So far so good. Two posts in two days - and the icing on the cake is the 6,000 word article I put together called "Oh my God, he's ripped his head off!".
There I was, scowling over my project list when then Gods reached down, moved a dead one aside and put in its place a totally complete idea ready to roll straight out of the bag. As of about five minutes ago, it's called The Wasteland. Six minutes ago it was called My Cultural Suicide which will probably give you more of an idea of what it's about than The Wasteland but that one feels right to me. 10 x 7,000 word essays on low culture - yeah... the words are fair dripping off my tongue. For some reason, I chose to hand write it instead of sitting in front of this thing and it's much more satisfying. I may switch to paper for the foreseeable future - somehow it feels like you're doing real work.
Propelled by this small success, I've also started writing the next part: "That DaVinci bloke and his code". I also reconfigured the first couple of chapters of Turn The Lamp Down Low for 'Secret Project X' and stripped down Too Hot For Dogs for a massive overhaul tomorrow. You know when you're getting through stakcs of work and it doesn't feel like work - that's when you know you're doing what you're supposed to be doing.
Meanwhile, it's still Christmas here - I was a little reticent in buying the kids a Nintendo Wii because so far, we've managed to escape the demonic consoles chewing up what little time is left around here but peer pressure and all that jazz...
To be fair, they've been pretty good with it but Sarah thought it might be funny to buy me (me!) a game for it. WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2009. Christmas Day, I managed to avoid it but last night after everybody had gone to bed, I heard it calling my name. Softly, softly in the darkness... 'play with me, play with me'. What harm could a quick ten minutes do? Well, I popped my elbow trying to bring down the Undertaker. The opening credits on the game lasted longer than I did. Maybe I'll have another look at that tomorrow. Meantime, I'll just stick to whupping the kids at MarioCart.
Quandry of the day: Do I post my 101 x 1001 list?
Just finished reading: Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs
About to start reading: The Rose Labyrinth and A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas
Reasonably looking forward to checking out tomorrow: InkHeart (and hey, Frost/Nixon doesn't look half bad at all... hmm)
