| Calvynne | Reasons you're not writing right now... |
    10,875 / 50,000 Joined: Okt 18, 2004
Location: B.C. Canada Posts:
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Nov 8, 2009 - 10 48 |
Also known as our local procrastination station! I've been distracted this weekend with: Let's here some "good" excuses for letting that writing drop off! |
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Nov 8, 2009 - 11 22
I'm at school 8-14 hours a day and when I get home I just want to sleep!
Also, its my birthday this weekend and people keep giving me books that I want to read...isn't that suppose to help with writing?
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Nov 8, 2009 - 19 38
Tomorrow, I am running a zone house for the New West-Coquitlam byelection! A great excuse to take a day off or, even better, pack away an extra 2,000 words tonight.
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Nov 8, 2009 - 21 56
"Most of this can get done on Wednesday."
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Nov 8, 2009 - 22 03
Catching up on some emails I owe people :D Yes.. I'm writing and it's not for NaNo... shock!
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Nov 8, 2009 - 22 06
-Fight training
-Test prep
What kind of training? Did you head to the Revolution tournament in Langley? We had a few customers at work on Saturday who had to grab last minute stuff for there.
Post-secondary test prep?
My reasons:
-----------Browsing the forums
-Work on Saturday
-Birthday party afterward
(And barring those two, I probably would have been at the tournament, or another one that apparently demanded my attention)
-Sunday Social that I was late for due to SkyTrain issues and sleeping in (but still being short on sleep)
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Nov 8, 2009 - 22 33
I don't know why I am not writing. I SHOULD be writing... I am just... not. Am I hitting the second week slump already?
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Nov 8, 2009 - 22 38
my super dull reasons...
-my brain hurts
-----------I'm exhausted.
-I have 2 quizzes to write tomorrow morning (on chapters I missed due to illness)
-I have a novel to read for my lit class on Tuesday evening (started, but started it over a year ago, so call it not started at all...)
"Was here any more wretched existance than the life of a writer who had run out of words?"
-Cornelia Funke, Inkdeath
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Nov 8, 2009 - 22 39
You are ahead of the game though ...
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Nov 9, 2009 - 00 13
the rare "social life". and television!
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Nov 9, 2009 - 08 18
If you are, you've got company.
I've been distracting myself with my fish.
----------Getting a haircut.
Cleaning the windows in my car (which I haven't done since I got the thing. @_@ )
Yardwork
Being "tired" and "hating" everything I've written so far.
ML for Canada :: BC :: Vancouver
29,466 / 50,000
Nov 9, 2009 - 08 21
I'm on my break...which started about, oh...yesterday.
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"So what if it looks hopeless? If it were me, I still wouldn't give up. Embrace your dreams." -Zack Fair
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Nov 9, 2009 - 12 26
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Nov 9, 2009 - 13 46
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Nov 9, 2009 - 19 24
Hmmm . . . let's see . . .
Today it's been due to the following:
But generally I'm not writing because of things like this:
- doing P90X workouts (because when Calvynne/Jeff said that he couldn't get any of the other girls he knew to do the program because it was 'too hard' I knew I had to prove that girls are tough)
- work
- my husband instruction manual has some pretty strict guidelines on the care of husbands that I take pretty seriously
- oh, and let's not forget my November 1st impulse to wash my kitchen floor (and my sushi+walking=fail has created a sticky spot in my hall that may need intervention before too long as well)
----------I'm only happy when I'm plotting!
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Nov 9, 2009 - 23 01
I'm sick.
----------It's raining and dark out and I don't find that 'creatively stimulating'. Or fun to look at or be out in, for that matter.
I keep getting dis - ooh, shiny!
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Nov 10, 2009 - 00 03
It's bedtime
I should be in bed already....
My brain is "pooped."
I've already met my personal quota for the day...and I'm not a greedy person?? Haha.
There's always tomorrow (or at least there is until the the end of the month).
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Nov 10, 2009 - 10 41
I totally forgot to add a few of the other reasons I'm not writing . . .
- I'm contemplating painting my nails. Not actually doing it yet. But it's a process that requires careful consideration.
- I discovered this show called Castle recently. I figured it might inspire me since it's about a writer.
----------I'm only happy when I'm plotting!
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Nov 10, 2009 - 11 25
- I just woke up
----------- I need to actually do my work for the day
- There is a stack of dishes in the sink that needs doing
- The laundry is smelling something terrible
- I am compiling notes! (Yeah... notes...)
Last Novel: Raven Project
Current Novel: Looking Glass Saga: Return to Wonderland
Excerpt a day
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Nov 10, 2009 - 11 39
In class? Does being in class let me be excused?
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Nov 10, 2009 - 16 04
My iPod (which I use as a flashdrive) decided to finally admit how much it hates me, and the file that was my NaNoWriMo deleted itself. I didn't have it backed up, and I can't bring myself to go back to it now.
----------We sit and listen and are enthralled anew. For good stories, it seems, never lose their magic. -A Great and Terrible Beauty, by Libba Bray
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Nov 10, 2009 - 16 19
Oh no! So sorry that you lost the file . . . are there any iPod expert people out there who can see if there might be any way to recover it?
----------I'm only happy when I'm plotting!
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Nov 10, 2009 - 21 18
Sadly, it was my own fault. I was in a rush to get to class, and my iPod was telling me "DO NOT DISCONNECT" But I did. I regret that. But it is a good reminder to everyone. BACK UP YOUR NANOWRIMOS!!! You never know what will happen to all that work.
----------We sit and listen and are enthralled anew. For good stories, it seems, never lose their magic. -A Great and Terrible Beauty, by Libba Bray
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Nov 11, 2009 - 23 28
-schooling
-homework
-not in a writing mood
-chores
-babysitting
-bedtimes
-being called away from the computer to do something else
-eating only in a designated spot wihtout computer usage
-computer crash
-selling chocolates as a fundraiser
-cleaning my room
and the list goes on...
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Nov 12, 2009 - 21 46
Tore up both hands on bag work and I think I sprained a joint in my index, calls for a drink and some sleep instead of pounding keys and wincing.
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Nov 12, 2009 - 22 33
You should wrap your hands, or at least wear bag gloves.
Right now, Modern Warfare 2
----------10,875 / 50,000
Nov 12, 2009 - 22 47
Was wearing bag gloves actually, kind of chain where I think I threw the front knuckle out before I got warmed up, and then once it was an hour of bag work things just deteriorated.
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Nov 13, 2009 - 09 25
I'm not writing my novel right now because I'm supposed to be doing my work-related writing. which I'm also not doing! (looks around to make sure boss isn't reading over her shoulder.
On Wednesday, when I had the whole day to write, I spent my time watching TV shows that I've already seen several times.
Besides, it's easier to come up with excuses than to do real work!
Now, if you'll excuse me I need to make sure the fish have enough water....
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Nov 13, 2009 - 17 32
I have the week two runt. I haven't written anything for the past day! :(