So, my Bat Boy story got critiqued today, adn it went much better than I expected though I don't think most people actually liked it. I'm not even sure I did. Still, it was a great experiment in form, style, and subject. It also prompted Doug to sing to the tune of "Bad Boys" from cops "Bat Boy, Bat Boy, whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do when they come for you..." I'm not goin gto live that one down for awhile. :)

I also had my conference with Nalo today. She's such an incredibly sweet woman. She had lots of good advice for me on how to try to write everyday and possibilities on increasing my length. Woo hoo!

Lets see...the last couple of days have really started to blur together for me. I know over the weekend Jonathan, Ryan, and I played frisbee, which is when we first met Nalo. This was Sunday, I think. Then she came to visit everyone and we all just chatted for about an hour. She's a very social person.

Yesterday, we got a few curveballs in our critiquing session. Nalo let the author choose who they wanted to start, and she kept changing which way the circle went with each story. I really liked those things.

Nalo lectures less than Howard did, but I think she gets a lot of information out there with each comment on particular stories. It's different, but just as effective.

So, I can't remember much of what I did yesterday. I know there was reading and a bunch of us went out to dinner with Nalo, but other than that....oh, we played hearts and another story game that Stephanie brought. No mafia though. And I'm beginning to doubt that when you put enough of us in a room anything can be taken seriously. Still, it's great to be silly. It helps keep the stress off a bit.

So, I'm apparently on a major caffeine high. I can't seem to really focus or hold still. And there's no one around to talk to at the moment so I'm completely out of luck.

In other news, I really need to quit forgetting my camera. I brought all this film ad have barely used any of it. I really want to have at least two pictures of everyone before I leave. One in color and one in black and white. We'll see if it happens.

Okay, so back to work. Bye, all!