I'm away for a week in November, so I'm looking for a co-ML! (My wife is also in the throes of phD writeup and I'm going to need support...eeep!)
So, wanna help? The Criteria...
(1) You've got to have completed at least one nanowrimo in the past.
(2) You've got to be KEEN AS CHUPS! Yep, chups. Coz I've been watching Flight of the Conchords, and damn, our accent is scary. And be in Christchurch. Preferably in every weekend of November.
(3) You've got to have regular interweb access
(4) You've got to be able to actually DO it. People who say "pick me, pick me", and then don't help out/run things get Very Bad Karma. Run Over By A Bus Karma. Possibly a bus of the other NZ ML's, who will be...unhappy. Not that you'd do that, of course. *sneaky glances left and right to see if anyone remembers the fate of he who shall remain un-named last year...*
(5) You've got to have a sense of fun!
(6) More fun!
If keen, let me know!
AJ
Chchch ML
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2008: A year of Big Fun Scary Things... and the Top Secret Bloke's Cookbook!
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oct. 3, 2007 - 21 01
As a former ML myself, I'd like to say that while it is fun being a ML, what with the admiring gazes, the revered hush whenever you speak as people anticipate the pearls of wisdom about to issue from your mouth, and the power to hand out goodies, it is an awesome responsibility. Artists are tempremental at the best of times, and there is nothing like the power of a one month deadline to produce quantities of whine that rival the annual grape crops of Hawkes Bay and the Waiarapa combined. And then there's the sitting there with a frozen smile as silly 16 year olds tell you their plots that are either the latest anime film with themselves cut and pasted into the lead role or something that makes absolutely no sense ("Its about a guy who wakes up and finds he's a trout) or is so spirit-crushingly dull (It's about a woman living life in Gore) that you want to break their fingers in case they inflict it on an agent or publisher and darken the already poor name of Nanowrimo produce. And all the while you have to give encoragement to everyone and anyone and no one ever gives any to you, no matter how bad the plot hole you've spun for yourself is or how badly you hate your character.
Only joking. It's tons of fun, plus you get special perks they don't tell everyone else about (like the massages and caviar and free tickets to the World Cup Final. What? You don't think they spend the money on useful stuff do you?)
Good luck Christchurch!
PS - I am in no way denigrating the fine literary works of Nanowrimo's 16 year olds above, it was purely written in the name of (bad) comedy). And everyone knows its the 17 year olds that can't write for tuppence. :P
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oct. 9, 2007 - 00 32
Hi there AJ, I don't qualify on all your requirements (Being KEEN AS CHUPS! specifically and possibly being able to do it, I'm don't think I'd manage to lead any discussions) so I'm not really volunteering here.
But I am going to be in Christchurch all of November and I spend far to much time here at my internet ready PC.
As such I'm liable to be able to pass on messages or stuff or whatever if necessary. And I still have lots of free time so I could head to the UNI/wherever to pick stuff up if that would be easier for you.
51,846 / 50,000
oct. 10, 2007 - 20 39
Noted, thanks Avron. I'm back in town from this weekend, so will do a push to find someone to come on board this coming week...
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oct. 20, 2007 - 03 13
I just wanted to say, Flight of the Conchords ftw. X3
50,764 / 50,000
oct. 23, 2007 - 19 16
Hi AJ, how you doing?
Okay, here is my reply (only signed on today)...
1) Done, I completed 2005
2) I don't know about that, I am one of those that seemto have problems with "porking" "cors" in the "pork". The little man, Leonardo DiCaprio, did a good job of it in Blood Diamonds.
3) I am good with the connectivity, as long as the wind is blowing in from the North and the rain is coming in from the West. (What can I say, I stay in "semi-rural" and Xtra doesn't seem to work that well)...
that said and done, I have good connectivity at work...
4) Yep, I can do it... probably the only time I will be forced away from Nano is over the long weekend... people from out of town with no sense of adventure, i.e. the will break my fingers if they catch me writing...
5) Ah... um... I broke my toe once?
6) ;o)
Drop me a note if you would like to get together to discuss.
I am in the middle of town now, you still at the Uni?
scorpion.inkwell@gmail
Later
E
7,692 / 50,000
oct. 27, 2007 - 02 29
Ok fine, I didn't want to tell you my plot anyway! :P
*falls into angst trap*
50,764 / 50,000
oct. 29, 2007 - 19 10
Hi, just to let you know, if anyone is still coming in here, that I have been accepted to become AJ's clone for the month of November...
YeeHaa
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oct. 30, 2007 - 04 14
Which week are you away, AJ? I'd be up for it, though it might get a little tricky if it's the first week, as I've got The Full Monty on.
What exactly would be involved, too?
D'
51,846 / 50,000
oct. 30, 2007 - 19 59
All looked after, D... Erich has kindly jumped in!
AJ