It’s Fridayyyyyyyy!
So, is it just me, or did every day this week feel like Friday? Seriously, each morning my alarm clock went off, I thought, “Yippee! It’s Friday–No, wait. It’s not. Not even close. Beepity-beep!”
I was very happy when I woke up this morning and realized it was Friday–for real. Woo-hoo!
Anyway, it was a busy week for me, but a productive one. I’m proud of myself for not getting too caught up in the mad dash of life and focusing hard on my manuscript. Since last weekend, I’ve knocked out four new chapters, each one approved by my beta reader.
If I keep up this pace, I might finish my second draft by November 1st. Which means I’ll have two months to edit a third draft. Which means I just might have a presentable draft done by my deadline of January 1st.
*fingers crossed*
Besides writing my booty off this week, I had some fun too. I celebrated my dad and sister’s birthdays (back-to-back days), and then put together my costume for my family’s Disney-themed Halloween party this weekend. I had wanted to go as Ursula from The Little Mermaid (you know, do my hair all crazy like octopus tentacles), but my nephews demanded I go as Elsa from Frozen.
Okay, my costume won’t be nearly as glamorous as Elsa’s, but people will get the general gist–er, hopefully.
I also spent some time this week shooting photos and video clips for my friend’s latest film for the NYC Midnight Flash Fiction Challenge. These films are silly, but I love contributing to them. They’re a great way to bring the NYC Midnight writing community together, build friendships, and have fun. Oh, and laugh at myself.
A lot.
Like the last round, I needed to use the story I wrote for round 2 as my inspiration. Since Operation Disney revolved around the recent debacles of the Secret Service Agency and Julia Pierson’s absurd Disney quote (“We need to be more like Disney World. We need to be more friendly, inviting…”), I decided to dress up like Mickie Mouse and wave around a toy gun while singing/dancing to “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah”.
Here are just a couple of the clips I took:
(And, yes, feel free to laugh/shake your head/mock me. I don’t care–ha!)
I know I look ridiculous, but I actually had a blast while filming. Sometimes it’s therapeutic to let go, act like an idiot, and laugh at yourself, you know? And I laughed at myself a lot. There were many blooper moments, one of which included me accidentally hitting the trigger on the toy gun and dropping it in surprise when it made that motor-like sound. I wasn’t ready for it!
Anyway, here is today’s Friday Funny. I thought it was fitting after taking those pictures and video clips for my political satire piece. The day I wrote Operation Disney, I did quite a bit of research and Googled a variety of things, including Secret Service Agency, Air Force One, Obama, attack, guns, Russia…By the end of the day, I said, “Well, that probably put me on the NSA’s watch list.” 😉
Enjoy!
How was your week? Busy? Calm? Do anything goofy and silly? I know many of you are preparing for NaNoWriMo. How’s it going? Are you ready for it?
Jen’s Weekly Roundup
In case you missed my posts from earlier this week, here you go!
Music Monday – Explosions – Ellie Goulding
You Know You’re a Writer When…Awkward Introductions
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I am at a loss for words . . . for once. o,O (We need a picture of the Halloween girl.)
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You? Speechless?…Well, my job is done here. Hahaha!
My Elsa costume is a little modernized, and I didn’t want to run around in a dress all night, so it won’t be a replica whatsoever. But, hopefully it’s close enough for people to get 🙂
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Make sure to use your secret weapon powers if you need to.
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Haha, you make Friday’s so much fun – well Saturday mornings by the time I get to read your Friday post, what with the time difference and all. And to think, I’m Minnie Mouse in “When Ronovan Met Miss Maple (on Skype)! We’d make one heck of a Halloween couple 🙂
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Thank you 🙂 When and where is the Halloween party so we can go as the awesome Disney duo? lol
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It’ll have to be a virtual one because of the distance. But hey, I’m sure it will be just as much fun 🙂
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