The view was stunning, or smashing, if you prefer.
In any case, fucking sideswiped and scrambling.
Target: 1400 words
Written: 696 words, novel: Bad Neighbours
Read: From The Earth To The Moon, Jules Verne
Comics: Badrock 1, Bloodstrike 21, Brigade v2 19, Bloodwulf 3
Music: (Who's Afraid Of) The Art Of, The Art Of Noise (not me, it sucked)I’ve been promised stunning cliff views in Portugal.
They better be.
I’ve had enough of other people’s shit.
Target: 1400 words
Written: 2764 words, novel: Bad Neighbours
Read: From The Earth To The Moon, Jules Verne
Comics: Bloodstrike 20, Brigade v2 18, Bloodwulf 2, Chapel 2
Music: The Who Sell Out, The WhoI need a new water tank assembly. In order to replace this, I have to empty my refrigerator and essentially, take the whole damn thing apart.
Mother fuck.
FUCK.
So much for the weekend.
Target: 1400 words
Written: 631 words, novel: Bad Neighbours
Read: The Dog Who Wouldn't Be, Farley Mowat
Comics: Prophet 10, Extreme Sacrifice 2, Badrock And Company 6, Bloodstrike 19
Music: Who Killed Amanda Palmer, Amanda PalmerIf there were like, only a few million people on earth. Enough so you’d have someone to talk to, and stuff to trade, but otherwise, you’re mostly left alone to do the things you want or need to do.
Also, if they could all be cool, that’d be great.
It is an issue, though, this overpopulation. We’re breeding ourselves out, and we’re ignoring it completely.
Target: 1400 words
Written: 2672 words, novel: Bad Neighbours
Read: The Dog Who Wouldn't Be, Farley Mowat
Comics: Bloodstrike 18, New Men 10, Brigade v2 16, Team Youngblood 17
Music: The Who By Numbers, The WhoI’m torn between Edith Piaf songs. Mon Dieu or Le Vieux Piano?
Which has cachet?
Which is a starter?
Which would you use on opening credits, for a book about fighting and dichotomies, and things that could never end well, because militancy rarely does?
Moderation in everything, save freedom, which is inevitable anyway.
We are all free, always.
Target: 1400 words
Written: 1324 words, novel: Bad Neighbours
Read: The Dog Who Wouldn't Be, Farley Mowat
Comics: Brigade v2 15, Badrock And Company 5, Extreme Sacrifice 1, Supreme 23
Music: Who Are You, The WhoIt will never cease to feel strange when you realize that someone who’s been part of your life will nevermore be.
They will exist in memory, but eventually, even those will fade.
Our lives are sparks for the ones that remains behind; inspiration to keep going, to be better, to live.
Sometimes, that’s as a cautionary tale; others, it’s a set example.
I pray mine will be both, and in that, can avoid pillory or pedestal to maintain humanity, even when I’m nothing left but a thought.
Target: 1400 words
Written: 957 words, novel: Bad Neighbours
Read: Magic Kingdom For Sale - Sold!, Terry Brooks
Comics: Bloodstrike 17, Team Youngblood 16, Youngblood 10, Youngblood Strikefile 10
Music: WHO (Deluxe & Live At Kingston), The WhoMy aunt died. I’ve only got two; this is the one on my dad’s side and the one that lives near us.
We’ve spent a fair amount of time with them over the years, the kids were all close, even if I wasn’t particularly with her.
Different styles. She was a teacher, very prim and proper; my family torched her family’s house back during the teetotaler’s movement. We were upset (and probably a little drunk) about their attempts to ban our firewater.
And while obviously, that’s all ancient history, it’s funny how that kind of attitude filters down, even if her love of red wine was almost as great as my own.
In any case, we’ll miss her, but it’s been a long road, post-polio, cancer, all that, and she deserves the rest.
We’ll miss you, Jan. I’m sorry you had to to go through all that. I’m sorry my ancestors burned your ancestor’s house down.
Raise a glass of merlot, then. À la santé, and we’ll see you again.
Target: 1400 words
Written: 1397 words, novel: Bad Neighbours
Read: Magic Kingdom For Sale - Sold!, Terry Brooks
Comics: Brigade v2 14, Youngblood Strikefile 9, Badrock And Company 4, Battlestone 2
Music: Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston (I... have no excuse. The worst, right?)I don’t know what the deal is the last few days, but my girls won’t stop barking.
It’s driving me insane. It’s impossible to read a book or edit a scene with this going on.
I can barely get through a comic.
Five minutes, ladies. All I’m asking for.
Maybe twenty. An hour.
Three hours, tops.
Maybe eight.
Nine?
How about a whole day?
Target: 1400 words
Written: 1797 words, novel: Bad Neighbours
Read: Magic Kingdom For Sale - Sold!, Terry Brooks
Comics: Battlestone 1, Bloodstrike 16, Team Youngblood 15, Youngblood Strikefile 8
Music: White Trash, Two Heebs And A Bean, NOFX (hey, I don't name 'em)What am I thankful for?
My dogs. My cats.
My family.
My job, unsteady as it is right now with Carney’s cuts looming.
A world on the brink that hasn’t quite made it there yet.
I can still write.
I am not banned.
I may be in the future.
Fuck ’em. I’d want nothing more than to be censored.
Call me A Clockwork Orange.
Madmenny and a malenky bit of the old in and out, right, me droogs?
Fuck it. Banned books for all.
I am thankful there’s still outrage over that.
Target: 1400 words
Written: 1476 words, novel: Bad Neighbours
Read: Magic Kingdom For Sale - Sold!, Terry Brooks
Comics: Youngblood 9, Youngblood Strikefile 7, Brigade v2 13, Badrock And Company 3
Music: The Very Best Of The Original Dubliners, The Dubliners