NaNo 2006: Mission Accomplished!

That's right. Alan has finished writing his novel. Fity thousand words. Thirty days (which was about fifteen really considering the two week interruption of university exams). And not nearly as much coffee as i would have thought. But the point is, ALAN IS DONE! Alan wrote a novel in a month and it is awesomeness (pronunced 'total and utter insanity') and Alan is now celebrating by speaking about Alan in the third person.

And here's the best part, Alan is totally ready to do it all again next year! Be afraid. Be very afraid!

You can find the novel here.

Untitled Poem

Flower after flower;
Fragments of a romance
Lost in a whirlwind of petals.
Her silhouette had danced
Upon cigarette tips.
She'd dreamt of cellophane
And unlit candles.
But she'll never believe in love.


Nothing to be particularly proud of. It's a work in progress and I'm still experimenting with line order. Thoughts?

Stars - Sleep Tonight

We don't want to sleep tonight
Still young like that I count the lines
Beside your mouth that smiles now
My arms reach up as you go down
With buried heads we both forget
All of the past and its regret
Wind picks up the window shakes
But we won't hear the morning break

You will cry
And I will cry
Because all the love's
Alive tonight

You will cry
And I will cry
Because all the love's
Alive tonight

Neighbourhoods will try to dream
While you and me we hold and lean
Onto bodies slick and charged
Together just one beating heart
All around us quiet now
We hear the leaves fall to the ground
Morning light upon our bed
An ally while I catch your breath

You will cry
And I will cry
Because all the love's
Alive tonight

You will cry
And I will cry
Because all the love's
Alive tonight

You will cry
And I will cry
Because all the love's alive tonight

All the love's alive tonight

Life of Gustaf

Edit (nov. 25): I only intended to post the first few chapters of 'life of gustaf' on this blog for fun. However, I ended up updating the post everytime I wrote another chapter or so and the post has since snowballed into a royal mess. It's not so much the insanity of the content that bothered me so much as the fact that it was making the blog clunky and somewhat difficult to navigate. In light of this, a new blog has been opened at www.lifeofgustaf.blogspot.com. It is a blog dedicated entirely to 'Life of Gustaf' and the solitary post (the novel in progress) will be updated with new chapters once or twice daily until the end of NaNoWriMo 2006 (midnight November 30). See you on the far side of insanity!