If you've never heard it, check out the Jonathan Coulton song honoring this day. It's free.

http://www.jonathancoulton.com/songdetails/First%20of%20May

That is all.

It struck me today what a child of the digital age I am. I was walking through St. George, having a lovely morning, and I thought I might mail some postcards to my friends back home. Then something occurred to me, something that made me realize how little I use the mail. To everyone reading this, I have no idea what your address is. This ( Read more... )

I'm at the nursing home, it's 2 AM, and an old lady just hit me in the face with a shoe for trying to take her blood pressure. This is my life.

I am working as a delivery driver. One of my frequent customers is named Carson. Carson never tips. Carson lives at 22366 Cambridge Drive in Kildeer, Illinois. If you are ever near 22366 Cambridge Drive, Kildeer, Illinois, please yell at him.

That is all.

And now we're back to Faye's viewpoint. Sorry this one took so much longer. I spent most of this week trying to rewrite part 8, and it just has me stumped. I'm completely unsure as to how to tell Georgia's story. I am open to any suggestions. Anyway, I decided to just leave Georgia alone for now and move on to part 10. That was good move, ' ( Read more... )

Meet Milo! In this segment, we meet the ship's AI. I got up around 6,000 words for this one, which I really didn't think I was gonna be able to do. Writing AI stream of consciousness turned out to be harder than I thought. However, it also turned out to be hilarious. This is one of the few times where I have actually laughed out loud at ( Read more... )

Meet Georgia Monroe! I'm a little unsure about this one. For one thing, she has a much smaller introduction than Miguel or Xiaoli. For another, I'm not sure the trial format works. Finally, I'm worried that the character is not very likable. Anyway, feedback please ( Read more... )

I'm on a roll! I'm thinking that maybe 2,500 words shouldn't be my goal, it should be my bare minimum, because I keep going way over it. This one was about 5,600 words. The last one was 7,000 something. This makes me pretty happy with myself. Anyway, here's part 7. Meet Deng Xiaoli ( Read more... )

I went overboard again! This portion of the story contains about 7,250 words. I was aiming for 2,500. Oops! Anyway, here's a new chapter of the story and a new character for ya.

NOTE : If I ever make any money off of this story, I owe royalties to Rob Martin for the character of Miguel Withersby.

( Dorothy From Kansas, Part 6 )

I'm writing up a storm this week! Here's part five. It's from Tanaka's perspective. I'm gonna be changing perspective frequently as the story goes on. In fact, it's gonna be a while before we see the story through Faye's eyes again. Don't worry, though, we'll get back there. For now, you get the world as Tanaka sees it. Next you'll get ( Read more... )