Somebody made a news article about the backstory in my NaNoWriMo book:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081117082425.htm
I'm at 45,000 words now, or about 180 pages. I'm aiming for 60,000, but the official NaNoWriMo goal is only 50,000. I should easily hit that before we head to Little Rock for Thanksgiving.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Friday, October 31, 2008
Journal Entry: October 31, 2008
Happy Hallowe'en!
That's right, I used the apostrophe. Deal!
And, jeez, E-- sure got caught up on her blog, huh? Wow.
Yes, I'm putting off journaling. It's been a rough week. I'm still sick. Managed to have a decent evening last night, despite, by staying home and playing computer games all night. T-- made up some steaks before she took AB trick-or-treating at OC. D-- came over and we played WoW until 10:30. Any other details I could give, you don't want.
I did spend a lot of yesterday getting ready for National Novel Writing Month. I start writing tomorrow, and it's everything I can do to make myself wait until then. Don't expect journal entries next month (aside from the occasional gloat or lamentation over my word count). Like last year, I'm not even going to try to keep up daily posts.
I'm doing a Law and Order-style murder mystery set in a utopian future where ubiquitous databases are replacing human religion. Should be good.
Other than that, it's just things and stuff.
That's right, I used the apostrophe. Deal!
And, jeez, E-- sure got caught up on her blog, huh? Wow.
Yes, I'm putting off journaling. It's been a rough week. I'm still sick. Managed to have a decent evening last night, despite, by staying home and playing computer games all night. T-- made up some steaks before she took AB trick-or-treating at OC. D-- came over and we played WoW until 10:30. Any other details I could give, you don't want.
I did spend a lot of yesterday getting ready for National Novel Writing Month. I start writing tomorrow, and it's everything I can do to make myself wait until then. Don't expect journal entries next month (aside from the occasional gloat or lamentation over my word count). Like last year, I'm not even going to try to keep up daily posts.
I'm doing a Law and Order-style murder mystery set in a utopian future where ubiquitous databases are replacing human religion. Should be good.
Other than that, it's just things and stuff.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Journal Entry: October 30, 2008
So, yeah, yesterday I ended up sick. Unpleasantly so.
Still, we had tickets to go see the Oklahoma City Thunder opener. B-- and D-- showed up at my place a little after 5:00, and then T-- (who had gone to Edmond to drop off AB at my sister's for babysitting) picked up N-- and the five of us drove downtown together. (K-- would join us later, but he had to work late.)
We had dinner at Sonic in Bricktown, then walked across to the Ford Center. The crowd was huge, the lines were long, and when we finally got inside the arena area, it was packed. The basketball court looked tiny in the center of the crowd.
It was a real party atmosphere. In case you don't know, the big deal is that the Thunder represent the first Big League sports franchise to come permanently to Oklahoma. We, as a city, have invested heavily in the team, and it's seen by many as an opportunity to dramatically improve Oklahoma City's standing on the national stage. Of course, if the team fails, it'll be a major PR setback. But we're not focusing on that.
Anyway, I've never been much of a basketball fan (it ranks somewhere between golf and baseball on my watchability scale), but I'm a big fan of my hometown and, hey, we got a good group of people to go see it. Worst-case, I was still spending an evening with most of my closest friends.
And that pretty much sums up the evening. Watching it in person was a lot more fun than watching the same game on TV, because of the atmosphere. Everyone was psyched. We lost. That was a disappointment. And I really recommend that you take every precaution to make sure you never get sick in a Ford Center men's room. But otherwise, the evening was pretty awesome.
We got home around 10:00, and T-- went back to Edmond to pick up AB. I took care of a couple things around the house, then I crashed.
Other than that, it's just things and stuff.
Still, we had tickets to go see the Oklahoma City Thunder opener. B-- and D-- showed up at my place a little after 5:00, and then T-- (who had gone to Edmond to drop off AB at my sister's for babysitting) picked up N-- and the five of us drove downtown together. (K-- would join us later, but he had to work late.)
We had dinner at Sonic in Bricktown, then walked across to the Ford Center. The crowd was huge, the lines were long, and when we finally got inside the arena area, it was packed. The basketball court looked tiny in the center of the crowd.
It was a real party atmosphere. In case you don't know, the big deal is that the Thunder represent the first Big League sports franchise to come permanently to Oklahoma. We, as a city, have invested heavily in the team, and it's seen by many as an opportunity to dramatically improve Oklahoma City's standing on the national stage. Of course, if the team fails, it'll be a major PR setback. But we're not focusing on that.
Anyway, I've never been much of a basketball fan (it ranks somewhere between golf and baseball on my watchability scale), but I'm a big fan of my hometown and, hey, we got a good group of people to go see it. Worst-case, I was still spending an evening with most of my closest friends.
And that pretty much sums up the evening. Watching it in person was a lot more fun than watching the same game on TV, because of the atmosphere. Everyone was psyched. We lost. That was a disappointment. And I really recommend that you take every precaution to make sure you never get sick in a Ford Center men's room. But otherwise, the evening was pretty awesome.
We got home around 10:00, and T-- went back to Edmond to pick up AB. I took care of a couple things around the house, then I crashed.
Other than that, it's just things and stuff.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Journal Entry: October 29, 2008
I guess I failed to post yesterday. No big deal.
Monday night, I came home from work and played some WoW. Then T-- made chicken and pasta for dinner, and we watched Heroes and Chuck (both of which were pretty good).
Before T-- fell asleep Monday night, she was complaining that her stomach hurt. By yesterday morning, she was good and sick. I called work and told them I'd be late coming in, and I took care of AB for the morning. We watched Sesame Street and read books and played with her Legos. I also got some chores taken care of.
Then T-- got up around 11:00 and I headed to work. It was a relatively quiet afternoon, although I finished up a project that had been nagging at me for a while, so that was a plus.
I got home and spent some time vegging on the couch and watching TV while T-- played with AB, then I finally went back to my office and played WoW for most of the evening. I finished getting caught up on Big Bang Theory, and have decided it would be a pretty awesome geek sitcom if they would just lay off the laugh track. Half of the jokes (as you would expect from any real nerd medium) are derisive snickers at best, and the canned explosive laughter messes that up altogether.
Before I fell asleep last night, I was complaining that my stomach hurt. By this morning, I still wasn't anything more definite than woozy. I've felt unpleasant all day, but nothing violent so far. Wish me luck.
Other than that, it's just things and stuff.
Monday night, I came home from work and played some WoW. Then T-- made chicken and pasta for dinner, and we watched Heroes and Chuck (both of which were pretty good).
Before T-- fell asleep Monday night, she was complaining that her stomach hurt. By yesterday morning, she was good and sick. I called work and told them I'd be late coming in, and I took care of AB for the morning. We watched Sesame Street and read books and played with her Legos. I also got some chores taken care of.
Then T-- got up around 11:00 and I headed to work. It was a relatively quiet afternoon, although I finished up a project that had been nagging at me for a while, so that was a plus.
I got home and spent some time vegging on the couch and watching TV while T-- played with AB, then I finally went back to my office and played WoW for most of the evening. I finished getting caught up on Big Bang Theory, and have decided it would be a pretty awesome geek sitcom if they would just lay off the laugh track. Half of the jokes (as you would expect from any real nerd medium) are derisive snickers at best, and the canned explosive laughter messes that up altogether.
Before I fell asleep last night, I was complaining that my stomach hurt. By this morning, I still wasn't anything more definite than woozy. I've felt unpleasant all day, but nothing violent so far. Wish me luck.
Other than that, it's just things and stuff.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Journal Entry: October 27, 2008
Thursday night, T-- invited D-- and K-- over for chilidogs for dinner, then we spent the evening playing Rock Band. Toby came over, and we introduced him to the game, then he showed me the game database module he'd developed (at my request) so that the games we work on in the future will have easy save and load support, and relatively easy multiplayer capability. Awesome!
He didn't leave until after eleven. It was a fun evening.
Friday I got off work an hour early, and got home to find Julie and Carlos there! We spent a couple hours talking about their honeymoon trip, then went out to Poblano's for dinner, then came back and watched SNL for a bit. Then, by request, we loaded up Rock Band which they had never played before. Carlos is a real musician, and both of them have been fascinated by everything they've heard about the game, but this was their first chance to check it out.
They loved it. They were excited about the song selection (usually about songs I'd never heard of before I played the game), and they did amazing. Mostly Julie sang, and Carlos was rocking on drums and guitar in no time. I think he did one song on Easy on the guitar, then switched straight to Hard and finished above 90% pretty much every track. He had a little more difficulty with the drums, but mainly because he was wanting to improv.
It was fun to watch them play. They left around 10:30 and I thought about playing some WoW, but decided I didn't want to be up that late, so I just went to bed.
Saturday morning T-- and I took AB to the Village Fun Fair at the park just across Hefner. My little sister brought her girls, too. There were giant inflateable rides -- mainly bouncey castles and slides -- and a petting zoo that was apparently pretty awesome. I slipped away while AB was still in the bouncey castle so I could pick up D-- and be at K-- and N--'s in time to watch the OU game.
We didn't even finish the game before I had to head home to watch AB so T-- could go to her crpo at the church. K-- and D-- came over to hang out for the evening. Mostly K-- played Rock Band and D-- played WoW while I tried to keep AB from bothering them. We read her books, played with the Legos, and discovered that she knows how to sneak into my office and close the door behind her, so no one knows where she is.
Once we tracked her down, I left the guys in charge of her and ran up to Falcone's for a pizza. We had two huge slices each, and AB finished off most of one. She loved it. After dinner, N-- came back from the crop to pick up K--, and while she was there AB was showing off for her, running short sprints and spinning as fast as she could.
K-- and N-- left right around AB's bedtime, so I changed her into her pajamas, put her in bed, and headed back out to the living room to watch a movie D-- had brought over. About ten miutes later, AB started screaming. Usually that means she's thrown her pacifier away and wants it back, so I didn't think much of it when I went to her room to check on her.
I found her standing up at the foot of her bed. I said, "And what's wrong with you?" I was already scanning the floor for her pacifier.
She pointed emphatically and said, "That!" And there was her pacifier, right in the middle of her bed, buried under a humongous pile of puke.
Yuck.
So I got her clothes off and bathed her while D-- heroically cleaned up her room. It took a little over an hour, but by the time I had her out of bed, AB was obviously feeling better. I put her in the tub and she immediately started playing with her toys, happy as could be. D-- and I took a little longer to get over the trauma of it.
Anyway, we got her to bed a little bit before 10:00, then D-- and I finished the movie before T-- got home. Played some WoW, went to bed.
Sunday morning was church, then we invited D-- and K-- and N-- to pick up lunches (D-- chose Wendy's and the rest of us McDonalds) and come watch the Cowboys game at our place. It was nothing like a trouncing, but the Cowboys eked out a win and there may be some hope for their season, still. Right now they're battling for a wild card, though, which no one would have guessed at the start of the season.
After the Cowboys game we watched some SNL, then T-- took AB to a Trunk or Treat at a church up in Edmond, and D-- and I played WoW. It was a fairly quiet Sunday, to end a pretty busy weekend.
Other than that, it's just things and stuff.
He didn't leave until after eleven. It was a fun evening.
Friday I got off work an hour early, and got home to find Julie and Carlos there! We spent a couple hours talking about their honeymoon trip, then went out to Poblano's for dinner, then came back and watched SNL for a bit. Then, by request, we loaded up Rock Band which they had never played before. Carlos is a real musician, and both of them have been fascinated by everything they've heard about the game, but this was their first chance to check it out.
They loved it. They were excited about the song selection (usually about songs I'd never heard of before I played the game), and they did amazing. Mostly Julie sang, and Carlos was rocking on drums and guitar in no time. I think he did one song on Easy on the guitar, then switched straight to Hard and finished above 90% pretty much every track. He had a little more difficulty with the drums, but mainly because he was wanting to improv.
It was fun to watch them play. They left around 10:30 and I thought about playing some WoW, but decided I didn't want to be up that late, so I just went to bed.
Saturday morning T-- and I took AB to the Village Fun Fair at the park just across Hefner. My little sister brought her girls, too. There were giant inflateable rides -- mainly bouncey castles and slides -- and a petting zoo that was apparently pretty awesome. I slipped away while AB was still in the bouncey castle so I could pick up D-- and be at K-- and N--'s in time to watch the OU game.
We didn't even finish the game before I had to head home to watch AB so T-- could go to her crpo at the church. K-- and D-- came over to hang out for the evening. Mostly K-- played Rock Band and D-- played WoW while I tried to keep AB from bothering them. We read her books, played with the Legos, and discovered that she knows how to sneak into my office and close the door behind her, so no one knows where she is.
Once we tracked her down, I left the guys in charge of her and ran up to Falcone's for a pizza. We had two huge slices each, and AB finished off most of one. She loved it. After dinner, N-- came back from the crop to pick up K--, and while she was there AB was showing off for her, running short sprints and spinning as fast as she could.
K-- and N-- left right around AB's bedtime, so I changed her into her pajamas, put her in bed, and headed back out to the living room to watch a movie D-- had brought over. About ten miutes later, AB started screaming. Usually that means she's thrown her pacifier away and wants it back, so I didn't think much of it when I went to her room to check on her.
I found her standing up at the foot of her bed. I said, "And what's wrong with you?" I was already scanning the floor for her pacifier.
She pointed emphatically and said, "That!" And there was her pacifier, right in the middle of her bed, buried under a humongous pile of puke.
Yuck.
So I got her clothes off and bathed her while D-- heroically cleaned up her room. It took a little over an hour, but by the time I had her out of bed, AB was obviously feeling better. I put her in the tub and she immediately started playing with her toys, happy as could be. D-- and I took a little longer to get over the trauma of it.
Anyway, we got her to bed a little bit before 10:00, then D-- and I finished the movie before T-- got home. Played some WoW, went to bed.
Sunday morning was church, then we invited D-- and K-- and N-- to pick up lunches (D-- chose Wendy's and the rest of us McDonalds) and come watch the Cowboys game at our place. It was nothing like a trouncing, but the Cowboys eked out a win and there may be some hope for their season, still. Right now they're battling for a wild card, though, which no one would have guessed at the start of the season.
After the Cowboys game we watched some SNL, then T-- took AB to a Trunk or Treat at a church up in Edmond, and D-- and I played WoW. It was a fairly quiet Sunday, to end a pretty busy weekend.
Other than that, it's just things and stuff.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Journal Entry: October 23, 2008
Tuesday night I didn't do anything interesting. I signed some paperwork to get landlord's insurance on our house in Tulsa, I had dinner with T-- and AB, and I played some WoW. N-- headed to Tulsa for a medical conference, but that only impacted me obliquely (and not until last night).
Last night we met K-- and D-- for dinner at Jersey Mike's. Afterward, T-- took AB to church and the guys came over to play some Rock Band. We played until 9:45, when I finally had to call it quits. Then I logged into WoW to run a couple quests, and headed to bed shortly after 10.
I had some absolutely bizarre dreams last night, too, but nothing really worth retelling.
Other than that, it's just things and stuff.
Last night we met K-- and D-- for dinner at Jersey Mike's. Afterward, T-- took AB to church and the guys came over to play some Rock Band. We played until 9:45, when I finally had to call it quits. Then I logged into WoW to run a couple quests, and headed to bed shortly after 10.
I had some absolutely bizarre dreams last night, too, but nothing really worth retelling.
Other than that, it's just things and stuff.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Journal Entry: October 21, 2008
T-- made steaks for dinner last night. D-- came over in time to have one, then we played WoW for about an hour and a half. Afterward, he went home and T-- and I watched Heroes. My whole night.
Other than that, it's just things and stuff.
Other than that, it's just things and stuff.
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