Monday, October 12, 2009

Bits N Pieces - A Disjointed Bahamian Novel - D23

(1:50 pm Sun Nov 23, 2008)

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BANG!

***

I just wanted to start the day out with a bang! That came from a new and improved script:

***

#! /usr/bin/perl
use strict;
#
# progressions2.pl
# copyright 2008 by drew Roberts
#
# this program will write the word one to a file
# then it will enter this loop
# it will count the words in the file,
# convert the number to words and a append those
# words to the file
# it will contine the loop, adding to the file
# until a set number of words is in the file

use Lingua::EN::Numbers qw(num2en num2en_ordinal);


my $file = '';
$file = 'progressions2.txt';
open(INFO, ">$file");
print INFO "One.\n";
print INFO "\n";


my $wordno = 1;
my $totwords = 60000;
my $wordtext = '';

while ($wordno <= $totwords)
{

print "Words so far: $wordno\n";
# convert numerical word to words.
$wordtext = num2en($wordno);
print "Words = $wordtext\n";
print INFO "$wordtext\n\n";
$wordno = $wordno + $wordtext=~ s/((^|\s)\S)/$1/g;

}

close(INFO);

***

Much faster. Much, much faster.

(1:54 pm Sun Nov 23, 2008)

Now that's what I'm talking about. Faster in more ways than one.

That just feels so good.

I see the dogs running around in the front yard. The sun is shining. The tube is on with a game in progress. I am listening to the secong set from the band's gig last night. It was a lovely party at a lovely place in Lyford. It looked like it might rain for a while but the spitting spry never turned into anything more serious and ended before the party got into full swing.

The encores went long though and the drive back east from Lyford is a long one, even late at night when the traffic is not bad. So, I got home late and was wired up from the loud music and it took a long time to get to sleep. Thankfully I slept OK. Then I woke up too early.

I am tired and my hand still hurts. So you can see why it might feel really good to get those words pumped out. Plus, I know the suspense was killing you as your read those intricate plot twists hidden in there.

***

Still, I would like to pump out some non-slippery words and move what little plot I have along some before the day is done. Wish me luck gentle reader.

***

(2:21 pm Sun Nov 23, 2008)

Sarah had spent a day in the motel and on the beach in front of the motel thinking about the mystery of the coin in two parts and in two places and about the mystery of Fuller. And the mystery of her strange behavior since his disappearence and her strange lack of distress over his leaving after the first few days.

She had better hope he was OK somewhere. She would have a hard time explaining herself if something bad had happened to him.

(3:03 pm Sun Nov 23, 2008)

***

Well, what happened there gentle reader?

***

Her behaviour was something she had tried explaining to herself and had been unable to. How could she hope to explain it to any authorities who might choose to question her about it?

***

This is a National Novel Writing Month novel right gentle reader? Why be succinct when you can be verbose and extremely wordy? Catch my drift? See what I mean? Is this clear enough for you? Sweet. Cool. Copa.

***

Well, Sarah had enjoyed her day but had not reached any satisfying conclusions and so had gone to sleep and tossed restlessly through the night and woken up this morning with sand in her eyes and cotton in her mouth.

After a brisk mnorning walk on the beach she came back to her room and took hot shower and dressed before heading up A1A to a little local dive for a breakfast of hot dogs and fries. After she had finished eating she got a little worried. She couldn't possibly be pregnant could she?

***

(3:16 pm Sun Nov 23, 2008)

(3:39 pm Sun Nov 23, 2008)

Fulcrum had hidden his coin in the dirt under the porch he had been sleeping on and gone out and dcrewed again for the day on the sloop. It had been another good day and once again he had received his pay when they docked in the late afternoon.

He walked down the street past the house where he had been staying and paniced when he saw a dog digging in the dirt under the house near where he had buried his re-found coin. Well, it was not exactly panic but a good amount of worry. That coin was now the only direct connection he had with his old life. Well, other than the land and sea itself. His only posession from his old life as it were.

He wanted to go right into the yard and chase the dog off and look for his coin but he could not do that. There were too many people around and there was too much light out still.

So he walked on by and took up a watch of the yard from a position under a shade tree further down the street.

The rest of the day passed without incident and when dark had finally ceom he had snuck onto the property to retrieve his coin.

But it was not there. The dog had dug in the exact spot. Why? Why would he pick that exact spot?

***

You will learn later gentle reader that it was due to the smell of blood from Fulcrum's pirate days that somehow still clung to the cloth that Fulcrum had found with the coin under the beach porch and which he wrapped in before burying it under this inland porch. For now just ignore this premature information reveal and be suitably surprised later on when it comes out in a very dramatic fashion!

Sweet!

(4:00 pm Sun Nov 23, 2008)

(4:16 pm Sun Nov 23, 2008)

It is a good thing I got things started off today with that BANG! gentle reader as I am not sure I could deal with the pressure otherwise. I mean, time has been being its customary slippery self this afternoon but my attitude has been cool and relaxified as it were. Bushy, bushy.

***

Wanna tell ya something baby
I don't really care
How you fix your nails
Or how ya do your hair
How ya cook ya breakfast
Or what ya want to wear
I love ya for yourself
That's what ya need to hear

***

(4:28 pm Sun Nov 23, 2008)

(4:59 pm Sun Nov 23, 2008)

Pretty baby, pretty baby

Well we'll jump into the river
And we'll float down to the shore
Pretty baby, pretty baby

Then I'll give you something baby
And I'll show you something more
Pretty baby, pretty baby

With love upon the waters
We can count to three or four
Pretty baby, pretty baby

***

Fulcrum was not the kind to give up easy when it came to treasure of any kind though and especially treasure that he had some personal interest in. So he spent some time crawling around in the dark under the porch. A good amout of time actually. He spotted something gleaming in a shaft of moonlight thap peeped through a crack in the pine boards of the porch.

He crept over to the spot excitedly but it was an old pop top from the days when they came off the can. Those dangerous days of yore. Those days before Fulcrum had come forward so he did not recognise what it was but he knew it wasn't his coin and his heart fell.

He had kept on searching though but had turned up nothing but the earth under the porch.

He finally gave up for the night and crawled out from under the porch mired in dirt. He needed to find a place to clean off before turning in to sleep and remembered a tap he had seen in a nearby back yard the other day.

***

After breakfast, Sarah checked out of the motel and drove back to the airport in Orlando (MCO) and checked in for standby back home.

Once out at the gate she ran in to a woman she knew and managed to talk her into giving her reservation over and going on standby in Sarah's place.

So she made it home and showered and dressed and made a quick bowl of fried pasta with garlic and olive oil before heading out to the club.

***

(5:21 pm Sun Nov 23, 2008)

"Sarah! Where have you been? We have been searching all over for you," said Frank, "Fuller's up the road on my boat with Jaro getting it ready for a little fishing."

"Fuller! Where did he come from? When did he get back?" exclaimed Sarah.

"Yesterday, says he doesn't know were he went or how he got back, just woke up on the beach out past the caves."

Sarah barely heard what he was saying in her rush down the steps.

***

Well, as amazing as it may seem, Fulcrum tripped over the potcake that had dug up his coin as he went into the yard with the tap. Fell flat on his face he did. But when he pushed himself up onto his hands and knees, there was his coin on the ground in front of his face.

It was a happy wash up indeed. And a happy sleep filled with happy dreams.

(5:39 pm Sun Nov 23, 2008)

Unfortunately, sweet dreams gave way to a splitting headache when Fulcrum awoke. He felt torn apart. Almost as if a part of him were missing.

***

I must needs go out for a while now gentle reader, hold that thought until I get back will you?

(5:48 pm Sun Nov 23, 2008)

(8:06 pm Sun Nov 23, 2008)

***

I need my eyes back
Who's got my eyes
Who's got my eyes

I need my eyes back
Who's got my eyes
Who's got my eyes
Who's got my eyes

I need my eyes back
I need my eyes back
Who's got my eyes
Who's got my eyes

I need my nose back
Who's got my nose
Who's got my nose

I need my nose back
Who's got my nose
Who's got my nose
Who's got my nose

I need my nose back
I need my nose back
Who's got my nose
Who's got my nose

I need my ears back
Who's got my ears
Who's got my ears

I need my ears back
Who's got my ears
Who's got my ears
Who's got my ears

I need my ears back
I need my ears back
Who's got my ears
Who's got my ears

I need my mouth back
Who's got my mouth
Who's got my mouth

I need my mouth back
Who's got my mouth
Who's got my mouth
Who's got my mouth

I need my mouth back
I need my mouth back
Who's got my mouth
Who's got my mouth

I need my skin back
Who's got my skin
Who's got my skin

I need my skin back
Who's got my skin
Who's got my skin
Who's got my skin

I need my skin back
I need my skin back
Who's got my skin
Who's got my skin

I need my mind back
Who's got my mind
Who's got my mind

I need my mind back
Who's got my mind
Who's got my mind
Who's got my mind

I need my mind back
I need my mind back
Who's got my mind
Who's got my mind

I need my feet back
Who's got my feet
Who's got my feet

I need my feet back
Who's got my feet
Who's got my feet
Who's got my feet

I need my feet back
I need my feet back
Who's got my feet
Who's got my feet

***

(8:16 pm Sun Nov 23, 2008)

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