and a Happy New Year...

Well, I think the time has come to bid you farewell. I confess, I haven't been back here much lately because I just haven't got much to say. Yes, I'm still writing, and yes, I still hope to one day find myself in the stacks alongside the writers I grew up with. However, as the new year approaches I find myself more and more engaged in the doing, less with the talking about doing. Which I take as a good thing.

The purpose of this blog is done, so I'd rather call it now than let it fade away.

Should there there's anyone out there left at all, thanks for coming by, but I'm closing up shop. Wishing you all the best, this new year and every year :-)










(Although, ask me to tell you how much a pain in the *ss is to get WA plates. Long story short, it sucks...)

Holee Shit!

I woke up this morning to see an inch of snow on the ground. It won't stick, but I've been told it doesn't snow often in Seattle, so it's one of those "once in a blue moon" occurrences that makes my little heart believe in luck, hope and blue moons.

I swear it was the best "Welcome to Seattle" present this city could give me.

I LOVE YOU SEATTLE!

NANO Crunch

I'm at a little over 30,000 now, and I can see the homestretch. With eight days left the prospect of another 20,000 words seems a lot less daunting than getting to 30k did a week ago.

Funny how that happens.

I'm nowhere near the end, which is kind of scary and means editing is going to be a biatch -- but hey, can't worry about that now. Must push on.

Mom is here but being awesome about not minding my scramble for words. We've decided to ditch cooking Turkey Day dinner in favor of finding some place open that will cook for us. Yeah, mom! Plus I'll be home for Xmas and able to stuff my face full of good home cooking in the best place to do it: home!

Hehe.

Leonids are back...

This weekend, my favorite astronomical phenomenon will be taking place in the night sky. The annual Leonid Shower is promising to make a great show this year in North America and Western Europe. Unfortunately for those of us on the west coast catching the meteor shower that takes its name from the constellation Leo means getting up extra early tomorrow morning...like pre-dawn early.

Not my favorite time of morning to be conscious. However it is a once a year event so I think I can make an exception.

Anyone know of any great stargazing spots outside of Seattle?

Also of note:

• The birthday of the amazing Cat Rambo! See, Cat, even the cosmos puts on a show in honor of your day :-)
• Ski and Snowboard Expo at Qwest field this weekend...world's first stadium zipline (guess who WON'T be sailing accross the top of the stadium strapped in by her woo-woo)
• "Hip Hop: Back to its Roots" happens this weekend at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center here in Seattle. Three days of music, speakers, spoken word. Not to be missed.
  

Today, coffee. Tomorrow...well, we'll see...

It's officially NANO crunch time. To stay on track with my mid-late month goals I need about 20k words in the next few days. At least.

(I refuse to say I am behind, that does crap for the moral)

Excellent timing, considering I was looking for a diversion from the rest of my life anyway. However, this does require bringing out the heavy artillery: the Black Death, surefire lubricant of words stuck deep in my brain and deliverer of said words to my fingertips.

Reminder, nobody said they had to be good words.

Echo hadn't heard a bean grinder in so many days he jumped away from his food bowl and went back to bed. Smart dog, this could get ugly.

Today's schedule is a follows:

9-11:30am- Nano'd*
11:30-1p Dog park/feed the writer break.
1-4p - Nano'd with accompaniment
4-5p - Sanity/food break

This evenings festivities may change considering I offered to accompany S to some live theatre (something I had no business doing, trust me) but as it looks likely she may not even make it, I'm not counting on it. So Option A: No Theatre

5-10p Nano like hell.

Option B:

5-6 Nano like hell.
6-10 Keep promise
11-1a Nano

Okay. Deadline set. This is the fun part. Coffee's ready.



*Nanod: (verb) No email, no tv, no blogging, no phone in order to facilitate completion of NaNoWriMo project. Syn. To isolate oneself completely while dragging words kicking and screaming from one's brain.