Life, the Universe, and Everything

I just named this post that because I was too lazy to actually think of something that describes it. Making up for my bad math exam, I got a near-perfect grade on my American Literature final. W00t! The American Government exam was pretty easy, and while I haven't gotten my grade back yet I think I'll do even better then I did on my Literature exam.

In other news, I started writing a novel. Compared to my previous attempts at a novel the detail has gone through the roof. Chapter 1 is 716 words, which is a bit shorter then I would like, but still pretty good for me. It is called "The Death of a Vixen", and here is an excerpt:

She sniffed, and could still smell a human and a dog. A hound. She sniffed again, then listened. They were coming closer. There was no hope now that the human and the dog would miss them in the rain. She would have to try to escape. Grabbing her slumbering kit by the scruff of his neck, she snuck out of the den. The kit recognized the danger and stayed quiet. Crawling over a hill, the vixen listened again, and was disturbed to find that the dog and the man were still drawing nearer. She hurried on. Just a few yards away from another one of her dens, she brushed past some wet branches and a trap abruptly snapped on her leg. Struggling and crying, she dropped her kit who rolled down a rocky hill and hit a tree. Weak and bruised in countless places, he hid behind the inconveniently placed tree where he could watch the proceedings above. As he watched, the hound and the farmer ran up to the struggling vixen. With a smile creeping across his mouth, he triumphantly spoke two words: "Get 'er".

So there it is. Yes, my search engine is still in progress. I just got a python programming book to help me.