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I'm not normally in the habit of blogging unflattering photos of myself in my underwear, but I thought this one was appropriate as we are off to Fiji tomorrow to visit kaaronwarren and her family. This snap was taken ten or so years ago, either on Matamanoa island or somewhere up the Whitsundays. I like it cos it has a certain touch of the vibe of those nude writer pix from the 60s that  andrewmacrae was blogging awhile back.

Wherever I was, it was tropical and I was working on the first novel I ever managed to finish all the way to the end. Unfortunately, the damn thing totally sucked. If someone had told me then that it would be over ten years till I managed to complete another one I probably would have cried.
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On June 26th, 2008 09:16 am (UTC), karenmiller commented:
Have a fun trip! Say hi to Kaaron for me. She's a real broad. *g*
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On June 26th, 2008 09:26 am (UTC), catsparx replied:
will do!
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On June 26th, 2008 09:29 am (UTC), andrewmacrae commented:
dude, i cant believe you're going to fiji.

you suck.

give kaaron a hug for me!

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On June 26th, 2008 09:31 am (UTC), catsparx replied:
sure will! and I'll have a pineapple daiquiri for ya!
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On June 26th, 2008 09:32 am (UTC), andrewmacrae replied:
oh man, you suuuuuuuuck!!!!
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On June 26th, 2008 09:33 am (UTC), catsparx replied:
yep. i do
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On June 26th, 2008 09:33 am (UTC), andrewmacrae replied:
it's so cold here! and the sun sets at like 5.00pm and there's no tropical cocktails.
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On June 26th, 2008 09:35 am (UTC), catsparx replied:
poor darl
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On June 26th, 2008 09:37 am (UTC), andrewmacrae replied:
that's it, i'm goin back to laos. maybe in august. there's no tropical cocktails there either, but there is beer laos and it will be warm.
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On June 26th, 2008 09:55 am (UTC), king_espresso commented:
Maybe it's just me, but the pic is kinda hot. Enjoy the time in Fiji. ;-)
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On June 26th, 2008 10:38 am (UTC), catsparx replied:
we will!
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On June 26th, 2008 01:00 pm (UTC), ellen_datlow commented:
Have a wonderful time!

I'm off to lovely Chattanooga, TN in a few minutes, to lead a writing workshop--back Tuesday night.
Love to Kaaron (give her a hug)

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On June 26th, 2008 08:43 pm (UTC), catsparx replied:
Thanks, will do. You have a good time too.
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On June 26th, 2008 01:07 pm (UTC), strangedave commented:
Have a nice time in Fiji!

We'll be enjoying the Alice Springs beanie festival. Its gonna be awesome.

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On June 26th, 2008 08:43 pm (UTC), catsparx replied:
isn't the Alice a bit hot for beanies?
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On June 27th, 2008 02:32 am (UTC), strangedave replied:
Only when it is summer or daylight. Deserts tend to get cold at night, especially this far inland. It will often be in the 20s during the day, but drop to around 0 at night.

But you never need to worry about getting wet, so beanies are perfect. Alice ia very much a beanie town.

It is odd that you can go from shorts at midday to beanie and woolies at night.

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On June 26th, 2008 01:43 pm (UTC), chrisbarnes commented:
Good pic. I wonder if this nude writer thing will become a meme... hang on, let me go get my camera...

Have fun in Fiji!

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On June 26th, 2008 08:44 pm (UTC), catsparx replied:
thanks Chris.
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On June 27th, 2008 04:03 am (UTC), murasaki_1966 commented:
Have a goodtime in Fiji.

As for the novel, re-write a la. Iain M. Banks.

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