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Melbourne Cup Day
Nov. 4th, 2008 10:39 amWell, it's a gazetted holiday here, for reasons too petty and political to go into, which means that people either stay home and vegetate or go out to the Canberra racetrack and spend far too much money. No more Melbourne Cup work parties, which were a lot of fun (when I was working).
Me, I'll be driving a cab, as usual. But I'll be on Rate 2 for the whole shift, which will be nice. I'll also be making pots of money because from the moment I finish my shift, there will be thousands of people wanting taxis. As there are only hundreds of taxis available, there's going to be delays for passengers and boom times for cabbies.
The downside is that last night was dead dead dead. A lot of workers took a day off to have a four day weekend, so instead of my normal afternoon rush, there was nothing. Some revelry in town after midnight from people celebrating the day off, but not enough to push me over budget.
I've been working a bit on my NaNoWriMo project. I've been falling behind while I puzzle out what the plot is and who the characters are, but I've got a good idea now, and let me tell you, it's not going to be anything worth rushing out for. It involves things I know: BookCrossing, taxidriving and travel, with a bit of murder and romance thrown in, though I'm not yet sure who's going to die and who's going to fall inlove. Maybe both. Dunno.
And I'm including that silly Dream Cafe idea as a way of generating wordage.
The whole thing's going to be corny and contrived, but that's the only way I can have a flying chance at getting the thing done. For what it's worth, it's a work in public progress at http://www.skyring.com.au/Skyring/NaNoWriMo/NaNoWriMo.html
And why do i want to get the thing done, despite having zero if not negative time to do it in?
Me, I'll be driving a cab, as usual. But I'll be on Rate 2 for the whole shift, which will be nice. I'll also be making pots of money because from the moment I finish my shift, there will be thousands of people wanting taxis. As there are only hundreds of taxis available, there's going to be delays for passengers and boom times for cabbies.
The downside is that last night was dead dead dead. A lot of workers took a day off to have a four day weekend, so instead of my normal afternoon rush, there was nothing. Some revelry in town after midnight from people celebrating the day off, but not enough to push me over budget.
I've been working a bit on my NaNoWriMo project. I've been falling behind while I puzzle out what the plot is and who the characters are, but I've got a good idea now, and let me tell you, it's not going to be anything worth rushing out for. It involves things I know: BookCrossing, taxidriving and travel, with a bit of murder and romance thrown in, though I'm not yet sure who's going to die and who's going to fall inlove. Maybe both. Dunno.
And I'm including that silly Dream Cafe idea as a way of generating wordage.
The whole thing's going to be corny and contrived, but that's the only way I can have a flying chance at getting the thing done. For what it's worth, it's a work in public progress at http://www.skyring.com.au/Skyring/NaNoWriMo/NaNoWriMo.html
And why do i want to get the thing done, despite having zero if not negative time to do it in?
