2 December 2009, originally uploaded by academichic.Sources:
All remixed except button:
- Navy sweatshirt – J.Crew
- Scarf – C&A
- Brown cord jacket – thrifted
- Jean capris worn as skinnies – Younique Jeans, via TJMaxx
- Boots – Banana Republic
- Typewriter button – TillyBloom on Etsy
Endnotes:
This outfit is very ‘on the go Academic’, don’t you think? I deem it comfortable research-casual at it’s best, with just a touch of nerdy with the typewriter button on the jacket’s lapel. I love how different outfits let you assume a different identity: be it (nerdy) academic, young professional, hopeless romantic, or even an insecta anthropoda. One of the many reasons I love clothing is that they let you perform the different versions of you that you want to portray on any given day. Thank God the vestimentary laws that dictated what people could and could not wear according to gender and class are long over.
Typewriter button, originally uploaded by academichic.My favorite thing about today’s outfit is this little typewriter button, which came free from TillyBloom on Etsy with the Darwin hairpins my biologist husband bought me. TillyBloom does such a nice job gift wrapping items and generously includes a little free button with each item meant as a present. How fitting and lovely that my button was one with a typewriter on it! Especially since it arrived right in the middle of NaNoWriMo.
So on to a last NaNoWriMo post… congratulations to all of you who participated and especially to those of you who won! I was right on track with my word count until T. got here and then I wrote exactly zero words for each day that he was here. Instead, I enjoyed my husband’s visit to the fullest and spent each day being thrilled to have him here. So I finished NaNoWriMo with a word count of 32, 646. I am very happy with this though. I may not have won by reaching the 50k word count goal, but I now have about 63 pages of single spaced narrative and a really exciting story idea that I will by no means abandon now that the month is over. How did you do if you partook in NaNoWriMo? Would you sign up again for it in the future? S.
2 December 2009, originally uploaded by academichic.
I LOVE this outfit. I love how it’s a play of neutrals, and how each layer is remarkable on its own. And that pin – ever since I started reading academichic, I have had a new-found love for the pin. Totally changes the feel of the whole outfit.
I think your NaNoWriMo word count is fantastic and should be celebrated – that’s 32,646 words that you hadn’t written in October! It’s a wonderful feeling to have created the start of something, no matter the length. So congratulations!
I loved NaNoWriMo because it really shook out of me a lot of my bad writing habits. I had moments (and still have) of feeling overwhelmed with how much more work I have to do, but then I remind myself that I love research and that I have time to do it justice. Reminding myself of that has helped me to continue to write.
And I will so do NaNo next year (although I wish they’d move it to a non-US-holiday month…). Do you think you will, as well?
Love that look. The playing with identities thing is one of the reasons I like fashion, too. Glad to hear you had a productive NaNoWriMo! I have always wanted to give it a shot. Good for you for doing it.
I actually WON NaNoWriMo, which was super exciting. And your reason was defenitely a good one- he IS your fiancee!
I meant to say husband, oh dear.
I absolutely love that typewriter button! I’m with the others, you should be proud of your word count, and I think almost anyone in that situation would have made the same choice as you. It’s hard to be apart from your beloved!
Ack! Vestimentary laws? What a horrid concept.
Love your chic, casual, academic-on-the-go ensemble.
Congrats on a very admirable word count! I do hope you’ll finish your novel – mostly because I’d love to read it. :)
Cute! Love that jacket!
Love the outfit! The corduroy jacket looks fabulous on you and I adore the typewriter pin.
Congrats on getting so far in your novel! I hope you can still manage to finish it! I intend to finish mine this month. I probably wrote a little on five different days in November, if that, so I never met my daily word count goal. On the 30th, I only had 30,000 words but I was determined to make it to 50,000. Somehow I managed to write 20,000 words in one day and made it to 50,000 and verified my novel just before midnight. Now that was tiring! I can’t wait until next year though! :)
I think I mentioned to you before that my 15-year old son was doing NaNoWriMo? Well, he was gung-ho for the first 12 days, then he lost his flash drive (no back-up – did I mention he’s 15?) and stopped dead! I’m sure he’ll do it again next year though. I think you have the best excuse/reason on earth for nor finishing your novel!
Congratulations on the word count. I could never do it myself, so I think is very admirable.
The hoodie under the blazer is very cute, although I think the brown corduroy is really what makes this look academic– any chance there are elbow patches on that jacket?
I only made it to 10,141 words with NaNoWriMo. The middle of the month was tough for me, I wrote nothing! Even with my lame word count I really enjoyed it and I like my novel idea. I’m definitely going to keep working on it and will do it again next year. I agree with Sara, Thanksgiving is a tough time to try to block other things out and focus on word count. Way too busy!
for being an academic on the go outfit, this looks fabulous on you–the lines are really flattering (oh, and i can’t get enough of blue with brown this fall/winter).
I would not have thought to put brown, navy and black together, but the way you styled your cute and comfy outfit is very nice! I especially like how you wrapped the scarf under the hood of your sweatshirt.
Well, I have you to thank for introducing me to NaNoWriMo! I have never attempted to write a story before so going into it, I wanted it to be an enjoyable experience without pressure to reach the 50K. As others have mentioned, November is a difficult month for those in the US. Since I had a few things going on in November, I was only able to reach 21,007 in 12 days but I feel that my children’s story has all the elements in it to be a completed story. So even with revising, I don’t think I would have reached the 50K goal. I did learn that I COULD write a story from beginning to end. I also enjoyed the creative process of how a character went from point A to point B when 10 minutes ago I had no clue what to do!
I do plan on participating next year and have a couple of strategies lined up for next time. One of them is writing like mad the first two weeks and getting that word count high so I have some breathing room for the following two weeks to do all pre-Thanksgiving preparations. My other strategy, which helped me this year, was setting the timer for 10 minutes and just writing furiously until the timer beeped. This really helped me get my characters going when I had no clue where to go with my story.
Cute outfit! I really like the pin.
You did a whole lot better than I did with NaNoWriMo, I only did about 9,000 words or so. However, I don’t think of it as a loss either, because I’m still feeling inspired about my novel, and intend to continue working on it also.
I will most certainly make another attempt at NaNoWriMo next year (I was in the writing group as Snidder). I’m pleased with my end result, though I didn’t come close to 50,000 words. Thank you for introducing me to the whole process :)
Congrats to all of you who participated! It sounds like all of us got a lot out of it, whether we reached 50K or not!
I would also do this again, I found the whole thing to be very inspiring and it pushed me to do something I would have never done otherwise.
@Sasha – I only wish this had elbow patches, it would be even better that way! But, no, sadly there are none.
S.
12K
then my first year at university kicked in. :)
but I have this new idea
and I can’t wait until next year
so a friend and I are making DECEMBER our novelling month instead. It’ll be easier with no school. and the prize is just the satisfaction of finishing, anyhow, so I’m excited.
As a brunette I love blue and brown together. This girl has it all figured out!
You’re right, this is the perfect academic-on-the-go ensemble, and I love it! That button is so adorable, and the subtle colors are perfect for this look.
Congrats on your writing achievement! Like Sara said, “that’s 32,646 words that you hadn’t written in October!”