Archive for November, 2007
Just a quick note that three new screen captures from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull have been released. Harrison Ford is definitely showing his age in a couple of the stills — his pants are hiked up to the Old Man Zone, for starters — but he still looks good. I [ READ MORE ]
I came across this band last month when I was searching for great instrumental pieces to listen to while writing in NaNoWriMo. They’re a Texan post-rock band, and their albums are completely instrumental. The songs are very atmospheric, so they lend themselves well to writing, but they’re also great to just sit back to and [ READ MORE ]
I went to a doctor at the beginning of the week for a follow-up appointment about that abscess. I don’t have a regular doctor in this city, so I just use the walk-in clinic. Unfortunately, at these clinics, you never know who you’re going to get, and I tend to to be notoriously unlucky with [ READ MORE ]
Jason at The Clarity of Night held another writing contest, which I had planned to enter and then promptly forgot about. I’m actually quite annoyed with my short-term memory right now. I entered his last contest, and I found it to be a really rewarding experience. Many wonderful comments were left on my entry, and [ READ MORE ]
It’s been raining all weekend here. I’m quite happy about this, because it kept me from feeling like a lazy bastard for not getting out and being active. This hasn’t been the best month for me. Near the beginning, I was ill for the first time in ages. Then last week, I had a wee [ READ MORE ]
I just finished the first season of Flight of the Conchords, and I loved every episode of it. I became mildly obsessed with them at the beginning of the year after watching everything I could find on YouTube, so I was really excited when I heard they were coming out with an HBO series. I watched [ READ MORE ]
I’ve decided that my NaNoWriMo attempt is a lost cause. I got about two days of good writing in before I fell sick and had family visit. I started to feel better a few days ago, but that week has put me too far behind. It’s been suggested that I just tweak my word count [ READ MORE ]
The first day of writing went beautifully. It felt great to be writing fiction again and even better to see a long plot unrolling in front of me. I easily cleared the 1677 word target for the day, ending at 2110 words. Friday didn’t go quite as well. I felt ill all day, and I decided [ READ MORE ]