and I'm throwing details and ideas around in my head for where to take my story.

Which means, I probably will do it. It's a hell of a time committment, but I know I can manage it. Wish I had managed to score a laptop before now, but there's always the old fashioned pen and paper option for when I'm on the go. Or the "mooch someone else's laptop for an evening" option. That worked once last year (thanks

darkmoon!).

Not sure about my mental state though. Last year, I blew through it with flying colors while being horribly depressed. This year, I'm happy. I've been mostly consistently happy for about 7 months. I also haven't written much of anything in 7 months. I hope there's not a connection there, because I have no desire to go down in history as one of those writers who wallowed in misery, drank themselves to death, and produced great masterpieces in the meantime.

And on a completely unrelated subject, it's a bitch trying to concentrate on work when all you want to do is go home and play Civilization: call to Power. I knew I shouldn't have reinstalled that game. I'm frighteningly addicted.