Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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  • Music: Nightmare Before Christmas, "This Is Halloween."

Ten good things about today.

10. It's Friday! And that means that tomorrow is Saturday, which further means that it's finally time for me to have a book event at the Other Change of Hobbit! Conveniently located next to Ashby BART, spacious, and full of neat things, this is one of my favorite bookstores. You should totally come.

9. Karen Healey (I know, right?) has a poll for the best moment of WorldCon 2010/Aussiecon IV, and yes, my squeaky acceptance of the Campbell Award is currently in the lead. Which is the sort of thing that makes me blink and cry a little. But in the good way, I promise! Also, John Scalzi licking stuff.

8. After our horrible "oh crap the house is full of fleas" experience this summer, everything seems to have settled down. Alice's belly-fur is growing back, no one's trying to claw their own flesh off, and our strict regimen of flea powdering the carpets and pouring poison on the cats is keeping the blood-suckers away. Thank the Great Pumpkin.

7. SHARKTOPUS! Tomorrow night on SyFy! Because Coyote loves me and wants me to be happy.

6. By the same measure, have you seen Jane Austin's Fight Club? Because seriously, this video is love. (Technically safe for work, if you're allowed to watch videos at work and feel like doing some potentially awkward explaining about why all those girls are smacking the crap out of each other.)

5. Resident Evil: Afterlife actually doesn't suck. I know, I'm as surprised as you are. Sort of tickled, too, but mostly just surprised. It's not as good as Resident Evil: Apocalypse, but then, what is?

4. Jean Grey is still dead.

3. Things that are back on the air: Glee, Fringe, Big Bang Theory, Bones, and America's Next Top Model. Things that have managed to stick the landing in their season finales: Rizzoli and Isles, Leverage, Unnatural History, and Warehouse 13. Things that make me happy: watching too much television.

2. Despite my currently perennially delayed posting schedule (curse you, Australia, and your lack of Internet), the latest iteration of the Traveling Circus and Snake-Handling Show went well, and we all had a fantastic time. Plus, the bookstore now has signed books, and that makes everything wonderful.

...and the best thing about today...

1. Welcome to fall.

What's awesome about your Friday?
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Awesomeness about Friday

mackatlaw

September 24 2010, 18:08:32 UTC 6 years ago

I just took Melissa, our legal assistant (and childhood friend of mine!) out to lunch at an enjoyable Mexican restaurant. She's been a boon and a blessing to the office while she's in-between jobs as an interior designer.
Our conversation about her trip to Italy qualifies as awesome, I think. I love history and hearing about foreign places.

I've seen Jane Austin's Fight Club. It was hilarious.

Resident Evil: Afterlife is something I would see whether it sucked or not, just because I bought into the other three movies. I'm glad to hear it qualifies as good (for a post-apocalyptic measure of "good") and intend to see it next week with a friend.

I watched Glee's premiere and am looking forward to watching my recording of Bones. I love both those shows.

Jean Grey is still dead, really? That will change. Give it time and some new writers. She's the Phoenix -- coming back from the dead is what she does. Currently I'm only reading Warren Ellis's run on "Astonishing X-Men" and the "Xenogenesis" book. I'm trying to fill in my Grant Morrison collection on his New X-Men run, too.

Re: Awesomeness about Friday

seanan_mcguire

September 29 2010, 20:56:34 UTC 6 years ago

I know Jean Grey is the Phoenix, but still, a girl can dream.

Re: Awesomeness about Friday

mackatlaw

September 30 2010, 19:23:47 UTC 6 years ago

I had a major crush on Jean Grey. I even wrote Phoenix fan-fiction at one point. Here is Exhibit A, an excerpt from "Backstage" which could go on for much longer, but which mercy on my part forbids me from trying to foist on you.

*******

Below her was the Earth, familiar shapes of continents visible far below the Olympian heights. Her outfit was green and gold, bright and gaudily wrapped around the body of a red-headed woman. Long curls reflected the light of the heavens with a warm, rich sheen, like the reds of a tree’s leaves in autumn or the sunset over Hiroshima.

*****

Mainly I liked that last sentence and wanted to share!
So do you think Emma Frost is a better companion for Scott, or are you indifferent? (I identify too much with Scott, while enjoying Emma Frost's wit.) And are you reading Warren Ellis's Astonishing X-Men and Xenogenesis? If not, you're missing out.

Mack

Re: Awesomeness about Friday

seanan_mcguire

October 1 2010, 15:23:33 UTC 6 years ago

I definitely believe Emma Frost is a better companion for Scott. I am an Emma girl.

Re: Awesomeness about Friday

mackatlaw

October 2 2010, 02:19:08 UTC 6 years ago

Emma is fairly awesome, I agree.

Btw, I received my autographed books in the mail yesterday, one for me and one for Jennifer. Thank you very much! I have been reading Toby book one, loaned by Jen, and I am deep into it.

I love practicing law. I know you love writing, because it shows in every sentence you craft, and every entry you post.

"How far we've come," indeed.

Re: Awesomeness about Friday

seanan_mcguire

October 13 2010, 21:33:20 UTC 6 years ago

Yay, books!