Thirty-Five Days Before

Killing time watching people be scared on YouTube. Very fun but not exactly productive.

To make myself feel better I've been working on fan-stories again. It's actually really freeing for some reason. I also like screwing around with free websites and stuff like that. Not sure why, just fun I guess.

I'm thinking of taking March and outlining the books I really want to get done. I hate outlining but I'm thinking it will probably help if I can do it right.

Of course this all assumes that I'll be able to focus long enough to get anything at all done.

I also noticed something: In fan stories, I actually tended to ramble less. Things seemed to move along better, from one small conflict to the next. Weird, right? But that's something I need to pay attention to. If I can get back into that non-rambling nature of my fan-stories, maybe I can carry it over into my original fiction. Hopefully.

Kind of an epiphany and kind of just using the entries to keep track of the days. OMG 0.o

Thirty-Seven Days Before

I seem to have been in a bit of a lull lately. I just don't want to do anything but read, listen to music and quietly fangirl things. I realise that I can't just do that forever (although that would kind of rock) but there's just no motivation right now. Even Twitter is getting neglected.

In other news, I've watched Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog and I love it. I've been replaying 'Slipping' for quite a while now.

I managed to find something interesting at the second of two bookstores I wound up in a few days ago. I found a 1000-page book of the comedies of Shakespeare, the first Harry Potter book and one on the history of anorexia nervosa. I am an eclectic reader. Anyway...

I need to either set this song to repeat or try to get it out of my head. I should also probably eat something soon. I've been forgetting to do that lately...

Why is it that I can see scenes in my head and I can hear the cast commentary and even the interview with the wardrobe department and set designers but I can't track down the full movie? I know it sounds insane but it's like when you can find clips of a show on YouTube but you can't for the life of you track down the episodes anywhere.

Annoying, is what I mean.

So yeah, I have a plot running in my head and I'm going to go see if it's viable before it scurries away under the bed again. They seem to like it under there.

(This has been a pointless update. We thank you for your time.)

Muggle Quidditch

Yes. It's a thing. And I (after a few simple changes, maybe) really, really want to play.

Like, the only problem I have is really the broomsticks. It's Muggle Quidditch. If you're not flying, there's no point in them, right?

1) Leave the broomsticks out (though maybe keep the 'Brooms up!' call as a throwback to the original version)
2) give the Seekers those shrill, ear-bleedingly loud whistles that the refs use - you know, the ones that everyone stops when they hear them - so they can signal when the Snitch has been caught (this also means you can have a bigger field)
3) have the Seekers either function as fourth Chasers until halftime (when the Snitch should be released) or have them sit out.
4) The Snitch is still worth 150 points. Why did you guys change this?

Quidditch is about the only sport I give a darn about. And I find it sad that a Florida college has a team but the one in Washington State I want to go to doesn't. I might have to fix that if I can.

So yeah. This is as 'sporty' as I get. Enjoy it. It doesn't happen often.