Chipotle envy and word wars.

"Oh, what a world this life would be
Forget all your technicolour dreams
Forget modern nature
This is how it´s meant to be"
-Sondre Lerche, "Modern Nature"

Okay, well, I have given up hope of writing any more between my classes, so I might as well succumb to the fact that I want to write a blog post.

I just feel GUILTY, now, blogging. Because I should be using the time to work on my novel. But this is so much easier. So much more fun.

Okay, let's see. Exciting life type things.

1. We got a new roommate. A boy named Paul moved in, and while I don't know him very well yet, he seems like a good addition to the dynamic of our weird little family.

2. Even though I intended on staying in and studying/writing with PJ on Halloween, that obviously didn't happen. I guess we should have known. Paul chose that night to move in, so we decided that the only thing to do would be to go out with him. Justin and his friend Michelle came along as well, and it turned into a very good night. I also randomly ran into my friend Sarah while we were down on the Ave, which was bizarre. So Halloween = success. Study and NaNoWriMo kickoff, not so much.

3. Because of mine and Hayley's competitive nature, I have been feeling a little regretful of not counting my Chipotle burrito intake of 2009 as well. I honestly think I would be at least on par with her, and yet have no way to prove that. So in an act of boredom at work last weekend, I decided to go through my bank statements to see if I could figure it out that way. Unfortunately, I can only see back 90 days unless I actually request physical copies of the earlier ones, which I don't want to do because this really isn't that important. But in the last 90 days, I have had 11 burritos. To put that in perspective, that's about a 1 burrito per 8 days average (and a month of those 90 days were spent in London, which skews my numbers). I don't want to do the math, but that puts my projected burrito intake over all of 2009 WELL up there with Hayley's.

4. I just took a test I was sure I was going to fail and didn't do TOO terribly. I won't jinx myself. We'll see.

5. I have a lot to do this week before I leave for Wrockstock. Like do laundry. And pack. And film two videos, and write a midterm paper, and work an 8 hour shift, and write a few thousand more words. And then write more. And then some more.

6. I'm not sure why I chose to make this blog entry in the form of a list so I am going to stop.

NaNoWriMo is going well. Liz and I had our first word war last night, which was fun. While I tend to always finish my novels WELL before she does, she always just destroys me at word wars. However, I beat her last night 826 to 744 (in 30 minutes).

I have less to say than I thought I did. I'm going to go to my other class now, where I will probably daydream about my novel instead of paying attention. It is NOVEMBER. BRING IT ON. See ya!

Wordcount: 4,685