hello, all! time for "who is your daddy, and what does he do?" i kid, i kid! how about "who are you, and what is your novel about?" yeah, that sounds better.
i'm rozeecheeks/rhia, and i'm your ML. i'm a framer at a craft store. when i'm not writing (meaning every month other than november) i knit and read christopher moore books. i also spend a lot of time at soccer practice and school events with my partner and our two little ones.
my first nano year was 2005. in 2006, katantion and i took over ML duties when Mea Culpa stepped down. last year, we split into phoenix and east valley. katantion and nekowriternyan are the ML's over there.
my novel is in a genre that i really don't know a lot about. the plot just sort of jumped out at me and shoved my other plot down a flight of stairs. it's about a medical transcriptionist who starts receiving voice files in which someone is plotting a murder. she has to use the clues she's given in each upload to keep it from happening.
ready? set? go!
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05-Homotastic: Tales of a Teenage Fag Hag - Fail.
06- Homotastic (take 2) - Epic Fail.
07- 36 -WIN!
08- What Goes Around Comes Around - Loser
09- ctrl+alt+murder
51,453 / 50,000
oct. 5, 2009 - 15 42
Greetings. My name is Beth. I've taken part in this crazy annual writing thingamajig since 2002. I'm a stay-at-home mom and writer. I've had numerous publications in the past year, most notably in a new Chicken Soup book. The ultimate goal is to be a published novelist. I still have high hopes for my manuscript from last year, NORMAL, a superhero urban fantasy. I had a partial request from an agent a few months ago, and their kind rejection convinced me of the need to rewrite the whole blasted thing. So I did.
I'm starting on the sequel to NORMAL for this year's Nanowrimo. My hope is to get the first 50k together for the sequel, then use that basis to go back and add more hints and development in the first book.
Um, what else. I live out in Buckeye. I've been in Arizona for over two years now. I'm from California but I lived all over the country while my husband was in the Navy; I have a deep abiding fondness for Washington state. My son is autistic and has various issues, but he's generally a sweet and smart kid. I do much of my writing while he's at preschool.
My writing blog is on LiveJournal:
http://celestialgldfsh.livejournal.com/
0 / 50,000
oct. 5, 2009 - 17 04
Holy heck...your plots mean business! I hope your original plot didn't break anything on the way down the stairs.
My name is Eric. I'm currently unemployed(not for lack of trying though, job market is miserable lately). I'd usually be taking classes at GCC this time of year, but the economy pushed me down a flight of stairs. So since I have a whole lot of time to do absolutely nothing until I find a job, I decided to give NaNoWriMo a shot. I had a friend who won in '07 and I thought the whole idea was freaking crazy back when she first told me about it. If there is something crazy, then I need to give it a shot.
I've had a whole mess of fantasy stories in my head for years now. No joke, I've been plotting these stories out for YEARS...but I never got to typing them down and making a real story out of them. If what I write out for NaNo goes well then I'll probably have the motivation to put the rest of my stories on paper.
I've lived in Arizona all my life, I'd like to leave but I'm afraid of an icy-death by being anywhere else. I freeze enough as it is during our Arizona "Winter" as it is.
----------~First Year Participant~
2009- Marred by Magic
26,307 / 50,000
oct. 5, 2009 - 18 07
Good morning... no, it really doesn't matter what time of day it really is, that's what I'm gonna come off with....
Anyway... Ya can call me Guin, or Jenn. I don't care which, lol. Ok, this will be my third year. My first was a rousing success in that I managed over 50,000 words before the deadline hit. I'll let y'all know when I actually finish the book. Last year, however, too much real life got in the way, and I failed. Epically. I'm hoping that with the support of my family and friends, this year will be closer to '07 than '08.
What's my novel about? I'll tell you as soon as Pixie the faerie muse tells me....
----------Genre? Can I choose more than one? How about this year we call it what it really is: Post-Apocalypse/Fantasy/Romance/Literary Fiction.
Ever look into the Eyes of a Dragon and Find a loving Soul? Welcome to my World.
5,115 / 50,000
oct. 5, 2009 - 18 36
hey, beth! i'm pretty partial to washington state myself. i lived in chelan for 2 years as a literacy tutor. seattle is my favorite city. yay for common interests!
----------05-Homotastic: Tales of a Teenage Fag Hag - Fail.
06- Homotastic (take 2) - Epic Fail.
07- 36 -WIN!
08- What Goes Around Comes Around - Loser
09- ctrl+alt+murder
5,115 / 50,000
oct. 5, 2009 - 18 38
welcome back, guin! i'm glad you're getting back on the proverbial horse. i hope to see you at some events this year!
----------05-Homotastic: Tales of a Teenage Fag Hag - Fail.
06- Homotastic (take 2) - Epic Fail.
07- 36 -WIN!
08- What Goes Around Comes Around - Loser
09- ctrl+alt+murder
5,115 / 50,000
oct. 5, 2009 - 18 44
my plots are violent. i have to watch my back. :p
the job market sucks. a lot. i quit a decent-paying job in august of last year, and now i'm stuck working very part time, making 1/4 of the money i used to. i'm less stressed about work, but more stressed about money. i apply for 5-10 jobs a week, and i'm overqualified for most. no bites. keep looking, though. perseverance is the only way to make it happen!
if you have any questions about nano in general or the phoenix region specifically, feel free to ask in the forum, a pm, or check out the newbie forum. you should try to make it to a couple of write-ins. hermit-itis is fine and all, but we're a social bunch in the ol' 602/623/480.
good luck either way!
----------05-Homotastic: Tales of a Teenage Fag Hag - Fail.
06- Homotastic (take 2) - Epic Fail.
07- 36 -WIN!
08- What Goes Around Comes Around - Loser
09- ctrl+alt+murder
0 / 50,000
oct. 5, 2009 - 20 17
Hola everyone. I'm David and that's pretty much the extent of my Spanish. I've lived in Arizona my entire life and when the weather is the way it currently is now I actually LOVE it here. I definitely want to move eventually though. I'm a senior in college and I'll be graduating (hopefully) this May, so then I too get to join the ranks of unemployment. When I'm not writing (and I haven't gotten to do much lately due to school and work), I'm doing homework, finding new music, going out with friends, watching movies (I love horror movies, especially slashers), or reading. I work on campus and my job basically requires me to surf the net and answer the phone the two times it rings, so hopefully that will help me get some writing done.
I've attempted Nano once (last year) and failed because I just lost interest in my plot. I could have finished though! I had 33,000 words around the halfway mark. This year I plan to finish no matter what. That's kind of my motto with everything I've given up on (working out, finishing a novel, etc): keep going until you see results. I have a couple of basic plots that I'm thinking of using this month so once I decide on one I'm going to go more in depth. Hopefully that happens soon.
Nice to meet all of you!
15,185 / 50,000
oct. 5, 2009 - 21 00
I'm CatherineAnn - Cat for short. I'm working as a receptionist right now to pay off all my bills so I don't have to worry about getting them paid while I'm on my big, grand world adventure next year... which will take up through NaNo next year ( :( ). I'm way excited about it, and can't wait to get out on it already. Only three more months, or so I keep telling myself. :)
This is my second NaNo... I managed to cross the finish line last year with my first attempt, and I hope that even in all the running around like a crazy person trying to get ready for January, I'll be able to hit my 60,000 word goal for my novel this year.
As far as my novel goes... here's the summary I have written down right now (subject to change):
Title: Faith, Love, and Happiness
Veronica was a promising photographer, until she married Logan. Logan is a liar, cheater, and manipulator, and Vic... he's Veronica's brother, and he's just pissed. When Vic finds out that Logan has strayed, he hatches a plan to knock off his less than faithful brother-in-law. He just didn't expect Becky, an up and coming art student taking a walk in the park, to get caught in the cross fire. Now Becky and Veronica both have to reconcile what happened and move on with their lives... but how well are they going to be able to do that when the city mayor wants to make Becky a poster child for stricter weapons laws and Veronica the face of domestic abuse?
----------2008 - Something Beautiful (50,183 words)
2009 - Prodido and other tales and deceit (15,185/60,000 words)
Check my NaNo Progress! http://catsnano.blogspot.com
1,516 / 50,000
oct. 5, 2009 - 21 11
I'm Georgie.
My day gig is a little embarrassing. I sell Viagra and other erectile dysfunction meds, as well as medications which treat genital warts and herpes. You see those ads in the back of magazines like "Get the real Viagra deal!" If you call the 800 number, there is a very good chance I will answer the phone. That said, I am thankful to have a job. Hard times out there...
I also play bass for a local Phoenix country/punk rock act The Earps. We have toured the United States many times and we are working on our second album. We're playing Hollywood Alley on Saturday Oct 10th if anyone wants to go (shameless plug...)
This is Nanowrimo #2 for me. I won last year although the manuscript is probably completely unreadable. Hahaha I'm not sure what I'm doing this year. I may go in with less preparation than last year and try it the seat-of-the-pants way this time. I was a childless Nanowrimo participant last year. This year I'm a Nanowrimo parent. My daughter Isabella was born on July 4th, 2009. Maybe I'll bring her to a write-in. :)
Nice to see y'all again!
Georgie
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1,516 / 50,000
oct. 5, 2009 - 21 13
Jenn! Welcome back. Thing about Nanowrimo, I notice... People fail and still come back every year! And this Nanowrimo thing was torture I thought. Here we are... :)
----------img src="http://www.nanowrimo.org/NanowrimoUtils/LiveSupporter/303800.png" />
40,034 / 50,000
oct. 6, 2009 - 09 40
Hi PhoenoWriMos:
Olivia, here. This is NaNo II for me and PhoenoNaNo I.
iMoHeThiSuFroBalt… That’s NaNo speak for I moved here this summer from Baltimore. I have been loving every single degree of it. Gotta say, I’m liking these 60 degree mornings, too!
I live in Sun City, but I’m not THAT old. I’m taking a break from work for a year and working on getting my own writing career going. Fingers crossed on that count because I’m hoping to never have to report to work again!
I finished/“won” NNWM last year, but that novel is still in a very rough first draft. I hope to finish it one day because I love the premise and the characters. I have no idea what I’m going to write this year, but I’m gonna give it a go anyway. I’m warming up using Rhia’s prompts on the PhoenoWriMo site (Thanks, Rhia!), and I just dug out my copy of NO PLOT, NO PROBLEM. If that doesn’t work, Guin, maybe you can lend me Pixie the fairie muse?
Olivia
----------2008/For Purple Mountains/53,000
Writing is a solitary job–but there's nothing lonely about it. I have always been too immersed in what I was doing, mad at it or laughing at it to wonder whether I was lonely or not, it’s simply solitary –Wm. Faulkner
0 / 50,000
oct. 7, 2009 - 08 14
PurpleInkSpot here. This will be my second year of attempting NaNoWriMo. Last year was a big ol' fail (I only hit a little over 9300 words, I kind of lost steam/discipline/interest in my plot direction by the third week). But that's okay, I didn't really have expectations of 50K grandeur. My story last year started out in one direction but ended up going off the map completely, and it wasn't a direction that held my interest. I've tried re-working it, but decided to give it a long rest before I try again.
My story this year is called The Agency. Its a story line that I've been playing with shorts and character sketches of for the last year, and lately, I have Sheila and Drake (my two main characters) in my head constantly. So I'm going to focus on that story and let them really speak at last. Its a supernatural urban-fantasy story so I'm excited to be able to explore the ghosties and ghoulies and things that go bump in the night. I just need a plot. I have a "world" and I have short scene ideas, but I don't what my overall conflict or problem to be resolved will be.
When I'm not writing you'll likely find me with my nose in a book, or knitting, or threading itty-bitty beads onto fine thread while poking my fingers with a needle. Of course, that's assuming my lap is free and not being filled by either one of our two cats or our dog or foster dog (we foster with a dog and cat euthanasia-list rescue organization). Oh, and I'm a podcast junkie. I'm looking for a good 12-Step program for that problem.
My blog is http://purpleinkspot.wordpress.com
----------2008: "Guardians" = >9300 (big ol' FAIL)
2009: "The Agency"
17,118 / 50,000
oct. 7, 2009 - 11 45
OMFG, another Christopher Moore fan? WIN! *virtual high five*
I'm Poofiemus (as in, you can call me that in person and actually get a response. Sad, no?). I just transferred to the Art Institute from NAU, so I can actually learn to be an animator like I always intended to. During most of the year, I watch anime, read fantasy novels and manga, and avoid editing my previous NaNo attempts.
2006 was my first NaNo, and I somehow won. Thinking I was very awesome, in 2007 I started MLing for Flagstaff with Intention (yes a person), got my wisdom teeth removed on the first of November, and promptly discovered my main characters had no motivation to do anything but eat pancakes as my novel went down in flames and maple syrup. Last year I did better, both on the MLing front and the wordcount front, save for the fact that the computer programmer who was supposed to be a minor character totally hijacked the first half of it.
Last year I finally realized that I absolutely suck at writing dramas; they all turn into comedies. So this year I'm embracing my comedic instincts, and writing a comedic sci-fi that can be summarized very succinctly: Snow White IN SPACE.
----------2006: Emryana (Success! 58000)
2007: Sayonara, Sanity! (Epic, imploding fail. 25000)
2008: Voice of the Voiceless (Hijacked, but 50000. Success?)
2009: Stratosphere White
17,118 / 50,000
oct. 7, 2009 - 11 53
Better you loosing interest in your plot than your characters loosing interest in it! The former just requires some time and caffeine to fix. The latter, a bulldozer, scalpels, and a bull whip.
You can do it! Go Write WIN!
----------2006: Emryana (Success! 58000)
2007: Sayonara, Sanity! (Epic, imploding fail. 25000)
2008: Voice of the Voiceless (Hijacked, but 50000. Success?)
2009: Stratosphere White
39,576 / 50,000
oct. 7, 2009 - 20 27
Hi! My name is Carmen and I'm looking forward to meeting people.
I wrote a clever and dazzling intro, then proceeded to delete the whole thing. Lesson one about backing up work- complete. ;-)
This is my first wrimo. My story is about an accountant that becomes a spy. She has some success, makes some friends, fails at the critical point in the climax and returns to her life all the better for the experience.
I live in west Phoenix- right next to where Avondale and Glendale converge. I like to embroider innappropriate things and llamas, run a personal blog, and hang out with friends. And I want to mention my wonderful husband and two cats. One of which thinks he's a dog. I'll let you guess which one. For work, I am down town in the administrative office for an HIV/AIDS grant.
Looking forward to meeting people! This should be a good time.
36,748 / 50,000
oct. 7, 2009 - 22 27
My name is Carl Wilson (happyslayer) and this year will be my third NaNo.
I am giving serious thought to just rewriting last year's novel - I, Space Marine 2: The Clone and I.
It is part two of what will be at least a trilogy about a Space Marine in the year 2432. In the first book, he woke up in this strange facility, figured out that he had a rather sarcstic computer, Marine Artificial Intelligence or MAI, that was grown into his body and that he had absoulutely no idea who he was, why he was there and what had happened to put him in this facility. Along the way, a lot of evil clones try to kill him, he realizes that he is in love with the Empress of human space (though he does not even remember meetting her) and that he must save her and the Empire from a plot that will release an invasion of evil clones.
In book 2, he must go back to the facility, which turns out to be a ring shaped asteroid orbiting a dead & dying planet, and discover who was behind the plot to release the clones.
I went back over it (the firest draft) a few months ago and I must say that I was less than thrilled. So I am thinking that I will just start from scratch. I have a whole mess of ideas flying around within my plot filled skull.
Or... not. I have also been seriously considering writing FanFic - a Star Wars story that takes place between Ep 3 & 4, that deals with a Jedi Knight that is running from the Empire.... (No main characters in it except maybe Vader)
Not sure yet... still have 23 days to figure it out!
Either way, I am looking forward to starting and meeting with many of you during future write-ins.
Later
----------Nano '07 - I, Space Marine - 63000
Nano' 08 - I, Space Marine 2 - 54,000
NaNo' 09 - The Constant Jedi (Star Wars novel) - ??,???
Only a Sith deals in absolutes. (Isn't that an absolute statement ObiWan?)
5,514 / 50,000
oct. 8, 2009 - 00 47
Well, my name is Carmella, and this is my first year of NaNoWriMo. I've been watching and thinking about it for years, but never done it. This year I'm gonna do it one way or another........
I figure, since it doesn't have to be good, I should be able to finish. <.< >.> :p
I just moved to Arizona a little less than two years ago, I've got two girls in middle school and a son who's a sophmore, and my hubby is currently unemployed (darn economy!!!!! ). I'm a full-time nurse, so finding the time to write can be a little hard at times, but I'm bound an determined to do it this year.
I've got a couple plots running about in my head, one based on a misfit elven girl in a world somewhat departed from what we traditionally see as fantasy, another about humans traveling to checkout a habitable earth-planet that's been found to be far closer than we thought one was. And then a few characters floating about in my brain that may lend themselves to a completely different plot by the time the writing actually starts.
Don't really know what else to write here, but happy to be along for the ride!
----------TO WRITE!!!! That's really the only reason I'm here. SOMEthing has to motivate me. :p
5,115 / 50,000
oct. 8, 2009 - 05 28
hi, david! i've lived in phoenix for almost 20 years, and october/november and february/march are the nicest times here. a couple of outdoor write-ins may be in order, if the weather is nice. :)
----------05-Homotastic: Tales of a Teenage Fag Hag - Fail.
06- Homotastic (take 2) - Epic Fail.
07- 36 -WIN!
08- What Goes Around Comes Around - Loser
09- ctrl+alt+murder
5,115 / 50,000
oct. 8, 2009 - 05 30
welcome, cat! tell us more about your big, grand world adventure!
----------05-Homotastic: Tales of a Teenage Fag Hag - Fail.
06- Homotastic (take 2) - Epic Fail.
07- 36 -WIN!
08- What Goes Around Comes Around - Loser
09- ctrl+alt+murder
5,115 / 50,000
oct. 8, 2009 - 05 32
hey, george, good to see you back this year! congratulations! isabella is a beautiful name. will you go with izzy or bella as a nickname?
----------05-Homotastic: Tales of a Teenage Fag Hag - Fail.
06- Homotastic (take 2) - Epic Fail.
07- 36 -WIN!
08- What Goes Around Comes Around - Loser
09- ctrl+alt+murder
5,115 / 50,000
oct. 8, 2009 - 05 36
welcome to phoenix, olivia! most of us are transplants ourselves, and if you need any advice or help finding your way around the valley, feel free to start a thread or pm someone. dharmashanti is in sun city west, i believe, so maybe you guys can buddy up. just look her up and say hi. tell her i sent you. :p
----------05-Homotastic: Tales of a Teenage Fag Hag - Fail.
06- Homotastic (take 2) - Epic Fail.
07- 36 -WIN!
08- What Goes Around Comes Around - Loser
09- ctrl+alt+murder
5,115 / 50,000
oct. 8, 2009 - 06 06
don't feel bad about your 9300. the first year i signed up, 2004, i didn't even get started. not a single word. the next year wasn't much better. i didn't win until 2007, and it was the worst thing i'd ever seen. just keep at it!
i'm also a knitter. are you on ravelry?
----------05-Homotastic: Tales of a Teenage Fag Hag - Fail.
06- Homotastic (take 2) - Epic Fail.
07- 36 -WIN!
08- What Goes Around Comes Around - Loser
09- ctrl+alt+murder
5,115 / 50,000
oct. 8, 2009 - 06 13
the first christopher moore book i ever read was "lamb", and now i've read it at least half a dozen times over the last three years. i also love "a dirty job", like a lot. it's just so funny! "in the butt, in the butt!"
everything is better in space. ie. firefly, muppets... and that's pretty much all i've got. firefly was a space western. a western? in space? yep. and people love it. not fox, of course, because fox is the network of doom. but people who aren't idiots love it.
i hope you'll post an excerpt of your novel. :)
----------05-Homotastic: Tales of a Teenage Fag Hag - Fail.
06- Homotastic (take 2) - Epic Fail.
07- 36 -WIN!
08- What Goes Around Comes Around - Loser
09- ctrl+alt+murder
5,115 / 50,000
oct. 8, 2009 - 06 18
welcome to nanowrimo! we have quite a few wrimos on the west-ish side, including... well, i can't remember her username, but her real name is jenn, and she'll be participating this year after a year or two off. if i remember her username, i'll put you in touch if you'd like a buddy.
----------05-Homotastic: Tales of a Teenage Fag Hag - Fail.
06- Homotastic (take 2) - Epic Fail.
07- 36 -WIN!
08- What Goes Around Comes Around - Loser
09- ctrl+alt+murder
5,115 / 50,000
oct. 8, 2009 - 06 20
it's easalle! her username, that is.
----------05-Homotastic: Tales of a Teenage Fag Hag - Fail.
06- Homotastic (take 2) - Epic Fail.
07- 36 -WIN!
08- What Goes Around Comes Around - Loser
09- ctrl+alt+murder
5,115 / 50,000
oct. 8, 2009 - 06 26
HQ suggest not rewriting, but if you feel like rewriting, then by all means, rewrite. if you're starting from scratch, then it's essentially a brand new story. maybe the second time is a charm. :)
----------05-Homotastic: Tales of a Teenage Fag Hag - Fail.
06- Homotastic (take 2) - Epic Fail.
07- 36 -WIN!
08- What Goes Around Comes Around - Loser
09- ctrl+alt+murder
5,115 / 50,000
oct. 8, 2009 - 06 28
welcome to nano! it's the craziest 30 days of the year, but, if you win, it's probably also the best. check out the other forums for tips and inspiration. maybe i'll see you at some events this year!
----------05-Homotastic: Tales of a Teenage Fag Hag - Fail.
06- Homotastic (take 2) - Epic Fail.
07- 36 -WIN!
08- What Goes Around Comes Around - Loser
09- ctrl+alt+murder
9,164 / 50,000
oct. 8, 2009 - 16 18
Hello, This is my third NANOWRIMO. Hopefully this time I might actually get out of my writing closet where I'm holed up most of the time--either that or I'm at the bookstore (can't help myself). I recently got back from the Army and have been finding my writing voice again as it had been lost for a while.
----------I live in the "far, far, far west valley" (around 107th Ave and Thomas) so I usually just write by myself or at a Barnes and Nobles Cafe in Goodyear (its fun to watch people staring at you wondering what you're doing there for hours :)..)
I write whatever pops into my head at the time without any plans--never was good at making plans. I never know where my writing will lead and its usually best because any time I plan I get stuck in the corner. Good luck to everyone out there and if anyone is in the far west valley let me know---or find me at Barnes and Nobles (lol).
Heather
15,185 / 50,000
oct. 8, 2009 - 20 42
Ah, yes... the epic trip around the world. :)
It's called The World Race, and I leave in January with (at last count) 110 other people. We'll be gone until the end of November 2010, and spending about month in each place we go. Basically, the only continent besides North America we won't hit that has a large human population is South America. I'm a little sad, but I'll get over it... and find an excuse to get there some other time.
The trip's not really a sight-seeing thing, though. We'll be divided into much smaller teams (like 6-8 people). In those teams, we'll probably be working with human trafficking victims in SE Asia and Eastern Europe, AIDS orphans in Cambodia and Kenya, possibly in one of the IDP (internally displaced peoples) camps in Uganda... maybe some relief work in the Philippines or Indonesia. The route really isn't set in stone, and nothing we're doing is in place for certain until we arrive at our destination for any given month.
No, I don't know which team I'm on, or who is on my team... I'll know before the end of this month, though! I go out to Georgia next week for about ten days of training. Everyone I've met or talked to is awesome, though, so I'm not too worried about who my teammates will be.
And in addition to the day job, I'm working my tail off trying to raise the money for this. So far, I've raised about $5000 out of $18,500 (before the international insurance and gear and shots and other expenses)... I still have a long way to go, in case you couldn't tell. :-P I'm just taking a major leap of faith here and trusting that everything will take care of itself.
----------2008 - Something Beautiful (50,183 words)
2009 - Prodido and other tales and deceit (15,185/60,000 words)
Check my NaNo Progress! http://catsnano.blogspot.com
77,203 / 50,000
oct. 8, 2009 - 22 57
Hi all! I'm Megan, and this will be my sixth year doing NaNo, though only the last two years have been here in Phoenix. Those two years have been my only wins, too, so Phoenix is obviously good for my productivity level.
Both of my winning novels never really got finished, unfortunately, so this year my goal is to write an actual conclusion to my story, no matter how wretched, by November 30th.
I haven't yet figured out what I'm going to write this year, but this time around I do have a whole file of story ideas I've saved up for the past year or so. Now it's just a matter of picking one and doing some planning. Naturally, on October 25th or so I will get a totally different idea out of nowhere that I absolutely must write, but at least I'll keep myself entertained in the meantime!
Looking forward to the 1st!
-Megan