noveling progress

Chapter 17 is done. ::pumps fist in the air::

65090 / 90000 words. 72% done!

# of pages: 241

Wow, I've passed 65K words.

Next up, chapter 18!

Last night I watched two documentaries for Jo book research: Gay Sex in the '70s and (a rewatch of one of my favorite documentaries) Guerrilla--The Taking of Patty Hearst. (I remember watching the SLA shootout on live TV--I must've been ten years old, and I had no clue what was going on except that it was a huge local news story and that it was unusual to see it unfold as it happened.)

Now I'm gonna make a quick trip to Trader Joe's. I should vacuum, but will I? At least yesterday I finally got my car washed. It looks an entirely different color with all that wildfire ash gone.

Tonight, Dexter! And, of course, Mad Men.

Trader Joe's giveth, and Trader Joe's taketh away

The good: Trader Joe's had pumpkin butter! As I told the cashier, I won't feel like eating it until the weather cools off, but that's supposed to happen this week, and I thought maybe buying the pumpkin butter would help move things towards autumn.

The bad: When I couldn't find my beloved Volcano extra-dark coffee beans and I asked an employee...

TJ's employee: I think we're discontinuing it.

Gwynnega: NoooooOOOOOooooooo!!!

TJ's employee: Sorry. Maybe try one of these other dark roasts?

Gwynnega: [dejectedly takes dark French roast beans, which will probably taste nearly identical. But still!]