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More locals have checked in on the SMart KSears thread about the Mall at Whitney Field. I love knowing that people from the area are reading. Of course, that means that like any celeb, I now have to completely dress up and do full makeup when I go out of the house, because I could run into any of you and the paparazzi from the Sentinel would have a field day.

So the question I have, that was raised in the comments of that post – can someone remind me of the name of the restaurant that was attached to Woolworths? I have Harvest something stuck in my head, but I know that wasn’t it. As I said in my comment, it always seemed really dark in there. Now I’m wondering if it was to kind of, well, hide the food.

On a similar subject, do any of you remember when the Victory Market at Twin City Mall (in the old location, when it was right next to Kmart) had a restaurant in the back?

Wow, it feels weird to not have the Nano deadline staring me in the face anymore. I really love doing it – there is no way I would write that much without the pushing and prodding of trying to “win” the attempt. Now I’m kind of sad that I didn’t finish last year because it puts a hole in my record.

I have decided that I have to keep going, while the muse is still in the room. Not with the same intensity, but I am going to allow myself the long rambling “just write anything” moments to keep momentum up. I hit a point on Sunday where I really liked what I was writing. There was an actual plot. I want to expand on that before I let it fall to the wayside like the other 2 finished attempts and the half attempt from last year. I have a lot of paper covered with crappy writing, that’s for sure!

I don’t have a copy of the finished product with me, but I can tell you that the thing I was writing about when I hit 50k was something about how you don’t want your hands to smell like pudding. I’m surprised Random House hasn’t already called…

Okay, 5000 or so words to go by midnight tomorrow. Piece of cake.

I say that, and I should also mention that a mouse kept us awake most of the night last night. I was ready to set off explosives just to destroy the thing.

If I get a trap (you know, the Tom and Jerry kind) and we catch it, I’m going to feel obligated to say “Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.” I know, I know, but at least I warned you.

As of this very second (if you don’t count that I’m not writing, I’m updating the Dump) I have 42581 words. I have until midnight Tuesday to hit 5000. My goal for tonight, which I may or may not make, given that I’m getting a little tired and I have work tomorrow, is 44000, which would give me only 3000 per day for the next two days. Entirely do-able.

The quality of my writing has flown into the toilet in an effort to get the word count up. It’s an ugly scene in my Word file. Here’s a sample for you, in which I take advantage of the time-honored tradition of repeating words as often as possible.

“What the hell kind of friends do I have that they won’t let me eat pie in peace? For goodness’ sake, it’s just pie. What is wrong with pie? If they won’t let me have pie, I’m just going to have to dump them for some other friends. Some friends who can appreciate that the body needs pie, just like it needs sunshine, root beer and Durkee’s fried onion rings. ”