snippet thoughts
POSTED AT 10:07 PM

natanna

Some adults have no tact. Yes, I know I've put on weight but you don't need to comment on it. Can't we leave it at "Hi, how are you, I'm fine, thank you?"

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I don't know why she told me or asked for my advice. It's not as if I have much to give, only what I have learnt by rote. Maybe because I'm far removed and even if I break my promise there is no one to tell it to.

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But I need to pause, slow down and digest.

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I think I need short-term projects. Long-term ones tend to grate on the nerves after a while when the novelty is gone. Sheer force of will is needed to carry on.

Or maybe I have tired of acting.

 

 

arrggghhh
POSTED AT 11:35 PM

natanna

GAH, I JUST TER-PRESSED LIKE SOME BOOKMARK AND LOST MY WHOLE ENTRY.

*sulks*

Now I'm too lazy to rewrite.

home!
POSTED AT 08:13 PM

natanna

Ah-Boy-the-elephant is coming home. =)

Touches down 1205 Saturday at LCCT.

Mmhmm.

year end blues
POSTED AT 09:48 PM

natanna

It's pure lethargy, when I know I have things I need to do, and even things that I want to do, but I just sit here... and waste the time away, doing nothing more substantial that reading e-mails, tabulating my year end balances, shaking my leg, checking facebook, and wondering if anyone will IM me in the next 5 minutes.

Isn't this just so sad?

But I have weekends that are busyishes and it's going to be tiring and confusing. And does not make me any more inclined to work any harder or complete all the other things that I think I should get done. Besides, it's not work-related stuff. No one's come up and said 'I need it and I need it now' so I shall pretend that... yeah, it's somewhere and when they decide they need it, I'll just have to be a little bit more hardworking and get it done on the spot.

Besides, it's on my laptop and my laptop is asleep downstairs.

Oh, and I <3 Hello Love. =) Next I'll try The Altar and the Door. Then Transit. Then Burn Out.

I love music. =)

I miss my speakers/subwoofer. It makes things so sad.

on writing
POSTED AT 01:53 PM

natanna

Okay. So. The MPH competition's due it March. ABNA's due in Feb.

I haven't got an inkling of an idea for a short story, much less started editing anything readable for my novel. (Don't ask about the NaNo novel, it's a mess.)

I need a 50k - 150k word novel, a 3k - 5k excerpt and a 300 word pitch. I don't know how to pitch, because I don't know how to sell myself because I don't know how to sound positive and excited.

And I need a 2.5k - 7k short story.

The stakes? RM5k and a laptop. Or $25k and a published book on Amazon.

Argh.

Argh.

Argh.

And here I sit blogging and blog-surfing.

Yeesh. *runs around like headless chicken*

Christmas
POSTED AT 09:39 PM

natanna

Christmas isn't Christmas 'til it happens in your heeaaaarrrttt.......

I'll be hoommeee for Christmas.......

Actually I won't.

And it's messy in there, so I don't know whether it's happening or not. It doesn't feel like it is.

But at any rate, I'm looking forward to days off from work, bumming like there's no tomorrow, steamboats and ice-cream, movies and books, sleep and more sleep and hopefully no car sickness.

Oh, and stocking up on tea. Mmmyum.

Ah, the end of the year.

Boo to next year.

ooh. yes.
POSTED AT 05:50 PM

natanna

=)