National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo starts today!
It's my fifth year as a participant and my third year as a Municipal Liason (yes I am in charge here.) We had our kick-off at a downtown coffee shop today and there was fairly good turn out, eleven people in all came.

Also, I have written 8,507 words today. Hell yeah, go me. I'm so winning this year, I can practically taste it.

Also, I had chocolate cake for breakfast and there was a gorgeous sunset. Things are looking really good folks. I hope that you're all equally well.

Happy Halloween, f-list!

Off to camp in the morning, home on Monday.

Cool things happening today -
1 - Checking out the new Trader Joe's in town, we needed milk, margarine and cat food. They didn't carry the cat food, but I went out on a limb and picked up a tub of this Earth Balance spread, which turned out to be super yummy despite being vegan. Mmmm, hippy spread, how delicious it is! The store was packed though, will be going back to check it out more in-depth later on.

2 - Getting new glasses! My old ones just literally fell apart in my hand after having had them for only seven months (Tip: Don't buy glasses from Sears Optical!) The new ones came in and I'm going to pick them up later on today.

3 - Season 3 of The Guild will be released on Xbox Live today! If you're a gamer, or just know gamers, you should see this show. The first two seasons are online already, go watch them at their site or on YouTube.

"Human kindness is overflowing
and I think it's going to rain today."

Just an FYI to the gamers on my f-list:
Bethesda has made Daggerfall available for free download on their site. It's the second in their fantastic Elder Scrolls series of RPG's - not one I've played personally yet, but I have devoted many hours of my life to playing Elder Scrolls 3 & 4. Check it out here:

Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall*

*You may need an emulator to play on newer systems.

I totally fail at cleaning today.
Forgetting that my generic cleaner has bleach in it, I gassed myself cleaning the cat boxes with it. Quick chemistry lesson: bleach + ammonia = chlorine gas.
I washed my hands twice, rinsed out my eyes, turned on the fan and opened the windows. I'm not seeing spots or vomiting, so I figure I'm probably not going to die.
In other news, happy Independence Day to my fellow Americans.

I just heard on the radio that Michael Jackson died.
I was a child of the '80s who grew up watching the videos for Billie Jean and Thriller on MTV. I remember taping Michael Jackson songs from the radio on my first boombox. Just this last New Year's Eve my friends came over and played Beat It on Guitar Hero. I was never a huge fan but his music has always been part of my life. I hope he rests in peace.

I went to an Artist's Garage Sale downtown with my mom this morning and picked up a few deals - 3 books for six bucks, six pairs of knitting needles for a dollar, and a free fridge magnet. Yay!
We had lunch at the Urban Onion (shrimp salad and chocolate cake) and then stopped in to visit with my Grandma for awhile.
All in all a really good day.

New Tori Amos album today!

It's that time of year again. By which I mean, time for my annual posting of ( the poem that sums up how I feel about this month. )

I'll be participating in Earth Hour* tonight at 8:30pm. Perhaps you will be too?
More info with the clicky place above.

*This will not be a dire hardship given that I'll be sleeping. But still! Doing my part to save the planet! Or raise awareness of planet-saving!

Merry Christmas, f-list! Hope it's a good one.

Obtained from gymnopedie
Put your MP3 player on shuffle and write down the first line of the first twenty songs. Post the poem that results. The first line of the twenty-first is the title.

Blackbird Singing in the Dead of Night

I'm the kind of lover that won't run for cover.
The silicon chip inside her head -
(day after day I must face a world of strangers)
It's so relieving to know that you're leaving as soon as you get paid.
Soak the sun, cinnamon.

Darling are you feeling the same thing that I'm seeing?
Barons of Suburbia take another piece of my good graces
Beautiful girl, lovely dress -
get out of my garden.
When the world wants right and wrong...

Sweet communion
Long lost words whisper slowly to me
Sometimes in the morning I am petrified and can't move.
It's okay in the day, I'm staying busy,
There's a helicopter with a search light.

Well I guess that I was lonely.
Hey girl you know you drive me crazy
I'm gonna fight 'em off,
I'm holding here a book,
slag pit.


This ended up fairly odd due to the great amount of Tori that came up on shuffle. I took the liberty of adding my own punctuation.

"I may already be dead - just not typed." - Harold Crick, Stranger Than Fiction

Sadly, my car has died, just in time for me to miss the last NaNoWriMo write-in. Argh.

Happily, I had a good Thanksgiving dinner with the family yesterday, with minimal amounts of snappishness and bitching.

OMGYUCKily, the cat woke us up yesterday morning by puking on the bed.

In-other-newsishly, I will be writing 40,000 of my 50,000 words this weekend. Procrastinators unite!...maybe later.

Successful Halloween party? Check.
Awesome kick-off with 20 people showing up? Check.
Word count for the day? Check.

I'm 3 for 3 already and really proud of myself. Now to keep up the shiny through November. Wish me luck!