Okay, this thing is officially out of control. At the end of Day 22, I am up to about 58,000 words. I am long past the issue of whether or not I am going to make 50,000 words. The real question is, can I finish it in under 100,000 words? I don’t think so. I think it’s going to clock in eventually somewhere between 100,000 and 150,000 words. So I’m not putting pressure on myself to “finish” my story by the end of March. Though I will do the thing Chris Baty suggests for this unusual circumstance: summarize whole chapters in a single sentence, then go back and “edit” them later, greatly expanding them. Maybe I can find the last line of the book, and then work towards that. This is a blast!
Tomorrow Mary is going for Jury Duty, and I took time off to drive her, partly because I would rather drive her than have her take two buses for several hours to get all the way downtown, but mostly because I am looking forward for the opportunity to sit in a large public place and continue to WRITE!!! This is the perfect excuse for a day full of writing. I wonder how far I’ll get.
My new room has an excellent Writer’s Nook with a comfortable couch and a nice bright light, and a place to put a cup of tea, if needed. We all stopped watching TV ages ago, but nowadays I don’t even watch movies. And the really weird part is that as long as I’ve been doing this (22 days) I don’t yet feel that I’m doing anything too strenuous or overwhelming. I don’t feel frazzled. Frazzled…hmmm, now there’s a good word…
Another really good word is “rollicking,” as in “starting a support group for my rollicking crewwwwwww.” Pirate Jenny is so cool, I listen to them almost every day. It’s such a shame they only made two CD’s and will probably never make any more. I want to know what happened to their xylophonist. And speaking of good words: xylophone…
Okay, one more thought I want to squeeze in here. When I do watch something on TV, lately it’s Mary’s Ranma series. I just want to say that I think it’s weird that in this household we have two dads living together with three teenage girls and a teenage boy that is not their brother, and there is nudity going on on a constant basis, but nobody is interested in sex. Is this a Japanese thing, or a cartoon thing? If this was American television, I think the storyline would be a lot different, it would probably be more like Dawson’s Creek or something. There’s just too much opportunity, and nobody’s taking it!
Oh, and the other thing I want to know is what ever happened to Dr. Tofu? Is he ever going to get together with the oldest sister, the one that is like the mother to all of them? Is he ever going to be able to think of her without his glasses fogging up? Tune in next time…
Here’s my collection of useless knowledge on Pirate Jenny, and I’m very proud to think that I’m probably the only person in the world who actually remembers this stuff. Technically there were a few other recordings they made besides their two cd’s, but they were only on cassette and were unavailable as soon as they shut their website down a few years ago. They were under the name Hucklescary Finn, which was the original band name. The band pretty much broke up once the xylophonist Paul Ianotti left, but I hear they still perform in their hometown from time to time. But there’s good news that I’m probably going to be throttled for not having mentioned sooner, and that’s that the remaining bandmembers formed a new pirate group called Captain Bogg and Salty. They’re an all-ages group, because they perform for kids a lot now, which means it’s basically an angst-free, violence-free Pirate Jenny. They’re here, and you can listen to samples and stuff on there. Huh, yeah, I reeeally probably should have mentioned all that sooner.
I’ve listened to Captain Boggs and Salty stuff. Don’t like it much myself…it is far too corny for me. But I am interested in this Hucklescary Finn stuff though from what it sounds like I wont ever get to hear it…
That was an impressive collection of Pirate Jenny knowledge. I shall add one thing though…my mom asked to see a picture of them…so here’s the one you sent me:
lol Geez, Mommy! Not every show has to be concerned with SEX! I think it is refreshing that you can watch a show where there is nudity and no sexual feelings. lol
Or rather, it is there, just not as ludely as it is on American television. Martial Arts is everyones first concern on that show, not sex (save for Kuno…and Nabiki(money for her))
And, I think, but I am not positive, that nudity is not such a big deal in Japan as it is in America (atleast between the same sex) As for Ranma always running around naked as a girl, havent you heard Akane always bitching about his “lack of feminine modesty”?
And since when do two guys living together make them GAY!?!?!?! Geez! They are like roomates! lol 🙂 Besides, it’s not like they share a bed or anything.
As for Tofu and Kasumei, it is not a major issue on the show, so dont get your hopes up too much. It is even less resolved in the Manga as Tofu stops appearing somewhere near Volume 10. I am glad they kept him around for longer in the show though, I like Tofu, he’s an awesome character! 🙂