raw particles of inspiration

Where did the time go? I'm going back to work again on Monday, hopefully rested enough to deal with more stupid customers. Mom and Dad came home from Naples earlier this week and had brought me wine. They know me so well! Stupid!cat spent all day yesterday catching the same field mouse and bringing it into the house where he proceeded to chase it all around the hall. We got hold of the poor little thing and released it into the wild, and stupid!cat hurried after it to catch it all over again.

I'm ending my vacation with a bang. Tomorrow, I'm heading out to a friends' cabin for our annual barbecue party! Plenty of good food, probably a little too much to drink, many many strange conversations and a whole lot of laughing. Yay!

You might have noticed by now that I like to cook. What you probably don't know is that sometimes, I tend to cook obsessively. Once I get started, I just can't stop! Today was one of those days. I'm sure my friends will appreciate it tomorrow...

( Food! )

... and in the story I'm sort of maybe hypothetically writing, Danno just compared Steve to a sad puppy. I think I need help. Or failing that, more wine.

I got the BEST sga_santa assignment and I'm going to write an awesome story!

Just saying...


Also going to Gävle tomorrow to meet up with a bunch of WriMos. We're going to drink far too much coffee and talk about our novels and I really don't have time for it but I can't resist.

I think one of the reasons I keep doing NaNo every year is the opportunity to meet other people like me, people who live in the real world instead of in my computer. (Not that you, almighty f-list don't exist in the real world. It's just, you live in your own worlds, far far away from me, and sometimes you give me a glimpse of those worlds and I'm so very happy for that, but you don't live in my world, the world I spend my time in when I'm not online.)

The thing is... sometimes I feel very lonely. I call it Writer's disease, this tendency to stand aside, observe people instead of interacting with them. Everything is a story and as a writer I must remain on the outside, tell the story instead of being a part of it. It might be time to take a little break and put the words aside for a while. Spend a month or two not being a writer and connect with the world again. Maybe I'll do that when I'm done with all these challenges.

Anyway! Tomorrow I'm going to meet other writers, other nerds, people who understand me. And I really look forward to the NaNo kick-off in Stockholm next weekend. How often do you get to spend an hour or two discussing slash with people who understand the concept and don't think you're a weirdo?

Okay, I'll stop rambling now. What I really meant to say is that NaNo is one of the best things that's ever happened to me, and that my sga_santa story will be awesome. Oh, and if any WriMos in the vincinity of Gävle reads this, we'll be meeting at the new Wayne's Coffee tomorrow, October 24;th, ten o'clock. Welcome!