Dangerous Business

On a more serious note; it’s been a while since I have posted anything of any importance. I know I say this like every time I make a post, but it just drives me crazy that I apparently can’t keep up with blogging. I don’t know if I find the task of writing all those words for no one to read to be such a daunting task, that don’t even want to bother, or what. All I know is that my blog has to drag me kicking and screaming to it, in order to make me post.

Alright, so I will attempt to catch you up once more on what has been going on in my life. Though, I don’t know why I even say ‘you’, because I do believe the only things that come here are spam bots. What I don’t get is how they even find my blog so frequently. Is there some type of ‘online now’ thing on the WordPress main site, and all of the stupid little bots flock to it? The reason I ask is, because in the time that I have been making this post, I have already had two bots post spamming comments. How retarded is that?

Anyway, first off: This month I have been writing a story for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). It’s been going pretty good, and as of this post I have just over 30,000 words. Which isn’t too bad. It’s only 5,000 words over half-way, so I only have 20,000 words left to type. Which seems really daunting.
It’s been a neat journey though, going from having a dream and writing down the basic idea, to a fully fleshed out story with real characters that have feelings and personalities. That’s never happened in any story that I have written by myself. I have never gotten over 5,000 words in any story that I have ever written before. So, this feels pretty good.
The basic premise of my book is that there is a guy that gets killed way back in 1927, and winds up becoming a ghost. He sticks around for about 90 years, and befriends a girl that is growing up in the house he used to live in. She grows up always having him around, and winds up falling in love with him. It makes it a little complicated, since he’s… well… dead. That’s the really quick and dirty version. If you want any more information, let me know.

Another thing that is going on in my life, is that I have commited to dancing the Waltz at the Masquerade Ball in December. Not only dance it, but be a preformer if you will. I get to go out onto the dance floor, and have people watch me dance the Waltz. No one else but Rachel will be out there with me. From what Rachel said, the Masquerade last year was a big hit, so this year might be even more so. Which means a lot of people. Oh gosh, I start getting sick just thinking about it. What am I doing?

It also seems like every post I make, I am either about to go, or just coming back from Dollywood/Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg. Well, guess what? Dang, you guessed it. I guess my hint was too strong. I should have beat around the bush a little bit more. Anyway, yeah… I am about to go to Gatlinburg again. This time we’re staying right in Gatlinburg, so the 6 of us kids will likely be out till all hours of the night. It’ll be great fun… Untill the cops show up.

Okay, I have wasted too many words on this post. I need to go get my laptop out and start working on my story. We’ll see if I can get my 1,667 words in tonight before I fall asleep face-first on the keyboard. I already feel like I am just about there. I’m only good till Wednesday though! I need to get ahead some more!

And, here. We. Go!
Gah… If you want anything done, you’ve got to do it yourself. Oh, did I ever tell you how I got these scars?