10,100 Words!
It was almost a bad idea to write an extra 2,000 words on Monday so I didn't have to write anything yesterday... Today was a little harder to squeeze out, but I managed to do it, and I've still maintained my goal of 2,000 words per day! But my difficulty in finishing today's allotment was hindered by more than just not having written anything yesterday... Yes, I have a confession, though I must firmly blame Peter Heck for this, too. He managed to play Obama National Anthem on the radio today and got the silly song stuck in my head all over again. To be fair, he warned that if Obama won the election, that song would be all over the place, but it got stuck in my head, I started singing it aloud and I repeated it over and over and I lost my train of thought for my story and got stuck... Thank you, Peter Heck, for inadvertantly trying to crush my attempt at NaNoWriMo!
I know for sure that if I ever get depressed with Obama's latest America-killing law, I'll just fire up that clip and watch it over and over again. It's so completely true, but it's so completely funny! I have no idea how something as serious as that can be so absolutely hilarious... Leave it to Glenn Beck to pull something off like that. Apparently, lots of people are feeling the same way, because that post is quickly becoming my most popular! I'm impressed... I hope Glenn doesn't mind my stealing traffic over it. I offer an MP3 and lyrics, too, so I'm sure they're looking for those, too. Oh well... If it we weren't laughing about it, we'd all be sobbing, so I think it's a good thing to be circulating for those of us who are in for a long four years.
But even still, I can't help but notice I'm being so entirely carefree about this whole thing... It could be the end of the American life as we know it, but I'm in a mood far greater than I've been in weeks. Don't get me wrong, I'm still vastly disappointed in the friends of mine who voted for Obama and all that, but I can't help but think of this song: (Plus, I mean, Peter Heck drove this home when he played some funky vocal version of "I'm On My Way To Heaven" and repeatedly demanded that we smile. Man, I love that guy.)
This world is not my home
I'm just a-passin' through
My treasures are laid up
Somewhere beyond the blue
The angels beckon me
From Heaven's open door
And I can't feel at home
In this world any more
No, that's not "I'm On My Way To Heaven", but it does share the same thought.