Dennis Spielman's Blog Archive for May 2008
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Fact and fiction are blurred here.
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Saturday, May 3, 2008
On Sunday morning on my way to work, I got pulled over by a cop. I was totally, like, "why in hell I am being pulled over?" Well, it turns out I didn't to a complete stop at a stop sign right in front of house. I was real nice to the officer, hoping he wouldn't give me a ticket, but he did anyway. I had just paid off my car and now I get a $200 ticket. I'm working on getting it off my record. Still, this sucks. I usually stop and look too. I feel so violated because it was right in front of my house. Though, I was down the street aways before he caught up with me. My sister told me that the officer that gave me a ticket is a jerk anyway and pulls teens over all the time. He seemed nice to me, but again he was cold.On a nicer subject, I went to Edmond's Art Festival on Friday. Although it wasn't as large as Oklahoma City's festival, it was nicer in some ways. The art was generally cheaper for one. Each artist had their own tent, which made the art area stretched out. There had more fun stuff for children. There was this guy dressed up as a statue. He was really neat. He would move around slowly sometimes, interacting with people. Most of the art there were done by local artist. I thought these series of paintings were interesting. There was some pop-culture art there, like this piece. I saw this waterfall that I thought was cool. With most of the artists being local, there were typical local themes such as wildlife, the old train days, and local places. All of those pictures were taken with my cellphone camera. I'm glad at how well they turned out pretty good.
This week's You Laugh, You Lose theme is, Playing With Words, since I don't have very many police jokes. OH SHIT! It's the law! I better go.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
For the first time that I've worked at the mall, we had to seek shelter from a possible tornado this evening. For Dana, the retail manager who has been there twice as long as me, it was here first time having to do this as well. We locked the gate, gathered our belongs, shut off the machines, and headed underground. My coworker, Eddie, described the experience like the attack from the Cloverfield monster. We were underground for about half an hour until the storm passed. Next time, we'll bring the radio down so we can hear what is exactly going on since we couldn't hear anything while in the sheltered hallways. Our business for that night was pretty much blown away.In other news, I got a check for $7.21. Apparently when I paid off my car, I paid extra by that amount. I don't know how I'm going to avoid spending that all in one place.
I've been editing my novella, The Crashing of Heaven and Hell. I'm giving the characters and locations much more depth to them. Everything was a bit shallow as the book was focused on the story and not so much the characters. I've also been replacing overused words such as "many," "a lot," and "like." I was surprised that I used the word "many" a lot of times. In this sweep, I really have been going through and expanding details. Before my latest revisions, I made a back-up copy of the story to allow me to be more comfortable to make major changes. The first chapter has undergone paramount expansions.
Alright, I'm running out of puns. Before I go, I added new sayings in the Yearbook Quotes section. I plan to see Ironman tomorrow. That's all!