Dan's comments
(member since Oct 25, 2008)
Dan's comments from the Terminalcoffee group.
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RandomAnthony wrote: "Why would a coworker give you The Host, Dan?"
She's been after me to read it for over a year. I think she thought I'd be honor-bound to read it if she gave it to me for Christmas. Little did she know I'm a dishonorable scoundrel when it comes to the books I choose to read...
Speaking of Stephanie Meyer, am I obligated to read The Host if a co-worker gave it to me for Christmas?
BunWat wrote: "Yay!!
How can you tell he's a king?"
He hasn't got shit all over him.
Jim wrote: "My wife is notorious for arriving halfway during films I'm watching (at home, of course) and asking seventeen questions a minute to catch up to the plot. I hate that.
Mine too, sometimes we will ..."
My girlfriend's sisters are horrible to watch movies with. Both of them ask a question every thirty seconds or so, regardless if any of us have seen the movie before.
Larry wrote: "Yes."
Strongly agreed.
Anyone ever watch Hoarders on A&E? They had a lady on there with yogurt that was six months out of date that she still ate. She said it was fine to eat unless the containers were bulging at the sides.
Back to the topic at hand, I'd go with C. The Wake Up Sweeter card will increase with value the longer you hang on to it.
I'm off from Christmas Eve until 1/4. Here is my holiday schedule so far.
22nd: Gift exchange with my girlfriend
24th: Girlfriend's family in the afternoon, throwing back a couple with my parents in the evening
25th: Christmas at my grandma's in the afternoon, Christmas at my girlfriend's parents in the evening
26th: Breakfast with my parents, my brother and his wife in the morning, lunch with some of my gf's friends
27th: Girlfriend's drama club reunion
30th: Christmas with my girlfriend's cousins that are in town
What an asshole! God forbid someone not like something. I flagged the comment as slanderous. That's about all I can do.
RandomAnthony wrote: "Ok, so I went to Aldi's today for the first time and they had a case of twelve ramen packets for $1.80. How is that possible?
(Also, shopping at Aldi's was weird. I didn't recognize any of the b..."
The Aldi's near me doesn't make you put a deposit down on the cart but does make you pay for bags.
Any baby names yet?
I still have about 20,000 words to go before I get to the end, I think. Fortunately, National Novel Finishing Month is right around the corner...
"So, are we gonna f*ck or what?"
Classy.
Sarah Pi wrote: "Photo finish for third -- Sher is right behind you, I think...though I'm not trying to get there ahead of anyone in particular, just trying to get there.
How close to an ending are you, Dan? "
I'm going to say another 15,000 words but it could be more than that. The characters have been taking longer to accomplish things than I originally planned. I still have a couple death scenes to write, a castle to storm, and a pretty mean plot twist to throw at them.
Sarah Pi wrote: "Nice job, Dan!
And everybody else!
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You and Tadpole might have a photo finish on your hands.
tadpole wrote: "Congrats Dan!!!
I went on a literary tear this evening and finally wrote beyond the recommended 1667 for the first time in a few days. I'm at just over 28.5K - a little short of where I should b..."
Thanks, Tadpole. I am also in the longest thing I've ever written zone. Don't despair about being behind. You all still have a couple weeks and should reward yourselves for trying even if you don't hit 50,000. Most people don't write 2000 words of fiction in their lifetimes, much less 50k.
Now if you'll all excuse me, I have some horrible things to do to my characters so I can keep moving toward the end of my story.
tadpole wrote: "I'm in the same boat. Good luck, I know that we can all make it.
DAN! You're almost there. Here's some inspiration music for your last day or two...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf45I1ZI__w"
Thanks for the inspirational music. I'll be needing it for the additional 25-30,000 words I have to write after I hit 50,000.
Angie wrote: "Does someone want to nicely kidnap me this Sunday so I don't have to go to Thanksgiving at my house? The fighting has already started and they (meaning my aunt and uncle) just called us today to in..."
If you could furnish your own transportation, I'm sure you could sneak into my Thanksgiving. With fifty people cramming into my grandparents's house, I'm sure one more would go unnoticed.
tadpole wrote: "I'm fairly comfortable with my vocabulary even though it is not immense, but it bothers me whenever there is a word that has to be used several times in a scene. Example: A scene I was working on l..."
I've been having the same problem with describing the ship and the ocean in my story.
Is NaNoWriMo making anyone else think they need to expand their vocabulary a bit?
