A challenge, met.

Well, It's October. That means next month is November. That also means it is NaNoWriMo... National Novel Writing Month.

I've toyed with the idea of doing it for years. I think I even started it one month and failed miserably. Usually, I remember it's happening halfway through November. This time, however, I got a heads up from a friend, and so have plenty of time. I can think about what I should write. i can plan it out a little bit. i can psyche myself up.

It's quite the commitment. 6 pages a day for 30 days. I have trouble writing 6 sentences in this blog, and I'm going to do 6 pages? Audacity, meet your new overlord.

But, I think I need this. i need some discipline. Recently, I beat a PC game (Dragon Age). At the end, it consumed me. While I did enjoy the story, I just wanted to finish it, to finish something. A need not met in my professional life. So I would stay up late into the night, trying to get to the end of the story, the big meandering, glorious story.

Finally, i ended up triumphant. Almost all the side quests; the main quest complete. And since then I haven't had the desire to play a video game. That will change eventually, but for now, my mind wants to take on other pursuits.

I think that I need to give this blog a facelift. It's been very loyal to me, waiting obediently outside the door for me to return to it, even if I am gone for months at a time. I think it deserves better.

I have a domain that I could move it over to, but I'm not sure I want to leave blogger. I really need to find an easy way to update both sites at the same time, but my skillz aren't l44t enough.

Bookwise, I am 3/4 of the way through "The Book Thief". It's been some good stuff. Very serious stuff from what I had been reading recently, but great book for all the rain we've been receiving.