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SimStoCreMo - The One Entry
In an effort to not clutter up your F-lists with what I am sure will be a lot of little bits of random babble while I loose my mind (it has kind of started already, but we will get to that in a minute) having realized that yet again, I have bitten off far more than I can chew, but I am determined to do it anyway. Should I actually succeed, this will only compound the problem next year when I stop and think "Well last year I managed that this year I MUST DO MORE!" ... yeah
Anyway! F-list clutter. We want to avoid that, so, welcome to my SimStoCreMo - Single Entry - Updated on an ongoing basis - Why, Yes, I do have a ticket on the loopy boat - Sticky Post!
It works something like this.
January 24, 2011 9:59pm
A week to go, which is good. I was happily outling away, feeling all productive cause I almost know every little detail that is going to go into Chapter 5 and thinking how much fun it is going to be to completely rewrite Chapter 6 (yeah, I had it all written at one point, chapter 5 too actually. A month or so ago I would have called it done, it is so not anymore. Needs a complete rewrite. Tossed it all. Starting again.) I am excited for the writing to start. I like writing. It may have replaced painting as my all time favourite thing to do (don't tell my paints).
So there I am, outlining and it is all good when suddenly it occurs to me. I don't have a title yet.
And it all grinds to a halt. Right there. My whole groove is shot.
Okay, if your Mathew this is probably a good thing because you don't have some idiot sitting beside you on the bed anymore, bobbing her head and tapping her feet to music you can't hear while clicking away on the laptop keys when you are trying to sleep. If you are me this is bad!
I was tossing around title ideas for Chapter 5 a few days ago and then it sort of completely slipped my mind and now here I am a week to go and I don't have a chapter title. I know the general themes that are taking place and I have nothing!
Frantic searching on the general themes of the chapter later and still nothing! *sob*
Wait, that is not true, but somehow I think I would get virtual tomatoes thrown at me if I named it "High Guise". Hell I would throw REAL tomatoes at me!
So umm, anyone have any suggestions on catchy phrases, quotes, etc(keeping in mind I will somehow twist them just like I have with all the other chapter titles) on the themes of "Keeping up appearances" "Hiding" "Unveiling" and/or "Being something your not"? I could give you more examples but I don't want to get into spoilers here. Even just different words for any of the above I may not have thought of yet.
Pretty please .. before we are stuck with a chapter title of "Terms of Entanglement".
January 31, 2011 4:29pm
Just a few more hours! Outlines are complete, Chapter 5 has a title (Thank you for the suggestions!) and I am itching to start typing. A good portion of the reason I want to get this going so badly is because of the U-pic that I used for this entry. I stumbled on that the other day and the plot bunny took hold and refused to let go. So hard not to just keep going and take the rest of the shots. Probably a good thing they weren't in the right place for the scene or I might not have managed. :/
Mp3 player is loaded, The Not-so-Plan has been updated, laptop is charged, everyone has been put on notice to leave me alone for the month of February (unless I come to them, that is a different matter entirely). Which leaves just one question. Is it Midnight yet?
February 2, 2011 12:08 am
Day one is gone and I am not entirely sure where it went. I do know that at one point I realized I had completely screwed up the timeline for this chapter and in the fixing of that had a few revelations about Tel's character (we are not currently on speaking terms!). I did get a few scenes written though!
Current word count for Chapter 5: 5537! Which means 3459 words were written today! (It probably could have been more except part way through I had a pressing need to write a scene for chapter "Not even gonna happen 'til almost the end". Why? This is really in no way helpful for the goal here!)
I could, technically, go load up the game and start taking the shots and have part 1 out in the next day or so. I want to have more written first. Actually I would like to have all of Chapter 5 written before I start taking the shots, so ... Tel better get over his hissy fit!
Oh, and I had random moment of manipulative inspiration earlier as well. Wanna see?
Sent to Mathew via Steam:
genlisae: this little fingie went to antartica
genlisae: this little fingie stayed home (cause he thought it would be warmer, but he was wrong)
genlisae: this little fingie roasted himself trying to get warm
genlisae: this little fingie went numb
genlisae: and this little fingie sat there all stiff and frozen with glistening tears of ice that froze on his itty, bitty little cheeks before they could fall
Then Mathew let out a huge sigh, got up and turned the heat on. :D When I figure out why he puts up with me I will let you know cause after that I am sure we can all agree it is NOT for my poetic abilities!
February 2 1:59 pm
Right, so it is really not a good thing when you are not on speaking terms with a main character.
How not good?
I have 23 scenes in Chapter 5, he's in 9 of them. We need to get on speaking terms again before I can go much further with this.
On the other hand my daughter's school work is flying along today (she's currently constructing a windsock). I have researched an upcoming plot line, made a ton of notes revolving around Tybalt and Lilith, planned dinner, started dinner (Anyone up for Samosas? We've got veggie, beef and chicken. I might have gone a little overboard ... bring friends.) and my coffee consumption so far is probably enough to keep a small country employed in bean production.
The whole issue is over how one scene plays out! It is such a stupid little thing even! I have rewritten the problem scene three times now and every time it just keeps turning that same direction. If I try to make it go where I think it should it just sounds awkward and wrong. I should probably just give up and let him have his way shouldn't I?
*sigh* This is why I don't like the green little shit.
February 3, 2011 8:37 pm
Kate says (8:30 PM):
Librarian always capitalized?
or no?
Matt says (8:31 PM):
i guess so
its a title
Kate says (8:31 PM):
I guess so is not an answer
Matt says (8:31 PM):
unless its like "a librarian"
instead of the Librarian
i think
Kate says (8:31 PM):
no it is "and a stern glance from the librarian"
Kate says (8:32 PM):
not "So a duck a chicken and a librarian walk into a bar"
Matt says (8:33 PM):
i dont know
it doesnt look right without the caps
Kate says (8:33 PM):
FOOOIE! You are supposed to be helping here.
Matt says (8:33 PM):
google might know
Kate says (8:33 PM):
google hates me
it wouldn't let me read my obituary
And that should pretty much tell you how today has gone.
February 6, 2011 2:04 am
General progress report, mostly for my own sanity. There have been a few hitches and it might help if I see I am actually making headway.
Chapter 5 now stands at 9185 words with 13 of 25 scenes written. Yeah I know I said it was only 23 a few days ago. They told me I had two more to add. *shrug* Sometimes I do as I'm told.
I could switch to images now and have part 1 totally completed. I am still holding out for having all of Chapter 5 written before I start the images though. That might change if I really need a break from writing. *nod*. So far so good. Not as much as I wanted by this point, but still moving forward.
February 7, 2011 7:45 am
I wanted to update this with yesterday's progress, yesterday. That didn't happen, so yesterday's progress this morning!
10604 words into Chapter 5 with 16 of 26 scenes completed.
Yes, that is one more scene in the total scene count than yesterday *sigh*. It's evil when they do this to me. Even more evil when the "This scene must be included!" scene makes me cry. This one did. Pre-emptive apology. I really am sorry for the inclusion of that little tear jerker. This is like the emotional rollercoaster chapter, and I think that would be the point where it all bottoms out.
Further on the progress front. Part 1 is now completely formatted, all shots are planned (there will be 117 images total ... sorry for the load times there) and I have a couple pieces of CC I need to make that I completely forgot about until I was going through yesterday planning the shots. *headdesk*
Those will be made today. As soon as I get some sleep. I haven't done that yet and sadly it wasn't due to writing. There was a storm that was really noisy and then the cats decided to have a party (I swear that is what they were doing!) and somewhere around 5 o'clock the birds woke up and have been talking to each other ever since.
February 8, 2011 4:54 (A.K.A. WTF am I doing?)
While I am typing this, my game is loading. I have decided to go ahead with the images for Chapter 5 part 1 and most likely part 2 since there is only one scene left to do for that and Tybalt is being an absolute sweetheart for me on the writing front and that scene shouldn't take too long.
So I started up the game. While watching the plumbbob pop into existence over the EA logo my stomach dropped. I have no confidence in this chapter.
It does what I need it to do, yes, but I don't think it does it well. I am certain 90% of what I am trying to convey will be lost in awkward prose and poor execution. I know what is going on of course because they are in my head and I am in theirs and all the rest of that fun stuff. When I read back through it from a detached standpoint though it leaves a lot of confusion and the appearance of only half the required information; like things are sort of coming out of nowhere really.
How much if this is because I am out of my comfort zone? How much of this is because I am not doing what I usually do, writing it out and then leaving it for a week or so coming back to it every so often and reading through again tweaking as I go? I can do entire updates in a matter of a few days, yes, but that is not the way I usually work. I am guessing that is most of the issue. I would probably even go so far as to say that most of the "problems" I am seeing don't even exist and if they do exist it is something that can be touched on again later to fill in the missing details. Right now though, I'm not comfortable with it.
I'm going to do it anyway. If it is a mess, it is a mess. I reserve the right to go back later and "fix" it. It is only a sims story after all. If anything breaking out of comfort zone is probably a good thing. Pushing boundaries and such, right? I could use to do that. I have noticed a "sameness" creeping into the story recently, so shaking things up a bit, even if it is only on a mental level for me, can't hurt.
Right, game is loaded, my little self-pep-talk here has put things back in perspective. Time to go do this.
Chapter 5 Part 1 coming in the next day or so.
February 9, 2011 4:25 PM
My game is loading again ... lol! I got into the game yesterday and promptly realized I was still missing a bunch of that CC I was making the other day. I forgot a few things when we lost electricity for several hours from that storm that kept me awake. Those few things have been done now *nod* so back into the game I go ... hoping I have everything this time.
Progress Update!
Chapter 5 is almost a done deal writing wise with only 4 more scenes to go (and one I want to go back over). I don't have a word count handy. Not really worried about it, it will easily hit the 15000 word mark so the secondary goal of 20000 words will really not be a problem.
I got asked once why I include a word count all the time. That's a good question. I have noticed a lot of Sims writers don't. I don't really know why. I guess because I read a lot of non-sim fics and it is a decent way to judge how long it will take to read it? I know I do that. Look at the word count and think "Do I have time to read this before I have to go do <whatever>?".
Oh! I managed to answer a question I have had for a long time today!
What do you get the gamer who has everything? A multi-purpose controller.
The day my cutlery starts talking about the impact of industry on the environment is the day I stop eating entirely ...
February 10, 2011 4:42 am
29 of 71 images completed for Chapter 5 Part 1! This is not bad. I lost a few hours to set building.
I have also decided that Part 1 needs to be shorter. *nod* 120 (I miss-numbered a couple in the planning stages) images is way too many, so it will be only 71. Of course this means that there will be a shift in where I split the rest of the chapter as well so ... as soon as part 1 is complete on to part 2 and 3 because those are now completely written.
Damn. I just might make this.
February 13, 2011 2:50 pm - Angry Face! ... But then ...
Three hours! 3! Trying to convey an effect with photoshop and it just wasn't working. >:( I finally just said to hell with it and went with "That will do, I suppose."
They suck, and I am not sure they convey what I am looking for, but they kind of do. *grumbles about vague concepts of distorted perception and her inability to visually convey them*. It will have to do.
But then!
On to another completely different vague concept of distorted perception and .. :D
I totally got that one! Makes up for earlier failure yes? Yes? >.> ... *hangs head, kicking at ground* cause I said so.
Right, all of that aside, Two more scenes and part 2 is done!
The thought occurs at this rate I am really not going to make the goal of both chapters by the end of the month. At this point I don't really care. Point is it is getting done *nod* and will continue to be done .. oh and I am having fun. That helps too!
February 18, 2011 12:00 am
I went with that u-pic today because I am trying to stay positive. I wanted to go with
only in the general direction of my right shoulder.
I know better. I really do. I know I can't spend more than twenty or so minutes at a time typing or using the mouse without stopping for just as long, but I realized that I didn't have all that long left of the month and got a little antsy. I though "Hey, no big deal, I can do it. I haven't been having any arm pain recently, pushing it a little won't hurt."
Yeah, you can tell me how dumb that was now. My right arm is now on timeout for the next few days while I wait for the feeling to come back below the elbow, the elbow and shoulder joints to stop feeling like they are burning and the inflammation to go down in the shoulder itself. Oh, and if the cold, cramp-like burn in the side of my palm could go away too that would be awesome. I think I actually need to get that one looked into. It is new. Usually there is minimal to no feeling there at all.
Pretty much in an effort to make sure I would get my goal completed for SimStoCreMo I have almost guaranteed I won't. *HEADDESK* I am not giving up though. I still have my left hand (Woot for ambidexterity!) and my right arm hanging around here reminding me not to overwork that arm as well; so progress will be ongoing. Just slower. *sigh* The goal remains the same. As much of both chapters as I can get done. Might not be all of it but it is more than I would have had otherwise.
February 23, 2011 1:40 am
Let's get some Anto in here shall we?
So, my actual goal of chapters 5 and 6? Not gonna happen. I am a little disappointed with myself, but not as much as I would have expected. I can not control everything that happens around me, no matter how much I would like to.
My shoulder issue (which is better now)? That was just stupid. The broken water heater (gas powered, on-demand, ridiculously expensive to outright replace)? Not something I can control and needed to be dealt with. Did the repairs need to take that long? I doubt it, but they took as long as they took and it is working now (Hot, running water! Hallelujah!). A certain person who shall remain nameless somehow putting his foot through the side of the fibre-glass bathtub? Probably also not necessary. It happened and also needed to be repaired. Also beyond my control. Issues with a certain online payment system (surprisingly not pay-pal)? Still ongoing. I also can't do a damn thing about it beyond what I already have and waiting.
Unfortunately all of these took time I didn't really have and all happened at about the same time (isn't that always the way?).
On the more positive side, my tendencies to withdraw into my head and need space from time to time when things like this happen actually worked out! I have most of chapter 6 written now as well. I can comfortably say I simply need images for the rest of chapter 5 and at least the first part of chapter 6. The month was not a total loss, just not what I was hoping for. There are still a few days left as well. Let's see how much I can get done by then.
February 27, 2011 1:01 am - Cue hysterical laughter.
Oh yeah! Guess what I'm doing? Go on guess!
I am sorting through my CC finding the one that is making my game crash!
LOL
I was going to have all the way to the first part of chapter 6 for you by tomorrow ...
Nope! I'm not! LMAO! It's a laugh or cry at this point, really.
Not a total loss though. I am also ditching a lot of the fugly hairs that were hanging around .Recolouring a few as well. At this point I need consistency more than I need a million options so a few people might be getting new hair, like Haley. not hugely new, just a more consistent shade so she can actually change hairstyles at some point. *nod*.
Fun isn't it! Next year I am so doing things differently.
Anyway! F-list clutter. We want to avoid that, so, welcome to my SimStoCreMo - Single Entry - Updated on an ongoing basis - Why, Yes, I do have a ticket on the loopy boat - Sticky Post!
It works something like this.
A week to go, which is good. I was happily outling away, feeling all productive cause I almost know every little detail that is going to go into Chapter 5 and thinking how much fun it is going to be to completely rewrite Chapter 6 (yeah, I had it all written at one point, chapter 5 too actually. A month or so ago I would have called it done, it is so not anymore. Needs a complete rewrite. Tossed it all. Starting again.) I am excited for the writing to start. I like writing. It may have replaced painting as my all time favourite thing to do (don't tell my paints).
So there I am, outlining and it is all good when suddenly it occurs to me. I don't have a title yet.
And it all grinds to a halt. Right there. My whole groove is shot.
Okay, if your Mathew this is probably a good thing because you don't have some idiot sitting beside you on the bed anymore, bobbing her head and tapping her feet to music you can't hear while clicking away on the laptop keys when you are trying to sleep. If you are me this is bad!
I was tossing around title ideas for Chapter 5 a few days ago and then it sort of completely slipped my mind and now here I am a week to go and I don't have a chapter title. I know the general themes that are taking place and I have nothing!
Frantic searching on the general themes of the chapter later and still nothing! *sob*
Wait, that is not true, but somehow I think I would get virtual tomatoes thrown at me if I named it "High Guise". Hell I would throw REAL tomatoes at me!
So umm, anyone have any suggestions on catchy phrases, quotes, etc(keeping in mind I will somehow twist them just like I have with all the other chapter titles) on the themes of "Keeping up appearances" "Hiding" "Unveiling" and/or "Being something your not"? I could give you more examples but I don't want to get into spoilers here. Even just different words for any of the above I may not have thought of yet.
Pretty please .. before we are stuck with a chapter title of "Terms of Entanglement".
Just a few more hours! Outlines are complete, Chapter 5 has a title (Thank you for the suggestions!) and I am itching to start typing. A good portion of the reason I want to get this going so badly is because of the U-pic that I used for this entry. I stumbled on that the other day and the plot bunny took hold and refused to let go. So hard not to just keep going and take the rest of the shots. Probably a good thing they weren't in the right place for the scene or I might not have managed. :/
Mp3 player is loaded, The Not-so-Plan has been updated, laptop is charged, everyone has been put on notice to leave me alone for the month of February (unless I come to them, that is a different matter entirely). Which leaves just one question. Is it Midnight yet?
Day one is gone and I am not entirely sure where it went. I do know that at one point I realized I had completely screwed up the timeline for this chapter and in the fixing of that had a few revelations about Tel's character (we are not currently on speaking terms!). I did get a few scenes written though!
Current word count for Chapter 5: 5537! Which means 3459 words were written today! (It probably could have been more except part way through I had a pressing need to write a scene for chapter "Not even gonna happen 'til almost the end". Why? This is really in no way helpful for the goal here!)
I could, technically, go load up the game and start taking the shots and have part 1 out in the next day or so. I want to have more written first. Actually I would like to have all of Chapter 5 written before I start taking the shots, so ... Tel better get over his hissy fit!
Oh, and I had random moment of manipulative inspiration earlier as well. Wanna see?
Sent to Mathew via Steam:
genlisae: this little fingie went to antartica
genlisae: this little fingie stayed home (cause he thought it would be warmer, but he was wrong)
genlisae: this little fingie roasted himself trying to get warm
genlisae: this little fingie went numb
genlisae: and this little fingie sat there all stiff and frozen with glistening tears of ice that froze on his itty, bitty little cheeks before they could fall
Then Mathew let out a huge sigh, got up and turned the heat on. :D When I figure out why he puts up with me I will let you know cause after that I am sure we can all agree it is NOT for my poetic abilities!
Right, so it is really not a good thing when you are not on speaking terms with a main character.
How not good?
I have 23 scenes in Chapter 5, he's in 9 of them. We need to get on speaking terms again before I can go much further with this.
On the other hand my daughter's school work is flying along today (she's currently constructing a windsock). I have researched an upcoming plot line, made a ton of notes revolving around Tybalt and Lilith, planned dinner, started dinner (Anyone up for Samosas? We've got veggie, beef and chicken. I might have gone a little overboard ... bring friends.) and my coffee consumption so far is probably enough to keep a small country employed in bean production.
The whole issue is over how one scene plays out! It is such a stupid little thing even! I have rewritten the problem scene three times now and every time it just keeps turning that same direction. If I try to make it go where I think it should it just sounds awkward and wrong. I should probably just give up and let him have his way shouldn't I?
*sigh* This is why I don't like the green little shit.
Kate says (8:30 PM):
Librarian always capitalized?
or no?
Matt says (8:31 PM):
i guess so
its a title
Kate says (8:31 PM):
I guess so is not an answer
Matt says (8:31 PM):
unless its like "a librarian"
instead of the Librarian
i think
Kate says (8:31 PM):
no it is "and a stern glance from the librarian"
Kate says (8:32 PM):
not "So a duck a chicken and a librarian walk into a bar"
Matt says (8:33 PM):
i dont know
it doesnt look right without the caps
Kate says (8:33 PM):
FOOOIE! You are supposed to be helping here.
Matt says (8:33 PM):
google might know
Kate says (8:33 PM):
google hates me
it wouldn't let me read my obituary
And that should pretty much tell you how today has gone.
General progress report, mostly for my own sanity. There have been a few hitches and it might help if I see I am actually making headway.
Chapter 5 now stands at 9185 words with 13 of 25 scenes written. Yeah I know I said it was only 23 a few days ago. They told me I had two more to add. *shrug* Sometimes I do as I'm told.
I could switch to images now and have part 1 totally completed. I am still holding out for having all of Chapter 5 written before I start the images though. That might change if I really need a break from writing. *nod*. So far so good. Not as much as I wanted by this point, but still moving forward.
I wanted to update this with yesterday's progress, yesterday. That didn't happen, so yesterday's progress this morning!
10604 words into Chapter 5 with 16 of 26 scenes completed.
Yes, that is one more scene in the total scene count than yesterday *sigh*. It's evil when they do this to me. Even more evil when the "This scene must be included!" scene makes me cry. This one did. Pre-emptive apology. I really am sorry for the inclusion of that little tear jerker. This is like the emotional rollercoaster chapter, and I think that would be the point where it all bottoms out.
Further on the progress front. Part 1 is now completely formatted, all shots are planned (there will be 117 images total ... sorry for the load times there) and I have a couple pieces of CC I need to make that I completely forgot about until I was going through yesterday planning the shots. *headdesk*
Those will be made today. As soon as I get some sleep. I haven't done that yet and sadly it wasn't due to writing. There was a storm that was really noisy and then the cats decided to have a party (I swear that is what they were doing!) and somewhere around 5 o'clock the birds woke up and have been talking to each other ever since.
While I am typing this, my game is loading. I have decided to go ahead with the images for Chapter 5 part 1 and most likely part 2 since there is only one scene left to do for that and Tybalt is being an absolute sweetheart for me on the writing front and that scene shouldn't take too long.
So I started up the game. While watching the plumbbob pop into existence over the EA logo my stomach dropped. I have no confidence in this chapter.
It does what I need it to do, yes, but I don't think it does it well. I am certain 90% of what I am trying to convey will be lost in awkward prose and poor execution. I know what is going on of course because they are in my head and I am in theirs and all the rest of that fun stuff. When I read back through it from a detached standpoint though it leaves a lot of confusion and the appearance of only half the required information; like things are sort of coming out of nowhere really.
How much if this is because I am out of my comfort zone? How much of this is because I am not doing what I usually do, writing it out and then leaving it for a week or so coming back to it every so often and reading through again tweaking as I go? I can do entire updates in a matter of a few days, yes, but that is not the way I usually work. I am guessing that is most of the issue. I would probably even go so far as to say that most of the "problems" I am seeing don't even exist and if they do exist it is something that can be touched on again later to fill in the missing details. Right now though, I'm not comfortable with it.
I'm going to do it anyway. If it is a mess, it is a mess. I reserve the right to go back later and "fix" it. It is only a sims story after all. If anything breaking out of comfort zone is probably a good thing. Pushing boundaries and such, right? I could use to do that. I have noticed a "sameness" creeping into the story recently, so shaking things up a bit, even if it is only on a mental level for me, can't hurt.
Right, game is loaded, my little self-pep-talk here has put things back in perspective. Time to go do this.
Chapter 5 Part 1 coming in the next day or so.
My game is loading again ... lol! I got into the game yesterday and promptly realized I was still missing a bunch of that CC I was making the other day. I forgot a few things when we lost electricity for several hours from that storm that kept me awake. Those few things have been done now *nod* so back into the game I go ... hoping I have everything this time.
Progress Update!
Chapter 5 is almost a done deal writing wise with only 4 more scenes to go (and one I want to go back over). I don't have a word count handy. Not really worried about it, it will easily hit the 15000 word mark so the secondary goal of 20000 words will really not be a problem.
I got asked once why I include a word count all the time. That's a good question. I have noticed a lot of Sims writers don't. I don't really know why. I guess because I read a lot of non-sim fics and it is a decent way to judge how long it will take to read it? I know I do that. Look at the word count and think "Do I have time to read this before I have to go do <whatever>?".
Oh! I managed to answer a question I have had for a long time today!
What do you get the gamer who has everything? A multi-purpose controller.
The day my cutlery starts talking about the impact of industry on the environment is the day I stop eating entirely ...
29 of 71 images completed for Chapter 5 Part 1! This is not bad. I lost a few hours to set building.
I have also decided that Part 1 needs to be shorter. *nod* 120 (I miss-numbered a couple in the planning stages) images is way too many, so it will be only 71. Of course this means that there will be a shift in where I split the rest of the chapter as well so ... as soon as part 1 is complete on to part 2 and 3 because those are now completely written.
Damn. I just might make this.
Three hours! 3! Trying to convey an effect with photoshop and it just wasn't working. >:( I finally just said to hell with it and went with "That will do, I suppose."
They suck, and I am not sure they convey what I am looking for, but they kind of do. *grumbles about vague concepts of distorted perception and her inability to visually convey them*. It will have to do.
But then!
On to another completely different vague concept of distorted perception and .. :D
I totally got that one! Makes up for earlier failure yes? Yes? >.> ... *hangs head, kicking at ground* cause I said so.
Right, all of that aside, Two more scenes and part 2 is done!
The thought occurs at this rate I am really not going to make the goal of both chapters by the end of the month. At this point I don't really care. Point is it is getting done *nod* and will continue to be done .. oh and I am having fun. That helps too!
I went with that u-pic today because I am trying to stay positive. I wanted to go with
I know better. I really do. I know I can't spend more than twenty or so minutes at a time typing or using the mouse without stopping for just as long, but I realized that I didn't have all that long left of the month and got a little antsy. I though "Hey, no big deal, I can do it. I haven't been having any arm pain recently, pushing it a little won't hurt."
Yeah, you can tell me how dumb that was now. My right arm is now on timeout for the next few days while I wait for the feeling to come back below the elbow, the elbow and shoulder joints to stop feeling like they are burning and the inflammation to go down in the shoulder itself. Oh, and if the cold, cramp-like burn in the side of my palm could go away too that would be awesome. I think I actually need to get that one looked into. It is new. Usually there is minimal to no feeling there at all.
Pretty much in an effort to make sure I would get my goal completed for SimStoCreMo I have almost guaranteed I won't. *HEADDESK* I am not giving up though. I still have my left hand (Woot for ambidexterity!) and my right arm hanging around here reminding me not to overwork that arm as well; so progress will be ongoing. Just slower. *sigh* The goal remains the same. As much of both chapters as I can get done. Might not be all of it but it is more than I would have had otherwise.
Let's get some Anto in here shall we?
So, my actual goal of chapters 5 and 6? Not gonna happen. I am a little disappointed with myself, but not as much as I would have expected. I can not control everything that happens around me, no matter how much I would like to.
My shoulder issue (which is better now)? That was just stupid. The broken water heater (gas powered, on-demand, ridiculously expensive to outright replace)? Not something I can control and needed to be dealt with. Did the repairs need to take that long? I doubt it, but they took as long as they took and it is working now (Hot, running water! Hallelujah!). A certain person who shall remain nameless somehow putting his foot through the side of the fibre-glass bathtub? Probably also not necessary. It happened and also needed to be repaired. Also beyond my control. Issues with a certain online payment system (surprisingly not pay-pal)? Still ongoing. I also can't do a damn thing about it beyond what I already have and waiting.
Unfortunately all of these took time I didn't really have and all happened at about the same time (isn't that always the way?).
On the more positive side, my tendencies to withdraw into my head and need space from time to time when things like this happen actually worked out! I have most of chapter 6 written now as well. I can comfortably say I simply need images for the rest of chapter 5 and at least the first part of chapter 6. The month was not a total loss, just not what I was hoping for. There are still a few days left as well. Let's see how much I can get done by then.
Oh yeah! Guess what I'm doing? Go on guess!
I am sorting through my CC finding the one that is making my game crash!
LOL
I was going to have all the way to the first part of chapter 6 for you by tomorrow ...
Nope! I'm not! LMAO! It's a laugh or cry at this point, really.
Not a total loss though. I am also ditching a lot of the fugly hairs that were hanging around .Recolouring a few as well. At this point I need consistency more than I need a million options so a few people might be getting new hair, like Haley. not hugely new, just a more consistent shade so she can actually change hairstyles at some point. *nod*.
Fun isn't it! Next year I am so doing things differently.
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Then next time I have something to say about SimStoCreMo I add another entry under the cut! Thus keeping your F-lists all tidy and untethered by a torrent of text!
Yeah, alright, I'll put the Thesaurus down now.
Yeah, alright, I'll put the Thesaurus down now.
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