In the dark. God, the most terrifying place to be is in this darkness.
Not a mere absence of light dark, but a mental blackout: I am IN THE DARK.
And there's no way for light to illuminate those lost hours. No dim corridor through which I can struggle my way to understanding, even a partial one. For I have been in the dark, and the darkness is following me. I can never be rid of it. I can learn things about it, but those things do not make the whole brighter; they simply add another level of stygian to the blackout that eats my soul.
In the dark? No; that would be too simple. It infers an egress, eventually. I have been swallowed, just a bit, by the dark, and the culpability for my consumption is mine.
I walked blithely into the monster's maw, and though I have escaped total destruction, I have always now a park of that darkness with me. And I am not a hero. And I walk afraid where once I walked proud.
Oooh, Erin, that gave me shivers. And made me sad, very sad.
Yeah, well done.
So it's that time again. And I've thought about it because of all y'alls comments and I think I'm going to try. I've got a pretty clear schedule this month. So I figured I'd better make it public here and you guys can hold me accountable.
I'm doing NaNoWriMo this year. Who else is in?
I have the opposite of a clear schedule, which means I'll be looking to procrastinate. Might as well do something constructive while I'm work-avoidy. I'm in.
Me, too!
My user name is, uh, bottleofbooze. It seemed fitting.
ARGH, but the NaNo website is aggravating. The "author" tab seems to have disappeared so there doesn't appear to be any way to add new friends. Like those with the moniker "bottleofbooze"
(which actually makes me wonder if I should've signed up as GropyMcGroperson...)
See, I still had the "author" tab the last time I checked. Huh.
I signed up as, well... Anne W.
Exciting, huh?
Okay, no, I was wrong. What the hell?
