Don't Tell Me What To Do!!! please...

So, today's rant is on the subject of my status as a total pushover. I really did think I was getting better at not letting people talk me into things lately, but it has recently come to my attention that I was completely wrong. So, a 'friend' of mine decided to sign up for this thing called NaNo, which is short for NaNoWriMo, which is in turn short for National Novel Writing Month. Umm... the way it works, is you are basically supposed to write a novel in a month. 50,000 words in 30 days. Sounds like great fun, right? Well (Against my better judgement), she has talked me into signing up for this too. I am making absolutely no promises to myself, but, I do get a nifty certificate if I complete the task. There are pretty much no rules, you can write about whatever you want, it just has to be 50k words or more, and it has to be completed by midnight on the 30th. If nothing else, this should at least fill some of the downtime I experience from time to time at work.
I'll keep you updated on my progress (or lack thereof).

Total wordcount so far: 209 ... go me.