Day 5: Yeah, I'm not getting anything done today fic-wise.

Day 3: 850 words and then a guy at the coffee bar asked me about myself and I freaked the fuck out and could not write any more. Goal not met.

What do real people talk about, anyway? I can't exactly explain that I'm writing dirty Pokemon fanfiction.

Set myself a lower goal this year for NaNoWriMo since I'm kind of sort of doing job training and trying to get my first couple of sales this November and maybe looking for a seasonal job. All the same, I feel like writing every night will help me cool down after stressing over work and let me feel like I've accomplished something.

Goal is 1,000 words per day. I'm revising/rewriting a plot-with-porn Pokemon (Nuzlocke Challenge Pokemon Black) fanfic of mine that is probably never going to see the light of day.

Day 1: 600 words, goal not met but I did break some of my writer's block for the Nacerene City encounter with N, so I'm willing to call it good enough.

Plotbunny for original fiction:

A sci-fi setting where robot companions are normal, most people have at least one, often from early childhood. Because of this, they don't really have to worry about socialization, which means they have a hard time forming relationships with each other.

The robots, realizing this is self-destructive for the species as a whole, start trying to play matchmaker for their human owners.

Decided last night to break my brain and try downloading the GIMP again.

Holy shit, I could actually navigate it this time. I spent some time tonight working on reconstructing the lost Veilstone updates of GLINDA's Hard Mode.

Behold, Edgar the Ralts Kirlia. Think of it as a sneak peek. (and yes, it's a dude)

EWWWWW FOREVER

I'm a bit alarmed that Mom says me breaking the car is only the second-worst thing to happen this week.

I'm a bit more alarmed that she absolutely refuses to tell me what my brother did that was worse.

So for Spring Break this year I couldn't go back to Houston because the family was out of town to visit colleges with my brother.

Instead, I decided to clean my room, reorganize the furniture, and get a wardrobe makeover.

While I was pushing furniture around, I found that my bed's mattress was... well, it was five and a half years old. It was getting old and sagging under its own weight. So I got a new bed.

Then on Wednesday since my room was clean, I went to the museum. Dallas's Museum of Science is pretty meh, but I enjoyed the shark exhibit. I thought about going to the IMAX movies, and those probably would have been a better waste of my money TBH because they had two "prehistoric creatures" flicks and one about sharks. I totally didn't realize it was "Pi Day" until the schoolchildren descended upon the place.

On the way home (I took the train for grins), a total stranger tried to chat me up and then gave me his number, which is what inspired me to redo my wardrobe because I was wearing my Chuck Norris shirt and who the heck hits on a girl in a Chuck Norris shirt? (NOTE: Google Chrome's spellchecker does not object to Chuck Norris.)

So I took a bunch of online "what is your body type/ideal style" quizzes, figured out what the hell I'm supposed to be wearing for my figure, donated a bunch of stuff I don't wear anyway to Goodwill, and went shopping. I got some long tops, a skirt, and some skinny pants at Half Of Half, and some short dresses, canvas sneakers in black and white, belt (one of my dresses has a low waist and the seam going across my butt looks kind of bad), purse, and makeup bags at Ross. Maybe this weekend between cramming essays I can sort out my jewelry collection and start coordinating accessories.

Anyway, now I am wearing a short dress, skinny pants and sneakers, I have probably spent more staying here than I would have if I'd gone to Houston for Spring Break (admittedly mostly on the new bed), and I feel like my spirit Pokemon is a little closer to evolving. Now if only I could get the next GLINDA update to not suck and get my homework done and get someone to take my picture so I could show you guys...

Wait, Chimecho's a windchime? I totally thought it was a doorbell.

Then again, I also think Togekiss looks more like a kite than a jet plane, so...

At some point, someone on Fandom Secrets made a post about shiny Pokemon. This got me into the mood to fire up my Pearl version and try that PokeRadar "chain" method again (GLINDA can't use chaining because you don't get PokeRadar until post-game, plus it's kind of cheating). I had a little success with Geodudes, but a lot of failure. Then this afternoon while I was coming home from class I figured out what I was doing wrong and how to stop.

Long story short, two blue Ralts in about an hour and a half of farming. And still going. Gonna have blue Gardevoir and it's going to be AWESOME. (might do some trading with GLINDA later so I can get Pokerus on my Pearl pokes)

ETA: And here's something to make my icon relevant.