October 26, 2006
And I'm Back for the 2nd Time
Yeah, the phone line's back again, which means I don't have to travel hours just to upload my work in some internet cafe, whose owners already know me and my job. That's what happens when you come in minutes before closing time asking for half an hour to catch up with assignments...for two weeks!
So tomorrow I'm spending the whole day sleeping. Hey, I might get to keep my job after all!
All say, "Thank God"!
October 23, 2006
At Least It Wouldn't Be My Fault
It's hard to work online if you can't go online. The phone line's not been working since last week, and there's no indication that it'll work this week. I may get fired because of that. Too bad, I really like the job.
NaNoWriMo is eight days away, and I haven't got anything except a title. And I don't think it's going to stick since it's too long. Not that there are title restrictions, but It's not natural for me to have a title as long as a sentence. Just a preference, you see.
If I do get fired, I guess it's back to the call center for me. Life. This is what you call, "struggling".
October 16, 2006
Little Things, Big Things
I wish I have someone with me when I do stuff. I wish someone were with me now when I was looking for a vacant computer terminal in my favorite internet cafe (since they allow me to download stuff) and there was none, and I went back around 5 (for an online meeting) and prayed for one vacant terminal, and there was one. Just one, for me.
Then the online meeting was rescheduled for tomorrow.
I visited a grade school friend who just gave birth about a week ago with some friends. The great time was not meeting AJ (her daughter) but when a friend accidentaly gave out another friend's secret. The discussion on whether to tell or not to tell was melodramatically humorous, at least to me. And the kid was just there, her eyes looking back and forth as if she knew what we were talking about.
Maybe she did, and maybe she'll remember when she grows up. Or not.
So I am seriously considering having a girlfriend already. No more prerequisites like getting a higher salary or a house or whatever. Girlfriend. Now.
Or at least, after NaNoWriMo. Or should it be during November, so I'll know if I can tolerate her jealousy with my writing, and I her bantering about how I don't notice her and stuff.
I should turn that into a story.
October 09, 2006
Writing Hand's Better Now
The wrist is still a little bit swollen but I can type without the pain every time I hit the keys. I still wear the wrist wrap though, just in case.
Can't wait for NaNo WriMo to start. The Philippine forums are getting populated already, so that's a good thing.
Melch and I are now against each other. Because of our failure to launch the Silent Destiny product line, Melch decided that we should compete. The first person to popularize the story is the winner.
Yeah, we're desperate.
Ah, back to work.
October 05, 2006
Ouch
I hurt my left wrist last week when I slipped while walking down the stairs. I think I mentioned that before. The weird thing is, it just got painful today. I think it was because of the travel I did to the office for a meeting, and to get my pay. The rest of the time I'm working at home, submitting work via email.
It hurts when I type, yet look what I'm doing now! The pain on my wrist overwhelms any other feeling, that sharp sting becoming more and more "interesting" for lack of a better word, yet I continue to record the trivial despite the fact.
How do I describe it? My face could no longer hide what I feel - my wrists being ripped apart, toyed around, and ground together. I tell you that I feel mad already.
But I am writing. Because I have decided to become a writer.
Wow, even typing becomes a chore.
I got my first paycheck so I'm happy. I bought another how-to-draw book, in the hope of reviving my other talent. I spent years developing that one - I thought it deserved a second go.
Saw Melch today, that guy who told me to quit being a call center agent to work at the animation company which didn't pay me? He was the one who referred me to this work at home gig, and we both work there. You could say he redeemed himself there.
Addicted to Words
The NaNoWriMo forums are up, and slowly people are flocking to this website for one grueling month of agony and nerve-wracking fun as people try to finish a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. Some of the ancient participants have posted their shoutouts, greeting the first timers (and ain't I glad the Philippines already has its own forum?).
I can imagine that this coming November, after writing for an hour or so to complete the daily recommended average word count of 1,667 words, I'll sit down and write for my new job, which has something to do with creating lessons for e-learning sites and / or clients. And after I'm done with that, I'll be posting my rants online via the blog (of course) then read a chapter or two of one of the novels spawled all over the floor of my room.
Then maybe, if I have some energy left, I can do some short stories / poems for various calls for submissions.
Oh yeah, I'm feeling it.
