On vacation randomocity and a brief political message

I'm taking this week off to get some serious work done on The Harvester of Faces.

I'm maybe a quarter of the way through the first draft and have come to the first major plot reveal and I have to say I'm about as exhausted and horrified as my characters are. They've basically figured out that the serial killer they've been looking for is a little more than they thought, and they've also discovered what he does with his trophies.

Anyway, that's only the first reveal. There will be more to come.

I need to re-read what I've done so far just to make sure it reads like I want it to--the pacing in this is particularly important. I'll start on that shortly.

I also had some other things to take care of, too--mainly, tomorrow, I'm going to take advantage of early voting to cast my ballot in the Presidential election.

I'm not here to start a debate or an argument--I hate debating and arguing and I'm no good at all at it. I will, though, say here that I'm voting to re-elect President Obama. It's the only choice that makes any sense at all. I can't understand anyone who wants to vote for the other guys who isn't a millionaire.

As I said, I'm not a debater. I usually just go straight to name-calling. Just so you know.

I'm also getting my biannual haircut after I vote--getting it all shaved off again. So, by this time tomorrow I'll be rejoining the ranks of the Hot Bald Guys. We're an exclusive club.

I'm also attempting to make chilli again tomorrow, using a secret family recipe given to me by my cousin. I've tried making chilli before and it usually turns out . . . okay. Nothing to get excited about. Hopefully this time it'll be really good. The recipe is certainly promising.

Oh, and one of the errands I ran today was to get a deep fryer, so it'll be easier for me to make fried chicken. Dammit. Tried it the other day in a regular frying pan and it turned out . .  . okay. If I had a deep fryer it would have been awesome. That'll be a project for later this week.

I found this lovely used book store, too, really close by, and I'm going to be spending a couple of hours there later this week--I'm reserving an entire day of my vacation just for that, so I won't be rushed. I stepped in there the other day out of curiosity--it's right next to the drug store I use--and was impressed with it. I didn't even look at the non-fiction section, either--I only had a few minutes. So, I go in there later this week with a lot more time and a few bucks to spend.

You know, this vacation thing ain't bad at all!