I’ve begun a slow appreciation for Metalocalypse, and maybe even Dragonforce. We have all the Dragonforce CDs in the player at work (thanks, Tony), as well as the Dethklock CD (I don’t even know if I’m spelling that right, so I must not be a real fan), and they’ve worked their way into my brain.

Allie is here visiting for Thanksgiving, and it’s nice to have her around and remember what it’s like to have a kid. Missing her goes from just sitting around going “Huh…I miss her.” to random hurting and sadness. She’s doing well in school, much better than she was at Mills Lawn, and everyone has realized that they just didn’t know what to do with her and just were moving her along and having her spend 90% of her time in the special ed room playing computer games that weren’t really teaching her anything. Now, she’s writing in cursive, reading much better and getting A’s on tests, as well as spending at least 50-60% of her day in the regular classroom.

I’ve sent out a new wave of queries, so we’ll see if this nets anything. I still haven’t heard from that first agent, so I guess at this point I’m trying to just learn patience. At least I haven’t bugged them or sent them emails all the time. Of course, I’m trying to get more writing done, so that when that shining moment does come I have more than just the one-trick pony to sell.

I’m a seven to eight trick pony, at least…