Monthly Archives: November 2005

NaNoWriMo Redux

November is well upon us (how the hell did that happen?) and accordingly I received a reminder mail the other week from NaNoWriMo. I was seriously intending to enter it this year. Alas, as things transpire, I’ve too much else to accomplish.

Maybe I’ll do it solo in a few months. Or I’ll enter next November. Perhaps I’ll do both. We’ll see.

Chris Baty‘s book arrived from Amazon a little while ago. It looks pretty good.

No Plot? No Problem!

I’d developed quite an intricate concept for my novel. But then I decided it had become too intricate (and I was too attached) to throw it away on some zany disposable speed-writing project.

So I conceived an alternative premise, which I could take less seriously: a pornographic work starring Neurocam‘s poly-talented enquiries and admin wunderkind Ludmila Jones. She says she’s looking forward to reading it.

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Four Quintessentially Nietzschian Words That I Have Found Very Useful

  • Will
  • Power
  • Abyss
  • Destroy

Thanks, Friedrich!

Reading your prose gives me headaches and nosebleeds. But you were, without a doubt, the man.

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Phone Saga Concluded

Virgin lied to me. Upon visiting them in person, I discovered 6101s were in season after all. And there was much rejoicing.

New phone with found umbrella

I also scored a discarded umbrella on the same day, in an unrelated incident.

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John Fowles Dead

Victory for the Trysting Fields campaign!

UPDATE: The post cited above just got linked by the BBC!

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Everything’s All Good

Yes, it is!

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These Spam Names Are Gold

“Surprise V. Bugger”
“Prudish C. Mellows”

Spam – where have you been all my life?

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Screw The Troops

I’m with American Guy. This “I oppose the war but I support the troops” stuff is bullshit.

I don’t support the war, and moreover I don’t support “our” troops.

They chose to join the army. How very unfortunate for them (and their loved ones) that they were stupid enough to voluntarily sign up for a job which routinely involves being sent to oil-rich middle eastern countries and getting shot, blown up and generally given a hard time by pesky locals who won’t get with the program. My heart bleeds. Screw the troops.

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Happy Couple, Park Bench, Dog

Wedding invite pics

There you go.

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Wedding Invitation

Wedding invite front

My sister’s wedding is on the 17th of December. I’m getting used to the idea but it still seems kind of weird. My sister can’t get married; she’s just a kid [*], it’s ridiculous. She and her nordic beau make a lovely couple though.

Wedding invite inside

I will always remember when she phoned to tell me about this, back in April – I was sat on a chaise lounge at a bar on Alexandra St in a mask, surrounded by other masked strangers, mostly playing chess with each other. The first person I told was 2ript (now in exciting new package), who I had never met in person before. Naturally at the time I didn’t even know who he was.

[*] She is 26 years old; your mileage may vary.

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