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Thursday, October 31, 2002

It's been decided. My NaNoWriMo novel will take place in Rocket City, the retro sci-fi setting of my forthcoming RPG project, Danger Patrol. I'm going to work on the novel when I want to procrastinate on the game, and work on the game when I want to procrastinate on the novel. I'll be posting excerpts from the novel in a separate blog starting on Friday. I'll post the link here and in the Words section.

The main character is no longer a used car salesman, so that one is up for grabs, people. My character is a jetboy, Rocket City's answer to the bicycle courier. But instead of a bicycle, he has a high-performance rocket jetpack and a license to fly without traffic restrictions. Of course, he gets tangled up in Something Bad and then we have ourselves a story.

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Wednesday, October 30, 2002

The Shadow Knows

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Tuesday, October 29, 2002

Reading: Jose Saramago, All the Names
Listening to: Sing Sing, The Joy of Sing Sing
Playing: Hitman II, True Combat
Dreading: NaNoWriMo

Jon, Scott, Matt, and I have been doing a little self-portrait "photo-battle" thingy for a while now. Basically, we take pictures of ourselves and post them somewhere, and comment on each other's work. It's been fun. Today I found a groovy little website where people have been doing this sort of thing for a long, long time. It's called The Mirror Project. Check it out.

I have three days left to come up with an idea for my NaNo novel. So far, all I have is a character that is a used car salesman who is also an expert in feng shui. An actual storyline would be nice, however. I think aliens and online forums are involved somehow, but it's just all too vague. Goal for tomorrow: come up with a nice, simple plotline for the book.

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Friday, October 18, 2002

From the PowerPoint Anthology of Literature:
Nabokov's Lolita as a ppt slide. Genius.

Thanks to Tony for the link. Speaking of whom, you should give Tony's blog a look. After FARK, it's super-cool Mr. President Link Master number-one!

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Wednesday, October 16, 2002

"The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."

- Herman Goering

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Friday, October 11, 2002

Warm, linky goodness:

From Scott's new blog: "There is a fine line between witty observation and incoherent manifesto, and that line is antialiased."

From Seanbaby's Guide to Fireworks: "Some might say that having an ugly little dynamite-covered pacifist guard an ammunition/panda depot is crazy. But maybe it makes the most sense of all."

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Saturday, October 05, 2002

Firefly. The new sci-fi/western TV show by Joss Whedon, creator of the beloved Buffy. The verdict so far: two thumbs up. The third episode (with the seductress/evil chick) cinched it for me. The writing is just as snappy as Buffy's, and the characters are pretty great (though not as charming as the Scooby Gang, yet). If you've been napping and letting this one pass, it's time to get on the ball and stick it in the ol' TiVo.

"Are you familiar with the chain of command? It's the chain I beat you with if you don't follow my commands."

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Thursday, October 03, 2002

Buffy quote of the day:

"Ready for some reconnaissance?"
"You mean where we sculpt and paint and stuff?
"No... that was the renaissance."

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Tuesday, October 01, 2002

This website kicked my narrow white ass and took all my lunch money. Bickety-bam!
www.mk12.com
Check out "Man of Action" in the WORK section. You'll be glad you did. All hail Mr. President Dr. Steve Elvis America!

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