Entry for 20th March, 2008

31 Days to Write
a
50,000 Word Novel
DAY 20
Wordcount 36,443
Another slow Thursday. They are my lean and unproductive days in the Word Mines of Siberia. The regular badminton session knocks my ability to write. The time at the game is bad enough, but then I have to deal with the agony of old man's muscles thereafter. I am writing through the pain barrier. In many ways I am like an Olympic marathon runner, except I get to do my race sitting at a desk eating bits of Easter Egg and drinking coffee. I all other ways, I am identical to highly trained and dedicated athletes.
I have thought of another project to do after the novel.
I haven't told my Significant Other about it yet, because I fear that she may hit me if she finds out. Perhaps I shall not tell her at all.
In a way I have started the next project. I was bored you see. And that is how I get into trouble: on evenings where I have a little time to speculate; and access to both a computer and a credit card. These are dangerous items for me. They are a bit like semtex for the imagination.
I was reflecting a bit on the way our lives get routine, and lack sparkle. And it got me thinking that it's a shame we don't spend more days like the Perfect Day in the Lou Reed song.
And then I wondered about something. I wondered if the computer might actually be something else. I wondered if it might be converted into a Perfect Day Generator...
It is surprisingly easy to place an advert in a magazine using the internet and a credit card. You can also set up anonymous e-mail addresses extremely easily.