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Okay, bits and pieces, because I am a crispy, crispy cookie right now. Seriously, I wrote ALL THE THINGS last night, AND indexed half a box of My Little Ponies, AND updated my spreadsheets, AND cleaned up after Thomas, who had inexplicably decided to make a horrible mess in the bathtub (I'm sure I'll be dealing with this more in the days to come, and will spare you any further details; at least he did it on an easy-clean surface). Then, this morning, I got up to discover that my transit card had vanished in the night, leading to a pre-6:00 AM shredding of my bedroom. So I am not the bubbliest bunny in the burrow.

So first, Orbit is giving away poster prints of the covers to Deadline and Feed as part of the Epic Loot holiday series. Details are available at the link above, and they're selecting their winner tomorrow, so you should head over there and sign up if you're interested. They're gorgeous pieces. They'd look amazing on your wall.

The best thing about the people that I love is the way that they make me lizard-happy. I'm just saying. Find something (or someone) that makes you lizard-happy, and hug it a whole bunch. Assuming this won't get you slapped with a restraining order, injected with neurotoxic venom, or just plain slapped.

It's no secret that I'm a My Little Pony nut; see also, "regular references to cleaning and sorting and indexing the collection, so that I can figure out which Ponies I still need to either upgrade or acquire." (Hint: The answer is "quite a few.") Well, I'm also a big My Little Demon fan, and wanted to be sure you'd seen these ultimate expressions of my 1980s horror girl heart. I have Sparkle Plague framed and hanging in my bathroom, and I'm looking wistfully at Toxic Popsicle and Voodoo Vixen. It's possible that my home decor is a trifle unnerving.

(I will be working industriously at making it more unnerving in the weeks to come, as I should be receiving my cover flats for Deadline, have received my art prints for Bill Mudron, unearthed a few old commission and art pieces in a drawer, and have a companion piece to my Princess Alice in production. So eventually, people will walk into my house, look at the walls, and run screaming before something eats them. This is a goal.)

I'm trying to get all caught up with the world, but things are slipping a bit just now. So I beg you, be patient with me, and do not force me to devour your soul to demonstrate the foolishness of prodding tired blondes with sticks.

Happy Tuesday!

firebirdgrrl

December 14 2010, 16:22:09 UTC 6 years ago Edited: December 14 2010, 16:22:32 UTC

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Oh, damnit.

Now I need My Little Demons. I am in love with Satana:)

seanan_mcguire

December 14 2010, 17:05:01 UTC 6 years ago

Did you look at the figurines? SO CUTE.

semy_of_pearls

December 14 2010, 16:24:29 UTC 6 years ago

Re: Ponies

Caught a commercial for an upcoming MLP Holiday special, with 'Night Moon' as the starring villain. I was very impressed they managed to create an animated evil pony that was that cute. ;)

December 14 2010, 17:05:14 UTC 6 years ago

It's impressive!

azurelunatic

December 14 2010, 16:40:49 UTC 6 years ago

I have a new laptop as of last night. One of the happy Google beta ones!!!! I am hugging it, loving it, and naming it George. It's a Newsie, right?

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keristor

December 14 2010, 16:43:08 UTC 6 years ago

"Lizard-happy" is wonderful! Thanks for that.

The MLDs are disgustingly cute. As in "evil is not safe for diabetics" cute.

/me pours DDP into the keyboard and hopes it gets thrpugh the wires to you. Why is the head of IT Support looking at me like that?

December 14 2010, 17:05:40 UTC 6 years ago

Thanks for the soda!

dornbeast

Thanks...

phoenixrave

December 14 2010, 16:43:44 UTC 6 years ago

Now that I've seen Heather V. Kreiter's work again, I just HAVE to commission her to do work for my "Neptune" tattoo (from Sooj's song). There goes my X-mas budget! Giggle

Re: Thanks...

December 14 2010, 17:05:49 UTC 6 years ago

You're welcome. :)

hasufin

December 14 2010, 16:50:53 UTC 6 years ago

I've long wished to see "My Little Oni", but "My Little Demon" is pretty close.

Some friends are converting a "My Little Pony" into a soldering iron; I shall send pics when this is done. Yes, if you look, it has been done by others already.

December 14 2010, 17:06:02 UTC 6 years ago

Anything awesome is worth doing more than once.

kyburg

December 14 2010, 16:51:56 UTC 6 years ago

I wish I had a clue which ones you were missing. Kid's preschool has bins - serious serious BINS - full of ponies that my fingers are itching to take out and rehab (preschool toys = abuse, yo). Where did they all come from? No clue. Old ones, new ones, ghetto ones from McDonalds....

And all my dolls are still in boxes. That needs to be fixed next year, methinks.

Lizard happy is just another term for low-maintenance, and in relationships? That's a gold standard. A bench. DA BEST.

December 14 2010, 17:06:29 UTC 6 years ago

Sadly, at this point, the time required for rehab is worth more than the cost of buying good-condition Ponies off of eBay. The math just doesn't work for the hours involved.

janetmiles

December 14 2010, 16:55:13 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you for the link to "lizard happy". That's exactly how I feel about Dale.

December 14 2010, 17:06:35 UTC 6 years ago

Yay!

ericcoleman

December 14 2010, 17:00:43 UTC 6 years ago

My little demon makes me think of the Terror Bears from the original TMNT comics. Pain Bear, Fear Bear, Doom Bear and Nightmare Bear.

December 14 2010, 17:06:44 UTC 6 years ago

I remember those. They were awesome.

December 14 2010, 17:06:54 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you for spreading the undead love!

slothman

December 14 2010, 19:23:27 UTC 6 years ago

Does Thomas need more fiber in his diet? One thing we’re doing with Cleo and Yeti is mixing a couple of tablespoons of pureed pumpkin with fish flakes (which have been through the Cuisinart to shred them to very small flakes that distribute well throughout the pumpkin when stirred in with a fork) and feeding that to them at bedtime.

December 16 2010, 17:44:58 UTC 6 years ago

Interesting notion!

faithfulcynic

December 14 2010, 19:58:15 UTC 6 years ago

Oooh, I'd never seen the My Little Demon Ponies before! :)

Have you seen the Robot Chicken "Apocalypse Ponies" sketch? I giggle everytime Death pony speaks. Anyway I heard they might be making figurines soon :)

December 16 2010, 17:45:13 UTC 6 years ago

I have. I love it so.

I want the My Little Demon figures.

all_ephemera

December 14 2010, 22:30:37 UTC 6 years ago

Hey, I have Ursula Vernon's Baby Cthulu framed in my living room, so you're in good company. If I'm good company, that is.

December 16 2010, 17:45:21 UTC 6 years ago

You totally are.

marziek

December 14 2010, 23:10:25 UTC 6 years ago

If you have any extra caffeine, can you share some? Purdy pls?

Great comic, btw.

December 16 2010, 17:45:29 UTC 6 years ago

There is NO SUCH THING.

aliciaaudrey

December 14 2010, 23:47:44 UTC 6 years ago

Husband's cousin went to LaGuardia Arts, and one of her classmates did Mental Disorder Ponies as part of her body of work by modifying base My Little Ponies (thankfully of the newer vintages). They were painful and funny and included Anorexic Pony, Narcissist Pony, and Defiant Oppositional Disorder Pony (who was a punk), of the ones I can remember. Wish I could find their art show still online (it appears to be off the servers now), you'd have gotten a hoot out of them.

December 16 2010, 17:45:42 UTC 6 years ago

That = awesome.

vincentursus

December 15 2010, 01:35:28 UTC 6 years ago

You continue to reassure me about the state of the human species. I appreciate this. Thank you.

Good luck with the kitten care and hope for avoiding unscheduled bedroom shredding.