Writing, eavesdropping, and general good times

Wrote another few poems, here again in draft form, and posted a drabble to open_on_sunday. Also, I talked to thepodsquad for a long time with regards to very strange pairings. I mean, I thought I had some crazy ideas...

I have a long time to work on my NaNoWriMo outline tomorrow at school, so that's probably going to be the most important part of my day. I started another journal, wordly_woman for my novel and notes, so I can keep it all online and in one place.

I heard the most hilarious conversation today between two thirtysomething women on the Metro:

"So, let's review: we're single, and we live in another state."

"Yeah, and no kids."

"Pets?"

"No pets."

"What about hobbies? Do we have hobbies?"

"Sure - like I don't know, snowboarding or something."

"I have no idea how to snowboard."

"That's okay - it's not like we're going snowboarding."

This went on until the train reached Metro Center, at which point I exited the train and they stayed on. I couldn't help giggling a little, though; I wonder what their boyfriends think they're doing?

The people who sit with me in my Creative Writing class are the absolute best most smartass writing buddies I've ever met. I love the fact that they're so straightforward with my work, and that I feel like I can be straightforward with theirs. Like today, "Joe" wrote a character saying "What am I to do?" and I told him the phrase sounded like tea and little sandwiches. What I was going for was more along the lines of "cultured," but he knew immediately what I meant and started to revise accordingly. They always give constructive criticism, and it's just thrilling to have my work reviewed by a group of other people who are actually there, realtime.

I have appropriated Mom's leather jacket and have started wearing it to school. It garnered five comments on the first day, and more on the following days. It's fun - I can be all Swaggery!Carmen and slouch around and sort of drawl out of the corner of my mouth. I should so be an actress.

So yeah, lots of random happenings, loads of homework, hours of sleep, and still no epiphanies.

( Masks )