Jots and Tittles

Wordcount: 16310
On-track Goal for 9 Nov.: 15003
Bars of Chocolate Consumed: 2.5
Caffeinated Beverages Consumed: at least 3 that I can think of
Papers Written (out of 5): 0
Papers Started (out of 5): 2

Yep. All in all, I'd say it's been a fairly successful day. >.>

Well, I got to school this morning at 9:10-ish so I could talk to my prof. before class started at 9:30. I was kind of excited, because my 2nd class had been cancelled, so it gave me a chance to catch up on word count for NaNo and to write some stuff for my Sophia paper. And talk to the prof about it during her nifty extended office hours. So today was going to be good.

And it was. Sort of. Because when I got to class, I found that it was cancelled. CANCELLED. I was there at freaking nine in the morning, when I could have been sleeping soundly for another hour or two? BOO! But it was good, because even though I didn't get to turn in my paper (it's really my fault, I should have written in Monday night and turned it in Tuesday, instead of waiting for Tuesday night to write it, but in my defense I didn't want to write a feminist critique of the cover of a smutty romance novel), I could work on other things. Important things, like checking my email and listening to the next installment of NaNo Radio, and posting things on the NaNo forums. >.> Important, I say!

So I did that for a while, then I did some stuff for Sophia, but really the only way I was going to get any further on THAT project was if I went in and talked to her. So I did. (Hehe--and then he gets all indignant on me! He was like, "Hey, man, I was just being sarcastic!" Well that's just great. How was I supposed to know that? I'm not a mind reader for crying out loud. Besides, now he's got a really cute nickname: Torso Boy! So what's he complaining about?) <--Yet another indication that Jaya needs sleep...

Anyway. So I went in and talked to Van Etten about the Sophia paper. She wasn't terribly helpful but the main idea was I wanted to get her to okay what I was doing, so that when I turn it in she knows what to expect and she knows she said it was okay, so she can't grade me down on it. Yeah. I hope you followed me on that one, because I'm not saying it again. But the point is, I talked to her, and she was like "ok, that's cool, I can't wait to see your paper" and I'm going "well, that's cool because I'd be excited to write it only I have FOUR OTHER PAPERS to write this weekend, too!" Sigh. C'est la vie.

After that was Adolescent's Lit, in which I was giving a presentation. We drew lots on Tuesday, and I drew first. First person, first day. Damn. Actually, I don't mind so much, I'd much rather get it over and done with and move on with my life, and it was only 2 minutes. I just read the prologue to my story that I'm writing for my project, and that took 2 minutes, and it was bueno. Only I wanted to play "White and Nerdy" (hmm, Weird Al seems to be invading my brain today) while I read it, and I could have I guess only it was kind of distracting and it's too long. Which is sad, because my story is about a bunch of high school nerds. Who have a hangout that I named the Nerdery in honor of my friends Troy and DJ, who will now get a special mention in my story because they named the Nerdery and it was so awesome I had to use it. Well done, guys! ^_^

Yeah... hmm... what else happened today... oh! The prayer thing! Okay, this was really really sweet. See, Bill (the intern from Ireland, he's freaking cool) had this idea that we do a 24-hour prayer thing, and people sign up for an hour and come to the church and just pray, and there's stations set up where you go and pray for different stuff or in different ways, and it's way the coolest. So we spent all of servantship setting it all up, and that was nifty because I got to do the meditation area which I think was the coolest EVER (I love all the candles, it was gorgeous and cozy and all sorts of awesomeness). That was way fun, and then I went back later tonight and prayed for an hour and WOW. I spent almost the entire time at one station, and when Kathy and Josh called to take their turn I couldn't believe it was already time to go. I decided it would be cool to light a candle for every person I could think of who I was thankful for (for whom I was thankful. stop correcting my grammar, Troy, cause I know you are, and it's freaking midnight so my brain is fried.), and ask God to just bless them however they need. I figure he knows better than I do what they need. So there were all these candles all over the place, it was kind of crazy, and I never ran out of people. I kept thinking, there's no way I'm going to be able to light all these candles, I wonder how many I'll get through? But when Kathy called I didn't even know what was going on at first because I was so into what I was doing. It was SOOOO cool! Wow, God, way to be. I forgot to sign up for another slot like I was going to, though, so I asked Ashley to sign me up if there was one open at 11:30 tomorrow morning still. Cause I want to go back and do some of the stuff I missed. Though I did draw a picture. Well, I used those cool oily crayons and paints and watercolours. And I spelt that like a Brit, but that's ok. Anyway, the picture was really cool, for someone who's not an art major. I thought about taking it home but then I though no, I'll leave it and maybe it'll inspire someone else's prayer. Or something. Who knows.

Oh, and I did 2 30-minute word wars tonight, and I got 1800+ words both times! That's way the coolest thing ever! Last year when I did word wars I only got like 1200 words in half an hour, so either I've learned to type faster (with all the typing I do, it's quite possible) or else I've caged off my inner editor better. I actually think it's the latter because I kept breaking the fourth wall and talking to myself in the story. So there's all this stuff in there like this everywhere: "And I realized just now that this chapter is supposed to be about how she goes through George Hanley’s stuff and finds some things, though I don’t remember what, that will clear Mr. Watkins. So let’s start this chapter over, and we can come back to Detective Russel." I wonder how many words I'll be deleting when I go back and take all those out in December? IF I go back and delete all those... I still haven't finished last year's NaNo, though my goal for this one is not only 50k words, but to actually finish the story and resolve the plot and stuff. So yeah.

Okay, I think by this point I've rambled on long enough, and I'm really so tired that it's not worth staying awake anymore. Chewie will be mad at me because I haven't taken him outside since like 8, but whatever, he can deal. It's all rainy and cold out there anyway, he'll just go all weenie on me when we get out there and want back in. Probably. Whatever. He can wait til tomorrow, when it's snowy outside instead, because that's logical. >.< Whatever. I'm going to bed. G'nite, all!

-Jaya-