Take it from Jim

Okay. So i`m doing nano for the first time and its one rocky road. My time is dead tight (I had a test yesterday).

So what do I do when I need help? Like always. I read.

I stumbled across Jim butcher's site and he didn’t help me with the chapters but gave me a better understanding of my two main characters. I took his word for stating tags and traits. Here they are:

NICHOLAS COLBERT:

Tags: pale. Grey eyes. Soft black waves, hair cut off directly at chin. Knee high black boots. Shirts casually rolled/pushed till the elbows. Pall Mall cigarettes and Zippo lighter.

Traits:  ability to evade answers. Casual relationships. Patience. Attempts at hiding his feelings. Melodious voice. Face can seem at times cruel and unfeeling. Fan of Carla bruni and Maria callas. Very proud. Scary without doing much.

ANNE HARRISON:

Tags: ginger hair. Pasty face. Dark halos under the eye. Jeans and a t shirt. Occasional Goth outfits however she doesn’t refer to herself as such and it's up to the reader on that one. Cat lover.

Traits: nosy but doesn’t admit it. Bad tempered. Bad liar. Bad at sports. Sarcastic. Follows intuition. Not very social. Emotional. Resourceful. Close friend is probably Darren. Freezes easy.

Its one badly written story but I intend to finish it. Any tips dear reader, would help.

A bunch of guys kicking a ball

I `ve had it! The match between Algeria and Egypt was on Saturday ending with a 2 to zero win for Egypt. Enough already. People are still cheering, wearing the colors of the flag and getting piped for tomorrow's match. Which happens to be in Sudan. No one however fussed or even talked about the following:

Starting next year medications will rise to SEVEN TIMES as opposed to prices in 2009. (El ahram Sunday paper)

The ministry of health submitted all analysis regarding swine flu to the private sector with max. Fee of 1200POUNDS PER PERSON.

Each Egyptian player will receive 2MILLION POUNDS.

Trash singer Tamer Hosni raised his pay from 5MILLION TO 7MILLION.

83% women are sexually harassed in Egypt!!!

So yeah. Excuse me for not hopping on the train of celebration, and reducing patriotism to watching a bunch of guys kicking a football around.

Nanowrimo

The title is not gibberish. It stands for national novel writing month. Basically it’s a creative writing project, where you are supposed to write a 50k novel from Nov 1^st till Nov 30^th. No admission fees, write in any language and you have to be 13or older.

Oh and your only prize is the sense of accomplishment. And yes if you love to write its enough.

I joined up on the 5^th cuz I completely forgot and I went in there with the goal to at least get to 25k. So far im at 4k when im supposed to have reached over 15k. i`m dead slow cuz if I have the time I don’t feel sober enough. Waking up at 7 in the morning is not good for my brain…

Hmm. I need to start a time management plan. Between going to school 5times a week, studying(a disaster on its own), human activities (eating, showering and all that rot) plus writing two or more papers per day. I figured if I can't win I want to look good losing.

So any ideas for motivation or time management?

if you`re doning nano im here!

Also: you might find me posting samples of my sappy novel but it comes with its own label. You can watch out.

Dead funny?!

i like it yet the message eludes me. any idieas?

painting: fifi and the mummy by steven stahlberg

Don't be shy, kick his balls!

I have heard this from three different girls and I feel downright sick. when I say different I mean they look, walk, talk and act completely none like the other. Keeping this in mind, here's what I heard: two or more guys stalk the girl and when they catch up to her they push her to the ground and start beating her. No it's not rape related they beat her up like she was a guy.

One girl got punched in the stomach but luckily a car stopped and she managed to run home. Another got hit in the chest and screamed the asshole away. The last one unfortunately got the worst of it. She was on her way home at 4:30 afternoon, two guys kept hitting her while 5 to 7 people stood watching.

Egypt is sometimes fucktastic.

The down part of these incidents is none of the three girls reported to the police. Girls how do you expect protection if you don't tell the right source? Some of these wanna be men have records, could be on probation and if not here is a way to give everyone else heads up.

Ladies you do NOT deserve this. God doesn't hate you if you're not veiled. Don't let yourself be a victim.

Here are some tips that work (at least for me):

Be paranoid: if you feel you're being stalked, trust your instincts, you are. If you're on the street avoid allies or enter a nearby store. I was once followed by two idiots; I swaggered into a lingerie store waiting for them to abandon "window shopping". If they hadn`d I would've used the phone to call the cops. (No. are 122,123,124 in Egypt).

If you're in a cab: same. If the drives emits creepy vibes, get out. If he's good let him drop you off in a place full of security (bank, station, government building…etc) and walk they rest of the way. A 10 min walk never killed a soul.

Bottom line is trust your instincts.

Don't wait for others to run to your aid. Kick his balls, punch his nose (bending your wrist is a no no when you do it) and use surroundings to your advantage. A garbage can, can save your dignity if not your life.

Gone is my old friend

Michelle. I will speak your name only in your presence. Never again will it be mentioned, in my thoughts and heart always, you will be Louis.

Lestat`s close friend who wound, hurt and betrayed. Yes. The analogy is perfect.

And lestat I shall be.

I will hate you.

I will long to repay the hurt.

I will curb my rage and refuse to destroy.

The worst part is my faith in you is lost. You were my confidant. My shoulder.

The one, who understood me the most, didn't know me at all. Ironic, isn`t it?

Until we talk about what you did, I remain here.

Yours truly in love and spite,

Maddie

PIMPS AND WHORES IS THE THEME!

The start of the day wasn't bad. I woke up to a mild headache that lasted for 2hrs (yes its an improvement) and attended professor Béla Lugosi `s (the beloved nickname was given by Joseph) lecture. The man has no book and completely buffers for 2/3mins forgetting where he is…and I adore the crap outta him. I understand what he says, not to mention he has a dry sense of humor>:

Off, me and Sarah decide to head for cobra and she suggests the subway that runs only above ground. Called tromai in Arabic. Well. It was interesting. I can officially say I'm street sick. The darn not- exactly-a-train does a rumba on rails. In addition it broke and we had to wait for the next "it" to come by. 30mins later we made it while a friend of Sarah's said he'd meet us there.

The young man graduated from law school this past July. Currently unemployed and for a good reason. He now works as a dj and organizer. Him and Sarah began chattering away and he told her the title/theme for tomorrow's party "pimps and whores". I managed not to rip his head when he laughed at my comment as I thought it was utterly demeaning. He kindly informed me, no whore or pimps will be there, that "chicks" have been calling his ear off about it, convincing him it was better than a Halloween theme.

Oh and he said it was only a fun title.

See this is what I have to deal with. Him a law student should know that a title gives a certain message whether impliedly or explicitly.

Oh no. he and his "techno fellas" had to pick a message as sexist as that.

I wonder what my morning professor would've said?!!