Plan C - Cage Dancing.
2003-11-16 2:41 p.m.
A bunch of us were jazzed up to dance to 80s music at Lola's Room last night and were foiled by silly Dave Atell who was doing a show in the same building so they shut Lola's Room down. After some Willamette Week browsing and cell phone investigation we came up with Plan B which was Level, a new uber trendy club. After discovering Level had a $10 cover and were playing driving industrial music we opted on Plan C which was Embers, a gay bar which is slowly turing metrosexual. It was funktastic. I never knew Michael Jackson was so fun to dance to and I even got to do a cage dance to a Bananarama song. I would have stayed longer but I think Simon was overdosed on estrogen and tired of playing pimp daddy to a group of seven tipsy hyper women.
Next time girls night only at Lola's room. This time we'll call ahead and make damn sure DJ Gregarious is there spinning tunes.
1 People have tried to sell me ViagraViolence against (plastic) women.
2003-11-13 10:05 a.m.
Yesterday was probably the first day that I didn't type anything for NaNoWriMo. I did spend time on the bus outlining the next scenes and during the night my subconscious mind worked on the prologue. The Chinese girl that had the Avenger's Cross before it ends up with my kung fu librarian, Marae Venger. So I'm currently sitting at around 17,000 words. Maybe I'll have time to work on it tonight or try to get to 25,000 words tomorrow. Yikes, that's a lot of writing.
My radio is stuck on NRK and I had to spend the morning listening to Marconi and Tiny sexually abuse a blow up doll during my ride into work. It took me back to my days at Evergreen State College and my year as secretary for the Women's Studies department at PSU. The whole thing just screamed of violence against women. How can we have such a trend in metrosexuality, equality and political correctness when the most listened to radio show in Portland and Seattle has men beating up on a blow up doll, make crude statements and calling her a bitch? Our culture is so screwed up. I feel like puking.
6 People have tried to sell me ViagraTravelling backwards.
2003-11-12 9:39 a.m.
After work I went to Stereo King to get an estimate on the damage done to my car. They don't sell Eclipse car stereos. I loved my Eclipse. ~sobs~ They want to hook me up with Alpine. I've heard conflicting things about Alpine but at least I'll be able to get one of the higher end models. We also discussed Viper security systems. It's either that or I put an angry pit bull in the car. The stereo guy helpfully pointed out that there probably wouldn't be much left of my interior if I left a pit bull in my car.
The house has been empty of food for weeks. I finally broke down and went to the grocery store. When I got home it was after seven and I missed kung fu class. Grrrr. It seems unfair that I have to drive all over town and submit a bunch of forms and shell out 200 bones just because I was vandalized.
Was squished between two huge people on the bus this morning. With my elbows pushed into my belly button I still managed to outline for the next section of my book. The only thing I'm afraid of is that the book will end at 40,000 words and I'll have to do 10,000 words worth of padding. I need to throw in more fight scenes and sex scenes.
My iPod is helping me travel backwards through time. Songs recently downloaded from the iCrack store:
Uncertain Smile - The The
Alive - Love and Rockets
Saudade - Love and Rockets
Ball of Confusion - Love and Rockets (are you sensing a theme here?)
I'll fall with your knife - Peter Murphy
Kiss them for me - Siouxsie
Ebullient Verbosity
2003-11-11 9:50 a.m.
My window is fixed and all the glass has been vacuumed out of my car. So I go to turn it on last night and to my surprise the radio is playing. I listen for a minute and figure out that it's stuck on 94.7 NRK. Mind you, the face plate is mangled and does not work. I cannot change the station, the volume or turn it off. This morning I was forced to listen to Marconi on my way to work. I HATE MARCONI. Firing Daria was the worst thing that station ever did. I'm happy to say that I am currently listening to Daria on 105.1 the buzz, they were smart to snap her up. I now have even more incentive to get my car to Stereo King today and get the darn things fixed. I also think my Smallville Soundtrack is stuck in there.
Went back to improv class last night. I missed the first class last week but as it's a $5 drop in fee it doesn't matter too much. We're down to about 10 people and I'm glad it's the ten more obnoxious people as it makes it much more fun. It was fun but kind of slow. I really want to jump ahead and do the games but we're slowly working on character and scene building. I know it's important, I'm just impatient and want to play. I had to endow a character with an emotion with an I feel sentence so I said "I feel exasperated." When I got back in line people asked me what that meant. I guess all this novel writing has me pulling obscure words from the back of my vocabulary.
2 People have tried to sell me ViagraThe good, the bad and the pretty.
2003-11-10 10:59 a.m.
This weekend was all about damage control. I ran around like an idiot trying to get things straightened out on my poor broken into car. I've been on the phone with the stupid glass people a bazillion times over the last four days and I still have a broken window and it's raining in Portland. I hope my garbage bag box tape invention won't peel off the paint on my car. The police still haven't called me back. I doubt they ever will. It's going to cost me $200 to get it fixed.
On an up note: Friday afternoon I went to the spa for a massage and a facial. The violent shift in weather had turned me into a pale white alligator. The masseuse was a tiny pixie of a woman who mixed in some special lotion with the massage oil to soothe my skin. The girl who did my facial managed to clean out my pours and leave my skin beautifully smooth and hydrated. I finally feel pretty again.
I've made a few changes to the website. You'll notice a pictures link on the left as well as a What's Playing section. Someday I'll set up an Amazon store but not today. Also note the change in title at the top of your browser. I think that will be on my next banner.
As far as NaNoWriMo goes, I'm very proud to say that I'm almost at the 15,000 word mark! I may actually finish this year.
Update: Simon called and said the glass guy is at the house. This means I'll be able to drive my car to improv class tonight. Yea! Unfortunately I have no car stereo to listen to. :(
Lots of love to Peter, Jillian and baby Torin. You guys kick ass (literally).
3 People have tried to sell me Viagra