30k/44.5, and now about those dead birdies...

Argent is finally on his way to Hell. (which he has to go through a bunch of to get to Faerie, where everyone meets up in the end.) And, knowing where I'm going with the looser plot threads, my prophetic bits are getting tighter and more to the point, which is always a bonus. I will try not to remember that most people who had poured this much time into writing something would actually be done by now.

And in one of my moments of distraction, I looked up the tea I've been wanting (Cellestial Seasonings "Candycane Lane") and discovered that while it may not be in the grocery stores, it is supposed to exist at CVS. How bizarre. I shall have to go see if I can find it-- possibly not until next week, however.

I also discovered the fascinating Vanilla Hazelnut Dessert Tea which sounds quite good, but is not available in this area. And I'd totally get one box on spec, but I'm not sure I want to order a 2-pack or more. Have any of you non-local people seen or tried this? I would be totally delighted if someone happened to have a box and could be persuaded to mail me a teabag or two in a ziplock baggie or something... I'll mail you something interesting in trade!

And now it is time to go set the clock on the microwave, the outlet for which my father has just re-wired so that it will not trip the breaker every time one tries to run the microwave when there are lights on in the basement. And see how the dead birdie is coming. mmm...

"er... I can't remember what I asked you now."

From my notes on "The Vision of Tundal" (c. 1149, Ireland, the most popular & detailed vision-tour of the afterlife, pre-Divine Comedy):

Tundal (likeable scoundrel of handsome Irish knight) gets mad at a friend over dinner & has (a stroke) from which he lies unconscious 2 days. Spirit leaves body & is surrounded by crowd of demons mangling him, themselves, & his favorite songs, until rescued by guardian angel who shows him around: (followed by a catalog of the hellish scenes he witnesses)

Ah the joys of copying journey-narratives. "and then he saw this. and then he went over here and saw this. and then there was this other thing..." Which is completely true to the style I'm trying to represent, right down to the copying each event/locale from my source, mixing and matching with others as seems appropriate. And if my descriptions are better than theirs, I win, right?

Oh, and for those of you who are getting the nano e-mails... I'm not sure if I find it comforting or not that Chris Batey didn't make his 35k by the end of week 3, either.