OhGodOhGodOhGod…Can’t Breathe…

No, I am not having an asthma attack, but if this running around like a chicken with my head cut off doesn’t stop soon, it won’t be long before I will.

I have an essay due at 7 p.m. today. I have procrastinated about this essay for way too long, and the deadline is rearing its ugly head. Fortunately, it’s a topic that I (hope I) can bang out in just a few short hours.

I would have finished it this morning, regardless, but I got up at the ungodly hour of 5:00 a.m. for no particular reason, and I KNOW I will need some sort of nap before I go to that class, so I am not going to my other ones. Just in case I fall asleep in one of them. I hate it when that happens.

My filming went off pretty well. I’m as happy as I can be with my raw footage, given how much time I had to film this weekend (6 hours). To be honest, I feel daunted by the prospect of editing right at this moment. I said, “Oh, don’t worry, I’ll fix it in post,” an awful lot this weekend…not a good omen, I’m sure.

Oh, and to top it off, I need to finish another editing project (this time, with 16 mm film) AND a major 2500-word essay about motels and diasporic persons in exile. GAH!

And, I’m having a party at my apartment for the first time since I was in high school. I had planned to do finger foods and cocktails, but so far, all I’ve managed to buy is the alcohol for the cocktails. Priorities, I guess–these are university students, after all.

LOL

To Do or Not To Do?

Well, Esso took Freddy home yesterday. Willy seems interested but concerned that Freddy won’t like him, and Mo is pissy. She has been growling at hissing at Esso and Willy, while avoiding Freddy on the rare occasions that he has been allowed out of the spare room to explore. Freddy, on the other hand, is cool as a cucumber, not particularly freaked out about anything or anyone. I think the adjustment between the two furry boys will be easy and congenial, but Mo will need some time.

Now I have a decision to make. Should I participate in NaNoWriMo this year? It starts today, and I have participated in the past, but never completed anything. I think I could do it if I write about an hour every day and get started right now. I just won’t have the time to get all social with other NaNos as I have in the past.

On the other hand, I have two essays and a film to craft by December 3rd.

Dunno…