Bah. It's almost a quarter to three in the morning? Why am I still awake, you ask?

Simple. I'm doing something I enjoy so much that I'm willing to lose valuable sleep to do it. I happen to like sleeping, especially on the weekend because I can sleep more than I do during the school week where I have to get up early and go to school. So, I normally wouldn't be up at this time because the longer I'm awake, the less time I have to sleep.

This month happens to be November, which is also NaNoWriMo, which I participate in yearly. We all know there's a communication disconnect in my house so my mom knows I do it, but apparently Shaun does not. Of course, since the competition has started, I've done my best to get my 1667 words done before he goes demanding for the computer to play his online poker. Luckily, I haven't had to deal with it much, since since the month has started he's come home after I've gone to bed.

So, today and last night mom and Shaun left to go do their own thing (eat?) and I was on the computer writing. Now, I'll be honest, I'm almost always on this thing regardless of time of the year. Usually, I'm not doing anything productive, but since it's NaNo, I've been writing. But today, I felt like making an AMV, so lo and behold I start. When Mom and Shaun return home from their errands I was on, working on it. They left to go to little Shaun's football game, still working on it (I'd like to mention on another note, though this was probably accidental that my mom told me they were going to the game when they were running errands), they come home. Still working. Anyone who makes those things know it's rare to pop those out in an hour, especially since I spent half an hour importing all the videos into WMM (which sucks). When they come home, Mom asks what I'm doing and Shaun announces in a condescending/mocking way that I'm on the computer like I was this morning. I was cleaning up some dishes when they left for errands if I remember correctly.

So, after Shaun complains Mom drags me out of the house and we go do some things before returning home so she can get ready for the both of them to go clubbing. Since I didn't do any writing for today, I start on that. He comes and gets her around nine. I'm still writing.. .Writing til 1AM. Then I start on my prettyful AMV and I'm still working on that when they get home.

Now since it's around 2:30AM, I know I'm gonna get it. But Shaun comes home announcing that I'm on the computer like I was at ten this morning. Well, guess what, kiddies, I wasn't even awake at ten this morning. I know this because the text message I sent to Sam when I first got up reads 11:30AM, but would you like to know who was probably on at this time? My mother, of course, but that's not the point. I'm perfectly fine with him saying I've been on the computer all day in a patronizing tone. I'm perfectly fine with him saying that there's a bunch of stuff in the world outside this house and I should get out more in a patronizing tone.

I don't appreciate him saying it as if I haven't been doing anything productive. Okay. I've been so much better with NaNo than last year, it's not even funny. I'm actually keeping up. And I'm proud of that. Of course he doesn't know that, does he know what I do on the computer every day? Probably not. I know what he does. Check his email and play poker. But anyway. I've been working hard on that thing, and hearing him talk like that is a real motivation killer. And I've been working on this AMV too, and WMM has been a complete bitch for me to work with. I really don't appreciate him coming home and announcing I'm on the computer like always when I feel I've been doing something productive that I enjoy.

So, mother, you were complaining about blog entries. Here's one.

It's perfectly fine if you want to say that I don't get out enough and that I'm on the computer a lot. Go ahead and say it's unhealthy, I won't argue with you. But is it really right of you to condemn it if I enjoy it? I like writing. I like movie editing. Sorry that these things are more easily done on the computer. :I

Anyway, it's just past three in the morning and I've wasted the last half hour. Thanks for that, but I can't be productive when I'm mad. Now, back to your regularly scheduled lives.


...I'm surprised I'm still this coherent at this time of day. I may not sleep tonight.