Someone is about to reach 100 posts... (and other happenings)

... and that person is so not me. I'm at a humble thirty two.

That person is one of the closest friends of one of my good friends who happens to be one of the other best friends of one of my best friends. Lost yet?

Yeah, me too.

Anyways, she's super nice and this is her blog here. She and I went to the same middle school in Georgia, and while I don't ever really recall sustaining more than a maybe two minute long conversation with her in person, I'm friends with her on Facebook. And bloggers attract one another like magnets, so every time she links a blog post, I totally stalk it. :) Check it out. Congrats, Lilly, on 100 when you get there!

On a totally different note: the dreaded month called November has yielded some pretty terrific results this year.

1. I scored a 2220 on my November SAT. As a sophomore, that's a darn good score. 730 Critical Reading, 740 Writing with a 10 on the essay, and 750 math.

2. I'm not epicly failing at NaNoWriMo! Sure, I'm two days behind (about 34,000 words when I should have 36,674), but my see-how-it-goes plot plan is still going strong, and I haven't given up yet. It's funny; because of this silly challenge, I've been maximizing the number of words needed to state everything possible - my sentences must be super long now.

3. Thanksgiving - power went out on my pie while it was in the oven. Not sure how it tastes 'cause I'm too scared to try. It's currently sitting in the fridge. Black Friday - yay! New iPod! But I don't get it until the December SAT is over.

December SAT? What? Yeah. 2220 is apparently not good enough and it must be taken again to get that stupid 800 in math. Okay, time to go study. At 1 in the morning. After hours of standing outside stores. Actually, I think sleep sounds better. Good night :)

PS: I'm gonna be a red kettle bell ringer for the Salvation Army's annual collection for two hours next Saturday. I can't wait :D HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

The Marathon

Wow, it's already well into October, and I have barely been preparing for NaNoWriMo. NaNoWriMo, what? Is that some kind of weird computer program? No, dearest non-writers. It is National Novel Writing month. And as far as the rules go, it is a marathon.

NaNoWriMo is almost pointless, in retrospect of my decision to absolutely yank myself through it. In one month, aspiring writers write a full novel: 50,000 words. The month of November is only 30 days long (glad they didn't do it in February), so around 1,700 words a day are required to just meet the deadline. Really, to some, that's no challenge. However, my longest story is roughly 9,000 words total. And it's wordy and ramble-some and full of unedited prattle.

Why is that useless? The point of NaNoWriMo is the rigor of novelization. It's about the length; quantity is valued over quality.

I've never tried it because I never have comprehensive enough ideas to make into more than a short story, and never enough time or desire to attempt. This year, I have the least time of all. But if I keep putting it off, then it's never ever going to happen, right?

To my few readers: the one with the initials M.C. should totally try it too. Actually, that's two of you, isn't it?

Yep. Really excited to total fail at this.

Side Note: PSATs and SATs are coming up! I took the pre-ACT (the PLAN, harharhar) two weeks ago, as required by my school and probably the whole county. Also required, the PSAT is this week. As for the SAT, I take mine on November 3rd, the 3rd day of the marathon. I'm trying to get accepted into NCSSM, a public boarding school here in the Triangle. It's extremely selective, which means I've got to get my act together! Give me a hug, SAT vocab list!!