http://www.negativespace.net/wildcat/ en-us 2003-12-28T00:11:39-08:00 http://www.negativespace.net/wildcat/archives/000213.html First of all, big shout out to Michael for helping me with the updated colour scheme and layout. Wildcat continues to evolve, because an organism that doesn't evolve and adapt will die. Wow, that was unduly harsh and disturbing. Anyway,... Default wildcat 2003-12-28T00:11:39-08:00 http://www.negativespace.net/wildcat/archives/000210.html I have what you might call the idea of a hangover all around in the insides of my ears, like residual wax after a night with a Q-tip. I've given up after an overload of family and ended up in... Default wildcat 2003-12-27T14:08:41-08:00 http://www.negativespace.net/wildcat/archives/000209.html I've managed to avoid the late-evening hangover despite stopping drinks after a vast binge over the course of the day. My family's never been able to deal with each other so we all just get drunk. Except my cousin Sheena,... Default wildcat 2003-12-26T00:29:10-08:00 http://www.negativespace.net/wildcat/archives/000207.html Out of nowhere the narrative in Even Cowgirls get the Blues went second person ("You do," or "You are," etc) for the lesbian sex scene between Sissy Hankshaw and Bonzana Jellybean, and I have to say that particular section was... Default wildcat 2003-12-24T19:14:38-08:00 http://www.negativespace.net/wildcat/archives/000194.html It's been a rather involved couple of days. I was left alone with my family today - never a good idea - and somehow managed to have a snit about the Oxford English Dictionary of all things. Family never fails... wildcat 2003-12-23T00:20:47-08:00 http://www.negativespace.net/wildcat/archives/000189.html I trekked to campus today to pick my final Short Fiction Techniques paper only to find that there was no box for the class, my prof wasn't there, and no evidence in the boxes of any of her other classes.... wildcat 2003-12-19T12:40:21-08:00 http://www.negativespace.net/wildcat/archives/000187.html The pulp story has quickly become a tale of gothic horror. The working title, so far, is "The Terrible Guest," but that could change at any moment. I started reading Kurt Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions. I've read Slaughterhouse Five and... wildcat 2003-12-16T11:49:40-08:00 http://www.negativespace.net/wildcat/archives/000184.html Mister Groin!" "Here, sir." "I'll be needing a body for this!" -- Mike Mignola, The Amazing Screw-on Head Well, the plague of frogs story is complete in its first draft form, titled "Half-Frog Beast with Bulbous Eyes." Yes, it's a... wildcat 2003-12-15T01:07:27-08:00 http://www.negativespace.net/wildcat/archives/000182.html It's a very rare thing for me to talk about work, actually talk about it, with people outside of it. My friend Jake is one of those rare exceptions, a friend from work that I hang out with on occasion... wildcat 2003-12-13T16:10:03-08:00 http://www.negativespace.net/wildcat/archives/000181.html I have to type quickly, because Michael's started making breakfast and I should go be helpful. Chop up fruit and things. Hungover as shit today because of the latest gongshow. I don't think I'll go to Morgan's thing tomorrow night... wildcat 2003-12-13T12:56:27-08:00 http://www.negativespace.net/wildcat/archives/000179.html I do believe I get paid tomorrow. This means I'll be shopping for christmas gifts. I have three or four people to buy for. What am I doing tonight? Well, I have work in literally two minutes and then after... wildcat 2003-12-11T16:59:57-08:00 http://www.negativespace.net/wildcat/archives/000176.html Caught the bus up to UVic after getting my teeth matched with the new and elusive appliance. Which is being installed tomorrow morning. Hopefully I'll be awake in time to get there punctually. My mouth gets an upgrade. How bizarre.... wildcat 2003-12-09T11:54:30-08:00 http://www.negativespace.net/wildcat/archives/000173.html POW! The yellow rocketshipthunderbolts up, a monkey's pawat the controls. Crash monkey!Red helmet strapped on, he picksbugs off his fur and eats them.Crash monkey, primate in space!Atmosphere rolls away from the thrustednose cone, ignites as it dumpspast the red tail... wildcat 2003-12-06T10:30:15-08:00 http://www.negativespace.net/wildcat/archives/000172.html I suspect the only reason they had the poetry techniques exam at 9:00 on Saturday morning was so that I would be up to catch the Partridge Family and five minutes of the Monkees at 7:00. The exam itself was... wildcat 2003-12-06T10:23:44-08:00 http://www.negativespace.net/wildcat/archives/000169.html So that's it, boys and girls. Classes are over for another semester and now I have a few weeks off for "Christmas" slash "solstice" slash slash slash. It's a bit surreal. I have an exam on Saturday and then nothing... wildcat 2003-12-04T10:21:34-08:00