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I'm so happy right now!
Brittany and Santa are now canon!
This just totally made my entire week.
Really.
:29 seconds in is where it's at.

New icon! *glee*

Thanks txvoodoo!

I am writing this fic for Supernatural.
It is a Christmas fic, takes place during Christmas and everything.
My question is:
How would Castiel view Christmas?
If he walked in on a Christmas party that was going on, lights, drinks, music everything...how do you think he would react?
And how do you think he would react to Dean not liking Christmas very much?


I have it in my story already, I just want to make sure that I am on the same page as most other SPN fans.
This is a gift for someone, so it's pretty important that I get it right.
If you want to read the excerpt, just tell me.

I can't believe how the end of the year is creeping up on me. There's so much to do still - at least this year Hanukkah isn't too close to Christmas.

I had planned to write this note this morning but we had no power for an hour and a half.

Here's today's list:
1. Make bread
2. School with kids
3. Make dinner -- Joan's chicken wings
4. emergency girl scout meeting
5. Write 1000 words
6. knit kippah for Pat's bat mitzvah
7. blog
8. back up novel
9. write out family Hanukkah list
10. laundry



so far haven't got hardly any of the done but I have been playing with my new nifty Hanukkah present Dragon NaturallySpeaking. The great thing about ordering your own Hanukkah presents is your never disappointed with what you get, my husband doesn't worry about what to get me and I don't have to worry about what he gets me either.

Enough playing this list won't get done by itself!

In a massive 3-day 25,000-word sprint to the finish, I won Nanowrimo. I promise I'll never do that to my brain again, unless money is involved.

This has been a really great novel as far as learning goes. I have learned:

1. I can write 10k in a day and I learned why I shouldn't do that to myself. I’m not saying they were great words, but they all furthered the plot and can get polished up in the next draft.

2. Large goals (like 2000 words in an hour) freak me out, but 500 words in 15 minutes seems perfectly reasonable even though it's the same amount of words.

3. This novel "feels" better than the last one - it flowed from my brain to the paper without much trouble. I take this as a sign that I'm getting better at writing.

4. I can write when I don't feel like it and the world doesn't come to an end. And I can write more when I really don't feel like it as well. And when my brain is sick to death of these stupid characters it’s time to switch to another scene or chapter and keep writing.

5. Brain breaks increase productivity and overall satisfaction with life.

6. It's OK to figure out plot points as you go - and it's more fun to write if your story surprises you sometimes.

7. Writing anywhere near the children is way too distracting and I should stick to knitting when they're doing quiet work in school.



I've got about another 15,000 words to finish the novel. This is the first novel I've completed (of three) where I think it would be worth the time and effort to revise it so I'll be doing that in the new year.

Today was a good day. My Blackberry - which broke yesterday - is being replaced and the shipment should be here tomorrow.

I got a lot done at work.

I got a raise.

I got my insurance card and info.

Other good things happened, from the moment I woke up until now, because I am alive and aware enough to be grateful.

I rearranged my side of the bedroom, helped put the pingpong table in the shed and cleaned a BUNCH.

I also centered myself and meditated. It's been too long since I have done this and it was showing.

Sunday was a mess of wasted efforts and inefficiency. I gotta work on my Sundays.

Saturday I walked to Pearl's Arts and Crafts. I have a lot of pictures to upload.

The day after Thanksgiving I went to work. It was the most peaceful Bus and Tri-Rail rides ever. It was not a bad day at work. And at home I got turkey and pumpkin pie souffle.

Yummy.

I just... why?

A little while ago I got signed up for google wave. I can definitely see the potential for it as a communication and collaoration tool, but I have some concerns about the closed nature of the network (although, in fairnes, it's no less closed than other social networking sites).

I'm on there at ryanharron@googlewave.com.

I've also been given some invites, so if you'd like to try google wave out but haven't had a chance to, let me know and I'll hook you up.