Since everybody else is doing it ...

[apocalypsos]

My review of what I did in 2008:

1. Sit in front of computer.
2. Drink Pepsi.
3. Try to write.
3a. Usually fail.
3b. Succeed every once in a while.
4. Waste every other four days at a job I hate.
5. Rinse, lather, repeat.

My goals for 2009:

See that list above? I WANT TO SET IT ON FIRE.

I have done nothing this year. I haven't gone anywhere, done anything, gotten a new job or gotten laid. I feel like I have done nothing with myself for twelve straight months and it hurts. Right now, I have one thing to show for this waste of a year that's not an awesome new president in three weeks: The Grand Prize Winner.



Those are the chapters I have done. I have one more I'm almost finished with. My goal before bed -- and I'm not going to bed until I reach it -- is the dialogue for every other chapter. If I can get the dialogue done today, there is no reason I shouldn't be done by Friday. NONE. I may not have finished the book by the end of the year, but I can see the end from here and by God, I'll take it.

Happy New Year's, you guys. I've got work to do.

*buckles down*

Comments

[callmesyd.livejournal.com]

GOOD LUCK \o/

Man, this year is going to be awesome - you're gonna finish your book, bigbigtruck is gonna finish her comic, my fiance's starting classes for his MFA at a world-renowned art school with teachers who used to work for PIXAR...

2009 ilu already

[catchmyfancy.livejournal.com]

Some years really really make you feel like you're wading through large sucky ponds of untreated fecal matter - but look, you're so nearly there.

And if you sometimes succeeded at No 3 - that's a win. a small one - but it IS a win.

[agent-mimi.livejournal.com]

Happy New Year - and you're almost done! What's not to like about that?