NaNoWriMo
NaNoWriMo is short for National Novel Writing Month, which is in November every year. The idea is that you sign up on the website and then attempt to write an entire novel of at least 50,000 words in November. If you manage it you can submit it to be validated and then you get a Winner’s Certificate from the website, but mainly you get to know that you wrote a novel in a month!
I’ve known about it for a couple of years now, but this year I’ve decided to do it. I’m not very prepared- I only have 3 A4 pages of handwritten notes- but I think it’s going to be fun just to see how it goes!
Flinch
I’d be paralysed if I ran into you
My tongue would seize up if we were to meet again.
- Flinch- Alanis Morissette
If I kiss you where it’s sore
Will you feel better, better, better?
Will you feel anything at all?
- Better- Regina Spektor
I love you. <3
A million and one
That’s the amount of things I had to do today. I only managed a million. I haven’t got any work to send to my creative writing teacher, because the short piece I was supposed to be writing has turned into a much longer piece, which is good in the long run but now I have nothing to send, which is annoying.
And I feel gagged. And, ironically, I can’t even say here why.
The work I was doing today was autobiographical, and I think it’s freaked me out a bit. It’s very odd to see some things written down like that, not hiding behind characters and the 3rd person.
I’m living with an Italian
Required reading
Everyone should have a look at www.fmylife.com .
This is my favourite story that I’ve seen so far today:
Today, I got an email from the company that manages my Cat’s microchip informing me that I had to update my information that had been entered by the local Humane Society. Apparently, they listed my cat “Coral” as the owner, and me as the pet. To change it, they needed the cat’s signature. FML.
Obviously!
Lee: Why did the person on the bike fall off it?
Cissy: I don’t know. Why?
Lee: Because someone threw a fridge at them.
What do you do with a BA in English?
I’ve started my third year now. It’s offically not stupidly early to be trying to work out concrete-ish plans for what I want to do once I finish my degree. To say that I think that’s scary is an understatement. The way I see it my options are something like this:
1. Do a Masters.
2. Do a PGCE.
3. Do a job just because it gives me money that has no relevance to my degree.
Though that makes it look like I have 3 options, I actually have 6 (or even 9, actually) because they all come with a Swansea/Southampton (/elsewhere) option.
“What do you actually want to do?” I hear you cry. Right now, I want to do a Masters. I’m trying to decide whether to do a creative writing or an English one, though I’m not too worried about that because I think I’d be happy doing either. “What are you going to do with that?” I hear you cry (again). Well, at the moment I like the idea of doing a PHD, and maybe becoming a lecturer/reasearcher/writer type. I don’t think I’m clever enough, but there you go.
But the other problem, apart from my blinding lack of intelligence, is money. I like books, I like clothes, and I like Nando’s, so I have no money. Not that it actually matters that much, as I’d never have the kind of money needed to pay the tuition fees for a Masters even if I had saved my money more. You can’t get a normal student loan for a Masters, so it’s basically down to applying for bursaries and getting bank loans and stuff, which is quite scary really. And expensive. It annoys me how expensive it is to get an education once you’re (apparently) a grown up.
This is where the PGCE option comes in. I’ve always liked the idea of being a teacher (and still do), but I don’t know if at this moment at time I like the idea enough, and I don’t think I should do it if I’m not sure about it, because it has the potential to be pretty horrific. But you get paid to train, which deals with my money problems. But, grrr. It’s not my first choice.
I could get a job and save up to pay for a Masters but that’d mean going to live back home permanantly, because paying rent and buying food isn’t going to leave much left from the kind of job I’d have so I probably wouldn’t be able to afford to live away from home. So that’s a bit of a fail.
I just want to learn!
Tescoland
Tesco-related advantages in Swansea:
It’s open 24 hours.
Tesco-related disadvantages in Swansea:
George doesn’t work there.
