Bits N Pieces - A Disjointed Bahamian Novel - D29

(10:30 am Sat Nov 29, 2008)

Ha. Another day of problems looms. Time conflicts and constraints. Will our intrepid author manage to reach his National Novel Writing Month word goal before the month ends?

Tune in to see the spine tingling tension mount as he digs deep, using every trick at his disposal in his valient effort to overcome the odds and the forces arrayed against him.

Watch and listen as he has a character tune in to a radio station or stream music over the internet and the song lyrics boost the word count.

Listen to him complain and moan about slippery time and temporl black holes and other such nonsense in the hopes that you will fail to notice that nothing of any import is happening with his plot. Lack of plot to be brutally honest. And he has the audacity to hope this while being entirely up front about it. What gall. What effrontery, what daring and dashing do. (And yes, he knows that is incorrect but leaves it in anyway. Let the inner editor suffer on this last weekend. He may correct an obious typo / spelling error on thse last two days, but even some of those he may leave. We shall have to watch closely and see.)

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(10:37 am Sat Nov 29, 2008)

The problem is, there is a hair cut at twelve noon (this time brought to you by the department of redundency department), sound check and set up at three o'clock in the afternoon, and the double duty ball tonight. All guaranteed to eat into the word production efforts.

On the positive side, the month's goal is less than one thousand words away at this very moment. That is a good thing. There is a certain sweet feeling in not throwing in the towel in the face of problems.

***

Sarah on the high seas. Midnight buffet and hot tub please. A good book on the leather couch in the library. Dancing at midnight. Singing at the piano bar. Running in the sun to find some needed energy. Around and around. The breeze strong in the face as she heads for the bow and weak on the back as she turns for the stern.

And all the while her ear buds playing music in her ears.

***

I was driving underwater
In my brand new Cadillac
With the undertaker's daughter
And her cousin in the back

We were heading down to Memphis
Where I had plans to blow my stack
On the undertaker's daughter
And her cousin in the back

There was something in the water
That made it hard to see
So I had to drive by feeling
And that was just alright by me

Cause that undertaker's daughter
Took me by surprise
And the steam was bubbling all around
With Memphis on the rise

So I gave a lobo whistle
And squirmed in my Levis
Then I kissed her cherry lips
And pierced her hot green eyes

Then we reached the shores of Memphis
And the King came out to see
The undertaker's daughter
And her cousin in the back with me

And as he faded in the mists of time
I heard a lobo sound
And a hunk of burnt out love
Came crashing to the ground

Then I went driving underwater
In my brand new Cadillac
With the undertaker's daughter
And her cousin in the back

***

See gentle reader, I knew I could get some music in here somehow. Sweet. (If you would like to record many of these lyrics in this book, check the license and go to town within it's confines.)

***

I said hello, hello
Can you hear me now
I said hello, hello
Can you hear me now
I said hello, hello
Baby how low can you go
I said hello, hello
Can you hear me now
I said hello, hello
Can you hear me now

I said oh yeah, oh yeah
Can you see me now
I said oh yeah, oh yeah
Can you see me now
I said oh yeah, oh yeah
I'm comin' in the clear
I said oh yeah, oh yeah
Can you see me now
I said oh yeah, oh yeah
Can you hear me now

I call you in the morning
And I call you in the evening
But you never will answer your
Phone no more

Why did you leave with no warning
When you left that morning
Why will you never answer your
Phone no more

I call you in the morning
And I call you in the evening
But you never will answer your
Phone no more

Why did you leave with no warning
When you left that morning
Why will you never answer your
Phone no more

I said uh huh, uh huh
Can you feel me now
I said uh huh, uh huh
Can you feel me now
I said uh huh, uh huh
Dance it baby uh huh
I said uh huh, uh huh
Can you feel me now
I said uh huh, uh huh
Can you hear me now

I call you in the morning
And I call you in the evening
But you never will answer your
Phone no more

Why did you leave with no warning
When you left that morning
Why will you never answer your
Phone no more

I said goodbye, goodbye
I'm leaving now
I said goodbye, goodbye
I'm leaving now
I'm leaving all I'm feeling
I don't know why I'm leaving
I said goodbye, goodbye
I'm leaving now
I said goodbye, goodbye
Can you hear me now

***

Another
Island and another
Woman and my sailboat
Sailing and the breeze is
Blowing
And I need some time
To get you off of my mind
Cause the sun is shining
And the water's fine

Well I speared a grouper
And I dove some conch
Come night I mashed de roach
In a honkey-tonk
Yes that old red rooster
He was really jumping
And the gals was wine-ing
And my heart was thumping

Another
Island and another
Woman and my sailboat
Sailing and the breeze is
Blowing
And I need some time
To get you off of my mind
Cause the sun is shining
And the water's fine

***

And now we are a half way to the day's goal and almost to the month's goal and one again music helps you get to where you need to be in life. Music. Sweet music. Beautiful music. Island music. Spherical music.

***

After her run, Sarah went back to her cabin for a quick shower and change in to her swim suit before heading up to the pool for a little sun and swimming and perhaps a little jacuzzi lounging to boot.

She found herself a deck chair in the sun near the forward end on the twin pools and pread her pool towel out. She rested her bag on the ground and pulled her beach dress up over her head and folded it to use as a pillow.

Should she swim and then sun or sun first and then swim? She decided. Swim. Jacuzzi. Shower. Sun.

***

(10:59 am Sat Nov 29, 2008)

And now gentle reader, I need about twenty words to hit sixty thousand words for the month. Just three more.

Done!!!! See you later gentle reader. I will try and come back this afternoon and finish up the day's goal between the haircut and sound check!!!

Woot!!!

(11:02 am Sat Nov 29, 2008)