Ready to Be Productive

So, I finally finished watching all of Lost. I thought the conclusion was a bit lame, but really, I'm somewhat impressed they had the guts to go with that sort of ending because it's hard, and most people go for the other endings because they are easier to do. So kudos to the Lost people for being brave.

I have been playing Epic Mickey, which I think is a cool game, but it turns out that I really don't have the stamina to complete a whole game. I am bored, and I am ready to be reading and writing again. It's good that I got that out of my system while my Blockbuster subscription was still in trial mode.

I have been reading The Female Man by Joanna Russ. It's a weird book, and it's only like 200-some pages, but it's been taking me forever to read. I'm starting to really get into it (at 170 pages in). I'm in reading mode again. Forget TV and video games.

I've been re-plotting my novel in my head for my most recent change in plan-of-action (this is the 3rd major change in the focus on this novel). I also need to make a research plan/book list to help in developing it. I can do some of the early revision now, but I really need to do some serious reading before I can get a more solid new direction. I have been working on this novel for over 7 years now. It needs to be finished.

Desires a Rainbow and Fun

So I spent yet another day staring at my project, and I made almost no progress. My brain is fried, and I just want to have fun. When I leave here, I want two things.

1. To buy computer games. Instead of online dating, I'd like to take up online gaming. I will live in a town where I will only be for 6 months. I don't need temporary friends in that location, but I will need friends. Online friends go with you wherever you are. At least, that's my theory.

2. I want to jazz up my living environment with color. Enough of the earthtones I survive on now. I want some crazy bright yellow, and maybe some red. I want craziness. I'm young, I'm single, and I can decorate how I want. Right now, I am imagining the white couch my parents are giving me paired with some crazy colored pillows and an afghan, and I think I'd like to do a big poster of Grover above my couch.

Something like this:

or maybe I will save Grover for the bathroom:



I want my home to be very happy. It's too adult right now. I do already have awesome rubbery Ducky bathroom stuff. Perhaps I should go with an Ernie bathroom. I may not get to live on Sesame Street, but I think I would like to live in it. Snuffleupagus might make an awesome bedroom theme? I could get pillows textured like his fur--though his coloring isn't great. Or maybe a Big Bird bedroom? Mmmmm alliteration. Yes, let's do this. Gaming and color.