The Happiness Thread

I think I'm gonna like it a lot, actually. I haven't read them yet, but they've been on my reading list for forever, so I wanna read them. Can't wait, either.

 

Gigi, I'm reading them too (not for the first time, though) and they're awesome!! I've got to warn you, though: the first one is really slow for the first half. In the movies they get going right away, but there's a lot more pre-journey meandering around in the books. So if Fellowship seems boring, skip to the Council of Elrond, but don't give up on the whole series.

 

I don't give up on books easily, and after I finish Light in August I'm picking them up straightaway.

 

I wouldn't say that I'm having a "good" day, but I'm amusing myself by drawing easy cheese smiles on my veggies then devouring them... Poor poor little green trees...

 

The 5th makes it six weeks.

 

Six weeks til what?

 

Six weeks till I'll be back together with my girlfriend after spending about 3-4 months apart. I'm so excited, and I just can't hide it!

 

That's so awesome! That'll be fun!

 

9 days until Harry Potter!

 

And dirty!! lol

 

You young 'uns. I remember when the excitement was all about the fourth book. Queues right round the block at Ottakars in Huddersfield. Though, oddly, you could walk straight in to WH Smiths and get a copy without queueing at all.

1,000 words written today! Starting to get into the groove for this novel. Will probably write a bit more later.

 

I was at the midnight parties for the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th. Read Half-Blood Prince within the hour of getting it, too.

 

Dear lord! I haven't even started a novel. =(

But I'm just enjoying life, friends.

 

Just passed 40,000 words. Cowabunga!!

 

Wow, congrats!! That's a great milestone.

 

I remember queuing for the books too. Waterstones and WhSmiths are close together (one just up the road from the other) so we'd usually see the queue from WhSmiths from where we were queuing at Waterstones.

Congrats on the writing too, Dante and Ed.

 

Thanks, Gigi. Normally, I don't pay attention to these things, but I had been bogged down with this for a while and now I'm on a roll.

 

I love it when I start writing and get on a roll. That's a great feeling.

 

I wanna share a secret, but I don't wanna jinx it!

'Cause truthfully I have no freaking clue how this is gonna work itself out, but I'm gonna take a chance on optimism. The power of a good mindset and all.

But actually, now that I think about it, I feel like this applies to a lot of goings on in my life presently. I dig it this way.

I also am happy because the sky is so blue and the grass is so green (seriously! July hasn't browned it yet); the temperature isn't quite sweat-inducing, I got off work early, the people are pleasant, and I am eating cheese. What more can we ask for, right?

#happy #love #AllIDoIsWin

 

Now I want to know your secret.

 

My many secrets have to do with traveling a lot over this next year (god, I wish I was made of money... but I think it's worth it), science, and no teenage girl's secrets are complete without boys.

Oh gosh. I'm still a teenager for the next two months. That's strange... All I know is that my 20th birthday bash is gonna be in New York City (part of this whole traveling thing), and it's going to be sweet.

I think I'm equally excited about all these topics. You know, I've really been down lately, and I know it's going to still get a little worse, but I'm just happy that my life has enough going on that things happen that can make me feel this happy and this sad.

Feeling good right now, and I'm gonna hold onto it!

 

I'm glad you have so much to be happy about, Merc. I definitely think you've earned it!

 

Thank ya! Me too! And now, time for a celebratory nap.

 

Have a good nap.

I decided to join the fad of having "Novel Progress" in the sig. Maybe it'll incite me to write? XD

 

Maybe - race you to 100,000 words

Seriously, though, don't feel you must write a novel. Do it when you feel ready to write one and have the right idea. Venture out of your comfort zone by all means, but there's no point writing a novel if the idea isn't big enough or if you don't feel ready to take the challenge. (And a challenge it is - I have two novels behind me, both written as a mid-teenager, but looking back I wasn't ready for the challenge because I was too immature and impatient; ideas were rushed, my writing style wasn't suited, etc).

I've managed 1,700 words today, but about 400 of those will probably go first thing in the morning. The prose I used felt a little loose and out-of-place against what had gone before. I hate writing prologues, even if it is just to get me into the mood for a big project and probably won't make the final edit.