It’s quite obvious that I failed my NaBloPoMo task. Oddly enough, though, I’ve written about 20,000 words over about 4 days - one of those days I wrote 9,500+ words. If inspiration had hit me sooner, I’m pretty sure I could have written 50,000 words this month. But the words don’t come when I force them. Even if I had tried sooner, I probably wouldn’t have ended up with my new cool character and a fantastic story to go with it. All in all, I’m pleased with what little I’ve accomplished.

I find it strange that I can’t do any sort of daily routine, not even writing in a blog. Oh well, such is my life.

Today I spent my thanksgiving in the kitchen with my mom, watching VH1 classic marathon on Pink Floyd and trying very hard to forget that I have a Japanese placement test one week from today, in which I found out about only yesterday.* I discovered that there was a lot about that band that I had no idea about. Now I want to pull out Dark Side of the Moon or Animals and chill out. Did you know that Dark Side of the Moon has been on the billboard chart for 1633 weeks? That’s over 31 years … Geezes!

Reading the last post I wrote here makes me laugh. It almost seemed like I jinxed myself in regards to the placement test.

Don’t forget about Child’s Play! I had one super awesome random person donate some money, and now I love him for it! It’s so easy to get me to love you! Whether is $1 or $20 or $75, any amount will bring on the <3<3<3’s.

I’m going to get myself away from the TV now and try to fix this trainwreck of a piece that I started writing last night.

Happy Thanksgiving all!

*This gave me a nervous breakdown. It would have been nice to been given a little bit longer than one week to know about this!

I’ve known about NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) since November last year. Unfortunately I learned about it too late to actually participate. This year I don’t have the time to participate. Today I discovered NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month). Since I love writing, but don’t have the time to do NaNoWriMo, I will participate in NaBloPoMo!

Plus I need more content on this blog. -_-;;

I’m in the process of applying to study abroad in Japan in the spring. It has certainly been a process, one that’s far from over. The Study Abroad office at my school has an entirely new staff, which really makes me very nervous. Especially since I received my application to my school of choice two days before it was due. When I called my contact up to freak out about it, he assured me that the school realizes that they’ll be receiving my application late. I really hope what he says is true. Otherwise…

I’m not doing as well in school this term as I would like to be. I think it’s partly a motivation problem, but also an issue with some professors I have/had. I’ve already dropped two classes because of personality issues with professors and people in charge. I feel like I’m not doing enough for my Japanese learning. If I spent less time on the computer and more time learning Japanese, I’d be a pro by now.

I’m trying to break my bad habits, but it’s not really working so well. I’m pretty terrible at self-discipline. In addition to doing NaBloPoMo, I should make a one month daily plan to master more Japanese.

Starting tomorrow, that is what I will do!