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• Grant Faulkner – Executive Director of NanoWriMo.
• Taxi Driver – 1976 movie directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Paul Schrader, and starring Bobby DeNiro as a guy who isn’t sure who you’re talkin’ to (trailer).
• Cowboys & Aliens – 2011 flick involving Cowboys, Aliens, and Paul Dano (trailer). 
• The Ballad of Buster Scruggs – 2018 anthology western film from the Coen brothers (trailer). 
• Manifest – 2018 NBC TV show about airline passengers who seems to develop supernatural powers after disappearing for a bit (trailer). 
• Lost – ABC TV series that ran from 2004 to 2010 about a group of people who are lost on an island, also there is a polar bear, smoke monster, and a rockstar hobbit (trailer). 
• A Knight’s Tale – 2001 Knight-centric film staring Ennis Del Mar famous for its obvious historical inaccuracies and bananas soundtrack (trailer). 

• Queen – 1970’s rock band featuring Freddie Mercury and some other guys who made some alright songs sometimes.
• Dirty Shirley – Alcoholic take on the Shirley Temple, made of vodka, lemon-lime soda, grenadine, and cherry liqueur. 
• “The NaNoWriMo Song” – 2011 song by Kristina Horner about the trials and tribulations of participating in NanoWrimo. 
• Noir – Genre often dealing with physical and social darkness, crime, detective stories, etc. 
• City Lights – Independent bookstore located in San Francisco, founded in 1953.
• Powell’s – Chain of bookstores situated in and around Portland, Oregon, founded in 1971.
• Barnes & Noble – Large-scale bookstore conglomerate with over 600 stores, mainly used for their bathrooms and for stealing magazines. 
• Amazon Bookstore – Chain of brick-and-mortar bookstores ran by Amazon, which is something, I guess. 
• Amazon Alexa – Tiny speaker robot that you can use to order milk or whatever. 
• Eureka, California – County seat of Humboldt County, hometown of Write Sweat Jesse, as well as others. 
• Tin Can Mailman – Used bookstore in Arcata, CA, founded in 1972.
• Northtown Books – New bookstore located in Arcata, CA, less than a block from Tin Can Mailman.
• Booklegger – Used bookstore located in “Old Town” Eureka.
• Ingomar Club – Social club in the Carson Mansion, which was built in 1855 and is a classic example of Victorian architecture.

• Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom – Bananas-ass movie involving cloned dinosaurs, cloned humans, and not Lauren Lapkus (trailer). 
• Club 33 – Secret no-so-secret club inside Disneyland where they serve booze. 
• Eleven – Psychic character from Stranger Things who likes Eggos.
• The Return of the King – Third volume of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, written by J.R.R Tolkien and published in 1955.
  • Gondor – Kingdom in Lord of the Rings, described as the “greatest realm of Men.”
  • The Shire – Region in Lord of the Rings settled by Hobbits. 
• Twin Peaks: The Return – 2017 “3rd Season” of Twin Peaks featuring Kyle MacLachlan, Kyle MacLachlan, and Kyle MacLachlan (trailer). 
• Dan Harmon – (b. 1973) – Writer and creator of TV shows including Community, Rick and Morty, and Heat Vision and Jack. 
  • “Story Circle” – Harmon’s storytelling and writing technique.
• Maniac – 2018 Netflix series directed by Cary Fukunaga and starring Emma Stone and Jonah Hill (trailer). 
• Cary Fukunaga – (b. 1977) – Director and writer of It and;
• True Detective – HBO miniseries about how time is a flat circle (trailer). 

• Captive Prince –  Book trilogy by C.S. Pacat, published in 2015 and 2016.
• Count of Monte Cristo – 1845 adventure/revenge novel by Alexandre Dumas.
• Penguin Books – British publishing house founded in 1935, one of the “Big Five”.
• Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald – 2018 David Yates flick starring:
  • Jude Law – (b. 1972) – British actor, was in everything 2003 and 2004.
  • Johnny Depp – (b. 1963) – Previous actor, current domestic abuser. 
• Mauraders – Group of kiddos from the Harry Potter universe that included Gary Old Man and Timothy Spall. 
• Philosopher’s Stone – 
• George Lucas – (b. 1944) – Filmmaker, known for the Star Wars films and a killer flannel collection. 
• Twilight – 2005 vampire/werewolf/apple-holder novel by Stephanie Meyer.
• Vampire Diaries – 1991-2014 book series and 2009-2017 TV series that spawned the spinoff;  
  
  • The Originals – 2013-2018 TV spinoff of the Vampire Diaries that spawned the spinoff; 
    • Legacies – 2018 TV spinoff of the Vampire Diaries and The Originals.
• The Star Wars Prequels – Consisting of The Phantom Menace (1999), Attack of the Clones (2002), and Revenge of the Sith (2005), the Star Wars prequels dealt with the story of Anakin (Darth Vader) and his pals;
  • Queen Amidala – Padme Amidala, Queen of Naboo, was not elected to watch her people suffer and die.
  • Jar Jar Binks – Gungan doofus, problematic?

• Rogue One – 2016 adventure from the Star Wars universe where everyone dies (spoiler alert) (trailer). 
• Solo – 2018 adventure from the Star Wars universe featuring Childish Gambino, Woody from Cheers, and Ansel Elgort? (trailer). 
• The Last Jedi – 2017 Star Wars film with lotsa Porgs and Space Dern (trailer).
• “Bwonggg” – Movie soundtrack noise popularized by Hans Zimmer, probably most known for its inclusion in Inception.
• A Star is Born – 2018 remake (trailer) of a remake of a remake starring Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper as;
  • Jackson Maine – Country singer, guy who just wants to take another look at things. 
• The Christmas Chronicle – 2018 Xmas movie starring Kurt Russel and Little Steven sans bandana (trailer). 
• Critical Role – Web series started in 2010 featuring voice actors playing D&D.
• Despicable Me – Film franchise that introduced the world to the Minions (trailer).