ZOMG...my novel's been picked up by a screenwriter. ~~!!!! I thought it was complete trash, but...apparently it's pretty good. I'm still workin on pieces of it. I'm actually missing the first half or so of the story. Being the genius that I am, I conveniently left it in Colorado when I moved. She's threatened to murder me if I don't have it to her by June. LOL. Good thing I'm going back in two weeks.

How exciting though...maybe I'm not wasting my time after all? I mean, I thought it might make a crappy book...but she wants to turn it into a movie. Then again, with atrocities like Blades of Glory and Napoleon Dynamite that might not be saying much. I guess we'll see. I'm thrilled to death.
Unknown Perplexed - 16 years, 6 months, 20 days ago

So...Sunday I kind of got a renewed lease on life. An F3 tornado tore through Prattville and nearly destroyed everything. It missed my house by less than half a mile. The tornado itself was half a mile wide, so we were in great range to get hit. We lost power for 13.5 hours and my mind is still blown that we're alive, even moreso that we weren't injured.

Granted, I've lived through just about every kind of weather/natural disaster that exists, but it's never been this close. When Hurricane Bonnie ripped through Virginia Beach back in 98 and we were right on the water, it still wasn't this scary. The center of town's been destroyed, to include Wal-Mart (where we buy EVERYTHING), a number of buildings and houses, and my former place of employment. I'm just kind of speechless...

Anyway, thoughts and prayers are appreciated, it's going to take a long time to rebuild and get back into the swing of things. On the bright side I finally got that vacation I wanted. :(

Pictures from left to right are the apartments behind Wal-Mart, across the street from my former job, Kmart itself, and a picture of the neighborhood that's less than a quarter of a mile from mine.
Unknown Perplexed - 16 years, 9 months, 7 days ago