Progress

Sheesh, it's already 20:43 (oh, sorry, 8:43 pm) and I haven't written anything today.

I usually plan to write between 7 and 8, that's the best time for me. Now I'm just plain tired...

And my word meter is not completely accurate, as my October plan has not the same word amount for every day, so I'm really 700 words behind. *sigh*

So, no real news on the progress just (another) rant.

Reading

Yes, I do get to read :)

Normally, when I buy books, I pay a bit attention to how thick they are. I love fat books, but they are rather unpractical when you want to read them on the bus or elsewhere, and realy pull you down when you have them in your bag. So I buy fat and slimmer books almost in the same quantity, so that I have the fat book for at home and the slimmer one when I'm on the road.

But at the moment when I get home I cannot part with the book I'm rading currently. That would be "Jack, Knave and Fool" by Bruce Alexander. But I really do not want to read it at home, so I have more of it when I'm on my way. I noticed that this the fifth book of a serial, and I will definitively buy the other four. The story takes place in London in 1771 and every time the first-person narrator walks along The Strand or St. James Street or through Covent Garden, I always think "May he have seen Lord John?"
It's crazy really. But I cannot help myself...

Oh, and the book I have bought to read at home is "Illumination" by Terry McGarry.

A Monster

... this way comes.

It has fingers that lure the thoughts out of your head, a voice that makes you think of other things and a face that sends you screaming. This monster has a name: Writer's Block.

Dear Godness, I had one week off and I promised not to pressure myself to much, but 3400 instead of 4300 words?
And now, now I want to sit down and write something, and I'm remembering that I have to do this and that and... I'm finding all kinds of excuses not to write.

Isn't there a cure against monsters in the wardrobe or behind curtains? That might help here too.
Laughter? (I need to watch Monsters Inc. again, I love that movie *g*)

Free Burma

I have no idea if this helps any, but here we go:





When I got up today, the news reader said that everyone who wants to support the monks is to wear red shirts/pullovers etc. today. Well, I hadn't already been dressed then, so I'm wearing red today.
We've been at IKEA's earlier on, and I don't know if the people wearing red did it because of the appeal, but one family cerntainly did, as all five of them wore red. That was too much of a coincidence...

Characters

Everywhere I look people are finding or trying to find pictures of actors or musicians or else that look like their characters.
I googled a bit and found two German actors that come close to what I picture Ruwen and Taisha to be like.

Ruwen here and Taisha here

I couldn't find pictures of Ella or Adrien, but Edan (aka Abosaa) might be here somewhere.

Layout

I need your opinion here:

Should I change the layout in regards to colour? Is the white/light grey on black too hard on the eyes?

I've noticed that a lot of you (addressing those whose blogs I read) use black script on light colours.

New Month, New Goals

As I've two weeks off work in October, I'm planning on writing a bit more than the average 10,000 words.
As usual, we'll see how that works out.

But I'm also planning on enjoying these days off, as I really need them, so I won't pressure myself too much.