Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: exhausted
  • Music: The cats moving restlessly around the room.

I fought the lag and the lag won. Have an open thread.

So my "take four days to recover from jet lag" plan appears to have been a good one, except for the part where it wasn't actually long enough, and I am still passing out at inopportune moments. In the kitchen while making lunch. In my desk chair while writing. In the theater while watching Resident Evil: Afterlife (because the T-virus is apparently soothing unto me).

I need to take a shower. I'm afraid I'm going to drown.

So here: have an open thread. Talk about whatever, post whatever, do whatever (although it would be nice if you could keep the Campbell congrats on the "I won the Campbell" post, just to make them easier to answer). Do not expect prompt replies, as I may be asleep. If you do not see activity from me for twenty-four hours, I have drowned in the shower, and the cats have eaten me. I expect it will take them a week or so to figure out the LJ interface and begin posting.

Game on!
Tags: post-con, silliness, utterly exhausted
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cleothyla

September 12 2010, 16:44:11 UTC 6 years ago

I just have one question, do you prefer pumpkin pie or pumpkin bread? I do know that you drink Diet Dr. Pepper exclusively but I was wondering what type of snacks you like.

seanan_mcguire

September 13 2010, 14:06:34 UTC 6 years ago

Pie. But I don't eat crusts.

kyburg

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kyburg

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beckyh2112

September 12 2010, 16:44:42 UTC 6 years ago

Twitter is possibly the coolest social networking application ever. I have never heard privacy violation stories about it like I have for Facebook, it's designed so you can find people talking about you pretty easily, and it's minimal in what it allows you to do. I appreciate a minimalist design, I do.

Also, it lets me do random things like page my friends to check on lines from a book for me and accidentally get the author herself. ^_^ Or mention, "it'd be cool if Gail Simone did a four-issue mini-series on Elita One's crew" and have Gail Simone @reply me to ask who Elita One is. ^__^

beckyh2112

September 12 2010, 16:46:40 UTC 6 years ago

Also, randomly, McFarland Publishing might have some shiny books you'd be interested in. (They write scholarly works about pop-culture! *wriggles* I'm kind of madly in love.)

seanan_mcguire

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jenk

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mac_arthur_park

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Go to hell, real life, I'll punch you in the face!

spectralbovine

September 12 2010, 16:45:46 UTC 6 years ago

I eat Indian food.

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seanan_mcguire

September 13 2010, 14:07:13 UTC 6 years ago

Bitch.

sdelmonte

September 12 2010, 17:01:14 UTC 6 years ago

Welcome back, o bearer of the tiara.

seanan_mcguire

September 13 2010, 14:07:23 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you.

bercilakslady

September 12 2010, 17:27:13 UTC 6 years ago

Fresh figs and gorgonzola cheese and caramelized onions are really good on pizza. With a little fontina to even out the cheese layer.

bercilakslady

September 12 2010, 17:27:41 UTC 6 years ago

no actual sauce, other than a bit of garlic butter on the dough.

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bercilakslady

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Mmmm...toast and jam

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wyldirishtric

September 12 2010, 17:29:53 UTC 6 years ago

I'm alone for the next few days while my SO is in Germany. So, tonight I'm watching a Firefly marathon, and tomorrow I have my first class of the school year.

dulcinbradbury

September 12 2010, 18:09:38 UTC 6 years ago

Firefly marathon is good. :) Good luck with your classes.

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aliciaaudrey

September 12 2010, 17:31:23 UTC 6 years ago

I seem to recall you will be adding another Maine Coon to the kitty brigade. Are you taking another girl? What colors are you hoping for?

Alice has fascinating eyes by the way; you just don't see too many blue tabbies with orange eyes.

tereshkova2001

September 12 2010, 22:17:58 UTC 6 years ago

As I understand it, she's scheduled to get either this boy kitten or his almost-identical brother:

http://yfrog.com/83havrj

Pinecoon Cattery makes the best kittens.

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Toby Question

ravenclawed

September 12 2010, 19:00:27 UTC 6 years ago

I don't know if anyone's asked this yet, but does the scent of the characters' magic correspond to their personalities? Or their races? Quentin and Toby have magic that smells like a metal and a plant, but Tybalt's is musk and a flower.

I've been through four-hour jetlag, I can only imagine what jetlag from traveling to the other side of the planet is like.

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cleothyla

September 12 2010, 21:52:36 UTC 6 years ago

Love your icon!

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seanan_mcguire

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ravenclawed

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"Exploring the undead: University of Baltimore to offer English class on zombies"

biguglymandoll

September 12 2010, 19:07:48 UTC 6 years ago

I found the link here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/08/AR2010090802944.html?hpid=sec-education ... And then I sent Professor Blumberg a recommendation for Feed.

His response was as follows: "I did read about this book when it was just coming out and it looks ideal for examining a new stage in the evolution of the zombie as a pop culture icon."

Yay Seanan! I hope the jet lag eases up soon.

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fireriven

September 12 2010, 22:00:22 UTC 6 years ago

Awesome! (Re: professor's response.) I hope he does actually read the book and then adopt it for his class - as a teacher myself, I can tell you that Feed is rich with classroom possibilities.

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seanan_mcguire

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maverick_weirdo

September 12 2010, 20:19:29 UTC 6 years ago

Nine days till Season Premiere of Glee

Pumpkin Slushies for everyone! Oh wait...

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seanan_mcguire

September 13 2010, 14:09:33 UTC 6 years ago

Mine, too.

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trixiaw

September 12 2010, 20:50:26 UTC 6 years ago

Which of Shakespeare’s plays is your favourite?

seanan_mcguire

September 13 2010, 14:09:43 UTC 6 years ago

Depends on the day.

fireriven

September 12 2010, 22:03:08 UTC 6 years ago

I am dancing the dance of one who has just finished article revisions! Time for tea and tripping my way into another Sherlock Holmes short story! (Then more An Artificial Night, of course.) :D

hooton

September 12 2010, 22:51:19 UTC 6 years ago

Welcome home. If your cats don't eat your bloated, showered up corpse first, what are your thoughts on the University of Baltimore's zombie 101 course?

hooton

September 12 2010, 22:52:54 UTC 6 years ago

(This is a more general question to the one asked above. Which I didn't see before I posted. Making me an idiot. This is my attempt at recovery).

seanan_mcguire

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kyrielle

September 12 2010, 23:55:27 UTC 6 years ago

I love the game Thunderstone.

Scott is presently doing the shopping, with Drew, and bringing home dinner. (I am on call. I am thus staying home with the laptop.)

My house needs to be cleaned. Massively. Sigh. That probably means I should step away from the computer and begin tidying.

gothicsparrow

September 13 2010, 00:33:11 UTC 6 years ago

Did you see any zombie pumpkins while you were in Melbourne? Did you try the vegimite thing? It's not actually evil, I swear. I had it on toast for breakfast this morning, and I'm not dead yet.

seanan_mcguire

September 13 2010, 14:10:22 UTC 6 years ago

No, and tried it before. It's nice.

tsgeisel

September 13 2010, 01:47:55 UTC 6 years ago

After what you did in Feed, I wasn't expecting you to do that in An Artifical Night! Wow.

Just posting this to taunt the people who haven't read it yet. Nothing really like that happens.

Maybe.

I have other questions about AAN, but I'd rather ask them in a thread dedicated to discussing the book completely, where I don't have to worry so much about spoilers. (Like the one I (maybe) didn't reveal above.)

aiglet

September 13 2010, 16:17:12 UTC 6 years ago

You should try the forums! Lots of spoilery book discussion there, although Seanan doesn't read it.

http://seananmcguire.com/forum/

mac_arthur_park

September 13 2010, 04:05:47 UTC 6 years ago

I got a snail mail letter yesterday from my best friend from high school. She even wrote it in blue Bic ballpoint pen on sheets of paper torn out of a spiral notebook, just like we used to in high school.

I haven't seen her handwriting in close to...15 years? More? Now it is all phone calls and email and Facebook. It was so wonderful to have something I could hold in my hand.

phoenixsansfyr

September 13 2010, 12:32:35 UTC 6 years ago

This makes me inexplicably happy.

muddlewait

September 13 2010, 04:14:07 UTC 6 years ago

I'm amused by the degree to which recent events have left you effectively speechless about them. You're enjoying your success so much that even you can't express it. And that makes me smile.

The suspense is terrible. I hope it'll last. :)

jeffreycwells

September 13 2010, 10:47:29 UTC 6 years ago

It's almost Shakespearean. We just have to find out her One Terrible Flaw That Will Bring Her Down. I wonder if "addiction to diet Dr. Pepper" counts. That would be a pretty great play.

phoenixsansfyr

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phoenixsansfyr

September 13 2010, 12:38:20 UTC 6 years ago

An Artificial Night is such the best Toby book so far. I cannot express this enough.

My life is very sad when I consider waking up at 645 for the main day job as being sleeping in.

BUT! I have coffee, and I have interesting discussions on disorders (such as why people are willing to burn pedophiles but turn a blind eye to geriatric abuse and neglect, despite the fact that it is about 9x more prevalent, and certainly just as revolting to molest an old person as it is a child), and I have a lot of overtime this week because the business hasn't totally taken off yet. And the spousal unit is quitting his job on Wednesday (with buffer money!) and someone has to maintain continued employment Just In Case.

It's also far too early for me to be posting random shit to anyone's LJ.

a3starmom

September 13 2010, 14:07:05 UTC 6 years ago

Behold the mother bee.She so loves her baby bee that she takes the magic machine and super sauce to make the hive shine in preperation for the arrival of "The Circus".I always liked the clowns.:)

vixyish

September 14 2010, 02:42:47 UTC 6 years ago

Hello from one of the clowns! ;)

kyburg

September 13 2010, 17:03:05 UTC 6 years ago

I've had a the evil thought that 'Wicked Girls' might make an AWESOME children's book, watercolor art and everything.

Edgar and Allan

cheerfulolygirl

September 18 2010, 21:28:11 UTC 6 years ago

Ever since hearing you tell the story at Wayward Coffeehouse in Seattle on July 10, I occasionally say "MIcrowave!" and crack up. I have had to retell the story to several people who were not fortunate enough to be there that day, and they too find it hilarious, but I know I am not doing the story justice. Is there any chance that you will record the story for release as an internet video or mp3 file? Or perhaps that someone has already recorded you telling the story (I checked youtube and could not find such a recording, though perhaps I did not think of the correct search terms)?
My parents are always asking what to get me for Christmas, and it would be great to tell them - "Go to this website, spend $1 via paypal, and I will be able to listen to Seanan tell the MIcrowave! story over & over, and even share it with you!"

Now, I'm off to digest your lyrics about the Black Death, and probably add Return of the Black Death: the World's Greatest Serial Killer to my Shelfari reading list. Thank you!
- Janice from Lacey, Washington

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seanan_mcguire

October 19 2010, 22:17:07 UTC 6 years ago

I may someday? For right now, it's way too useful as something to bust out at parties and things like the Wayward event.