Reaching endings and mini-vacation randomocity

I have finished the first draft to Seer II.

Actually  I finished it twice but the first time the ending was bloody awful. I'm much happier with it now.

It's funny but I could re-read what I'd written the first time and I could just kinda feel where it went off the rails, right in the middle of a scene. I deleted everything after that point and rewrote it. As I said, much better now.

So, I need to let that sort of marinate a little while now. I'll probably start the rewrite after a couple of days.

In the mean time I'm going to start plotting out this novel project I'm tackling next. I've had some ideas for it--it's going to be scifi/horror and I think I have a pretty interesting and scary monster. Just have some details to work out. And, oddly enough, I need to re-read Shakespeare's The Tempest as part of the research I need to do for it.

I'm taking a couple of days off from work, mostly to work on this stuff, but to get a few other things done, too. Gotta get my truck emissions tested, for the first time ever. Had to get some groceries.

And I had to order another iPod. Dammit. Mine died last night--or, rather, the menu button did. It's pretty useless without that menu button and as far as I know there's no way to fix it. So, I'm getting a new one. Which will be just like the old one, really. Except on this one the menu button will work. Hopefully. I do have to say, though, that I certainly got my money's worth out of the old one. Other than the menu button thing it's worked like a champ since I got it.

Anyways, I'm feeling a bit sad, coming to the end of this stage of the writing of this little film project. Don't ask me why. Most writers would probably be happy to be at this point. Anyways, this was the hard part for me, really. Now that I have it all down it's just a matter of going through and polishing. There are some spots that need the application of an emery board--a couple places need a sandblaster--but overall I think it works and it'll result in a picture people will want to see.

And the storms I've been complaining about are still happening. Should have some more in a little while. Dammit. Again.

Well, that's all I have for now.