It finally happened!:
I made it through November alive! This was my third time attempting NaNoWriMo, and I finally succeeded in writing 50,000 words in 30 days. WOOO! Quite a lesson in commitment. I guess you could call the (un)finished product a "novel," except I'd have months of re-writing and de-suckifying to do before I could ever consider it readable. So while there's a good chance the story will never see the light of day, I must admit I had a lot of fun writing it. :)
That said, I'm happy to be back on the ol' blog! Here are a couple of things that came up during November that I vowed to blog about once I hit my word count:
Nez on Portlandia Alex and I have been catching up on Portlandia, and one night we were watching an episode in which the Mayor's parents are introduced (turns out they've been paying for all of Portland's major purchases, including a 3D printer). And I thought for a split second that my eyes were tricking me but BY GOLLY I was right: the Mayor's dad was played by NONE OTHER THAN MIKE NESMITH OF THE MONKEES.
AHHHHHH. You have to remember that I have a hardcore crush on Monkee Mike Nesmith, but appearances like this don't help my cause (I swear he didn't always look like the dad of a mayor!). Luckily for you (me), I found a nice review of a very relevant episode of the Monkees:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U5pFyGBLEs
I may or may not have watched the entire episode (I do own the series on DVD, after all) after finding that video. Silliest. Show. Ever. "It's a watch fob for a giant!"
How the rest of my November was spent: fangirling HARD over Queen I CANNOT stop loving this band, you guys. My only purchase on Black Friday was Queen Rock Montreal from Rasputin Music (at full price, haha). I have no regrets! It's an amazing concert.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUyPyTn-IS4
Ugh I love this song so much. Freddie's voice is perfect and Brian is the king of the power ballad. It's also part of my NaNoWriMo14 soundtrack, which I have on 8tracks and might post later, if I can ever think of a good title for it.
Ok, turns out those were the only other things keeping me occupied over the past month. I'm also getting back into Tumblr, which is where obsessions are born. So I'll probably be back soon. BRACE YOURSELVES.