Huh and NaNo thoughts

[kriadydragon]

It's been raining, and when it rains there's a chance the Internet gets screwed up. Why? I don't know, that's just the way it is. But today, instead of the Internet, it's the phones going buggy, with the Internet working just fine. This is odd, because usually, when the phones don't work, the Internet doesn't work. The phone keeps flashing "in use" and when I pick it up, I hear absolutely nothing. But the Internet is running like nothing's happened. Man, I hope no one needed to call for any emergency purpose :/

NaNo's moving along and lately I've been thinking a lot about whether or not I like this push-forward, fast-paced writing. Keeping up the word counts can be a little overwhelming at times but for the most part that's overshadowed by the fact that I'm getting words down. Every day. I've accomplished more in a week with my NaNo story than I have in a month with my other original story. The really ironic thing, though is that this is the first time I've bowed to a writing goal. Normally, I suck at goals, my stubborn side always fighting against them. But not with NaNo. Now if I can only harness this motivation after November, because I can totally see myself setting my story aside to the point that it never gets finished until four months later (and I'll have to set it aside at least for a little while as I have other projects on the table that will need attending to).

Comments

wet web

[nynine.livejournal.com]

Yes, weather does mess up the net and phones. I've read stuff about it, heard people talk about it, experienced it. If I tried to explain what I've read I'd get it mixed up, I'm sure, but it made sense at the time. ;) Glad you're mounding up words!

Re: wet web

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

What's weird about this was that it was the phones that were down but the Internet was fine. Usually when the phones are down it's a sure bet the net will be down.

What makes me nervous is that the phones kept flashing "in use." Back when we had dial up someone hijacked our modem (we ended up getting a bill for the craziest stuff) and we've been paranoid about another hijacking ever since. So I couldn't help wondering if someone was trying to get to our Internet.

Re: wet web

[nynine.livejournal.com]

Yeek! I never had that happen before. That is scary!

I apologize for the long entries in my journal today. I am catching on slowly about things. Next time I'll try to figure out how to do an LJ cut, whatever that is.

Part of my tribulations is that I have been trying to learn about a new laptop as well as break into new sites. It's lovely, I wouldn't have it any other way, but being a bear of very little brain, I have to take it little bit by little bit!