The Latest Thing
Daniel’s latest plan (or among his latest plans — he’s also redrafting the U.S. currency) is that we should have our own brewery. Here are his suggestions for the various beers we should make and what we should charge per bottle (some of them I’d quite like to try and some of them are just plain bizarre. Vegetable Oil Beer?):
He is undaunted by our total lack of brewing knowledge. In fact, he is pretty much undaunted by anything. It’s admirable, but holy cow is it exhausting.
NaNoWriMo thought for the day: Today I had (literally) forty-five free minutes. I wrote in them. I might have bashed out a thousand words (which is good for forty-five minutes) but it is not enough. I cried last night as I wrote because I was so tired. I am against the wall here. I am hoping so much that there’s a turning point in this little gig because you see this towel here? The one in my hand? The one I’m preparing to throw in? Yeah, that one.
I want to do this. I am terrified that I might not be able to.
I’m pretty sure that with some vegetable oil beer, you could finish this novel.
Or at least be so sick/drunk that you don’t care if you do or don’t.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Do not throw in the towel. Please.
I know the terror you are feeling (and I am feeling it as well…I keep telling myself that I only need to write about 7,000 words in the next two days and I’ll be back on track…really…just 7,000 little words…where can they be…they were here just a minute ago…gee, I never usually find myself at a loss for words…this is a bit embarrassing…um, yeah…goddamnit words, get your butts back into my brain or I’ll give you something to cry about…what if they never come back?)
It is a good sign that you write when you have time (as opposed to doing what I am doing right this instant which is reading otehr people’s blogs and avoiding writing).
You can totally do this. Write a novel in a month that is…the whole brewing olive oil beer thing, well, that has me stumped.
You know what you need? A good long sip of “heavy beer.” That should fix it.
Hang in there! We’re all waiting to have a beer from your microbrewery (which we pay for with our newly designed currency) at your book-signing party!!!!
(That having been said, I can totally identify with your exhaustion and frustration. I have written with a baby on one boob and a tablet on the opposite knee. Hope it helps to know that you’re not alone!)
WA HA HA! I think I would drink A LOT of Fizzy Fizz beer!
I think I had too much Heavy Beer the other night….
ok.. if no one else is going to say it…
Just how drunk was Daniel when he wrote that page? Or is Daniel 4 years old? Forgive me, I’m new here, but that’s the worst handwriting ever!
keep the towel out of the ring…
you can do it…
and i can so picture myself
ordering an oam pah pah…
heehee…
that is fun to say even,
imagine it slurred.
Mmmm…. apple beer sensation.
You can do it! We’re all rooting for you. And I am a firm believer that if you need an extension, TAKE IT before you decide you’re giving up. Is this grad school training??
Does Daniel’s new money take off the “In God We Trust” line that I personally think is unconstitutional? I’d love to hear his thoughts.
My best pals IRL are brewers–but they don’t knit or write. I’m sure they’ll get on the brew list here. Heavy Beer is already on their list.
Abraham (whose handwriting is quite similar, btw, but whose spelling is much worse–at least when he is sober) also writes about drinking. He’s putting together a book to be called Kidtails, full of child-friendly cocktails modeled on book characters. I suspect he and Daniel would be wonderful collaborators.
You are NOT throwing in the towel. You should consider a short field trip to Adamstown, PA to to Stoudt’s Brewery, fabulous microbrewery in the middle of excellent antiquing. While at Stoudt’s, you will partake of one Honey Double Mai Bock, and you will love every sip. It’s my favorite. Explore the area a little and find something there to add to your novel.
How do I know all about Stoudt’s? I used to live in Lewisburg, PA. We loved antiquing and “beerfesting” down there.
KEEP WRITING!
deep breath … and another. yep – just keep on keeping on like that. now, put the towel down – step away from the towel. have a nice long swig of oompahpah beer (can i order me some of that, please?), and i’m sure everything will start to look better. you can do this – i KNOW you can (and i know about these things …)
x
Fizzy Fizz, get brewing! And really? Nothing wrong with extending your deadling until oh, say, January. You’re writing! It’s beautiful!
Daniel’s not only got a sense of hierarchy, but also of marketing. Original $2? Supreme $5, Ultimate $6. You have a budding capitalist there.
R
I guess I know who to pass my “Mr. Beer” onto this Christmas!
A budding capitalist? Time for me to do some serious bud-nipping then. The beer shall be free as part of the glorious revolution. Or something. I suppose, though, it would make sense for Daniel to grow up capitalist given his anarchist and socialist parents (one of each). Some might call it progress, but I call it reason to drink lots of heavy beer.
HA! I was going to say much the same thing, StuntDaddy. Mwa.
We always said we’d breed a tie-wearing member of the Junior Conservatives.
Pass the Newkie Brown, please.
Ha! Viva la beerlucion! (It’s early; I’m only halfway through my first cup of coffee). You are definitely going to get a Young Republican. My husband is on the riii-gghhtt and claims that I’m a pinko commie (I may be
) – our poor kids are so confused.
I vote for “Fizzy Fizz”. Don’t be so hard on yourself about the writing challenge. This past summer I trained for the MS 150 bike ride from City to Shore. 18 hours on a bike was enough to make me question why I need to raise to these challenges. I thought NaNo would be a walk in the park compared to that physical challenge. WRONG!! Just write. “Leave the inner editor at the kennel” as they say in No Plot No Problem. With kids, hubby and way too much to do in just one day, be very proud of yourself for the words written.