NaNoWriMo is creeping up quickly. The official launch of the 2007 registration season starts at some unspecified time tonight, PST. In preparation for the crazy month of November, it’s time I created a list of the things I need to accomplish between now and then.

• buy tea, booze, and chocolate
• finish unpacking (especially books, office supplies, and desk trinkets)
• cook and freeze meals to consume during nights of frantic procrastination
• purchase frozen dinners, mac n’ cheese, ramen, etc
• gather music for inspiration
• restock cat food
• go to the DMV to find out why the hell they haven’t sent me a change of address sticker yet
• clean the living room
• do all my laundry (including the hand washables)
• do something with all the empty boxes cluttering up my kitchen
• buy new name tag and scratching post for Kai
• bring Kai to the vet for vaccinations/checkup
• dig out and dust off my writing hat
• find my “1-inch window”
• acquire munchies
• write character sketches and outlines
• purchase Jer’s Novel Writer
• finish reading The Elements of Style, and On Writing by Stephen King
• buy notebook, highlighters, trash basket
• find cheap carpeting for living room and bedroom/office (not necessary)
• rework schedule for November (fit in writing time, decide which activities to drop)
• decorate/organize writing nook
• buy backup batteries for my timer
• assemble collection of movies about writers going mad (The Shining, In the Mouth of Madness, 1408, Stranger than Fiction, Secret Window, and what else?)
• bid a fond farewell to my friends, family, and sanity