A Winner is Me!

So I alluded in my previous post to the fact that it is National Novel Writing Month. Well, I did it. I reached 50,000 words some time last night, which was before I was able to even officially verify my results. Since it is all about quantity of words, not quality, I am not ashamed to say that my story is complete dreck, but it is interesting dreck. (Anyone who wants a copy, just ask and I will email it.) So I will have my nights back, although the story was so easy it practically wrote itself, and I never needed to spend more than an hour or two per day.

Still, yay me! Now to work on my real life challenges . . .

Things I am Not

1. Dead. I realize that I have not put anything here in a while, but I never promised anyone (of the, like, three people who read this) I would update much. But here I am.

2. Very happy, or very sad today. Depending on who you ask, we finally have come out of the Dark Ages into a shining new future, or we are about to be plunged into a socialistic nightmare. Hogwash says I, even if I am the only person in America not to be too worked up. All due congratulations to president-elect Obama, but the fact of the matter is that I have trouble accepting any judgments made of him, when he hasn’t done a thing yet. he may be good. He may be bad. He may be average, which is okay. The country may get better or it may get worse, and it may do either of these because of him, or in spite of him. But I will not say that I can finally realize my worth as an American, nor that the End Times are clearly at hand.

3. Going to be getting out much this month. That’s right, it’s NaNoWriMo time, which for those not in the know means I am attempting to write a 50,000 word novel in the month of November. No, don’t ask me why. The point is, I will be busy at night after work. I am making good time so far but I want to pull ahead, that is the important thing.

And one thing I did: last Saturday, my best friend from high school,  Alec Mittiga, got married up in the Catskills, and I was a groomsman. I spent the entire reception blowing my nose, but here are some pics:

Halloween

At the reception

My favorite: I had my camera in my pocket. The whole place was muddy and cold, so they had put some mats on the path between the ceremony tent and the barn where the cocktail reception was held. The wedding party went over first and the photographer was still in the tent, so I was the only one to get this pic:

After the Wedding