Working my way through Godzilla Singular Point on Netflix. It's an anime that seriously reimagines the whole Japanese monsterverse. Rodan, in particular, gets a major makeover, becoming a species of large pterosaur instead of single giant bird (no spoiler there, this comes out right in the first episode). Huge flocks of them attack major cities all over the planet. I am generally enjoying it, though there is an odd amount of expository material building up a weird science origin for the monsters. The art work is a big strange, with the humans being rather typical cartoonish anime figures while the monsters, especially the rodans, are more artistically drawn. And there's nice little Easter eggs here and there for anime and kaiju fans (e.g. the look of a Mcguffin in this series is modelled on the Oxygen Destroyer from the Godzilla movies).
Got a pitcher of iced tea in the fridge for those needing something cool. Like me. Did a nice bike ride this morning. 54 minutes. Not sure of distance since I just used a stopwatch app, not a fitness tracker. I need a new fitness tracker since Strava, the one I used in the past, pissed me off by moving some free features to premium.
Nice day in general, but there's a lurking 40% probability of precipitation this afternoon (hence doing my ride in the morning).
Made some headway on a comp entry this morning. Not much, but it's in motion.
Hello, all! Grey and muggy here. They keep promising us it will break but it just keeps on keeping on.
So many goodies in here, we may just rename the place "The Sugar Shack".
Roland, nice to hear that your wife might be writing something for the comp. Did not realize she had some history on here.
Lunch time. Kettle is on.
Hey, Sara, for Thursday (Canada Day), can we have maple leaves? With orange icing (the colour we have adopted for mourning the children who died in the residential schools)?
I will let the Americans decide what we should have on July 4.
Back working from home today. At least one more hot, muggy day to go here, then it is supposed to be cooler going in to the weekend.
* pounces on some butterscotch marshmallow cookies *
Good afternoon. No bike. There was a long lineup at the store (Ontario has non-essential retailers at 15% capacity) so I decided to wait until tomorrow.
Still muggy, but improving a bit as the day wears on.
Given the length range and the story I have in mind, don't expect mine until a week or so before the deadline. I usually shoot for earlier but long stories mean lots of agonizing over proofing and editing for me.
I am working on one but it's not coming together quickly. We'll see how things go on the weekend. Given the length, this won't be a quick one for me. If i stick with the story I am pondering, it's going to be at the 5000 words end, not the 1001.
Weather is meh and getting worse. Basically a week of cloud and showers ahead.
Some Scottish Breakfast tea will go down nicely.
Have a nice day and I'll probably pop by again later.
And as quickly as it started, Micro of the Day is going on pause for a month while I tackle the new comp. Depending on how I feel after that, maybe I'll start it up again.
I saw that beaver pole thing. The first pic of the beaver standing under the Maple Leaf flag is so ... disgustingly Canadian. We just need to add a Mountie holding a hockey stick.
I, too, am working on my comp entry, or at least trying to piece it together. I am using some surviving bits of a story I started a long time and abandoned. The survival aspect fits, just means I need to take in a different direction than originally planned.
For now, though, some tea and cookies (orange vanilla for the win) to wind down my day.
Cool theme. Micro of the Day is over, I think. Got to work on something for this.
One question: My comp win last year is more than six months ago now, so I am safe to enter? Even though the six month rule was kind of moot since there were no comps after Cheers to 10 Years?
Happy Summer! (11:30pm Eastern is the official time of the solstice) Kind of a mixed day here. Weather sucked. Rain let up in the morning but it was incredibly windy. Heard there was a tornado near Montreal this afternoon and that was probably the same system. Tomorrow is V-day for me (Vaccine Day). Looking forward to being fully vaccinated but not sure how I'll fare. My wife isn't doing too badly after a day and a half but her cousin was quite ill after his second.
Kettle is on. Anyone else for an evening tea?
Bike taken in to the shop, some more shopping done, floors washed. Now it's Mill...er...tea time. Green tea and cookies time, to be precise.
