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Online Forums, Choices and Lunch is booked!

The team lunch was booked and paid for yesterday. Lil colleague and I went to pay the deposit in the late morning. Nothing interesting happening apart from we might have an inside christmas lunch again. We get a special season menu for a special price. The thing is during this season one gets to eat christmas dinner about a few times, so actual christmas dinner may be boring. Still not sure what I'm doing this year.

Started off on my pre-ultimate assignment. I drew a blank and decided about writer's block. Then I thought about writing a story from one of those internet story generators. So I did. Basically it was about ways to combat writer's block. Anyway I just needed 800 words and I'm near 900. Just a bit of cutting and editing would do now. After which I need to rewrite the pasage using some other stuff.

I popped into my online critiquing site where someone had posted something about a work colleague taking advange of them. I guess what took me aback is that from this person's strong responses in the forum and the way they conduct themselves respectfully, I was surprised about the situation.

But I guess with online communites one is basing people's personalities on their writing not real life.

It's strange how sometimes people get themselves into situations - I do but some of these situations I read about I can'tg even begin to imagine.  They don't happen on Planet Bigga Day. Just. Don't. And if they did, I'd nip it in the bud. Don't get me wrong, I do get caught up in difficult and awkward situation. Oh well wish her luck in sorting it out.

I'm stuck on writing my story. Maybe this is where I'm breaking the one goal at a time rule. I'll focus on finishing my grammar course, which is also writing, then cue this story for next. Over the holidays
I'll have to plan all my other work. Oh and my personal goal with contains writing as well. So basically two conflicting goals.

However up to now, out of my ten goals, I've gone a some way to acheive a degree of them. Next goal setting will be tighter and less implusive or dream like.
I'll post the story generator story when it's done, well marked - I don't want to be done for plagerising my own work.

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