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NaNo + Halloween
Nov. 1st, 2015 05:50 pmI've had a writing project (non-fiction) that I've been wanting to finish for a while, so I thought I'd try to use NaNo as a kickstarter to actually work on it. I have very modest goals, since it actually is much more need of revision than increased wordcount, so for the first two weeks I just want to work on it a minimum of 30 minutes a day--no wordcount goals until the revision is more solid. And I actually did an hour today, AND wrote 450 words on another writing project, so I feel very productive!
I also thought I'd use this as an opportunity to post more on DW/LJ, so I've been saving content for a while since otherwise my daily check-in posts are going to bore you all to tears. (All 7 people still reading LJ/DW, anyway).
So: Halloween! I actually dressed up twice for Halloween, though apparently both times my costumes were not as recognizable as I was anticipating.
I was Peggy Carter on Friday at work, since it was a very work-appropriate costume (blue suit, red fedora)--in fact, many people didn't realize I was in costume at all, and those who did mostly thought I was Carmen Sandiego (the red fedora, I guess?), though I did get a lot of compliments on my hat from the people who didn't realize I was in costume. Only one gentleman who I encountered in an elevator recognized the costume, and he wanted to know if I'd been following the dubstep wars--which of course I have! Go Team Carter!
On Halloween itself I was looking for a more low maintenance costume, since I had to wear it while going through a haunted house. (I actually really hate haunted houses. I don't generally get scared or even creeped out; I just generally get a headache from the strobe lights and being jumped out at, but several friends of mine were acting in it, so I pretty much had to go). So I went as Han Solo, in a very simple outfit I actually ordered for the Star Wars premiere but which managed to arrive in time for Halloween, yay!
When I was shopping yesterday (during the day) the cashier asked me what I was going as, and I said "Han Solo," and he said "who is that?" I was flabbergasted. I mean, he was at least 40. I can get that some people have never seen the Star Wars movies, but I thought at least the character names had thoroughly penetrated pop cultural consciousness?
I also thought I'd use this as an opportunity to post more on DW/LJ, so I've been saving content for a while since otherwise my daily check-in posts are going to bore you all to tears. (All 7 people still reading LJ/DW, anyway).
So: Halloween! I actually dressed up twice for Halloween, though apparently both times my costumes were not as recognizable as I was anticipating.
I was Peggy Carter on Friday at work, since it was a very work-appropriate costume (blue suit, red fedora)--in fact, many people didn't realize I was in costume at all, and those who did mostly thought I was Carmen Sandiego (the red fedora, I guess?), though I did get a lot of compliments on my hat from the people who didn't realize I was in costume. Only one gentleman who I encountered in an elevator recognized the costume, and he wanted to know if I'd been following the dubstep wars--which of course I have! Go Team Carter!
On Halloween itself I was looking for a more low maintenance costume, since I had to wear it while going through a haunted house. (I actually really hate haunted houses. I don't generally get scared or even creeped out; I just generally get a headache from the strobe lights and being jumped out at, but several friends of mine were acting in it, so I pretty much had to go). So I went as Han Solo, in a very simple outfit I actually ordered for the Star Wars premiere but which managed to arrive in time for Halloween, yay!
When I was shopping yesterday (during the day) the cashier asked me what I was going as, and I said "Han Solo," and he said "who is that?" I was flabbergasted. I mean, he was at least 40. I can get that some people have never seen the Star Wars movies, but I thought at least the character names had thoroughly penetrated pop cultural consciousness?
