Another November, another 50,000 words

November 28, 2012July 3, 2020 ~ dannyhong ~ Leave a comment

With two days to spare, I crossed the 50,000 word threshold for the sixth time. If I dedicate enough to even start, I refuse to fail; I have not, not succeeded to hit 50,000 in the six times that I’ve tried this.

The Siffee Food Chain is a story that was meant to lampoon the SyFy Channel’s endless parade of “combo-monster-animal” movies, but somewhere along the line, an actual story actually began to emerge as I was writing about the adventures of Megashark, Sharktopus, Velocipython, Supergator, Dinocroc and Megaraptor. About how mankind’s inherent desire to constantly play God eventually digs themselves deeper and deeper into the rabbit hole as their creations constantly end up going rogue, and bigger, badder creations are necessary to combat the old evils, until they too eventually revolt.

Yes, the premise of my story this year was absolutely putrid crap, but that hasn’t been the reason I’ve been doing this, and I don’t think has been since the first time I ever tried it. As someone who really likes to write a lot, it’s always a fairly interesting experiment whenever I embark on Nanowrimo, because in the effort to put 50,000+ words together, you really are enlightened to what your current vernacular really is like. The kinds of words you fall back onto, the choices of adjectives and verbs, and how you get around to explaining and writing situations without sounding too repetitive. It also really makes you realize that your wealth of word choices may or may not be as diverse and expansive as you may or may not have thought it was.

No matter, another November, another successful 50,000-word adventure. Needless to say, I always feel a good bit of relief and a weight lifted off my shoulders when I finish, because now I can get back to brogging about nonsensical crap instead of writing about mythical fake monsters. The ironic thing is that I honestly think this would have a possibility of being greenlit by the SyFy network.

50,712 words later

November 29, 2011June 28, 2020 ~ dannyhong ~ Leave a comment

Another year attempted, another year succeeded. In spite of hiatuses such as NekoCon and a lengthy trip out to Arizona, I still managed to get my 50,000 words done, for another year.

The Baseball Gods Must Be Crazy, a story about Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington, the agony of defeat, torment from the intangible Pressure, and the pursuit of Salvation; from a highly unexpected and ambitious source. I’m not going to lie, much of this is putrid, so I won’t be bothering to share it with the rest of the world. But I’m still pleased, nonetheless, at my ability to actually put forth the effort and get 50,000 words out in the allotted time span, despite my hurky-jerky schedule these days.

So with this literary challenge successfully traversed for another year, I’m free to pursue other things again, like writing on my brog, updating my baseball park site and reading books and works of far talented, successful and legitimate authors, instead of hacking away at my own swill. Also, I’ll be delving into Dead Island. That is, when I can wrest Xbox time away from Jen, who’s playing Skyrim.

Photos: Thanksgiving for the wayward

November 27, 2011June 30, 2020 ~ dannyhong ~ Leave a comment

Blue Steel says it all.

Thanksgivings have been great since I started staying home for them, instead of traveling. This year was no exception. The destrucity of a 27 lb. turkey, successful Black Friday shopping, and the near completion of my Nanowrimo for the fourth time, all while sleeping in gratuitous amounts. My kind of weekend.

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Another successful Black Friday

November 25, 2011June 28, 2020 ~ dannyhong ~ Leave a comment

Too easy. It’s like being pitched a grapefruit to hit.

Although, it was something that kept me laughing for the better part of the day.

I don’t know why I’m writing about Black Friday first, when I’ve got other things that I should be writing first, like my Nanowrimo story that I’m falling behind the pace with, or the baseball column I write every week, but here we stand.

I’ve been awake since 3:00 a.m., and I’ve probably spent around $600 over the last 24 hours. Some of it is for gift purposes, some of it is for personal indulgence, and some for simply house or useful purposes. But the good news is that the whole Black Friday experience, which naturally has a very high chance of disappointment, was once again fortuitous for me this year, as it was the last few years I’ve spent Thanksgiving at home, and not traveling.

I bought a new home theater system, since my previous one crapped out on me; note to all, it was a RCA unit, meaning all RCA products are now dead to me. And the verdict is instantaneously an improvement, as the surround sound on this Panasonic unit is exquisite. The rest of the stuff I spent money on were mostly clothing, housewares, and miscellaneous things needed around the house, but all in all, I feel good about this Black Friday, and felt an impulse to write about it. It’s nice to be one not seeking a new television, video game console, computer, tablet or three-item Crock pot, because then the chances of landing what you really want seem slightly better.

Although I thought there would be more for me to write about, apparently there isn’t. Either fatigue is fucking with my head, or really beyond the ironically humorous visual provided, there really wasn’t that much for me to have written about when I should be saving these words for Nanowrimo instead.

Neko-Con Stories: Yoshi at the bar

November 7, 2011June 28, 2020 ~ dannyhong ~ Leave a comment

As far as Nanowrimo is concerned, amazingly, I’m off to a fantastic start. After the first six days in November, I’ve already surpassed the first 10,000 word mark. That being said, I feel like I’m in a fairly good place, and can take some time to play catch up with my precious brog. And since I just got back from Neko-Con, I’ve got some things to say and show.

Firstly, to no surprise, I feel old as shit, because I’m 29-years old, and watching a bunch of 12-17 year olds parading around like retards or jailbait. Clearly, I’m out of touch to some degree, as this is literally the first anime con I’ve been to in like 6-7 years. I don’t understand why there is such an increase of fake wannabe ravers, why people are fascinated with animal tails, why people love wearing full-bodied mascot/animal pajamas, and most of all, why there are so many people running around wearing surgical masks with stupid pins, flair, and chains hanging off of them.

But anyway, more will be written when I get to it, or remember to write about it, but until then, enjoy the litany of random shit related loosely to Neko-Con in coming days. Like ronery Yoshi sitting at the bar feeling melancholy and wanting the hard shit.

The scariest sound in the entire world

November 2, 2011June 28, 2020 ~ dannyhong ~ Leave a comment

Seriously, I don’t think I could ever eat another Gummi Bear in my entire life under good conscience.

What the fuck did the Gummi Bear do to you???

On another programming note: Brogging will be sporadic and likely minimal this month. There will probably be a lot of pre-written and scheduled posts. I will be once again partaking in Nanowrimo this year after a hiatus for a year. Although there will be travels and distractions, I will strive to reach my 50,000 word mark again this year. If you’re interested in being “buddies,” I simply go under the name “cyberlobster.”