Is NaNo worth the cost of friendship?
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So, has anyone else found themselves jumping everytime someone mentions the IPod Nano? I have a co-worker who has been discussing (ad nauseum) his possible purchase and I've joined the conversation TWICE now without realizing that they were talking about Nano (second 'n' being small) and not NaNo (second 'n' capitalized). Silly Lar! All I wanted to do was discuss my favorite activity!
As this is my third year doing NaNo, I've been talking it up more than in the previous years. Last year, I convinced two or three people to join. This year, I've brought out the big guns. I've taken to brow-beating people into joining. A part of me feels bad but the other part doesn't. Now, the one I feel the worst about is also the one that SHOULD have been doing this with me for the last two years. She's a lazy writer, much like me, who really just needs a swift kick to the pants to get her motivated. I've let her stew the last few years, making her read my NaNo attempts as punishment. This year, I did the unthinkable...I told her mother she should join. Horrible, I know, but understandable. I finally got her to attempt that she was scared of the goal, of the work, of her talent. That makes me happy. Those kind of excuses are workable.
For my birthday present (it was yesterday), she wrote in the card that she couldn't afford to buy me a present so she's doing NaNo. I got my wish. Now I have two months of "cheerleading" ahead because I know this isn't going to be easy.
But I did ask for this!
All hail NaNo!
As this is my third year doing NaNo, I've been talking it up more than in the previous years. Last year, I convinced two or three people to join. This year, I've brought out the big guns. I've taken to brow-beating people into joining. A part of me feels bad but the other part doesn't. Now, the one I feel the worst about is also the one that SHOULD have been doing this with me for the last two years. She's a lazy writer, much like me, who really just needs a swift kick to the pants to get her motivated. I've let her stew the last few years, making her read my NaNo attempts as punishment. This year, I did the unthinkable...I told her mother she should join. Horrible, I know, but understandable. I finally got her to attempt that she was scared of the goal, of the work, of her talent. That makes me happy. Those kind of excuses are workable.
For my birthday present (it was yesterday), she wrote in the card that she couldn't afford to buy me a present so she's doing NaNo. I got my wish. Now I have two months of "cheerleading" ahead because I know this isn't going to be easy.
But I did ask for this!
All hail NaNo!
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Date: 2005-09-29 08:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-29 11:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-30 04:13 am (UTC)I still have to think twice when I hear "Nano". Who do they think they are, using that term for anything other than THE NaNo??
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Date: 2005-09-30 07:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-30 09:26 am (UTC)I'm sure joining NaNo won't stress anyone who's really your friend. Although it's gotten to the point where about 5 of my friends have blocked me on messenger . . . .
And iPod should be sued for copyright infringement or some shit. I'll bet it's all a scam because they know . . . they KNOW and think we'll think it's all cute and shit and we'll buy their freakin' Nanos and . . . *shifty eyes*
I gotta go, it's time for my meds.
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Date: 2005-09-30 09:26 am (UTC)