Two days into the GED, and I'm almost completely finished with one of the four subjects. Bitchin'! At this rate, I'll be done in time to hitch a ride to Columbus to lurk around the Value Center Arena.

In other news, I'm writing about a space cowboy. I'm not sure where the idea came from, but it's fun to write about him and his screwy companions. One of them is the requisite Simple Earth Girl who just happens to have great psychic powers. Another is a little flying robot. The other is a star-roving hippie alien who has a great cosmic VW-bus. This is one of those rare occasions where I really and truly like all of the characters. The story itself isn't particularly good--I've never been great at doing sci-fi. SKIENCE! Fantasy and superheroes are more my thing. It's been fun so far, though. Alien robots invade Earth (Sylvie, the Earth Girl, calls them "Iron Men", after the song by Black Sabbath) and the space cowboy asks for Sylvie's help getting to a secluded area in the park from which to attack the mothership. While he's busy fucking around with the computer, she takes a baseball bat, beats the control center senseless, and the problem is solved through property destruction.

It's full of crack and more FICTION than science, but it's still great fun to write.