November 10

I saw someone else do this on another blog and thought it was interesting, so I'm doing it too. Look up your date of birth on Wikipedia (month & day); choose 4 events, 3 birthdays, 2 deaths, and 1 holiday. (I only chose the ones I thought were more interesting).

Events:
a) 1520 - Danish King Christian II executes dozens of people in the Stockholm Bloodbath after a successful invasion of Sweden.
b) 1619 - René Descartes has the dreams that inspire his Meditations on First Philosophy.
c) 1871 - Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr. David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika saying "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
d) 1940 - Walt Disney begins serving as an informer for the Los Angeles office of the FBI; his job is to report back information on Hollywood subversives.

Births:
a) 1483 - Martin Luther, German Protestant reformer (d. 1546)
b) 1697 - William Hogarth, English artist (d. 1764)
c) 1728 - Oliver Goldsmith, English playwright (d. 1774)

Deaths:
a) 1891 - Arthur Rimbaud, French poet, (b. 1854)
b) 2007 - Norman Mailer, American author (b. 1923)

Holiday:
Turkey - Day of Remembrance of Ataturk

P.S. Joanna, consider yourself tagged.

Writing, David Tennant, Teen Girl Squad, David Tennant...

Well, the writing on Ye Olde Novel is going a little better than it usual lately. As in, I'm actually doing some. It is still gives me an inordinate amount of trouble just to silence the little editor in my head that keeps telling me that my writing is a complete and utter waste of trees. Which is why I progress so slowly--I can't help being a perfectionist when it comes to this. Guess that just goes to show that I need to replace that internal editor voice with other voices, better voices. Such as the voice of the Ninth Doctor (Chris Eccleston) saying, "Jenny, your writing is FANTASTIC!" Other candidates might include...

C.S. Lewis: "Here are beauties which pierce like swords or burn like cold iron."

Teen Girl Squad: "SOOO good!"

Tenth Doctor (David Tennant): "I love it! I've got chills! I mean that from the heart...and by the way, count those."

Boromir: "This story is like being called home by the clear ringing of silver trumpets."

Elizabeth Bennett: "I don't think I've ever seen a novel so happily situated. I like it very much indeed."

Ahhhh...I feel better already.

Ok, so tonight, while out novelling with Joanna, I had the brilliant idea of outlining our scenes by writing the dialogue Teen-Girl-Squad style, as we were both a little stuck. And oh what hilarity ensued:

“I likee the look of this place. It exudes mythiosity!” said Mara.

“This place smells like Norse gods,” said Elsa.

“Elsa, stop being such a girl.”

“Smart stuff, smart stuff, smart stuff,” said Josh.

Loki, “Hey kids, let me charm you with my wicked ways. You’s all invited to the Council of Odin to be evaluated for coolness factors. Also, superpowers help.”

“I am SOOOO in with a chance!”

Later in Valhalla….

Odin: “Hey, other-world kids! Are you ready to get down with semi-arbitrary enforcement of a social hierarchy?”

Elsa: “Yes, ma’am…I mean, sir.”

Josh: “I’m good with numbers, and…Wisdom.”

Odin: “Josh, you can be our resident Preventer of Ragnarok.”

Elsa: “I’m good with apples, and…Beauty.”

“Elsa, you’ve been hit with a pretty stick. You can join the Aesir Goddess Cool Club. Oh, and tend our Eternal Youth and Beauty Forever Tree of …Eternal Youth.”

Mara: “Can I not get stuck on the outskirts?”

Gods and goddesses: “Noooo way!”

Well, it's funnier if you know something about my story. Or Teen Girl Squad. Anyways...

Did I mention I want to go to England right now?