Here it is, the day before the day before Christmas. The snow is actually falling for once, all our shopping is done, all gifts wrapped, and Santa Claus is terrifying a new generation. One of our friends asked my 3-year-old if Santa was coming to our house. Without missing a beat, he responded, "No, he's too scary." I mean, forget presents. Santa is a creepy stalker and little P knows it.
On a much lighter note, did you know that you can curl wrapping paper like you curl ribbon? I had this giant present and no giant bow. So I cut some wrapping paper into strips and ran a scissor blade across it and voila!
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| Dollar Tree wrapping paper curls just like ribbon! |
With Christmas being the commercialized time of year it is, I started thinking about abandoned or nearly abandoned malls. I already fessed to my love of evil robots, now I'm coming clean about my love of old places. Be it a grand Victorian or a humble tenement house, I'm just full of anemoia. Sigh.
I was knocking around deadmalls.com and I ran across a link to an article on Totem Lake Mall which is relatively close to where I live. Then actual nostalgia kicked in. I forgot about Lamonts and Mervyns. Heck, I even forgot about Gottschalks. All of this made me think about the mall near where I grew up, Kitsap Mall. Kitsap Mall seemed like it was dying around 2006-2007. Two of the anchor stores failed during this time and a lot of the small storefronts were empty as well. Somehow magically, this mall now seems to be on the upswing. Here's a map of their current layout. I was there last weekend and it was hard to find a parking space. We ended up at World Market, a non-traditional anchor for what was originally a very traditional mall.
So . . . writing. Yeah. I'm still writing in the same futureverse, but I'm what I'm working on doesn't fit with the Culling series. It's about the same people when they're a bit older, and ties up some loose ends. It's not action/adventure/ya, I think it's going to be more slice-of-life/romance/drama. I'm thinking about putting it on this page instead of Wattpad, if it turns out. Who knows, the cake might fall when I open the oven door.
But Chapter 7 of the Bond is now on Wattpad. Hint, hint.