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November 04, 2006
Behind the Times
Crap. I'm only at [pause to calculate] 3,788 words in my NaNoWriMo project--WELL under the target goal for this weekend. My excuse?
Well, Thursday was filled with activity, including a meeting in Bethesda, an afternoon up in Frederick, book club in the evening, and then a completely unplanned (and yet so totally worth it) trip to see Mr. FWB. And then Friday was spent picking up my Chinese visa (yeah baby--just 7 days now!), meeting with a Big Idea client, having lunch with a Big Idea contact, more Big Idea work, dinner with Ms. Rather Be Travelling and friends, and then going out for dessert with the family. All told it was after midnight when I finally collapsed into bed.
And that, dear reader, is why I'm so behind with my novel. But I have 6 solid hours in front of me to catch up, before I dash off to another date. This will be the first time I've gone out with this particular gentleman, and so I hope to be able to devote at least some of that six hours to coming up with a suitable moniker for him.
Having now had the opportunity to compare Mr. Bethesda (Sunday) with Mr. FWB (Thursday), I have to say that there is not one clear winner. I would give them both gold medals for enthusiasm. Mr. FWB gets more points for creativity (I learned some very disturbing, very titillating things about him on Thursday--including a membership in an--ahem--alternative online community), but Mr. Bethesda gets points for good behavior--knowing when to be nice (walking me back to my car) and not-so-nice (I will spare you the details). Fortunately for me, no decision between them needs to be made immediately and I am free to continue a detailed comparison in the coming weeks. And throwing New Guy in to the mix will be even more fun.
That, dear reader, is all the details I can spare. I've got to get back to the writing of my grand novel--which I'm now wishing I had developed in the erotica genre. I have more fodder for that than my current chick lit design. Oh well, live and learn.
