Two Days Until November

Today I went to the NaNoWriMo site to update my info. I followed a link to something called a "Mary Sue Test" and decided to test out Anna Claudia. Turns out she's a total Mary Sue(49 of 50 points)! What the fuck? What's a Mary Sue? I went to wikipedia, and found the truth. A Mary Sue is a character that provides a wish-fulfillment for the author, and is thus completely tedious to any sane reader. This had me down for several hours. Why was I even writing this thing? I came up with a hundred reasons why they were wrong, and a hundred reasons why it didn't matter. I decided to take another Mary Sue test. She came up negative (4 of 50 points). Now the matter can rest.

Kritik of Positive Thinking

Last night's Daily Show featured Barbara Ehrenreich. We watched it this morning while Ash got ready for work, I mean school. She savages what she calls the Positive Thinking Movement, or so I understand. Ash loves this, but of course I wasn't hearing it. Positive thinking is the key to all self-help, and I love self-help. One of my favorite genres, and one that I would like to eventually contribute a book to. I've been thinking about the Positive Thinking Movement all day, The Artist's Way, I Deserve Love, Scott Adams, Napoleon Hill, 100 Ways to Motivate Yourself.