write like you're running out of time

And here we have another meme, found in various places on my friends list. ( We're having a party...a Halloween party... )

Halloween kind of sucked this year. We only had 48 trick or treaters come to our house this year. Last year we had 65 show up. And that's way down from previous years when we used to have 100-some kids (on average) come to our door. Mom says it's because the moms and dads like to take their kids out to the newer subdivisions that have sidewalks, so that they can walk through and hit all the houses.

On a semi-related note, I took part in Travel Channel's "Most Haunted Live" broadcast this year. Like hundreds of other people obsessed with who watch the show, I tuned into the webcams that they had set up in the tavern to see if I could see something. I mainly stayed on cameras 1 and 3, which were in the bar and in the cellar corridor, respectively. I'm not too sure about the cellar hallway, but I'm pretty sure I saw some activity in the bar. At one point (about 5:51 PM) there were audible voices; there was some singing, and there was a woman's voice that said the name "Lisa". I'm not sure how close the MHL crew was to that area, so I don't know if that can be pinned on them or not. There was also what sounded like a really hard wind blowing through the room at that point. About five minutes after that the camera panned left to some tables, and at the same time there were some crashes and also a yelling or moaning sound that occured while the camera was moving. I was kind of excited, because if it was true paranormal phenomena, it's the closest I've ever come to experiencing something like that.

And it looks like I'm not going to be doing NaNoWriMo this year after all. I had wanted to do it, and then whole thing with my grandmother happened which put kind of a damper on my writing (both of my Diaries series are on indefinite hiatus) and I debated whether or not to go ahead and try it or to wait. Guess it's too late for me to decide to do it now, huh?

On the other hand, I've got 365 days to come up with something for next year's NaNoWriMo...

It's official - I am the proud owner of another bout of the Common Cold. Oh joy. My throat, which was sore as hell yesterday, is now not so bad. But I am coughing occasionally and my sinuses are clogged like you wouldn't believe. I think I must have done something to earn myself some bad karma points somewhere, because I just now realized that this started coming on after I volunteered to work 9 to 5 at the library tomorrow for one of the other ladies there. Hopefully with the aid of some Day-Quil and a packet of Kleenex, I'll be able to get through tomorrow.

In other news, I'm considering entering NaNoWriMo this year. Not sure what I'd write about yet, if I did enter. Part of me is leaning towards fanfic, since that's (relatively) easy for me. And the other part of me wants to go the more challenging route of writing an actual, original piece of fiction completely unrelated to any of my fandoms. If I do wind up entering NaNoWriMo, I'll more than likely end up putting all my non-related fic writing on hold, including anything Diaries-related.

If anyone has any suggestions/opinions to offer, please, feel free.

And today's LJ icon is for tonight's episode of EM:HE, which was the re-run of the Piestewa family. That episode still moved me even after the second viewing.