Bad Blogger and Novice NaNoWriMo...

Right. Let's face it. I'm not a good blogger.

On the rare occasion that I remember to update, the blog itself is simply an apology for the lack of updates, followed by some rambling excuse, and then some kind of poorly told recount of my boring life since the last update.

So why do I bother?

This is something I ask myself quite frequently and, as yet, I haven't found the answer. But something keeps drawing me in (when I remember, that is), like a druggie with amnesia.

I like to think that this is some kind of diary that I can look back on when I'm older. Since I lack the discipline and sensitivity to pour my guts out to a notebook each night, I like to substitute it with a poorly-kept blog that, if I do look back on, I will have to piece together and rely on memory to fill in the gaps- more like finding a fossil on a beach.

So what boring snippets of my life can I tell you about today?

Well, it is now nearing the end of my first half term of sixth form, and much to my surprise, I am not dreading the return to school on Monday. For the past few weeks I have been looking on the brightside of my education, with astonishing results. It means that, even though I still often fall asleep in lessons, I have a much higher interest in my subjects, and love even more the subjects that I already loved (Drama and Astronomy, even though Astronomy isn't technically one of my subjects, although I wish it were). So that's good. Maybe I will be able to survive two years of A Levels after all.

The real reason that I am updating today is because in less than 24 hours, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) begins. This will be the first time I have ever taken part, and I have to say I am quite scared. I haven't flexed my creative writing muscles in a very long time- the only time in the past two years was for my GCSE coursework, which was approximately 2,000 words- so the thought of having to write 50,000 words in a month is quite daunting.

Last weekend, when I decided I was going to take part, I was obviously in a very optimistic mood... Tonight, having realised that I need to write 1,667 words a day, it is a VERY different story.

I'm not even sure what I'm going to write about. I know that my main character will be a girl called Sammy, and that she's 17, but that's it.

Am I excited? Hell yes.

Creating a whole new world, full of brand new people, is something I love doing. It's just that I normally do it in my head. Trying to get it out of my head and into the physical world will be tough. But as the NaNoWriMo website says, it's not going to be a good, complete novel.

So yeah, I think that this does actually count as a good, valid reason why you won't see me during November. Maybe I'll pop in once to tell you all about my novel-induced nervous breakdown, but until then, I hope you enjoy the image of me smashing a computer to smithereens...

Another Return.

3 weeks!? Has it really been 3 weeks since I last posted!? No, you're right, it hasn't. It's been 3 WEEKS and 2 DAYS! Shocking, I know. And to be honest, it feels like much, much longer. I'd like to say that my lack of posts is due to my exciting and busy life. But as I'm sure you've guessed, it's not. Really not.

In fact, I don't even know why, I just haven't been on the internet much at all in the past few weeks since school started. I don't even have that much homework- on average less than one piece a day- compared to all of my friends, who seem to be inundated with essays and tests. I know that that will all soon change when we get into doing coursework and stuff, so for now I'm just trying to enjoy it.

Which isn't easy, but before I get into a long moan about school again (Drama is good! One positive thing!), I will talk about something else.

Ummm...

I was ill a few weeks ago. I had to run out of a play mid-performance cos I thought I was gonna throw up. That wasn't fun.

Nor is it an exciting story.

Ummm...

I managed to watch an entire play last night at the Birmingham REP- 'East is East'. It was amazing, better and funnier than the film, so if you get the chance, GO SEE IT.

Ummm...

I have become weirdly obsessed with classical music in the past few days.

Ok, I'm just gonna stop now. This is going nowhere!

Speak to you soon :)