That's right, all.  Don't forget to help count down the days to Halloween by posting your very own Countdown scenarios!  I mean, unless you want otakumeep to soar into an uncontested win.  But I know there's a nice competitive spirit in our circle.  Am I right, or am I right?

Anyway, I had the strangest dream last night.  Maybe I'll journal about it sometime soon, if my schedule relents before, say, I forget about the dream, which may or may not include the Cutest Puppy in the World Contest, judged by none other than the awe-inspiring Spot.  Man, criminal genius dog.  I miss Spot like a troop of Boy Scouts misses an archery target (fyi, that's a lot.  GET OFF THE RANGE WHEN THE BOY SCOUTS SHOW UP!).

Also, my heroes of the day include Awesome Fiction Lady and Lit Theory Lady for being awesome and making sure next semester will rock rock on.  Yup.  Quality time.  Though...I might have to figure out a way to not do a creative thesis while still incorporating the writing of fiction into it.  Yeah.  Since...it's been decided that I'm the fiction writer here and therefore my thesis must be fiction.  Seriously.  What the crap.

The last time I was motivated out of spite I wrote that damn penguin story.  Let's see what we can do.  Tonight's work is coming up with my next story and plotting out my next book.  Hopefully, both will be better than The Piece of Utter Dreck and my recent Oh Christ, the OED Regurgitated--Again! story.