Buckbeak, please don't chew on the placemats.

SICK BLOG, BAH DE BAH.
I'm rewatching The Black Cauldron because I'm feeling awful and I can't sleep.

One of the good things about being sick is that between sleeping and general sickly activities, I have a bit of extra time to work on my NaNoWriMo novel. I'm quite behind since I started so late, but I'm making good progress every day and I am absolutely determined to reach the goal of 50,000 words by November 30.

And hey, if I don't reach the goal, I'll have an excellent start on a novel I'd like to finish one day. All it means is that I have a giant step in the right direction. Or should I say the 'write' direction...

Note: Please excuse the horrible pun used above.

In other news, there is a hippogriff on my dining room table. Yes, a hippogriff. My family is hosting a Harry Potter party this weekend, so I have lots of preparations to make. There are pygmy puffs being crocheted, chocolate frogs being made, butterbeer recipes being googled, and plenty of nerdy mail-ordered paraphernalia that needs to be put up.

Not gonna lie, there's a lot of stuff that we own already that's being displayed. I'm just really nervous about my Marauder's Map sitting out... it's a heart attack waiting to happen.

Soooo on that somewhat shameful note, I'm gonna go. I have a lot of writing to do.

P.S. 8 days and 10 hours until HP7 comes out! WOOOO.

I lost the game.

I really don't have a lot to say here, other than my lovely friend Justine just had a birthday, and just started a wonderfully hilarious blog which you can find here.

In other news, I lost the game.

That's about all I have for you right now.

P.S. If you want to see Halloween-ish stuff you can watch this vlog I put up, and here are pictures of my Misty costume:

Happy November, kids!

"You can be Paprika, because you're foreign."

I'm going to use the funny things my friends say about me as titles from now on. Just letting ya know.

NaNoWriMo is completely kicking my butt. I have 438/50,000 words at the moment but I decided since my weeks are a little unpredictable, instead of setting a daily goal I'm going to shoot for 11,200 words a week. That means I have to write 10,762 words by Sunday.

At least this way it's easier for me to catch up on writing if I couldn't one one particular day. To tell you the truth, I wasn't 100% sure if I still wanted to do it on Tuesday afternoon. That was already November 2nd!!!

Anyways, I'm somehow managing to vlog at least once every couple weeks, putting up regular blog posts AND finishing all my schoolwork. I'll admit it, though... the only way I stay awake for my afternoon classes is if I keep Pepsi cans in my locker. Yeesh.

Speaking of Pepsi, I still can't tell the difference between Coke and Pepsi. I'M SORRY BUT THEY TASTE THE SAME TO ME. I'm not crazy, am I?!

Actually, don't answer that.

You see this?

This is my Ravenclaw hat. It just arrived in the mail along with a plethora of nerdy Harry Potter items.
This is SO EXCITING I can't even describe it. And there's a very special pair of Radish earrings and a Butterbeer-cork necklace coming as well. YOU GUYS.

I hope you all have a wonderful week, and if you're brave enough to be participating in NaNoWriMo too then add me as a buddy over here.

I'll see all you beautiful people again next week.