Self Control
So Nino. Yeah. I didn't come close - or even halfway - to my 50,000 word count, but I did much better than the last several attempts. In fact, add my three previous tries together and you'll get my 2006 word count of just over 20,000, so that's not quite as poor as it could have been, especially since that was my total just short of halfway through the month before busy schedules, Thanksgiving and a small dose of apathy placed several quarters on the train track carrying the Insipiration Express.
I still plan to continue the novel, though, here and there, especially since I read what I had done so far to Emily and she begs me to write more; I guess it can't be half bad. Perhaps I'll link to the prologue and first chapter and see if it perks anyone else's curiousity as well.
St. Louis is covered in snow and ice today, but I'm in Carbondale. :p Didn't even have to scrape frost off of my car when I got lunch at 11:00 today.
Drive long enough and you run into every conceivable problem. My car started losing milage the last few fill-ups (~340 miles for 12 gallons rather than ~390) and I got a check engine light, so I took it to the old Sparta Ford. They figured I had a bad tank of gas and changed the fuel filter ($100; probably needed it no matter what) but upon leaving I noticed that A.) the car couldn't shift from first to second gear, and 2.) I was going zero MPH. No. Two days and a changed speed sensor later, I can drive again. Huzzah!
So here's a flashy new design and all, whatwith reds and browns and fancy pictures at the top. Well, one picture at a time, but it will (uh, should) change every week.
There's always the desire to up the content on here, too, but that's a promise that always seems to go unfulfilled. Besides, it seems everyone always reads my crap on Facebook instead of here, anyway.
Maybe I can get Emily to write, too. Probably not.
I haven't given a Traveling Trophy update in a couple weeks, so in case you're curious (you're probably not,) Milwaukee took the title from Colorado this week and has it for their four game series right now against Arizona. Updates will (uh, should) return next Monday.