The Overlook Hotel

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BESW

12:58 AM

HP Lovecraft on metaphorical Mickey Mouse ears. Concludes with a stirring call to action.

Monica Cellio

1:52 AM

@NeilFein oh, sorry -- I didn't get your ping. I think I left a comment already.

8 hours later…

Matt Эллен

9:53 AM

@KitFox maybe use your fists?

4 hours later…

KitFox

1:40 PM

Great idea, @Matt.

Matt Эллен

2:05 PM

Stack Exchange

3:03 PM

Q: Misanthropic writers

Are their writers famous for having a predominantly misanthropic/excessively negative view about humanity whose work is almost always focused on this feeling? If so, who would you consider the most misanthropic one?

Matt Эллен

3:38 PM

@KitFox eep! it's getting tense!

1 hour later…

KitFox

4:39 PM

Happy T-Day, @Matt!

I'm never sure if you get pinged if I put "Matty".

Or annoyed. I'm not sure if you get annoyed either.

Matt Эллен

I wouldn't get pinged with "matty"

Happy T-Day, @KitFox

bbl!

KitFox

I'm making pumpkin pie.

KitFox

5:02 PM

And eating this fantastic tapenade that I've made.

Matt Эллен

6:01 PM

sounds delicious. I had venison casserole for lunch. It was great.

It was for St. Andrew's day. Scottish venison, I guess.

KitFox

6:32 PM

St. Andrew's Day?

I just got the pie out of the oven. Now the rolls are rising for a second time.

So I've got cider on to mull.

Matt Эллен

November 30th. St. Andrew is Scotland's saint

@KitFox sounds soooo good :drool:

KitFox

It's wicked easy. You could make some if you wanted.

Oh, excpet you're a bachelor, so you probably have no spices.

Or apple cider.

Matt Эллен

I have some spices, and apple juice.

KitFox

@MattЭллен Well, then why celebrate it today?

@MattЭллен Cinnamon, cloves, cardamom.

Matt Эллен

@KitFox today is Theme Day in the canteen

KitFox

6:35 PM

Cinnamon being the most important.

Matt Эллен

@KitFox 1 out of three ain't bad

KitFox

@MattЭллен Oh I see.

Matt Эллен

I have cinnamon

woo!

KitFox

Two teaspoons per ... um... a lot of juice.

Maybe a litre?

Matt Эллен

OK.

KitFox

6:36 PM

Do you have allspice?

Matt Эллен

no. maybe. let me check

KitFox

Then heat it in a pot on your stove until it boils, back it off until it's barely simmering.

Matt Эллен

I don't have all spice. I have some mixed spice

KitFox

What's in your mixed spice?

Allspice is its own thing. Looks like its also called English pepper or newspice.

Matt Эллен

cinnamon, coriander, caraway, nutmeg, ginger, cloves

KitFox

6:40 PM

Oh, that'd be nice.

I hadn't thought of caraway.

Matt Эллен

if I did half a litre, would I put in 1 teaspoon of the mixed spice?

I could add some ground pepper, too...

KitFox

1 teaspoon is probably good.

Don't add pepper.

Matt Эллен

KitFox

You've got lots of flavor there already.

Matt Эллен

maybe a dram or two of whisky

KitFox

6:49 PM

I don't suppose you have an orange?

Whiskey is good, or rum.

Matt Эллен

I have orange juice :D

KitFox

I was about to put rum in mine.

You could put a splash of orange juice in, but the slices are better because you get a bit of that zest flavor.

Or just forget about the oranges.

Because it's good in any case.

Matt Эллен

sadly I have an electric hob, so "backing it off" takes a lot longer than with a gas one

KitFox

Hob. That like a hot plate?

You don't have to bring it to a boil.

Oh. Right. Actually, I have electric now too. In this house.

I prefer cooking with gas.

Matt Эллен

yeah, 4 hot plates on top of an oven

KitFox

6:53 PM

Ah, well you're not too much of a bachelor then.

Matt Эллен

like that but grimy

KitFox

Yeah, that's kind of like mine, except I have a glasstop with sealed burners.

Matt Эллен

so how do you know it's ready?

KitFox

It's warm.

Then you drink it. If it tastes good, it's ready.

Matt Эллен

:D alright! I'll give it a go.

KitFox

7:00 PM

How is it?

I've written 20 words today!

Matt Эллен

20! great! keep going.

@KitFox still warming up

I forgot that cinnamon would float on the top :D

Matt Эллен

7:22 PM

@KitFox It's ready :D

KitFox

7:48 PM

We just ate. Now it's time to nap.

I hope it is good!

Matt Эллен

8:06 PM

It's nice :)

1 hour later…

KitFox

9:31 PM

@MattЭллен Glad to hear it. So was my nap.

Matt Эллен

How's the word count coming?

KitFox

97 words.

Matt Эллен

I shouldn't be interrupting you then!

KitFox

I just woke up a bit ago.

You want to keep me company? It's getting late, isn't it?

Matt Эллен

21:33

Are you writing a new scene now?

KitFox

9:35 PM

Just started a new one today.

Matt Эллен

how's it's going?

KitFox

Hey, how about we sprint together?

Matt Эллен

KitFox

It's meh. I'm having a really hard time keeping going.

You want to write on my topic, or pick something of your own?

Matt Эллен

what's your topic?

the apocalypse?

KitFox

9:37 PM

Um...this is going to be the scene where something happens in the surreal, black-figure-chasing area.

Oh kid bashed his face, brb

Matt Эллен

Ouch!

KitFox

Apparently they were sliding off the 8 foot rock wall next to the barn.

I told them to not do that anymore.

And tried not to have a heart attack.

OK. Writing now for 10 minutes. brb

Matt Эллен

go go!

KitFox

9:53 PM

Ugh.

Matt Эллен

how did it go?

I'll do one for the next sprint :D

KitFox

Um. like 150 words. maths.

167

Matt Эллен

nice

KitFox

Ready for one?

Matt Эллен

I'll just set up space for one...

OK, yes!

KitFox

9:56 PM

OK. ten minutes more.

Go.

KitFox

10:07 PM

138

Why is this so hard?

I'm at 402 and starting to warm up, but I think I need a shower.

@Matt.

Matt Эллен

sounds like a plan

I haven't counted my words...

219 words.

but all of it gibberish

KitFox

You make me feel so nice.

Is it seriously gibberish?

I'm going to take a quick shower, maybe stuff a roll in my piehole.

When's your usual bedtime?

Matt Эллен

about nowish

@KitFox let me read it back...

yes. it's utter nonsense

KitFox

10:30 PM

@MattЭллен Oh. Well thanks for staying up for my sake.

Matt Эллен

no worries. I will pop off in a minute

KitFox

It's not really that nonsensical.

> “All in good time, all in good time,” it laughed. “I smell your sensual harvest, so much abundance. Too many have come these days, so many, but you…such lovely complexity in your head.”

There. Learn from the master.

;-)

Matt Эллен