Vacation, All I Ever Wanted

It's vacation time. I intend to geek out to the fullest of my geek power capabilities.

First off: I intend to dust off the Nintendo 64 and finish--finally!--The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time. Oh, I'll do it. Toodle toodle on my ocarina will I go.

Second off: Clear the Pile of Guilt beside my reading chair a bit. I'm currently enthralled with Lois McMaster Bujold's The Curse of Chalion , and when I finish that, there is that little known book that came out today called Harry Potter something or other. (It was delivered this morning by a harried yet smiling Canada Post employee--Cheryl allowed me to open it, but then claimed it as her own.) I also many DC Comics to wade through. (Lately, I've been reading mostly manga, and it's been difficult to return to more toned down adventure stories where nothing ever changes. Which is why I'm elated to hear that the Jim Henson Company is using the manga format for the new Dark Crystal and Labryinth comics. Yay!)

Third off: House projects. Boring. Paint this. Repair that. Despair at the rest.

Fourth--and finally--off: Get back to the BREAKTHROUGH NOVEL! Oh, I'm sure Canadian publishers will be falling over themselves for this one. I think I'll do a signing tour in garden centres. I also have the STUNNING SHORT STORY to finish. Sadly, there is no POWERFUL POETRY on the production line. Though I do have hopes for my Young Man From Nantucket series. A niche market, to be sure.