January 27, 2008

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I had hoped to begin this post with a video of Java the Cat — the exceedingly charming rug-roamer who lives downstairs.* But alas, YouTube is being a knob-gobbler today and it won’t let me upload the footage; and since Java can’t be persuaded to hold still without a tranquilizer dart, I only got one good photo of him. Ergo, I am forced to lead with this instead:

Java gives me his "bedroom eyes"

In other news, last night Aric and I went to see Juno. Between us, we declared it the most charming comedy about teen pregnancy we’d ever set eyes upon. Really, it somehow manages to be unflinching and adorable at the same time, and I absolutely recommend it. I regret that I have but two thumbs with which to endorse this movie.

And moving right along as if I had a transition here or something, today’s stats for the trashy adventure about a neurotic vampire/thief and her wealthy blind client, now with Bonus! half-Cuban drag queen and military intrigue are as follows:

Project: Bloodshot
New Year’s Resolution Status: Sound.
New Words Written Today: 3392
Present Total Word Count: 22,042 words
Goal: 30,000 words and a proposal.





Things Accomplished: Contact with shady military officer; hot shower and a nap; email request for info from fellow freelancer; panic attack over the word “reconnaissance” and a dead trespasser; new meeting with blind vampire client, who is totally hot.
Darling du Jour: “Depending on which frothy-mouthed internet pulpit-beater I chose to believe, Holzter Point might conceal anything from alien artifacts to Bigfoot’s sperm samples, plus a few pickled flipper babies from Three Mile Island and Jimmy Hoffa’s stomach contents. I’d like to make fun of those guys, but I had information from a blind vampire that the storage facility held details of medical experiments conducted by the military on the unwilling undead — so far be it from me to call anyone a liar.”
Reason for Stopping: Getting a headache. And it’s Sunday. I can call it an early afternoon if I want.
Total Fiction Words Composed in 2008: 46,354


* His owner, my buddy Ellen, was out of town for a few days so I bopped on down periodically to check on Java and his sis, Amelie. Amelie is much less outgoing, I’m afraid. I had to crawl half underneath the bed to even persuade her to take some kitty treats.

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