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Well, it was fun while it lasted. I knew from the start that eventually, either my youtube channel would be shut down or I would be asked to take down the videos. That latter has happened today and I've had news from others that they had the same thing happen to them those last few days.

You can still contact me on youtube, here in the comments or via email at hexicode AT gmail DOT com.

Not only have a managed to obtain Inferno, the new novel by Dan Brown in German (my mom has been bugging me about this ever since it came out), but also the new Star Trek movie in what looks like watchable quality. A nice haul indeed, given that it's only lunch time ;-)

I was contemplating going to the cinema to see that movie, but a) I have been feeling rather rotten the last week or so and b) the nearest dubbing-free movie theater is only reachable by subway + train + bus + a long-ish walk. Given how exhausted I have been feeling, that's simply too much. Plus, I'm really not a fan of public transport even though I don't drive.

In non-download news, I'm working hard to get the handful of The Bill episodes that I'm still missing (mainly episodes from series 11 through 14). Things are looking good.

We're having the first genuinely warm day of the year here today and it's gorgeous. Not so much the BBQ the parentals had today, which is aways kind of strange for me as a mostly raw vegan, but just being outside and soaking up some sun. I didn't get too much done today, it was simply too beautiful to sit in front of a computer (you won't see me write that too often!).

I did work on putting some new(ly downloaded, at any rate) audio plays on my iPod since I finally, purely by accident, rediscovered that software I bought some years back for making single m4b files out of multiple mp3s. With me and audio dramas, it's kinda hit and miss. Sometimes I can't tell the characters apart sufficiently well while half-asleep, other times, it's too noisy (like screaming, battles, car chases, etc.) to fall asleep to, other times I can't really follow the plot or am left wondering what drugs the writers were doing when they wrote it. But every so often, I come across something I really like and will listen to it many evenings in a row. For ages, Paul Temple was my absolute favourite for nightly listening, but recently I have started to listen to the Big Finish Doctor Who audios again after a long break and am really enjoying most of them.

Speaking of Paul Temple, I have finished posting the fic I wrote about it for NaNoWriMo 2011. It hasn't exactly attracted a wealth of reviews (none to be exact), but I'm rather satisfied with it. The plot is somewhat unrealistic, but so are the original works. Still working on finishing my 2012 NaNoWriMo novel. I will get there eventually...

The rl project has been done for about a week and I haven't exactly much to show for the time that has elapsed since. I haven't even watched a significant amount of TV (by my standards anyway). The time just disappeared more or less.

I did start posting my 2011 NaNoWriMo novel, a Paul Temple fanfiction, and so far, the traffic stats show no readers at all for most chapters. Not that I didn't know this beforehand, what with there being no fandom to speak of, but it still is somewhat depressing to have written a novella-length story and then to see black on white that no one is actually even clicking the link to check it out.

Also, I finally finished the outline for the ending of last years NaNoWriMo novel. I had a moderate case of too many subplots (which were started to make the 50k), but I should manage to tie most of them up with the planned ending. Besides, since I haven't started posting the thing yet, I could still edit the earlier parts to remove the one subplot for which I haven't managed to find a suitable conclusion. Not sure what I'll do yet.

Instead of working on my rl project like I should, I have been doing all sorts of other thing. Like editing fanfic, writing fanfic or deleting a few thousand youtube videos (see stick post on top). I blame rabid plot bunnies and copyright owners ;-)

At the least with the fic writing, I have something to show for the time spent: a missing scene for the Simon and Simon ep 'Slither'.

I know it's been done before, but, seriously, what hasn't? Especially in the world of fandom...

Yesterday, purely by accident, I discovered that there was a sixth and final series of Wire in the Blood which I have never seen during the show's original run. Looking forward to watching it, although I might save it for when I finish my current rl project on which I am majorly procrastinating already.

Haven't updated this thing in ages, mostly because I'm lazy and forgetful, but on the other hand, there hasn't been much fannish stuff going on lately, aside from watching way too much TV. Right now, I'm watching my way through various 80s shows like Simon & Simon and Magnum P.I.. Haven't started watching the fourth season of Republic of Doyle, as I'm still not through the third one entirely. Speaking of that show, I pulled my NaNoWriMo 2012 novel out of its virtual drawer and gave it another read. There are some inconsistencies in the plot (for example first Jake has a no cell phone and sometime later he magically has one), but overall, I'm pretty happy with what I have produced without the slightest advance planning. I do need to finish it and do some heavy editing if I want to post it, but I believe it's worth the trouble :-)

So, I made it this year. Despite some trouble during the final week, including a two day migraine, I managed to write a 50008 word novel during the month of November. The novel isn't finished and there will be some heavy duty editing involved, but I hope to finish it by the end of the year. Maybe I'll actually manage to post it some day. I still haven't posted last year's novel.

Four more days, not counting what is left of today, before the end of NaNoWriMo 2012. Word count wise, I'm well on target. I doubt however I'll be able to type the end under the story by the end of November just yet. I have several plots to wrap up and, in fact, two main plot elements have just got under way yet. The crime wave continues unabated with two more kidnappings, several beatings inflicted on several different people, a stalking and two cases of someone being slipped a drug. I have the feeling that I should spend more time exploring the character's relationships instead of throwing random crimes at my novel.