my head is trying to explode

[rivendellrose]

I have neck- and head-aches (unrelated, I'm pretty sure - neck is from tweaking a muscle last week, head is either a cold or from the weather changes we've been going through) that respond to ibuprofen, and a... kind of an "eugh"-feeling wisdom tooth/jaw that only sort of does. Daaaaaaaaammmmnnnnn. The tooth is the least of it, IMHO, it just makes me go "AAAAAHHHHHH MY TOOTH IS GROWING INTO MY SINUSES AND NECK" sort of. *Headdesk* Because I'm hilariously paranoid when I'm in pain.

The good news is, our queue at work is about half of what it was last week, thanks to some lovely people who worked over the weekend. That's a very good thing. And after hating my NaNovel with a passion on Saturday, I discovered Sunday that I actually sort of like it. Oh, NaNoWriMo, you are so very crazy-making. It just drives me crazy to have to rush through things quickly - I'm always left thinking "god, this stinks," when (most of) it's really just that I don't have enough time to think clearly about how I ought to be accomplishing the goals of a scene, and I can't go back and actually delete the parts I don't like, or edit as I'm going or anything. Always makes me twitchy.

...Well, that and that I think part of how I tweaked my neck is the way my laptop is set up. Urgh. Must see if I can change the arrangement of the monitors tonight, in order to cut down on the oh-god-pain. :P

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[kungfuwaynewho.livejournal.com]

Blergh, I hate seasonal change headaches. I had one a few days ago that clustered right above my left eye, and I thought I was going to legit die.

I'm always left thinking "god, this stinks," when (most of) it's really just that I don't have enough time to think clearly about how I ought to be accomplishing the goals of a scene.

This is the single thing I think this NaNo experience is teaching me the most - to actually think about my scenes before I write them, because it's really, really painful to toss out a scene that goes nowhere (I've tossed out two) and lose those pages. I've been doing a lot of five-minute pre-writing Zen meditations. What is the point of this scene? How does it advance story? How does it reveal character? How am I going to dramatize all of that? I'm not all the way there yet, but the improvement I'm seeing just in this particular script is kind of cool.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

I've been doing a lot of five-minute pre-writing Zen meditations. What is the point of this scene? How does it advance story? How does it reveal character? How am I going to dramatize all of that?

I really really really need to get into the habit of something like that. I have little one-sentence notes for major scenes (Scrivener has a great set-up for that kind of outlining), but as far as *how* I'm getting something across, I tend to sort of flail in a direction, then realize it's not working and get frustrated and start over in a way that (hopefully) works better. On the good side, it's words. But it leads to a lot of unnecessary frustration and annoyance.

Also, because I just can't resist flailing at you about it, omg we finished BSG (http://rivendellrose.livejournal.com/798401.html). !!! Madness, I tell you. Madness.

[kungfuwaynewho.livejournal.com]

Whoa, how did I miss that post? I was just thinking the other day, wow, she's really taking her time before getting to the finale.

Alas, I know I will want to write loads, and I'm actually starting my new job tomorrow (!!!), so I'm going to type up my pages for the day and get all my shit ready. Tomorrow. Tomorrow I will read your flailing.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

We knocked out the last episode last Friday night, and then Saturday went to the exhibit at the local sci-fi museum, so... the post probably got hidden in other general Saturday-ness.

Woo, new job! I hope it goes well!!!

[narsilion.livejournal.com]

Yeah...the sinus thing thinks it's my best friend right now.
I can't seem to convince it to go away even for just a little bit.
I hope you're feeling better.
Our power keeps trying to go out with this wind. Is it windy in the city?

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Yeeeeahhhhhhh. :P Mine are better today, but still kind of fussy and nasty. If yours don't feel better soon you should see the doctor again - you don't want to get another sinus infection!

And yeah, our lights kept flickering last night. Fortunately we're so close to all the hospitals there's no way our power would actually go out, I don't think. ;)