NaNoWriMo Official Status Report Number Six

IT'S SPANNER TIME.

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44395 / 125000 words. 36% done!

--iyeah, I finally decided to adjust the word count meter for my personal goal, since I can't adjust the one over at the official site. That's still a VERY TENTATIVE number, but given the fact that ROI is meant to have three parts to it and I'm nearly at 50,000 words without even vaguely seeing the end of the first part isn't exactly encouraging. ;w; Anyway, life updates.


MONDAY:

Went out to Rockwell and met up with anothermiyaw and dreamlessness -- we were supposedly there to go into ADMU Professional Schools, since it's such a shiny building and we've always been curious about how it looks from the inside for a book launch, but we didn't actually stay. XD; Wandered around Rockwell, where B and I were very concerned about Mia and how she was bound to sugarcoma from all the cake that B and I fed her in Starbucks. Later saw yukitsu and talked ROD things, among others. :3

Was feeling ill for most of the afternoon due to the heat, my period and the fact that I was pretty much on my feet since 6 AM. Got home raring to work anyway, in which I discovered that I seriously don't know how to take it easy anymore. Thank god for friends who stick by and gently remind me to breathe just before I forget.

Also, anothermiyaw re-filled the time on my LJ icons. ILU LONG TIME, MIA. And I am so broke, it kinda ain't funny.


TUESDAY:

Holed myself up in my room to check all the papers from my kids! I've... got my work cut out for me. Will have to adjust my game plan according to what these students need, based on the fact that they're coming in from Basic English. I'm considering doing more consultations and being a little more elaborate with my feedback.

I think I am finally getting a hang of this teacher thing. The lectures I've been doing so far have been pretty smooth, and I find it easier to manage the classroom each time I step in. Am also able to juggle more stuff and organize my things and my thoughts better. o_o Here's hoping that this will actually bear positive results.

Was supposed to have Spec Fic class, but it ended up canceled. Typed out my previous entry while I was waiting in the car. Experienced a case of EXTREME EXHAUSTION and EXTREME LAZINESS later in the evening, which prompted me to dole out a free cut. I figure I can afford it, if only to take a breather before the real shit hits the fan.


TODAY:

--was supposed to be NaNoWriMo Day, but I ended up wasting half of it due to mod stuff for Serious Business and the feedback that was coming in regarding several things that I've applied to myself early on this week. I'm writing this partially because I need to seriously take a break from wrestling with this one scene for over six hours. D18, Y U DO DIS TO ME.

Will spend tomorrow NaNo-ing also. I really want to see if I can finish 50,000 words before Sunday. Probably not, but it's worth a shot, right?

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New intarwebz term to throw around: MICRO PORNING. Like micro-blogging (see Twitter and Plurk) and IM logging for an RP, but not. ...And my friends insist that it is a very real talent of mine. orz

Christmas post to follow. It's... actually long overdue too.

No music just yet because I'm really, REALLY lazy about making the link-ups and writing the blurbs, BUT I BRING WRITING? Just to show that I haven't been completely useless. ~_~

Katekyo Hitman Reborn! Ofrenda [D18]
Endtimes. Make war, not love. [Aidan Clayce]

SO THERE. PLURK ISN'T THE ONLY THING I DO ON MY PC THESE DAYS OKEY.

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Since I didn't get to post about Thursday due to my need to show off this blathering idiot (who, by the way, never replied), I'll explain it here: that was the death anniversary of Lolo Peralejo, and even though I was supposed to have attended this Read or Die meeting thing with yukitsu and lonelybusiness, I guess he really wanted me to come around and join the family because the meeting was canceled and stuff. Anyway, it was good because I managed to talk with relatives whom I haven't seen in a while, meditate a bit in the prettiness that is the Libingan ng Mga Bayani and buy books. PRIVILEGE OF THE SWORD, I CAN FINALLY HAS IT? And it's a decent read too. *nearly done!*

Friday went along swimmingly~ archangel_dream even dropped in to visit me! Weekend was absolutely lovely~ classes went well, and I got to see yukitsu, lonelybusiness and ficcentricity. ♥ Today was nice and easy too, since I didn't have to give my En11 classes a formal lecture and the story I picked out for my Lit13 class was easy to discuss (It's Faulker's A Rose for Emily -- go figure).

On other news, I GOTS MAH PAY. *is politely ignoring the fact that tax took out a sizeable amount from it* And to make my day even more awesome, some of my D18 fics managed to make it to this ongoing D18 fic recommendations page on LJ. Weather is nice and chilly too. Good vibes all around!

I think I will spend tomorrow trying to catch up on the Ginormous Stack of Papers that I still need to check for my kids students, archiving more threads from the KHR Plurk Crew, writing fanfic (because it's been way too long and school + teacherly work + RPing on the Plurk circles is making my Muse itchy) and generally chillaxing. I should prolly fuss over my LJ layouts and LJ icons, but that takes a lot of time.

Plurk has permanently ruined my ability to make long posts, hasn't it? SAY IT AIN'T SO!!!! DDDDD:

new_treasures has released the first chapter of "Kinou Nani Tabeta?", a seinen manga by Yoshinaga Fumi!

Don't let the "seinen" part fool you, though. It's Fumi, so expect some gay.

Interested parties may download it over HERE! Please support us, and add us if you want to follow our projects! We're also looking for help with future releases. ♥

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extroverted, practical, logical, spontaneous, resolved, direct, objective, conscientious, attentive, likes taking risks, cheerful, impulsive, optimistic, sociable, enthusing, full of the joys of life, aggressive, inconsiderate, dynamic, lively, rash, competition-oriented, action-loving, energetic, charming, superior, solution-oriented, adventurous, go-ahead, changeable, outgoing

...What an interesting test. It's actually more accurate than the usual ones I've seen floating around.

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In spite of what I said in my last entry, I ended up sleeping sometime before midnight. >_> Woke up hella groggy, but I managed to drag myself back out to Ateneo for the next teaching workshop. It actually started late because no one came in on time... if I had known they'd do that, I would've slept in. =_= Y halo thar, real life.

This teaching workshop wasn't as lively as the first one, but it was still extremely helpful and very enlightening -- I've got a lot of ideas on how to do my syllabi now, but I still can't say that I'm completely confident about things. Oh, and I met even more smoket buddies cool people among my colleagues. I don't remember the last time I had so much fun during lunch. I think I surprised them with the amount of food that I ate though.

There was supposed to be an afternoon session on teaching English 12, but since I won't be teaching that this sem I decided against going there in favor of enrolling for my classes.

( Schedule + Gabs ABOUT said schedule. )

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So. Incredibly. Sleepy. Thank god for the fact that I finished my registration -- that leaves tomorrow open to sleep in, run around for some last-minute shopping and kick back to do my syllabus while I wait for evening to come. ♥

So, following Weird-As-Hell Wednesday:

Thursday: Work, work, work -- still getting used to CMS. Much luff to khursten for putting up with my whining and helping me fix stuff. At least MOST of the site is ready for public viewing though. If there is one thing I've learned, it's that I need Adobe Photoshop.

Friday: I was supposed to hold the regularly scheduled Friday Meeting for Formations, but I wanted to take advantage of the few times that my last class for the day gives a free cut... I've a feeling I'll be needing the rest, given my hell week to come.

Saturday: Fitted my dress for the final time at Makati (Anika looked like a blue fairy princess! *_*), joined my parents for their lunch reunion thing with my dad's genius block from grade school-high school-college (yes, I'm surprised at the fact that my dad has friends too) and then spent the rest of the afternoon with yukitsu and kye_kestrel, with a guest appearance from sindapa. We watched Golden Compass for Nicole Kidman and the polar bears. Can't say anything beyond the fact that the movie was pretty.

After kye_kestrel headed home, Yukeh and I joined up with psychoshoujo, team7, lonelybusiness, saisun and Angel for dinner and bitchery over stupid people. Traffic was horrid, so most of us stayed behind for cake, fun and LOL-Cats!Speak. And I got to sleep earlier than 1 AM for once.

So now it's Sunday, and I have my brothers watching Smallville on the laptop while I mull over exactly how I'm supposed to do that bonus paper for Theology. I've got a talk & thesis consultation to attend to tomorrow, work on Tuesday, Theology tests + Litsoc party on Wednesday, and work again on Thursday. ...At least I don't have Theo on Friday. Here's hoping that the rest of my classes give out free cuts too. :3