So...

There's been something wrong with my brakes, my tires, my transmissions, an oxygen sensor, and I had to get my car smoged for stupid California car registration.  Its stupid I'm spending something like $2,000 on car repairs.  Christmas is coming and the wife's birthday is this month too.  I'm gonna pretend I've forgotten it and surprise her with dinner and a gift.  She doesn't read this Pulitzer Prize worthy blog, so I'm sure I'm not spoiling the surprise.  I'm working my tail off not even to get ahead, but to just break even these days.  I did manage to fit in some writing this week, and turn an important corner.  For a while this story I'm working on was just progessing along, but now its starting to turn sinister.  The evil part of my villian is sort of known already in earlier parts of the story, but while his intentions or feelings have been sort of partially revealed, the actions he's going to take get what he wants are really starting to take off.  He's going to be violent, destructive, and schemeing, and hopefully realistic.  Villians are tougher in movies, TV, and books these days, it makes them more realistic and more believable, and that's what I'm going for.  This guy is an amalgamation of things, and people I've come across.  In many ways this story is me fighting my demons, my past, and myself, and I think, its evident how serious you take a fictional battle, when you personalize that battle.