I think NaNo is an excellent exercise for me in terms of rubbish first drafts. Usually I give up when I start to hate it. Now I can't. So perhaps I will end up with an actual draft of much of the story, and can then beat it into (an entirely different!) shape in the next several months.

...maybe?

Hmm, both of those things just happened. I have a new librarian, and all of the lights have just gone out. Seeing as this is the age of gas-lamps, this is a bit suspect.

Oooh, hurrah! I am very interested in your playlist. I have a bit of George Winston (mostly Christmas, and I think we have some on tape somewhere, but we never listen to tapes except on car trips in Dad's CD-player-less van) and love it quite a lot. And sea shanties for the win!

(Losing playlists is devastating. This happens to me with disturbing frequency, and I have a lot of playlists. :p)