Dollface's Birthday

She's 7 today, so we did what she wanted:
Mama took her to dinner at Fazoli's and then we went to see Happy Feet.

She enjoyed it.

I, on the other hand, just sat through a two-hour production of Jesus Christ, Superstar performed by penguins. With Hugh Jackman as Elvis, Nicole Kidman as Marilyn Monroe, soundtrack by Prince and Robin Williams as John the Baptist. And without the betrayal or messy death scene.

I'm going to see what I can do writing-wise in the next couple hours.

2006, final recap

In 2006:

• I walked off my job of 5 years
• I went to truck-driving school
• I got my CDL
• I got a driving job
• My 14 year old made a few serious suicide attempts and spent the majority of the last 5 months in and out of mental hospitals
• My 7 year old flunked kindergarten
• My 11 year old had a petit mal seizure, necessitating a sleep study
• My 9 year old developed body odor.
• We had endless marital problems brought on by the stress of all the above
• I celebrated my 17th wedding anniversary
• Mudd turned 40
• I turned 39
• We got a second cat
• Dollface got her ears pierced
• My stepfather is in terminal prostate cancer
• I had my first bad pap smear
• I broke 2 teeth and lost 1 crown
• I sold five short stories
• I contracted for one novel and one novella

Final writing totals:
( cut for boring numbers )

Grand word total for the year: 276,862
I think that's pretty respectable. It averages to about 730 words/day.

Now for something else seasonal, a round of Auld Lang Syne:
I know a man
whose name is Lang
And he has a neon sign.
And Mr. Lang is very old
So they call it Old Lang's Sign.

My personal favorite version is the Celtic Rock of Boney M.
Auld Lang Syne

Happy New Year, y'all.
2007 can only be better.