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The End of Days
30/12/2011 09:44 pmIt's that time of year. All the nostalgia memes are doing the rounds. Been sticking to the same one for the last few years and see no reason to change
( The Serpent's Yo Yo Year )
( The Serpent's Yo Yo Year )
The End of Days
30/12/2011 09:44 pmIt's that time of year. All the nostalgia memes are doing the rounds. Been sticking to the same one for the last few years and see no reason to change
( The Serpent's Yo Yo Year )
( The Serpent's Yo Yo Year )
Three years in Nanoland from the extreme of a last minute sign up with no plot, no plan and no nothing to the best part of a year musing and scheming.
Turns out that the best path is the one somewhere in the middle. But that should hardly be surprising
( Nuts and bolts and some crazy cards )
PS The serpent will be slowly catching up now on all the snail mail and Christmas cards.
Turns out that the best path is the one somewhere in the middle. But that should hardly be surprising
( Nuts and bolts and some crazy cards )
PS The serpent will be slowly catching up now on all the snail mail and Christmas cards.
Three years in Nanoland from the extreme of a last minute sign up with no plot, no plan and no nothing to the best part of a year musing and scheming.
Turns out that the best path is the one somewhere in the middle. But that should hardly be surprising
( Nuts and bolts and some crazy cards )
PS The serpent will be slowly catching up now on all the snail mail and Christmas cards.
Turns out that the best path is the one somewhere in the middle. But that should hardly be surprising
( Nuts and bolts and some crazy cards )
PS The serpent will be slowly catching up now on all the snail mail and Christmas cards.
Random Acts of Evilness
22/11/2011 11:11 pmIt's hard to believe that it is possible to get to the 40,000 word marker in the nano marathon and then suddenly run out of steam. Usually by that stage it is time for the second wind to kick in and to spend endless inspired hours in the Zone. But not this time.
Had to resort to all sorts of devious means to keep the old tentacles typing. It was time to grab the old deck and start spinning yarns about the cards that never turned up amongst the 88 cards randomly drawn for the rest of the story. There was a good 24 to choose from. Soon there were little snippets about vampire dinner parties, sleep walking zombies and countless ship wrecks.
Some of them will manage to make their way into the main story while others just got the old grey cells into gear again.
But one proved particularly interesting. The King of Pentacles has a rather old man on a horse crossing a river on the way back to his castle. Had already decided that this house on a hill could be an orphanage where some very special children live. The likes of Tom Riddle come to mind. But then the serpent suddenly went all evil. Inspired by recent events, decided that burning the place down would work wonders for the word count. The main characters could be gainfully occupied playing the blame game just like what happens in real life. Add in Rita Skeeter with her quick quotes quill and her phone hacking skills, then clocking up the words should be no problem at all
So needless to say such random events will send ripples through the rest of the sad tale and finally end these few days of uninspired insipid zombieness.
Also the inner scrooge decided it would be an excellent idea to indulge in a cheapie Tuesday movie. Only got one third of the way through the book many moons ago due to other distractions and the library very meanly recalling it due to other reader requests
It sure was one spooky movie but we thinks the title really should have been "We need to talk about Damien" A certain cat is probably just going to love this.
A few Kevins running loose in the orphanage is just what the nanowrimo word count needs.
Kevin K makes Tom Riddle look like Santa Claus. How can anyone that good looking be so evil? ;)
He must have been a changeling because both his movie parents are pretty ugly.
You could tell it was a British movie because so many seriously creepy things were just implied and insinuated rather than displayed in all sorts of gory and graphic detail. Leaving lots to the imagination is much spookier in the end.
The sizzling summer has finally started. It is going to be 36 celsius tomorrow. Just hoping that it is only hot and not muggy too. Dry heat is alright. It is the troppo humidity that sends Izzie completely crazy.
So no snoozing in the garden, will most likely be squiggling upstairs instead in the afternoon.
Should have no problem crossing the 50,000 mark by Friday as tomorrow afternoon is the beginning of the serpent weekend.
Had to resort to all sorts of devious means to keep the old tentacles typing. It was time to grab the old deck and start spinning yarns about the cards that never turned up amongst the 88 cards randomly drawn for the rest of the story. There was a good 24 to choose from. Soon there were little snippets about vampire dinner parties, sleep walking zombies and countless ship wrecks.
Some of them will manage to make their way into the main story while others just got the old grey cells into gear again.
But one proved particularly interesting. The King of Pentacles has a rather old man on a horse crossing a river on the way back to his castle. Had already decided that this house on a hill could be an orphanage where some very special children live. The likes of Tom Riddle come to mind. But then the serpent suddenly went all evil. Inspired by recent events, decided that burning the place down would work wonders for the word count. The main characters could be gainfully occupied playing the blame game just like what happens in real life. Add in Rita Skeeter with her quick quotes quill and her phone hacking skills, then clocking up the words should be no problem at all
So needless to say such random events will send ripples through the rest of the sad tale and finally end these few days of uninspired insipid zombieness.
Also the inner scrooge decided it would be an excellent idea to indulge in a cheapie Tuesday movie. Only got one third of the way through the book many moons ago due to other distractions and the library very meanly recalling it due to other reader requests
It sure was one spooky movie but we thinks the title really should have been "We need to talk about Damien" A certain cat is probably just going to love this.
A few Kevins running loose in the orphanage is just what the nanowrimo word count needs.
Kevin K makes Tom Riddle look like Santa Claus. How can anyone that good looking be so evil? ;)
He must have been a changeling because both his movie parents are pretty ugly.
You could tell it was a British movie because so many seriously creepy things were just implied and insinuated rather than displayed in all sorts of gory and graphic detail. Leaving lots to the imagination is much spookier in the end.
The sizzling summer has finally started. It is going to be 36 celsius tomorrow. Just hoping that it is only hot and not muggy too. Dry heat is alright. It is the troppo humidity that sends Izzie completely crazy.
So no snoozing in the garden, will most likely be squiggling upstairs instead in the afternoon.
Should have no problem crossing the 50,000 mark by Friday as tomorrow afternoon is the beginning of the serpent weekend.
Random Acts of Evilness
22/11/2011 11:11 pmIt's hard to believe that it is possible to get to the 40,000 word marker in the nano marathon and then suddenly run out of steam. Usually by that stage it is time for the second wind to kick in and to spend endless inspired hours in the Zone. But not this time.
Had to resort to all sorts of devious means to keep the old tentacles typing. It was time to grab the old deck and start spinning yarns about the cards that never turned up amongst the 88 cards randomly drawn for the rest of the story. There was a good 24 to choose from. Soon there were little snippets about vampire dinner parties, sleep walking zombies and countless ship wrecks.
Some of them will manage to make their way into the main story while others just got the old grey cells into gear again.
But one proved particularly interesting. The King of Pentacles has a rather old man on a horse crossing a river on the way back to his castle. Had already decided that this house on a hill could be an orphanage where some very special children live. The likes of Tom Riddle come to mind. But then the serpent suddenly went all evil. Inspired by recent events, decided that burning the place down would work wonders for the word count. The main characters could be gainfully occupied playing the blame game just like what happens in real life. Add in Rita Skeeter with her quick quotes quill and her phone hacking skills, then clocking up the words should be no problem at all
So needless to say such random events will send ripples through the rest of the sad tale and finally end these few days of uninspired insipid zombieness.
Also the inner scrooge decided it would be an excellent idea to indulge in a cheapie Tuesday movie. Only got one third of the way through the book many moons ago due to other distractions and the library very meanly recalling it due to other reader requests
It sure was one spooky movie but we thinks the title really should have been "We need to talk about Damien" A certain cat is probably just going to love this.
A few Kevins running loose in the orphanage is just what the nanowrimo word count needs.
Kevin K makes Tom Riddle look like Santa Claus. How can anyone that good looking be so evil? ;)
He must have been a changeling because both his movie parents are pretty ugly.
You could tell it was a British movie because so many seriously creepy things were just implied and insinuated rather than displayed in all sorts of gory and graphic detail. Leaving lots to the imagination is much spookier in the end.
The sizzling summer has finally started. It is going to be 36 celsius tomorrow. Just hoping that it is only hot and not muggy too. Dry heat is alright. It is the troppo humidity that sends Izzie completely crazy.
So no snoozing in the garden, will most likely be squiggling upstairs instead in the afternoon.
Should have no problem crossing the 50,000 mark by Friday as tomorrow afternoon is the beginning of the serpent weekend.
Had to resort to all sorts of devious means to keep the old tentacles typing. It was time to grab the old deck and start spinning yarns about the cards that never turned up amongst the 88 cards randomly drawn for the rest of the story. There was a good 24 to choose from. Soon there were little snippets about vampire dinner parties, sleep walking zombies and countless ship wrecks.
Some of them will manage to make their way into the main story while others just got the old grey cells into gear again.
But one proved particularly interesting. The King of Pentacles has a rather old man on a horse crossing a river on the way back to his castle. Had already decided that this house on a hill could be an orphanage where some very special children live. The likes of Tom Riddle come to mind. But then the serpent suddenly went all evil. Inspired by recent events, decided that burning the place down would work wonders for the word count. The main characters could be gainfully occupied playing the blame game just like what happens in real life. Add in Rita Skeeter with her quick quotes quill and her phone hacking skills, then clocking up the words should be no problem at all
So needless to say such random events will send ripples through the rest of the sad tale and finally end these few days of uninspired insipid zombieness.
Also the inner scrooge decided it would be an excellent idea to indulge in a cheapie Tuesday movie. Only got one third of the way through the book many moons ago due to other distractions and the library very meanly recalling it due to other reader requests
It sure was one spooky movie but we thinks the title really should have been "We need to talk about Damien" A certain cat is probably just going to love this.
A few Kevins running loose in the orphanage is just what the nanowrimo word count needs.
Kevin K makes Tom Riddle look like Santa Claus. How can anyone that good looking be so evil? ;)
He must have been a changeling because both his movie parents are pretty ugly.
You could tell it was a British movie because so many seriously creepy things were just implied and insinuated rather than displayed in all sorts of gory and graphic detail. Leaving lots to the imagination is much spookier in the end.
The sizzling summer has finally started. It is going to be 36 celsius tomorrow. Just hoping that it is only hot and not muggy too. Dry heat is alright. It is the troppo humidity that sends Izzie completely crazy.
So no snoozing in the garden, will most likely be squiggling upstairs instead in the afternoon.
Should have no problem crossing the 50,000 mark by Friday as tomorrow afternoon is the beginning of the serpent weekend.
The 2011 To Do List
02/01/2011 08:47 pmSnatched from the latest 101 things in 1001 days list
A mixture of important, urgent and just plain crazy
Just counted and there's 40 on the list
Will be interesting to see how many of those of those get ticked off. This time some of them are going to get specific dates and times attached
Lurking in the Lair
1.Plant 10 varieties of chili including nasty nagas,ghost chillis and Trinidad Scorpion
2.Be self sufficient in herbs and vegetables
3.Install ceiling insulation and whirly bird ventilation
4.Install drip irrigation in the garden
5.Make the garden drought proof for December till end of February
Out and about
13.Watch the summer solstice sunset at Cottesloe Beach
20.Go whale watching in Albany
21.Stay overnight at Rotto
Goblin Business
29.Earn 30% of income from other than work sources
30.Pay $20,000 off house
( Goblin Gossip )
31.Write a will
32.Do 100 ( Buy Nothing Days )
35.Keep credit card balance in the black (or less than $200 in the red)
Been in the black since the start of this new list
36.Do the $20 groceries challenge at least 6 times (spending less than $20 on food for a week)
Geekish Things
37.Find and learn five free open source software programs
41.Use a graphics tablet to develop ideas for designing tarot cards
42.Sort out and watch DVD collection
43.Sort and put all computer related stuff in one place
Bookish Bits
52.Read "Against the Gods"
54.Read “This Perfect Day”
55.See all the Matrix movies
56.Read 6 science fiction novels
Including "Kraken""The City and the City" and "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress"
57.Read “M C Escher – Visions of Symmetry”
58.Enter and win Nanowrimo (ie write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days in November)
59.Learn to make handmade paper
Sybil Says
61.Create a Book of Shadows
64.Design and create a Tarot deck - split up because it is waaay too big for one goal
65.(Major Arcana)
69.Read "Hands on Chaos Magic" and do more than half of the exercises
25/05/10 Chapters 1 and 2
71.Create a serpent version of "Advanced Potions Making" (scrapbooking with a wicked twist)
Munchies
76.Find and make 6 recipes with chickpeas
77.Find and make 6 recipes with lentils
81.Make pesto instead of buying it
82.Make garlic soup
84.Make Mango and Chai Lassi
Odds and ends
87.Declutter and tidy the kitchen cupboards
88.Keep them that way
89.Master the Dark Art of Hyperbolic Crochet
94.Do a permaculture course
96. List 50 things that make the ( Izzie happy )
Corn and Kitsch
97.Read 3 Dan Brown novels
1 "Angels and Demons" 30/05/10 - 06/06/10
This is much more fun than expected. Izzie loves a good conspiracy
99.Read at least 3 books even worse than "The Alchemist"
A mixture of important, urgent and just plain crazy
Just counted and there's 40 on the list
Will be interesting to see how many of those of those get ticked off. This time some of them are going to get specific dates and times attached
Lurking in the Lair
1.Plant 10 varieties of chili including nasty nagas,ghost chillis and Trinidad Scorpion
2.Be self sufficient in herbs and vegetables
3.Install ceiling insulation and whirly bird ventilation
4.Install drip irrigation in the garden
5.Make the garden drought proof for December till end of February
Out and about
13.Watch the summer solstice sunset at Cottesloe Beach
20.Go whale watching in Albany
21.Stay overnight at Rotto
Goblin Business
29.Earn 30% of income from other than work sources
30.Pay $20,000 off house
( Goblin Gossip )
31.Write a will
32.Do 100 ( Buy Nothing Days )
35.Keep credit card balance in the black (or less than $200 in the red)
Been in the black since the start of this new list
36.Do the $20 groceries challenge at least 6 times (spending less than $20 on food for a week)
Geekish Things
37.Find and learn five free open source software programs
41.Use a graphics tablet to develop ideas for designing tarot cards
42.Sort out and watch DVD collection
43.Sort and put all computer related stuff in one place
Bookish Bits
52.Read "Against the Gods"
54.Read “This Perfect Day”
55.See all the Matrix movies
56.Read 6 science fiction novels
Including "Kraken""The City and the City" and "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress"
57.Read “M C Escher – Visions of Symmetry”
58.Enter and win Nanowrimo (ie write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days in November)
59.Learn to make handmade paper
Sybil Says
61.Create a Book of Shadows
64.Design and create a Tarot deck - split up because it is waaay too big for one goal
65.(Major Arcana)
69.Read "Hands on Chaos Magic" and do more than half of the exercises
25/05/10 Chapters 1 and 2
71.Create a serpent version of "Advanced Potions Making" (scrapbooking with a wicked twist)
Munchies
76.Find and make 6 recipes with chickpeas
77.Find and make 6 recipes with lentils
81.Make pesto instead of buying it
82.Make garlic soup
84.Make Mango and Chai Lassi
Odds and ends
87.Declutter and tidy the kitchen cupboards
88.Keep them that way
89.Master the Dark Art of Hyperbolic Crochet
94.Do a permaculture course
96. List 50 things that make the ( Izzie happy )
Corn and Kitsch
97.Read 3 Dan Brown novels
1 "Angels and Demons" 30/05/10 - 06/06/10
This is much more fun than expected. Izzie loves a good conspiracy
99.Read at least 3 books even worse than "The Alchemist"
The 2011 To Do List
02/01/2011 08:47 pmSnatched from the latest 101 things in 1001 days list
A mixture of important, urgent and just plain crazy
Just counted and there's 40 on the list
Will be interesting to see how many of those of those get ticked off. This time some of them are going to get specific dates and times attached
Lurking in the Lair
1.Plant 10 varieties of chili including nasty nagas,ghost chillis and Trinidad Scorpion
2.Be self sufficient in herbs and vegetables
3.Install ceiling insulation and whirly bird ventilation
4.Install drip irrigation in the garden
5.Make the garden drought proof for December till end of February
Out and about
13.Watch the summer solstice sunset at Cottesloe Beach
20.Go whale watching in Albany
21.Stay overnight at Rotto
Goblin Business
29.Earn 30% of income from other than work sources
30.Pay $20,000 off house
( Goblin Gossip )
31.Write a will
32.Do 100 ( Buy Nothing Days )
35.Keep credit card balance in the black (or less than $200 in the red)
Been in the black since the start of this new list
36.Do the $20 groceries challenge at least 6 times (spending less than $20 on food for a week)
Geekish Things
37.Find and learn five free open source software programs
41.Use a graphics tablet to develop ideas for designing tarot cards
42.Sort out and watch DVD collection
43.Sort and put all computer related stuff in one place
Bookish Bits
52.Read "Against the Gods"
54.Read “This Perfect Day”
55.See all the Matrix movies
56.Read 6 science fiction novels
Including "Kraken""The City and the City" and "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress"
57.Read “M C Escher – Visions of Symmetry”
58.Enter and win Nanowrimo (ie write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days in November)
59.Learn to make handmade paper
Sybil Says
61.Create a Book of Shadows
64.Design and create a Tarot deck - split up because it is waaay too big for one goal
65.(Major Arcana)
69.Read "Hands on Chaos Magic" and do more than half of the exercises
25/05/10 Chapters 1 and 2
71.Create a serpent version of "Advanced Potions Making" (scrapbooking with a wicked twist)
Munchies
76.Find and make 6 recipes with chickpeas
77.Find and make 6 recipes with lentils
81.Make pesto instead of buying it
82.Make garlic soup
84.Make Mango and Chai Lassi
Odds and ends
87.Declutter and tidy the kitchen cupboards
88.Keep them that way
89.Master the Dark Art of Hyperbolic Crochet
94.Do a permaculture course
96. List 50 things that make the ( Izzie happy )
Corn and Kitsch
97.Read 3 Dan Brown novels
1 "Angels and Demons" 30/05/10 - 06/06/10
This is much more fun than expected. Izzie loves a good conspiracy
99.Read at least 3 books even worse than "The Alchemist"
A mixture of important, urgent and just plain crazy
Just counted and there's 40 on the list
Will be interesting to see how many of those of those get ticked off. This time some of them are going to get specific dates and times attached
Lurking in the Lair
1.Plant 10 varieties of chili including nasty nagas,ghost chillis and Trinidad Scorpion
2.Be self sufficient in herbs and vegetables
3.Install ceiling insulation and whirly bird ventilation
4.Install drip irrigation in the garden
5.Make the garden drought proof for December till end of February
Out and about
13.Watch the summer solstice sunset at Cottesloe Beach
20.Go whale watching in Albany
21.Stay overnight at Rotto
Goblin Business
29.Earn 30% of income from other than work sources
30.Pay $20,000 off house
( Goblin Gossip )
31.Write a will
32.Do 100 ( Buy Nothing Days )
35.Keep credit card balance in the black (or less than $200 in the red)
Been in the black since the start of this new list
36.Do the $20 groceries challenge at least 6 times (spending less than $20 on food for a week)
Geekish Things
37.Find and learn five free open source software programs
41.Use a graphics tablet to develop ideas for designing tarot cards
42.Sort out and watch DVD collection
43.Sort and put all computer related stuff in one place
Bookish Bits
52.Read "Against the Gods"
54.Read “This Perfect Day”
55.See all the Matrix movies
56.Read 6 science fiction novels
Including "Kraken""The City and the City" and "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress"
57.Read “M C Escher – Visions of Symmetry”
58.Enter and win Nanowrimo (ie write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days in November)
59.Learn to make handmade paper
Sybil Says
61.Create a Book of Shadows
64.Design and create a Tarot deck - split up because it is waaay too big for one goal
65.(Major Arcana)
69.Read "Hands on Chaos Magic" and do more than half of the exercises
25/05/10 Chapters 1 and 2
71.Create a serpent version of "Advanced Potions Making" (scrapbooking with a wicked twist)
Munchies
76.Find and make 6 recipes with chickpeas
77.Find and make 6 recipes with lentils
81.Make pesto instead of buying it
82.Make garlic soup
84.Make Mango and Chai Lassi
Odds and ends
87.Declutter and tidy the kitchen cupboards
88.Keep them that way
89.Master the Dark Art of Hyperbolic Crochet
94.Do a permaculture course
96. List 50 things that make the ( Izzie happy )
Corn and Kitsch
97.Read 3 Dan Brown novels
1 "Angels and Demons" 30/05/10 - 06/06/10
This is much more fun than expected. Izzie loves a good conspiracy
99.Read at least 3 books even worse than "The Alchemist"