things i've learned

So Jeff, Andy, Reid and I went to my mom-in-law's place in the country to catch a glimpse of the Leonid meteor shower last night. Unfortunately it was cloudy, so we didn't see much. The others saw more than I did, however, because I ended up falling asleep on Ginny's couch in front of the fire.

Looking forward to visiting with Mark Osier and Kathy Cogswell this weekend. I found out that getting an extra laptop battery is too expensive, so I am going to have to rely on (*gasp) writing with paper and a pen once my laptop batteries die during the train ride to Syracuse, or (more likely) my Palm and portable keyboard, using DocumentsToGo so I can still work with a Word document.

NaNoWriMo update: 33,064 words written, 16,936 to go. Ten more days left! I'm pretty happy that I've generally been able to meet my 2,000 words/day goal plus been able to keep with other writing commitments. Wrote and sent in my article about my NaNoWriMo experience yesterday.

I've also learned a heckuva lot about procrastination and productivity while writing. Things I've learned:

- My writing output is higher if I'm offline (duh).

- "Offline" means physically disconnected from the Internet. Usually I achieve this by working outside of the apartment.

- I work best in silence. If that's not possible (e.g. in a coffee shop), then my preferred writing music is Celtic harp music or Italian progressive rock. I blame Parki for the latter.

- To ignore the phone while I'm working. If it's important, they'll leave a message.

- To NOT HAVE MINI CHOCOLATE BARS in a bowl on the dining room table, espcially Coffee Crisp.

- Getting off my butt and working out at the gym (or running outside, if weather permits) on a regular basis is a good thing.

And now I'm going to take my own advice and go work offline for a while.

Links/News:

One year ago, we were at the Santa Claus parade.

Buy a Segway on Amazon!

Will spam kill e-mail?

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Today's Blatherpics:

Christine and her sister Jen at the Santa Claus parade.