Everything seemed to go wrong today. Didn't even make it to work before Karen rolled her ankle and I had to race back a bus stop before she blacked out from pain. She's done a ligament and is on crutches so I took her to the ER and then home. We had no power due to works in the area so we packed up the Xbox and headed to Mum and Dad's (who thankfully let us crash there for the day while they were at work) to spend most of the day doing nothing. Well, I kept Karen looked after and she did nothing XD

Then came home to find Buddy cover in his own shit and his blanket covered in his shit so I had to wash him, wash his blankets and then wash me.

Guh. Just. Monday you are a bitch.

Okay. So, in the usual story of my life, work has been one complicated drama after another but for some reason (other than the days it makes me want to KILL MYSELF) I've started loving it. I think it might have been the moment when I read a WA Parliamentary Transcript to see the Premier of WA (who is an incredible arsehole but that's beside the point) had held up a screencap of my website and mentioned it. In Parliament.

*thrashflail*

There could also be the full page spread on page four of the West Australian that has a huge photo of my boss. In said photo you can clearly see him holding a flyer that I designed and produced. Okay so part of me is MORTIFIED because I did that flyer in like...five minutes...because we were rushed out of our brains but once again:

*THRASHFLAIL*

I know it's just the WA media and to honest that's probably not all that impressive. My name isn't on it anywhere and I guarantee no one other than people at work know I make all this stuff that is getting some serious notice but some part of me just can't help but get a ridiculous kick out of opening the paper and seeing something I made in there. Or knowing my website pisses politicans off enough that they mention it in Parliament.

It's kinda cool XD

Eeeeee...three and a half hours until the official start of NaNo and I can begin writing! It's awesome because I have no idea, NO IDEA, what I am starting with or who my characters are. *dies laughing* This is going to be interesting XD

But mostly, today is the 31st of October and that means it's Akira's birthday ^_^ Nine years since he was created! He's still a baby compared to Ceallach but *squishes him* lookit him getting all grown up!

XDXD

So today my big boss (branch secretary) decided that it didnt matter that I had tomorrow and Monday booked as TOIL days, didn't matter that I was ordered to book them by my direct supervisor because of the HUGE amounts of TOIL I'd wracked up, because he wanted something done by Friday arvo and he was the boss. So, he ordered me to come in on my day off to do his project.

This is the problem with being the only one in that place who knows how to fucking throw together a video.

I, however, refuse to go in on my day off and be in the middle of the shit fight that will happen once my direct supervisor finds out (he's on leave himself) so I somehow managed to throw together the footage, rough edit it so that boss is happy with it enough for me to do the rest from home. I still have to work on my day off but at least I can do it at my own fucking pace.

On the upside, I bought orchids and shelves.

So, finished Havemercy yesterday on the way to work and overall I enjoyed it. Personally figured a book just about the Dragon Corps (and Thom) would have been far better but maybe that's just because I found the other two pretty uninteresting. I rate this book about 3 on the emotional rollercoaster scale since there was only a few flailthrash moments. Rook almost made me want to hurl the book. Almost.

Speaking of which, on to Melusine for a reread, then onwards so I can finally read the last two books.

So, catching the train is the perfect excuse to finally read more than half a page at a time of Havemercy. 70 pages in (since I started from the beginning again) and I have a few thoughts so far:

- Rook is one of those characters I adore but know I'd probably loathe in real life XD He's all I want in a character but as a person so far I want to hit him with something large and heavy repeatedly.
-BALFOUR IS ADORABLE.
-...I should probably care about reading the other parts of the story, right? Because, truthfully atm only the Dragon Corps and Thom are engaging my love and attention.

My shelves are lined with little twinkling LED lights now. *glees* I want to get some more for around my mirror too. A visit to Ikea got me some shelves that I now have no use for because they don't really work in my room >.> They won't go to waste though - the spare room will need shelves one day XD

Fixed up my curtains so now they ave a nice sheerish black material behind them which filters the light nicely and stops my room from being so damn bright. A bit of moving of bookshelves and such and I've got my work area all set up nicely - minus my new shiny computer but that won't be here until closer to my birthday *nods*

...I keep getting distracted by watching Karen play Assassin's Creed. Now that through to see the story, I want to replay to complete everything that I skipped in favour of the story.

This pretty much would be THE BEST DAY IN COMIC history if these two ever met.

Just saying.

I have brightly coloured A5 Super Sticky Post Its and a retractable Sharpie.

That is all.

Oh GOD. Why am I AWAKE?! It's four AM. FOUR AM.

This is ridiculous.

*contemplates if she's awake enough to start painting....*

[EDIT]
No apparently when it gets to 5:30 every day it means the optimum time for sleeping. |D wtf body. No seriously. At least on the weekend I can catch a few more hours sleep...

I'm still really pissed off with myself for forget my reference/inspiration/source pictures which are still on their thumb drive still in the USB on my computer at work. I could almost be persuaded to sketch like mad fiend today I am in that kind of mood and I spend a good couple of days compiling reference pictures of different facial parts that would help in sketching my characters.

In lieu of not having my thumb drive I should be working on my Dem and Aithne painting come to think of it. At least I have that thumb drive at home where it's supposed to be on the weekends.

Yes I am storing all my stuff on thumb drives at the moment. I'm starting to wonder if this was such a good idea...

Today was a stand against all the things that shit me off - mostly that being work. I did...very little to actually contribute towards my workload (except being horrified at a printing company that didn't know what a psd file was) and instead filled my time with refreshing the nanowrimo site obsessively and downloading reference pictures onto my m drive. Which, as it so happens, I have left at work over the weekend. Bleh.

But when the site ticked over I made myself happy playing on the site. It's always a glee-inducing moment when you get to update your user info and novel info and such. Though I couldn't change my user icon for some stupid reason that I blame the work's isp for.

So yeah...now I want to draw once I sit down to plot. WTF brain. Stop being idiotic. Bleh, I say. Bleh.

Came home from lunch out to find Hobbes had shat all over my bed. It was green and smelly and DISGUSTING which mean now have to wash blanket, doona cover and doona (since it seeped through ugh) and hopefully get doona at least dry so I don't freeze tonight. Really not fun to come home and see that waiting for me.

Bleh.

Upside, spent lunch ironing out a few timeline/plot issues in Fade ready for NaNo. Plenty more to go before I'm ready to start writing but certainly progressing along nicely. Think I will work on more timeline stuff today/tonight as well as start plotting with many coloured sticky notes over my wall. Was going to draw but seeming to be far more in a writing mode at the current moment. Hopefully later - even if it's just some sketching. Wouldn't mind doing some character busts...

So I've managed to do the bit of work I brought home with me to do this weekend but I anticipate needing to do some more bits and pieces before the weekend is over. Vidcast is shot, edited, cut and uploaded as well as showing nicely on the front page of the website. I just very used to this website randomly trying to fall on it's sword for reasons known only to itself so I always expect to need to reupload/fiddle with CSS/start over again/all of the above on a regular basis. Westnest is a shit ISP as well so that never helps. Hard to tell work who to go with though when they get things cheap *rolls eyes* ISP is not time to skimp, people! It makes my job difficult!

Now that the long weekend is here (the Perth Royal Show starts today I think but I haven't gone to that in yeeeears) all I want to do is spend money. I need new clothes but since I am pretty much steadily losing weight I'm not sure if I should wait until I sorta plateau a lil. Also I really want my NaNo shirt to arrive XD

I got completely flogged by Emma tonight. I don't think I'll be able to walk or lift my arms for days XD Push ups, pull ups bike sprints, lunges, squats...more poor legs are wondering what the hell I am doing to them. Also, she laughs at my feet which still think they're doing ballet and want to go on point at any given moment. Not so good for lunges XD

And I want Milo. Really, really.

- Wake up @ 6am
- Make sure to bring all gym clothes (don't forget your bloody runners!)
- Work (bleh)
- PT session 4:15pm
- Dinner
- NaNo prep - would help if I knew what I was working on
- Try get in some painting before bed
- Bed @ 10:30pm

I have...a few different things I could write for NaNo this year and while at least four of them involve Fade in one form or another I've realised that while epic story is epic, each part really is kinda unique in construction at the moment. And at different levels of readiness XD

So far my list looks something like this:

1. Work on the first draft of the first book: involves Akira coming into his powers, gaining his scars and spending the majority of the first half in a coma where he speaks to Ceallach and other parts of his past life's soul. There's the triple thread story-line following Akira, Aithne and Haruki in one, Ceallach and his gang (including the Elite as well as the Four and One and Gakuto)in another and Faolan, Maera and Raidon in the other. I sorta started this last year but didn't get anything close to a working draft done. Oh yeah, and there's the Mage who is pretty much Kiraen's hate incarnate and damned fun to write.

2. Bookstore!verse: involves no discernible plot at this stage but does have a rather epic premise now. Immortals masquerading as gods and goddess, several world civilizations' myths, legends and religions, a trans-gendered muse, a crazy yet loveable fashion designer and one grumpy as fuck author/bookstore owner. I'd love to work on this but I am really not sure if I have enough to actually work on it during NaNo XD

3. The Epic Adventures and Somewhat Love-Story of Ceallach and Kiraen: Also known as Fade's epic and tragic backstory. NaNo 07 was supposed to be this but I didn't write more than 13,000 words if I remember. Involves politics, court snarkery, the formation of the Council and of course a teenage Ceallach trying his damndest to seduce an older Kiraen and doing a good job in succeeding. Pity about him having to die and all that...Not sure there's 50k worth in this though.

4. Ceallach and Gakuto's Excellent Adventure: Which will probably only ever exist as a grand sidestory but is something I've always wanted to write. Involves Gakuto's female self, Anya as well as Ceallach being a cock block to destiny as well as other things (like Gakuto getting laid ever again) and a healthy dose of everybody's favourite Elite Anthion, his boyfriend the plant Josip, a crazy thief that can change herself into anything called Redemptora, Ceallach's cousin and generally insane Summoner Aithne, her boytoy Haruki and a little girl called Aisling who speaks in riddles, draws the future with her crayons and is pretty much Ceallach's daughter. Kind of. Not sure if there's 50k worth in this either.


XD I could always work on all of them...

Today I walked. Then I walked some more. Then I walked even more. All this walking was combined with spending money on shiny things from Ikea to finish off the laundry, Smiggle because stationary is impossible to walk past and from the Body Shop because I needed more face stuff.

Went to lunch and ate heavenly pasta, saw a move (Push, which both made me want to write LIKE WHOA because the main character was a mind controller type person named Kira. Girl but *shrugs* DOESN'T STOP MY BRAIN) and then walked a little more XD Came home did lots of housework type things and now my feet are in so many levels of pain it's ridiculous and clean bed, clothes and body is pretty much the best thing ever.

Also. I bought a rainbow striped notebook. :D

Post the first line a story here, and I'll write the next five.

Totally stolen from cheloya. Have at it! Make me write things!