Hello everyone and welcome to my journal! This is a sticky post, at the top of my stuff for the month of November.

I am participating in NaNoWriMo this year.
That means I will be writing 50,000 words in 30 days, over the month of November.

Journal entries will probably center around this. To see my current word count click the tag "word count" and check out how nifty and organized I am. I learn more about my novel, click the tag and check out how little I make sense.
Thanks for putting up with me in this month of craziness, and remember: it's never too late to join!

Since I know this isn't fascinating to everyone either, this is also a sticky post for the rest of November. This is for my Daily Word Count, in case anyone's obsessed with my progress.

( Week 1 )
( Week 2 )

Nov. 15:
Daily Goal: 42397
Personal Goal: 42312
Overall: 42032/50000
84%

Nov. 16:
Daily Goal: 43699
Personal Goal: 43297 COMPLETE!
Overall: 43424/50000
87%

Nov. 17:
Daily Goal: 45091
Personal Goal: 44058 COMPLETE!
Overall: 44182/50000
88%

Nov. 18:
Daily Goal: 45849
Personal Goal: 44820 COMPLETE!
Overall: 45451/50000
91%

Nov. 19:
Daily Goal: 47118
Personal Goal: 45773 COMPLETE!
Overall: 45918/50000
92%

Nov. 20:
Daily Goal: 47585 COMPLETE!
Personal Goal: 47853 COMPLETE!
Overall: 50112/50000
100%

I WIN!

To practice my Spanish, I figured I'd watch a movie in Spanish every now and then. I'm aiming for every day I don't have class, but it will probably be more like on the weekends, and occasionally on an afternoon or two. So I've been trying to make a list of movies I like and liked as a kid that would be fun to try in Spanish (using you tube until I can't find any more on you tube, then exploring other places).
So far I've watched The Junglebook and The Aristocats, both of which were favorites when I was little. I totally forgot about them until all of a sudden I was watching them and I felt a wave of nostalgia wash over me.
It's fun to discover new movies again, and to realize how much Spanish I've learned. I understand a large portion of these movies that I haven't seen in years! I'm slowly working my way through the Disney movies first, I think, and then I'll progress to some newer stuff (Wall-E is on the list ;)
I figured I'd share my list and see if any of you have anything to add...? Some of these we saw in class, but I figured while I'm doing this movie watching thing I'll see them again.
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So I won NaNoWriMo last night. I wrote over 50000 words in 20 days. It wasn't easy, but it sure was fun. I intend to do something similar in December, trying to write 50000 words of 100 Souls rewrites and new stuff. I really love that story and I'd love to get it finished up (I think it needs more than 50000 words to finish, though. After all, 100 souls take a long time to collect).
I've got a little chart on my wall of everything I want to do: Edit Angel's Story, send out queries to agents, edit The Fix Is In, research things for Butterflies, my 2010 NaNo, write a story idea I had called Dumb. and send out a bajillion letters to agents asking them to buy my stuff.
So. What I need help with is names of authors that have a writing style kind of like mine. Authors that write things kind of like my stuff. Especially if they have a style like Angel's Story. Anyone you can think of would be really helpful. Because then I can look them up, read some of there stuff, and most importantly find out who their agents are, so I can query them.

Hindu Sexism and Male Perception of Female Dharma, or
What is the Meaning of Her Life?
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I always find myself quite inspired by the art we look at in my Hinduism class. Makes me want to have a shrine to Parvati just so I can have her picture on my wall. Anyway, I thought I'd share some of the stuff I've been oggling recently.
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There's so much more, of course, but these are some that we learned about in class.

( Lo siento, pero... el primero! )
( el secundo )Besos,
Anna

So I'm feeling a little stuck on my novel. Like almost always, I feel Neil Gaiman says it best.
( Noveling Gunk Here )

So I'm trying to decide what classes I want to take, and you better not steal the ones I'm taking, all you 5-College-ites!
I'm planning on signing up for Intro to Psych, Intro to Anthro, Latin America: The Amazon, Spanish 201, Spanish 201 Lab, Chorale, and Self Defense. The careful observer will notice that this is seven classes, which is more than four. But not to worry, Spanish Lab is no credits because it's part of Spanish, Chorale is only 1 credit, and Self Defense is no credits because it's gym. Yay!
The end result being I'm taking 17 credits again, and considering taking advantage of the 5-College language thing and learning Norwegian. Why? Because that'd be cool. The only thing I'm worried about is that they might not let me because of credits or whatever, the pamphlet did a bad job explaining.

But what I'm most excited for is J-Term. There's a class on everything there is to know about Venice. History, culture, and so on. And at the end there's a 6 day trip to Venice! Want, want, want! I don't know how many students can sign up, but I've still got another week, so if it's still open next Friday, I'm going to sign up!
SO DON'T TAKE MY SPOT!

I would say I'd make my brother not have Aspergers, but that's such a huge part of who he is, and I love who he is.
I guess I'd make it so that we had enough money so my mom didn't have to worry about paying for college for both of us so she could change jobs to one where she's happy.

Miguel: I'm like leg hair.

Stan: One thing about fat around your kidney, you're not trying to put it through an udder.
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Tomorrow's November 1st, and we all know what that means... NaNo!
I think I'll be going to bed around 8:00 tonight, and I'll wake up around 11:00 pm, head down to the common room, and start writing as soon as my clock says 12:01. Around 2:00 we're supposed to set our clocks back an hour, so I'll do that while I'm up then. (Note To Self: change time on desk clock before heading down to write.) I'll write until the morning, head down to breakfast, then write some more until my brunch shift. After which... more writing! But I'll try to go to bed early and not stay up past midnight so that I'll be able to wake up on Monday for my first class... SPANISH MIDTERM!

...my parents think I'm crazy.

Ooooh ooooh
It's a cold night
Beneath the street lights
There's a man whose pants are too tight
Oh no, his pants are too tight
(My pants are too tight!)

He stands there
An empty stare
Trying to make enough money for his cab fare home
He'll have to walk home tonight
(Don't have enough for the ride)

The streets are cruel
He tries to act cool
He goes to work with only his work tool
You can put away your tool, Jemaine!

You don't have to be a Prostitute
No no no no no
You can say no to being a man-ho
A male gigalow
You don't have to be a Prostitute
No no no no no
You can say no to being a night-looker, a boy-hooker a rent-boy bro-ho

He cannot see his way out
(I cannot my way out)
He can't see his way out
(Male prostitution seems to be my only option)
He can't see his way out
(I cannot see my way out)
He can't see his way out
No no no no no

He's selling cheap thrills
To pay expensive bills
But check your resume
You must have some other skills
Do you have any other skills
Like typing?

They see him, wanting to please them
Wanting to play him, but they don't even pay him
Oh no no
They don't think he's worth it at all

Though they are no one
He tries to bring them home
Maybe it'd be ok if he lived alone
Ooh you have a roommate, Jemaine
Don't bring them home

You don't have to be a prostitute
No no no no no
You can say no to being a man-ho
A male gigalo
You don't have to be a prostitute
No no no no no
You can say no to being a night-looker, a boy-hooker a rent-boy bro-pro

Happy Halloween everyone!

My Spanish teacher asked me to talk to her after class today. Apparently I'm doing really well in the class. So well she thinks I could be doing way better, and need a tutor. I guess my homework is significantly worse than my essay was, so I need to practice more! And I will study more and focus more on my homework, because she seems like she really thinks I could be awesome by the end of the semester. So. Going to start setting that up. Hopefully it'll be okay to do on the weekends because my free time is decreasing rapidly. I think I'll try to finish most of my homework for the week over the weekend, then just finish up readings, write responses, etc. during the week. Perhaps I will sit down tonight and just do Spanish homework for next week for 3 hours straight. That might be a better way to do this, since my mind will already be in Spanish. I don't know. I'm doing too many things, and really, I'm not doing all that much.

Mi profesora de espanol dice a mi que necisito un tutor, porque tengo buenas notas, pero no son perfectas, y piensa que estare magnifica a la fin del semestre si practico hablando en espanol con un tutor. Tambien, necesito centrarme en la tarea. Pienso que hacere mi tarea por la semana en un dia, quizas esto es mejor.

No time. I am jumping out of my skin right now. Something of mine will be in the winter edition here. Will post link when it goes up. So excited!
This piece was already rejected by another magazine, but it's going in to this one! It's "quick fiction" which they seem to really like. AH! So excited.