And Now, It Gets PERSONAL...

i.resist Report... They woke me up. Those marquee-wranglers woke me up with their bloody reversing...

That, my dear friends, is what is called "crossing the line". It doesn't quite rank alongside being woken up by "happy-clappy", but it's a start. My window-banner is ready, I'm stocked up with inkjet t-shirt transfer sheets (just waiting on actual t-shirts), but unfortunately it doesn't look as though the weather will be tent-friendly for those of us who have to camp on grass instead of school car-parks.

Development News... The updated version of Chapter 1 of MoN-203 "Mane-of-Night And The Wayward Child" is "in the can", and there is so much material to follow that's simmering in the back of my mind that the story may end up in two parts, the first being the part of the story leading up to Mane-of-Night's involvement. I may just write up the parts I have in mind, and plug them into the story when I get to them. No point in wasting this stuff...

And Finally... I think the welfare of the world's tigers should be taken out of the hands of the Indian people. For fuck's sake, can't these people take care of one of the most awesome animals on Earth??? (The answer: no.)

Bu1154!t Down And Locked For Landing

i.resist Report... They have TWO TENTS.

TWO. TENTS. The big bastard in the main car-park, and a new one, between the tech-block and the swimming pool. The second one appeared out of nowhere, its frame erected in the time it took me to go take a crap, and by clocking-off time, it was covered, and had its doors fitted. It could be one of the tents previously set up down the side of the school, but what's really important is that it's right in my face, and that's all I need to know. The state of play works out something like this...

Thanks to Google Maps for that pic...

...and the speech bubble points to ME. For scale, that white square is a square of flagstones about eight feet by eight feet, and that means that the "Dwelling Place" is about ONE HUNDRED METRES from my back door, and my bedroom window. NOW do you all see why I'm so pissed about all this...?

Development News... The ongoing construction work may have gotten in the way of my creativity a bit, but Chapter 2 of MoN-203 "Mane-of-Night And The Wayward Child" is actually underway, and going quite nicely, I might add. This first part of the story may have to take as long as it needs, and that could expand the entire story well beyond its previously planned duration (which was five or six chapters). If that's what it takes to get this story told, then so be it.