Word count: 6,235

Now, don't go getting all impressed, because The Absolute Strangest Christmas Story Ever Told is a mess of insane crap. At this point, it's not even about Christmas. And you can bet that 2K+ words deal with that very fact. But it will be, eventually -- and I expect the transition itself to take betweek 2K and 3K words. Like they say on the NaNoWriMo website, this challenge is about quantity, not quality. If quality were the goal, the window would be a lot longer than a month. But it's not, so I'm writing lots of insane crap to make it to 50K. I'll probably post an excerpt in the coming days, but in the meantime here's a link to a really old blog post I wrote back in September of 2002 that still exists on archive.org. The novel in progress, while different as far as subject matter goes, possesses the same strange and random character of that entry.

I've already begun to answer Val's three questions, but since I'm obviously not going to finish that before I leave here in the next few minutes, I'll have to post those answers after I get off from the bookstore -- or even tomorrow from the job, depending on how tired I am. In any case, look for those tomorrow.

As well as a new bookstore episode of Scary-Crayon's Dusty Plastic HELL: Hot Flash!

Oh, and curse these fucking election results.

So while I took a moment last night to figure out how to work the self-timer on my digital camera (see the previous post), I didn't get any work done on the novel because I really got into the election results. I fell asleep watching them.

Hey Caren -- I don't know exactly where you got the impression that there was going to be a Kerry l*ndsl*de, but fire your source. I'm not at all happy with it, but I'm projecting a Bush win. The tragically hip Dawn Eden should be pleased.

I'll be back later with a lengthier blog entry, but while I'm sure some of the political issues will surface in that next one, I'm not going to do a politics-specific entry. Instead, I plan to answer Val's three questions from the other day.

And now I'm going to work on that novel. I'm working the bookstore tonight, so hopefully I'll break 6K words before I leave here today.

Ja ne.

Word count: 4,040

And I'm not working at the bookstore tonight, so hopefully I'll churn out 2,000 more words or so this evening. I'm pretty confident about successfully completing the work at this point, even if it will be a very, very weird and lengthy mess. Tonight's goal: 6,000+ words.

Greg is making excellent progress with his novel. And if the excerpt he's posted is any indication, his actually makes sense! Mine doesn't. But that's why it's called (working title) The Absolute Strangest Christmas Story Ever Told. Oh, and it will be. Even stranger than that new book out by Christopher Moore.

In other news, Caren is predicting a K*rry l*ndsl*de. We can only hope.

Anyway, I'll be back again tonight with an update on the status of the novel. And maybe a photo, too! Ja.

In a recent post, Dawn Eden writes, "A man who forsakes moral principles to satisfy interest groups cannot be trusted to run the country. George W. Bush, by contrast, is his own man -? with a deep respect of life at every stage." Except, of course, the convicted criminal stage, at which point the President's respect for life can be accurately summed up as follows: "Faster, pussycat; kill, KILL!"

Had to get another dig in before the morning vote. 😉 And thanks to Tamara for reminding me of that point -- just another reason my vote won't be going to the incumbent candidate.