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Caf-fiend: NaNoWriMo Day 4

Yesterday, shortly after I posted, I had a bit of a breakthru. Nothing monumental or anything, but it took me from my paultry 600 some-odd words up to just over 2K. Then after more writing today, I ended off with 3,388 words. Not the 10,000 I should be at by this point – but at …

November 4, 2005
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NaNoWriMo: Day Three (in Hell)

Well, it’s Day No. 3, and I’ve quit roughly the same number of times as my paultry word count – 955. This NaNoWriMo thing is no easy task. I keep going online to their forums (half for help and half for procrastination) and getting hyped again about the idea, or at least getting some commiseration …

November 3, 2005
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And so it begins…

Having just logged on to the NaNoWriMo site, I’ve learned that the clock has started ticking… and only 14 short minutes ago… they must have known the night I was going to have last night and the slow start I was going to have today because of it – or more likely it has to …

November 1, 2005
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A Day Late And A Gold Fish Short

I always read these things after the fact: Rome bans ‘cruel’ goldfish bowls I mean, I’m not so naive to think that the fish are living in paradise, but I had no idea they were going blind and now I guess I can figure out that perhaps lack of oxygen might have been a deadly …

October 26, 2005
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Doctor, Doctor Give Me The News

Well, I had an absolutely horrible night last night. As mentioned yesterday, I seem to have come down with a cold. Turns out the cold symptoms (cloudy head, general miserablness) were just a hangover, but some little germ stuck in my throat and now it feels like I’m downing big chunks of glass every time …

October 25, 2005
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Another One Bites The Dust

May a flight of angels carry you… Yup. After a week long hunger strike, in protest of being bowled no doubt, Fish #2 has also passed on. Now, true, the little guys didn’t come with any instructions or anything, but I’m fairly certain I know how to take care of a fish, or two. I’m …

October 24, 2005
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No Comparison I’ll Wager

Well, I’ve been looking at some figures (mostly that I’ve guessed at) regarding Chinese wages verses Canadian wages. I’ve been wondering for some time how the two compare. I mean assuming anyone’s checked the label on everything they own lately, it’s strikingly obvious that Chinese people make shit compared to Western wages … but what …

October 23, 2005
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Silver Linings And A Farewell To A Fish

Well, I’m sad to report that sometime early this morning my fish became one step closer to reaching a higher level of existence, and his mortal vessel became one step closer to reaching the sea. Tragically the little bowl-dweller didn’t live long enough for me to give him a name. Out of fear that perhaps …

October 20, 2005
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The High (Speed) Life

That’s right folks! I’m back on top! After nearly two months without ready access to the wonders of high speed internet, this morning a young man delivered a beautiful little box that is making my shiney new laptop just that much hipper. So the breakdown, for anyone in Dalian looking to get ADSL is such: …

October 17, 2005
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Like A Chinese Space Program

So tomorrow China’s going to space, again. I am not sure if it’s been all over the news or not as I’m still on dial-up and haven’t been able to keep current with anything – but I doubt it, I mean 20-30,000 people just died in Pakistan. Two years ago China sent the first Chinese …

October 11, 2005
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