(I do this every year: it's just the first time I've done it here. I'm not expecting actual results. Just indulge me for a few paragraphs or move on to the next Notification light, to taste.)

The time of begging is upon me.

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...make a plan.

('What is an eleven-word statement which could turn Twilight into the local version of an atheist?')

I've spent a good part of the last two days in bed, and not for any of the fun reasons. Sick. As noted elsewhere, having cold water regularly dumped on your head can sort of turn into an occupational hazard. I'm still coughing and sniffling a bit, but active tree destruction is beginning to taper off. I'm hoping to swing back into the saddle soon.

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With deadline approaching, it's time to make the admission: I'm not gonna make it. I did what I could -- but Orange Is The New Blue won't get a new chapter before the local midnight. I don't have time for quality (insert your own joke here) and I'm not going to throw a hundred words up there just for a technical claim of having reached goal.

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As of this morning's headlines, the Ray Rice Jesus Countdown has hit zero.

I'm not that good. It's just that predictable.

Eight days ago, one of the major parking lots in my complex had an Official Police Flashing Bulb Sign go up at the entrance. Y'see, that particular lot gets... abused. The maximum number of vehicles which are supposed to be occupying it? About twenty lower than the actual evening count. It can go up to fifty on weekends. During the work week, multi-car families put their extras in any conveniently-empty space. Such as, just for example, the driveway corridors which lead to different

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...why hasn't anyone gone with the obvious one?

"Twilight, you need to enter Ponyville, make friends, and defeat Nightmare Moon."

"And how do I do that?"

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For those outside the States and general sports news, I'm going to need a minute to explain.

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I just found out Rainbow Bob is doing it, starting from last week. (I was moderately chewed, impaled, acid-etched, and tossed into the nearest sewer. But it was all done with caring and a light degree of aplomb, which was probably about all I could have asked for.) So with the spreading trend in mind, at-least-one-member-here-if-we-count-me may be wondering if I'm going to take the thing on any time soon/ever. Given that, I'd like to

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Okay, technically, the deadline gives me eight nights (or days), but I already know I'm going to lose three of them to scheduled events which I can't switch out of. We are going to ignore writer's block, distractions, crises, and everything else which might prevent work, at least for purposes of this post because all of them are now pretty much guaranteed to happen and I won't be able to ignore them when they show up -- but let's just get a laugh by saying none of them will happen.

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* The difference between 'loyal, downtrodden fan of a long-suffering franchise, only still in it out of love' and 'total egomaniac who believes the entire sport exists solely to heap accolades and trophies on his chosen few' is about two playoff wins.

* It's a pity none of the Thanksgiving games are being held in London, as the matchups we're already providing the UK make it obvious that we're trying to force them into paying for turkeys.

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