I won NaNo at 50,006 words! A day early, which I don’t think I’ve ever done before. Audrey put a banana peel on my head as a victory hat, since we didn’t have a viking helmet lying around. (Or we did, she hid it because she just wanted to put garbage on my head.)
I'm having a bad fruit day. ;__;
Afterward, we took my dog for a walk and looked for Christmas lights. We found this house, which is clearly an anime smiley.
^__^
Those were the best parts of the day. Perhaps the worst part was when I realized how carefully I’ve cloistered myself behind a curtain of intelligent people. The barricade is rarely broken (sometimes by customers or friends-of-friends). I made the mistake of following Keffy into the NaNoWriMo chat room this afternoon, in spite of his warnings. Here is a collision of “wry humor” and “absolute idiocy.” I think my respect for humanity was totaled, but at least I’ll get a LOLInternet settlement.
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