I'm actually writing this post at 6:20 today, and making what i suppose you could call a constructive use of my time. this morning and last have been almost perfect- i got up at five thirty to five forty five both days (with me getting up is more of a gradual process than an action) and yesterday i had a whole hour to mess around in before i needed to think of anything remotely scholarly. I have to say that was nice and relaxing; i swear having free time before school makes the whole first half of the day go slower.
So yes, an interesting thing happened this week- i forgot that the due date for the rough draft was today, and while i had been intending to give myself two days to write it up, i actually only got two or three hours last night, half of which i spent sitting dumbly in my chair wondering if i could get away with cobbling some of my old stories together for a project. In the end though, i did write a new piece; i used an idea that i've been playing around with for quite a while but haven't ever written beyond the first page. I tend to do that a lot-- i'll come up with a kickass idea that i totally want to write, but just not right now. So instead i write like the first page or half-page, or maybe a collection of short scenes throughout the story, and use that as a jumping-off point for when i have the time and desire to write the actual thing. I call them 'story buds.'
The one i'm writing now is something a bit different than my norm. mostly i just do quasi-existential 'slice of life' kind of sci-fi stories, but what i've always wanted to try was sci-fi horror. this one is definitely horror. i finished the first section last night-- it's going to be several projects-- and i almost didn't want to turn my lights off. And when what i'm writing affects me that much, i know something in it has to be good.
well anyway, that's what i've been up to. now i think i'm going to be up to some good old Japanese animation...