Halfway Mark

60 days gone, 60 days to go. So far the response has been within the expected bounderies, which sounds a lot more negative than I mean it to be. Combined with the happy news of the printing company that a mere 500 EUR (half the projected amount) will suffice for the first 1000 cards, I dare say we' re well under way to a success.

I can only ask my dear readers and backers to share share  and share this link. In crowdfunding promotion is everything.

Resolutions - 2015 edition

• not buy any more typewriters
• not drink alcohol
• run 10 miles every week
• buy a house
• finish a 30 day without sugar challenge
• balance reading, drawing and watching Dr Who

Not overly ambitious but well, life can't be hard work all the time.

Writing Frenzy

Tonight's the night.

And I might gonna make it happen. It'll just take a little longer than one night. But one second past midnight is the beginning of National Novel Writing Month. As you will read on the official website : 30 days, 50,000 words! One month, one novel.

All previous attempts of mine have indeed reached the 50K mark but to call them novels would be rather .... well: wrong. This year I promise to do better.  And if life doesn't interrupt me too often, I will even promise to keep you up to date.

 

And the Lord said...

"Read the Brick Testament." Or something like it.

Browni-ism: the religion of comfortfood

Make any suggestion to me, anything at all, you may count on it that I'm crazy enough to think it's a good idea.

As such I have joined/founded a new religion and here are its commandments:

1. Thou shalt eat chocolate.
2. Thou shalt drink alcohol.
3. Thou shalt bake cake and pie.
4. Thou shalt forswear rom-com.
5. Thou shalt be free to cry whenever you bloody like.
6. Thou shalt support thine sisters who suffer as you do.
7. Thou shalt not speak highly of men.
8. Thou shalt look good, feel good, be good.

Very hardcore followers are welcome to also adopt the Ninth commandment: Thou shalt involve in lesbian sex. As it turns out that lesbian sex is highly lust triggering to men it is not wholly orthodox.

Edit: Just so that it may be clear: the fourth commandment means that all followers on pain of ex-communication will abstain from reading, writing, seeing and listening to any form of art whatsoever that proposes the one man-one woman happy ever after relationship as the only means of leading a fulfilling and worthwhile life (be it prose, poetry, drama, film, opera, architecture, performance, music, painting or any form of expression that I may have overlooked).

Edit #2: As suggested in the comments; Commandment n° 10. Thou shalt not impose hierarchy. Which means Browni-ists shall comfort all that are fed up with men. Unless they're gay because a) they're men themselves b) they understand women but c) are not available hence making them the worst kind of men alive. And also that being dumped by 5 billion men gives you any more right to be pitied (au contraire if you've been dumped by 5 billion men you're downright stupid you could have known after being dumped once that men are no good safe as sperm donors) or that baking more and better chocolate pies means you can dictate others how to deal with their grief.