One of the things I want to do includes actually finally making the arcade controller. I've invited friends over on the 20th specifically to play games on this thing, so it will be done. As a matter of fact, about a week ago I bought wood and material to put it together and tonight I finally decided on the button layout. I wanted to drill holes as well but I need a second opinion on spacing before I commit to drilling. So that's set aside for tomorrow instead.
Another thing I'll be doing this month is writing (what will hopefully become) my next Christmas book. But right now I'm aiming for one long novel, rather than itty bitty short stories. And to motivate myself I've joined the ranks of NaNoWriMo. An effort to get wannabe writers to take the month of November to write a 50,000 word novel. Seeing as how my last Christmas book was only 6500 words of new content(though only written in about 4 or 5 days), I'm not holding myself to 50K but we'll see how far it goes.
Also I showed my untouched violin project to a musician friend of mine over the weekend and he seemed to feel like it wasn't the worst thing ever. At least for what I had. A few months ago I was extremely disheartened when I attempted to put the chin rest on it and the very heavy weight of it kept making the chin rest come off. His not completely negative comments about the violin have renewed my interest so I'm going to start working on this again after the controller is done.
As proof that I should be able to get these things done, with a little help and some significant deadlines the whole week leading up to Halloween I spent working on my costume. During the process, I sewed a green cape, a brown satchel, and a pair of sword holsters.
